Best Olineman we've had here in a really long time.

Flo was looking for a monster deal in FA. That means Jerry must have really shelled out big to keep Flo. And Flo, while still alright for an o-lineman (age-wise), is still getting old and is likely to regress.

Anyone else think it's a little intriguing that Flo decides to play hard for every game (instead of his usual 8-10) THIS season during his contract year?

I'm sorry, but I've been on the fence about bringing back Flo, but now I see I really didn't want to see him back.

We are going to have NO cap space ... I'll be surprised if we make it through our draft picks without having to cut multiple vets.

I'm guessing Ferg and Glenn get cut sooner rather than later.

But I'm concerned about this one. For one thing, Jones doesn't have much sense of financial restraint, and if he spent BIG on Adams, where is it going to hurt us later? A second concern is that we just drafted 2 OTs last year. Why bother if your plan was to re-sign Flozell?

I'm probably over-reacting right now. But my concern is that Jones is better as "getting his man" than he is at building a team. And if the former makes it difficult (or impossible) to do the latter, we'll all be sorry.

Really glad to see Flo coming back, though hopefully the 'six year deal' is at least semi-team friendly.  I'm a bit nervous the length of the deal is to help keep the signing bonus value per year low, but I highly doubt he'll be here for the length of the deal...

Does this lessen our chances of resigning Colombo?  Of course, we have no idea about next year's cap, so I am just speculating.

Still on the fence about Flo till I see contract details.

Maybe Jerry is banking on having a couple uncapped years as recent rumors have been saying?  Also, won't a lot of cap money free up next year with Roy Williams being cut or forced to redo his deal (something has to give with #31)?

If I am wrong on both of these, then Kosier, Ferg,  and Glenn better start packing.

They must not be confident that someone off the bench can handle the job, but a six year deal, I don't know about that.  Just have too see the numbers.

that Jerry would know this was big news and announced the details at the time of the signing.

I'd put the chances that Flo gets through six years here at about 10%, but I'd love to see him finish his career a Cowboys. He's an all-pro left tackle, and those don't grow on trees. Without him, I wouldn't feel anywhere near the same degree of confidence about our offense. An offensive line is built on stability and cohesion. With Hudson Houck in the mix and everyone in for the long haul (Flo is the oldest member of the line, and he should have at the very least three productive seasons left)this offensive line should stay good for a very long time.
Now, if it turns out that this is a 60 million dollar deal with 30 mil guaranteed, I'm not going to be too pleased. But I trust Jerry and co. to have made the right decision here.

NFL.com says so

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=090...

on nfl network that Andre Davis resigned w/Houston, that is another potential receiver off the board. I really liked the idea of signing someone like him since he would have been an immediate upgrade at kick returner. Thats fine though I'll take Eddie Royal if we can draft him.

it was a three year 16 mill. w/ 8 guaranteed, that is not that bad a deal, but u r right i def. like the idea of just using our draft picks to fill our needs instead of free agency. As long as we are signing our own big free agents like w/flo

The eagles, the pats do this better than anyone else. They let 30 something veterans leave in FA and get big bucks elsewhere.

so what if pat mcQ and free develop, then what? move mcq to LG over kosier and free to RT over colombo?

thats the only benefit i can see to this.

All things considered I like where we are at.

On issues of CAP I do trust Steven.  I don't think he would hamstring us if signing Flozell would hold us back too much. But, even if this does hold us back a bit I think we need to keep in mind we have 13 pro bowlers and all of them, along with ALL of the rest of our starters, will be returning next season.  More importantly, all will be healthy at the start of training camp. Even without all of the pro bowlers, I have to wonder how many teams can say that? (I guess you could make a case for Keith Davis being a starter but not returning)  We can't have everything but all teams, including the pats, have weaknesses.

At this point I like our chances of signing a second tier CB and drafting someone who has a lot of upside at that position.  That leaves backups at the RB position and WR. Both positions are well represented in this draft.  I also think we will need a new gunner on special teams but I am sure we will find somebody.

We basically gave Flo the $9MM Franchise Tag for 2008, and he rewarded Jerry by playing for just $3MM in 2009 and 2010.

There was a lot of talk early about slapping the franchise tag on Flo.  Although most were against the $9MM price tag, we got a deal that averages just $5MM a year for the first three years.

This deal was WAY under market value.  Hats off to JJ!!