Cowboys 2013 Off Season Preview

7/29/2019 Cowboys 2013 Off Season Preview

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Tony Romo, QB: Only two NFL quarterbacks posted 90+ ratings while being sacked

30+ times: Romo and Aaron Rodgers. Cowboys will look to get Romo signed to a 3-4year deal to reduce his salary cap number from 16.8M.

Brandon Carr, CB: Solid Cowboys debut season, recording 3 interceptions and playing

solid corner. Cap figure of 16.3M can be reduced to 5.5M for 2013 season.

Miles Austin, WR: Austin’s cap figure of 8.3M can be reduced to 2.9M with a bonus for 

2013. A ‘disappointing’ 2012 season saw Austin catch 66 passes for 943 yards and 6

touchdowns.

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Targets for Release/Restructure

Dallas

2013 Off-Season

Outlook

Off. Rank: 6th

Def. Rank: 19th

2012 Record: 8-8 Cap Space: 18 million over 

After taking over a 1-7 football team during

the 2010 season, Cowboys head coach JasonGarret finds patience running increasingly

thin in Dallas. After posting a 5-3 mark to

end 2010 as the interim head coach, Garrett

was awarded the top position in hopes that

he could guide a team that had to rebuild its

secondary and offensive line on the fly.

Back-to-back 8-8 seasons that saw the team

lose the final game of the season to miss the

 playoffs has Jerry Jones making changes.

With the departure of defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, the team is moving from the 3-4

to the 4-3 defense under Monte Kiffin.

While the defense has been the center of 

attention in recent drafts, the Cowboys man-

aged only 7 interceptions during the 2012

season. That effort was good enough for the

31st ranking in the league. In total, the 19thranked team in total defense forced only 16

turnovers on the season.

While quarterback Tony Romo draws his fair 

share of criticism, the play of the offensive

line is an area that the Cowboys must address

moving forward. The team set a franchise

record for the fewest amount of rushing yards

over a 16 game season in 2012. Couple that

with seeing their quarterback sacked 36 times

on the season, the draft will have to be thearea where the team must find a starter or 

two.

While their cap situation isn’t great, restruc-

turing a few deals will give them a chance to

resign key free agent Anthony Spencer.

Key Free Agents

 Anthony Spencer, LB -

a year after signing

the franchise tag and

posting 11 sacks, the

29 year old will look

to cash in as either a

3-4 LB or a 4-3 DE.

Victor Butler, LB - the

26 year old posted 3sacks once again in

limited opportunities.

Graded out as high

as DeMarcus Ware

Mike Jenkins, CB - was

a Pro Bowl CB in

2009 and best Dallas

CB in 2011. Played in

the slot in 2012 after 

off-season shoulder 

surgery. Looking for 5-7M a year in new

deal.

Felix Jones, RB - often

injured but explosive

change-of-pace back

when healthy.

Kenyon Coleman, DE -

solid 3-4 run de-

fender. Will come

cheap as age is aconcern.

Kevin Ogletree, WR -

after a great opening

night to the 2012 sea-

son, Ogletree lost his

3rd receiver job to

2nd year receiver 

Dwayne Harris.

Another End of Season Missed Opportunity