FRISCO, Texas – Before they began their rookie minicamp, the Cowboys got some rookie business out of the way – in a hurry.
The team’s nine rookie draft picks arrived at The Star for the first time on Thursday afternoon. When they hit the practice field for the first time on Friday, eight of them will already be under contract.
Those contracts won’t hit the transactions wire until later on Friday, but it’s quite remarkable that eight of nine picks will have signed their rookie deals before taking the field for the first time.
Rookie negotiations haven’t been too dramatic since the NFL’s most recent CBA was enacted in 2011, but there is typically still some level of negotiation.