Dallas Cowboys: Talented guard Ronald Leary has asked the Dallas front office for a trade. After being a key piece of the vaunted Cowboys offensive line, Leary missed much of last year with a groin injury. This allowed for the emergence of La’el Collins who is younger, cheaper, and has an incredibly high ceiling, which makes the likelihood of Leary winning the job back very slim.
- Chiefs’ Take: IN. A. HEARTBEAT. Ron Leary is an instant upgrade over anyone the Chiefs have on the roster at left guard. And with this being the last year of his contract, you can expect his absolute best. The cost won’t be much either. He’s got a manageable cap hit that the Chiefs can work around. And with just one year left on his deal and coming off an injury, there’s no way the Cowboys will get more than a late 5th round pick for him.
Jacksonville Jaguars: The injury bug is in full effect in Jacksonville as another week has seen another pair of injuries. Center Luke Bowanko is going on the PUP list with a torn labrum in his right hip while 7th round pick, defensive end Jonathan Woodard, will miss the entire season with an Achilles injury.
Author’s Take
: Four big injuries to start the offseason is not good news for the Jags. At some point, folks will start to call into question the training and practice operations of the organization. That can be a death blow for a team trying to rebuild.
New Orleans Saints: The Saints made a couple of additions this week with wide receiver Vincent Brown and kicker Connor Barth. But the big news is that the team still hasn’t been able to make any headway on a new contract for quarterback Drew Brees. The veteran QB has applied a deadline to contract talks, and stated he isn’t afraid to play without a new deal in 2016. Brees is currently a $30 million hit on the Saints salary cap.
- Author’s Take: $30 million against the cap is just ridiculous…and it could get worse without a new deal. Then again, hell, given the history of how Brees has approached negotiations, it could end up being worse WITH a new contract. The simple truth is that how the team has paid Brees has played a direct role in how they’ve had to approach their offseason strategy the past several years. Not really a surprise they’ve had losing seasons 3 out of 4 years since he signed his new deal.
Drew Brees' franchise tag will be $43.09M in 2017 ($29.75M-2016 base salary x 144% + $250,000-2016 workout bonus).
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) May 26, 2016
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