Good teams are formed during the off-seasons. The decisions made — in the NFL Draft and free agency — can have long-lasting effects, positive or negative, for years to come.
Teams are also formed by the signatures they decline.
The Dallas Cowboys, with a controlled mind-set in the front office, are fighting to cure the salary cap mess — a petri dish of bloated contracts and false hope.
Big D, led by owner and general manager Jerry Jones, and executive vice president Stephen Jones, has reversed their splashy free agency signings and fancy NFL Draft selections (um, Johnny Manziel anyone?