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Stephen Jones: Cowboys will be ‘efficient’ in free agency
Jon Machota Email jmachota@dallasnews.com
Published: March 3, 2015 7:25 pm
During a Tuesday radio interview, Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones was asked if the franchise will be active in free agency.
Dallas isn’t expected to break the bank for any of the market’s big names. However, the Cowboys will be searching for affordable options with some upside.
That plan worked well last year when they signed defensive end Jeremy Mincey to a two-year, $4.5 million contract. Mincey went on to record a team-high six sacks during the regular season and added two more during the playoffs.
“I don’t know if active is a good word,” Jones said on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “I think active can get you in trouble in free agency. I think you have to be efficient and look for your values, and you can do good things.
“We did it last year with a player like Mincey where we got a lot of great value out of him. But at the same time, we’ve been in situations where you have to pay too much for players. You got to be very careful there. We’re certainly going to be that way. We’re going to look to be efficient. If that proves to be productive then that would be good.”
Speaking of free agency, Jones also discussed trying to bring back DeMarco Murray. The NFL’s leading rusher is scheduled to test the market beginning March 10.
“It’s one of those situations where you get down to the wire like this and free agency is right around the corner, it’s tough for a player not to want to look and see what his options may be,” Jones said. “At the same time, he understands the business of football that we can only do so much at each position. We’ve got to, at the end of the day, decide how we want to divide up the pie. Of course, we certainly want to give a nice piece of it to DeMarco.
“But we’ll just see how that works out. We really feel like we have a great relationship with DeMarco and his agent Bill Johnson. Certainly no guarantees, no promises that he’s going to bring offers back to us. But at the end of the day, I do think he wants to stay in Dallas. I know he knows we want him here. Hopefully we’ll have good communication as we move forward.”
Jon Machota Email jmachota@dallasnews.com
Published: March 3, 2015 7:25 pm
During a Tuesday radio interview, Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones was asked if the franchise will be active in free agency.
Dallas isn’t expected to break the bank for any of the market’s big names. However, the Cowboys will be searching for affordable options with some upside.
That plan worked well last year when they signed defensive end Jeremy Mincey to a two-year, $4.5 million contract. Mincey went on to record a team-high six sacks during the regular season and added two more during the playoffs.
“I don’t know if active is a good word,” Jones said on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “I think active can get you in trouble in free agency. I think you have to be efficient and look for your values, and you can do good things.
“We did it last year with a player like Mincey where we got a lot of great value out of him. But at the same time, we’ve been in situations where you have to pay too much for players. You got to be very careful there. We’re certainly going to be that way. We’re going to look to be efficient. If that proves to be productive then that would be good.”
Speaking of free agency, Jones also discussed trying to bring back DeMarco Murray. The NFL’s leading rusher is scheduled to test the market beginning March 10.
“It’s one of those situations where you get down to the wire like this and free agency is right around the corner, it’s tough for a player not to want to look and see what his options may be,” Jones said. “At the same time, he understands the business of football that we can only do so much at each position. We’ve got to, at the end of the day, decide how we want to divide up the pie. Of course, we certainly want to give a nice piece of it to DeMarco.
“But we’ll just see how that works out. We really feel like we have a great relationship with DeMarco and his agent Bill Johnson. Certainly no guarantees, no promises that he’s going to bring offers back to us. But at the end of the day, I do think he wants to stay in Dallas. I know he knows we want him here. Hopefully we’ll have good communication as we move forward.”
