The Dallas Cowboys have some pretty set-in-concrete approaches to roster building. Simply put, their basic principles are:
- Lean almost exclusively on the draft.
- Reserve the bulk of your free agent money/cap space for re-signing your own.
- Always think long-term in building the roster.
- Do not spend big money or cap space on outside free agents,.
There are frequent complaints about how this approach has been a part of the recent era of mediocrity in Dallas. Now we may be seeing the team run smack into the upper limits of this approach.