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Cowboys Make Late Moves – Still in The Game

As news gets out that the Cowboys are seeking a trade
partner for SS Roy Williams, there are a few issues to consider regarding the
late moves by the team.

After saying repeatedly during this off-season that the
Cowboys would not be making a big splash in free agency, it appears the ‘Boys
may have been trying to lay a sleeper on everyone.

Early this afternoon, the Cowboys released veteran
quarterback Brad Johnson. The moves frees up about $2 million of the salary
cap, which saw an additional hike in addition to the long planned annual
increase today, and also leaves an opening for even one signed backup
quarterback.

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Cowboys Release Brad Johnson

And Brad Johnson is out of here!

The Dallas Cowboys released Johnson today after he spent the better part of 2008 under heavy scrutiny for his miserable performance during Romo’s injury absence.

The move frees up another couple of million for the Cowboys to use toward either extending Ware’s contract, signing new free agents, keeping some of their own free agents, and signing draft picks come May.

There is no question that Brad Johnson can no longer cut it as an NFL quarterback, and it’s expected that he’ll announce his retirement unless some team is becomes truly desperate for a quarterback.

Look next for a decision on SS Roy Williams. He is on the chopping block this weekend and could be cut as well to free up additional cap space. Williams has made it known that he’d be willing to move to linebacker and even restructure his contract to lessen his hit on the cap this year in order to stay in Dallas.

We’ll bring you more as it’s announced.

Canty Speaks About His Chances In Dallas

Today, Nick Eatman of DallasCowboys.com spoke with Chris
Canty regarding his status as a free agent defensive end come late tonight,
here’s what Canty had to say.

“I’ll start by saying this … I would love to stay in
Dallas,” Canty said. “But I don’t think that the Cowboys are going to afford me
that opportunity. You have to be somewhat realistic when you’re talking about
the opportunity that free agency presents for a player financially. It’s just
one of those things – you have to capitalize on that when you have the
leverage. Players really don’t have leverage very often in the NFL, so when you
do have that leverage, you have to capitalize on that.“

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Bye-Bye Wilson

For those of you hoping to see Gibril Wilson join another NFC East team, news out of Miami today is that Wilson has signed a 5 year deal with the Dolphins.

A lot of you had expressed wanting Wilson to come to Dallas to help shore up a troubled secondary. With 13 career interceptions, 23 passes deflected, and 489 total tackles, the 5th year veteran could have brought in a little more explosiveness at the safety position than the Cowboys have had since Darren Woodson retired.

Other notable free agent safeties still available as of 11:00 this morning are Jim Leonhard, who played last year with the Baltimore Ravens, and the Browns Sean Jones.

Not to mention long time Eagles safety Brian Dawkins and Patriots saftey Lawyer Milloy.

DE – Free Agent Options

Free agency begins Friday in the NFL, as does the 2009 NFL league year, and while the Cowboys are fairly certain which players will stay and which will go, who is coming in remains a mystery.

The most notable of the Cowboys free agents is Chris Canty. It has been reported many times that he is seeking the kind of contracts that every player in the NFL dreams of, the only problem is that he didn’t well enough to earn that kind of money from the Cowboys.

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