Every offseason we tend to run into the same old analysis. The Dallas Cowboys are in trouble with the salary cap. The Dallas Cowboys won’t be able to sign any free agents. Rinse and repeat. While it is true that the Cowboys are over the salary cap as of now, there are a few moves they can make rather easily to rectify that situation. They could even free up money to go after some “name” free agents if they wanted, although they never seem to want to.
There are various estimations for how far over the cap the Cowboys are, but the site OverTheCap.