Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Cowboys Will Let Free Agents Test Market

The Dallas Cowboys will let all eight of their unrestricted free agents test the open market, owner Jerry Jones announced Monday via the team’s Web site.

As we know free agency will begin this Friday Feb 27th. The Cowboys have eight unrestricted free agents: Defensive end Chris Canty, safety Keith Davis, quarterback Brooks Bollinger, guard Joe Berger, defensive tackle Tank Johnson and linebackers Keith Burnett, Zach Thomas and Carlos Polk.

The Cowboys have roughly $12 million in cap space and hope to sign linebacker DeMarcus Ware to a long-term deal. Jones has said repeatedly the team won’t be big players in free agency.
The Cowboys would like to re-sign Canty, but he’s expected to ask for a deal in the range of $50.5 million with $18.5 million guaranteed. If that’s the case, the Cowboys likely wouldn’t match offers from other clubs.

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