So, Adam Schefter recently tweeted out a shiny, colorful table that showed how much cash each NFL team spent on their roster in 2017:
As we see, not only did the Cowboys spend the least amount of cash ($115.6M) among the 32 NFL teams, they were far outspent even by the second cheapest team, the Kansas City Chiefs ($142M). In fact, the Cowboys trailed the league’s biggest spender (the Detroit Lions) by a full $85 million dollars.
What in the name of Larry Ellison is going on here? When did oil-drilling, wildcatter, spare-no-expense Jerry Jones become penny-pinching Scrooge McJones?