Despite vowing to go “all in” on the 2024 season, Jerry Jones’ Cowboys were remarkably quiet during free agency.
Dallas’ leadership can explain. The Cowboys were already very much in — but by in, it appears Jones might have meant they were already in committed relationships, and have more to lock down in the near future.
“We spend max, max money year in and year out. All 32 can only spend the same amount of money over a five-year stretch,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones told 105.3 The Fan. “When we’re all said and done, we max out our salary cap every year. We will have done that and what comes with having a good roster, which we do, we also are looking towards signing our own guys.
“It doesn’t mean it happens overnight. But when you’re wanting to sign players like (quarterback) Dak (Prescott) and (linebacker) Micah (Parsons) and (receiver) CeeDee (Lamb), then certainly you have to hold money back if you want to have a realistic chance of signing those guys.”