Archer: Cowboys bring back Doug Free

I remember when the majority of the Board was ready to replace Free with any warm body available now his praises are being sung.:lol

This is a good deal but I am worried about him staying healthy a full season, a solid swing tackle is going to be a big need.
 
Jiggyfly said:
I remember when the majority of the Board was ready to replace Free with any warm body available now his praises are being sung.:lol

This is a good deal but I am worried about him staying healthy a full season, a solid swing tackle is going to be a big need.
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He had some seriously bad seasons in 2011 and 2012. The difference between him and a Miles Austin is that after he failed to play up to his contract he took a pay cut. I think that Free is a guy who's willing to accept criticism and improve, unlike most of the burnt out stars we've had weighing down the cap over the last decade, *cough*Brandon Carr *cough*
 
Jiggyfly said:
I remember when the majority of the Board was ready to replace Free with any warm body available now his praises are being sung.:lol

This is a good deal but I am worried about him staying healthy a full season, a solid swing tackle is going to be a big need.
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There were damn good reasons people were hating on Free. Don't act like there wasn't.
 
Iamtdg said:
There were damn good reasons people were hating on Free. Don't act like there wasn't.
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Right, but now Jiggy can act like he was ahead of the curve and knew he'd get right.
 
That's a good contract. We may still want to go younger in a year or two but this way our hand isn't forced one way or the other.
 
Jiggyfly said:
No reason to act I did get it right.:geek
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And you were wrong while he was playing like shit. And he was. For a good two years.
 
I'm happy with that deal. Hopefully he stays at last years level and doesn't revert now that he has a contract again.
 
fortsbest said:
I'm happy with that deal. Hopefully he stays at last years level and doesn't revert now that he has a contract again.
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I think switching from LT back to RT messed with Free's head more than the contract.
 
Reports are 3 years, $15M, $6M guaranteed with a $3M cap hit in 2015.

Still waiting on Sportrac or OverTheCap to post the full details to find out if it's structured where he can be cut after 2016 without a cap hit.
 
This is a damn good signing
 
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