DMN Blog: Deadline comes and goes
by Albert Breer
The 3 p.m. deadline has passed for restricted free agents to sign deals with other teams, meaning that the Cowboys now retain exclusive negotiating rights with Marion Barber and Chris Canty.
Canty has been part of the team's offseason program. He signed a deal that protects him in the event of an injury, which would ensures he'd get paid the one-year, $2.017 million tender if he was hurt at the team's facility. Canty's planning on signing the tender in the next few days, while keeping an eye on the Barber negotiations, which are a high priority for the club.
The case of Barber, who has not been working out at the team's facility, is a little more murky. He's in search of a big-money contract. And while Canty may be more willing to sign the tender and hit the 2009 free-agent market -- which promises more big paydays for young defensive linemen -- Barber seems to be focused on getting a long-term deal done now, which could tie into the shelf-life players at his position have.
Either way, the passing of this deadline without an offer sheet from another team comes as no surprise. Compensation was set at first-round pick for Canty, and a first and a third for Barber, tying into the one-year, $2.562 million offer he was tendered. That pricetag is pretty much prohibitive.
The 3 p.m. deadline has passed for restricted free agents to sign deals with other teams, meaning that the Cowboys now retain exclusive negotiating rights with Marion Barber and Chris Canty.
Canty has been part of the team's offseason program. He signed a deal that protects him in the event of an injury, which would ensures he'd get paid the one-year, $2.017 million tender if he was hurt at the team's facility. Canty's planning on signing the tender in the next few days, while keeping an eye on the Barber negotiations, which are a high priority for the club.
The case of Barber, who has not been working out at the team's facility, is a little more murky. He's in search of a big-money contract. And while Canty may be more willing to sign the tender and hit the 2009 free-agent market -- which promises more big paydays for young defensive linemen -- Barber seems to be focused on getting a long-term deal done now, which could tie into the shelf-life players at his position have.
Either way, the passing of this deadline without an offer sheet from another team comes as no surprise. Compensation was set at first-round pick for Canty, and a first and a third for Barber, tying into the one-year, $2.562 million offer he was tendered. That pricetag is pretty much prohibitive.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:58 PM
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