Patience is a virtue for football fans everywhere this time of the year, especially those of the Dallas Cowboys. A team known for using free agency to deal with their own expiring contracts and players, Cowboys Nation has been anxiously awaiting an addition to improve this roster before the draft. While the wait will continue for outside help in Dallas, the Cowboys have created $7.5 million in cap space by restructuring the contract of Center Travis Frederick.
C Travis Frederick will restructure his deal to help clear up roughly 7.5M in cap space for the #Cowboys per source informed
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) March 15, 2018
Restructuring the contracts of their cornerstone players is nothing new for the Cowboys. Rarely doing so with a clear “next move” in sight, the market for top FA talent at WR and OL may have already passed the Cowboys.
Having the space to negotiate with available players now opens the door just slightly further for Earl Thomas or Tyrann Mathieu acquisitions to become realistic. Reportedly, the Cowboys have inquired about both safeties (Thomas via popular trade talks and Mathieu as a free agent, released by the Cardinals) and have been met with price tags the Jones’ were forced to turn away.
Giving up assets for players that will warrant large future contracts is not currently the Dallas Cowboys’ way, but being able to sign somebody in free agency has been. To avoid a repeat of 2017, a season arguably derailed as soon as the team’s free agent class failed entirely, the Cowboys will need to find proven players that can contribute on the market in the coming weeks.
With the help of the anchor to their star-studded offensive line, the Cowboys can come to this market with slightly thicker wallets now. Keep the optimistic tweets alive, and tip Travis Frederick accordingly.
My favorite Cowboy currently. They need to do a ten year extension.
Hopefully. IF the price is right, and that’s a big IF, the Cowboys organization can pull off the impossible, by signing up both Suh and Thomas, without jeopardizing the Cowboys organization way of doing things towards the future of winning numerous Super Bowl rings, after Dak and Zeke are taking care of, then imo, go for it, while Dak and Zeke are still playing for peanuts .
This kicking the can down the street mentality has got to stop. This is why we can never have Cap Space
This is a very smart move by the Cowboys. The longevity of the O-line is perhaps the most ideal slots for restructure. Therefore, even though they are putting a lot of money into the O-line, they are getting tons of talent and a savings account of sorts, where they can draw on those contracts via restructure. It is actually pretty creative verses attempting restructures via other positions — think Romo.