Cowboys' Free Agency, Draft Picks: Promises vs Reality

0:00On April 4th, Jerry Jones hyped up the cowboys at the Scouting Combine, promising they'd bust the budget and spend more in free agency than ever. Coming off playoff misses, it sounded like a real shift, but they ended up 19th and spending, adding just $42.9 million in new contracts. They traded a fourth-round pick for PastRusher Rashan Gary from Green Bay, who had 7.5 sacks last year. Meanwhile, they flipped defensive tackle Osa Odizua to San Francisco for a third-round pick, eating 16 million in deadcap after his, $4.80 million deal. NFL executives are calling Dallas a spin-your-wheels team that never gets much better. After trading Mike Parsons to Green Bay, their PastRusher still a weak spot, and Gary feels like a short-term fix at best. League Insiders question if the two top 20 draft picks will break decades of mediocrity. They franchise tag George Pickens, pairing him with CD-LAM, but the cat-math looks rough with LAM at $34 million per year in DAC, Prescott at $60 million.

1:04Jerry insists they've been aggressive and have more moves ahead to build that defense instead of the offense, but for now, the promises in reality. Just ain't lying enough like Cowboys fans hoped.