Beware the ides of March (as another famous writer once typed), for it signals the start of NFL free agency and the Cowboys’ annual exercise in damage control.
The club kicked it into high gear Tuesday — the actual ides for those who don’t follow the old Roman calendar — after Randy Gregory jumped ship, first accepting the terms of a new deal offered by Dallas and then reaching agreement less than an hour later with Denver. In case you somehow missed it, Gregory’s agent said the Cowboys pulled a fast one with contractual language but the Cowboys (or “sources” according to beat writers) said that every Dallas contract but one, including Gregory’s original deal from 2015, contains the same language regarding the club’s ability to cancel guarantees if a player is fined by the league, not suspended as is written in the CBA.
The one exception is Dak Prescott’s $40 million-a-year deal signed last spring.
