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Cowboys Mailbag
PAUL MARTIN - COLLEGE STATION, TX: How is it Washington can consistently have the cap space to go after high-priced free agents while it seems the Cowboys are cash-strapped year after year?
Nick: They don't have the cap space. They sign the players and then let them go soon afterwards. And Washington is very cash-strapped, too. They sign high-profile players on the top end and don't worry about the back end much. Why are you worried about the spending habits of a team that has gone 6-10, 4-12, 8-8, 9-7 and 5-11 in the last five years. I'd say keep it up!
Rob: There are always ways to manipulate the cap. The Redskins aren't exactly flush with cash. They sign a bunch of high-priced free agents, but few of them seem to stick around very long. Look at Albert Haynesworth. That was a totally front-loaded deal; he'll never see the full "$100 million." Overpaying in free agency isn't the model for success. The best teams year in, year out - the Patriots, Steelers and Eagles - draft the best. The Cowboys are consistently among the highest payroll teams because they sign their own players to big extensions: Tony Romo, Miles Austin, DeMarcus Ware, etc. Gotta pay them to keep them. Where they get in trouble is extending Marion Barber and Roy Williams to that type of money.
JUAN REYNA - EL CAMPO, TX: Is it possible for David Arkin to start at some point this year?
Nick: I wouldn't think so. At least that shouldn't be the goal. This is a rookie that played at a small school at Missouri State. He's had no rookie minicamp or OTAs and now we're going to expect this guy, who played both guard and tackle in college, to come in and start? I think that's rather unlikely. I could see him being a game-day backup at both guard and tackle, but primarily guard.
Rob: That's a lot to ask a guy who has guard experience, but played left tackle all last season at Missouri State and didn't have an offseason with the Cowboys. They do view him as a potential starter, though, and they desperately need a young lineman to earn his way into the starting lineup sooner than later.
PAUL MARTIN - COLLEGE STATION, TX: How is it Washington can consistently have the cap space to go after high-priced free agents while it seems the Cowboys are cash-strapped year after year?
Nick: They don't have the cap space. They sign the players and then let them go soon afterwards. And Washington is very cash-strapped, too. They sign high-profile players on the top end and don't worry about the back end much. Why are you worried about the spending habits of a team that has gone 6-10, 4-12, 8-8, 9-7 and 5-11 in the last five years. I'd say keep it up!
Rob: There are always ways to manipulate the cap. The Redskins aren't exactly flush with cash. They sign a bunch of high-priced free agents, but few of them seem to stick around very long. Look at Albert Haynesworth. That was a totally front-loaded deal; he'll never see the full "$100 million." Overpaying in free agency isn't the model for success. The best teams year in, year out - the Patriots, Steelers and Eagles - draft the best. The Cowboys are consistently among the highest payroll teams because they sign their own players to big extensions: Tony Romo, Miles Austin, DeMarcus Ware, etc. Gotta pay them to keep them. Where they get in trouble is extending Marion Barber and Roy Williams to that type of money.
JUAN REYNA - EL CAMPO, TX: Is it possible for David Arkin to start at some point this year?
Nick: I wouldn't think so. At least that shouldn't be the goal. This is a rookie that played at a small school at Missouri State. He's had no rookie minicamp or OTAs and now we're going to expect this guy, who played both guard and tackle in college, to come in and start? I think that's rather unlikely. I could see him being a game-day backup at both guard and tackle, but primarily guard.
Rob: That's a lot to ask a guy who has guard experience, but played left tackle all last season at Missouri State and didn't have an offseason with the Cowboys. They do view him as a potential starter, though, and they desperately need a young lineman to earn his way into the starting lineup sooner than later.