Scout.com has a breakdown of NFL free agents ranked overall and by position. So I took some of the positions of need for Dallas (OT, S, WR, K, OLB, C) and I'm posting the top 5 in each area. Love to hear what you guys think about some of these players.
(Chart headings: Rank, Player, Status, Years pro, Ht.Wt., Team)
OT
1 Jon Runyan UFA 10 6-7/330 Philadelphia
2 Jeff Backus UFA 5 6-5/308 Detroit
3 Victor Riley UFA 8 6-5/340 Houston
4 Tom Ashworth UFA 4 6-6/305 New England
5 Kevin Barry UFA 4 6-4/325 Green Bay
S
1 Adam Archuleta UFA 4 5-11.5/209 St. Louis
2 Idrees Bashir UFA 4 6-2/198 Carolina
3 Corey Chavous UFA 8 6-1/205 Minnesota
4 Marlon McCree UFA 5 5-11/202 Carolina
5 Lance Schulters UFA 8 6-2/202 Miami
Will Demps from Baltimore is #6
WR
1 David Givens UFA 4 6-0/215 New England
2 Reggie Wayne UFA 5 6-0/198 Indianapolis
3 Antonio Bryant UFA 4 6-1/192 Cleveland
4 Nate Burleson RFA 3 6-0/192 Minnesota
5 David Boston UFA 7 6-2/228 Miami
Antwaan Randle-El is #7
K
1 Adam Vinatieri UFA 10 6-0/200 New England
2 Mike Vanderjagt UFA 8 6-5/211 Indianapolis
3 Joe Nedney UFA 10 6-5/225 San Francisco
4 Ryan Longwell UFA 9 6-0/200 Green Bay
5 Aaron Elling RFA 4 6-0/205 Baltimore
OLB
1 Julian Peterson UFA 6 6-3/235 San Francisco
2 Will Witherspoon UFA 4 6-1/231 Carolina
3 Cato June RFA 3 6-0/227 Indianapolis
4 Akin Ayodele UFA 4 6-1/251 Jacksonville
5 Keith Newman UFA 7 6-2/248 Minnesota
Scott Fujita is #8
C
1 LeCharles Bentley UFA 4 6-2/313 New Orleans
2 Mike Flanagan UFA 10 6-5/297 Green Bay
3 Justin Hartwig UFA 4 6-4/300 Tennessee
4 Jeff Mitchell UFA 8 6-4/300 Carolina
5 Melvin Fowler UFA 4 6-3/295 Minnesota