The NFL offseason is upon us and the Dallas Cowboys are preparing for a long journey towards getting under the salary cap while simultaneously building their roster. It will be a juggling act for the franchise that has gotten used to walking that line. As has been well noted, the Cowboys have a high number of free agents, 21, to decide on and are over the projected cap for the league year. For a team that needs to get better, it’s difficult to see an easy path for Dallas to improve.
The Cowboys have become notoriously cheap in free agency with Stephen Jones managing the cap and that isn’t going to change. Jones has already put the word out that the Cowboys aren’t going to be players in the open market, rendering any dreams of signing a high-priced difference maker useless.
The organization will also have trouble re-signing all their own unrestricted free agents, so fans should be prepared to see any combination of these top players in a different uniform come September:…