Chris Canty?

I think your thinking of that bust from LSU marcus spears. Please take him.

Why are you down on Spears? He seems like a solid player.

Canty is going to be offered the high tender for a restricted free agent, which should net him just over 2 mil a year.

Since he will be getting that high tender, any other team that signs him away from the Cowboys must surrender their FIRST and THIRD round draft picks. Is he worth 2 first-day picks to the Redskins?

Expect the same for Marion Barber.

We dont need to make any signings until we are out of salary cap hell. Personally, I think Canty would be good but we dont need to overpay anyone.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling. We have been in "salary cap hell" for years and yet continually find ways to give guys way too much.

Expect the same for Marion Barber.
And I would expect them to match any offer for Barber rather than take the 1st and 3rd.

Canty is solid, but I think we're more likely to address DE in the draft if GW gets the hc job.

I hope he stays w/the cowpokes anyway.

And I would expect them to match any offer for Barber rather than take the 1st and 3rd.

I would like to agree, but if that were true, why didn't they already lock Barber up to a long term? But since Rosenhaus is his agent, he may be waiting to entertain offers and get his client a big payday.

I'd much prefer to STOP overpaying everyone else's free agents, retain our own, and place far more emphasis on college scouting and the draft. Look at the two teams in the Super Bowl and name me even ONE free agent that they have overpayed. Also look at how many of their guys are home grown. Just in the last few years, the Giants have drafted Matias Kiwanuka, Justin Tuck, Barry Cofield, and Osi Umenyiora to bolster an already strong D-line that had Michael Strahan and Fred Robbins. Unless we can find bargain free agents the way the Giants did with Antonio Pierce or the Patriots did with numerous guys such as Welker and Vrabel, I'd just as soon stay out of the high stakes bidding.

I'd much prefer to STOP overpaying everyone else's free agents, retain our own, and place far more emphasis on college scouting and the draft. Look at the two teams in the Super Bowl and name me even ONE free agent that they have overpayed. Also look at how many of their guys are home grown. Just in the last few years, the Giants have drafted Matias Kiwanuka, Justin Tuck, Barry Cofield, and Osi Umenyiora to bolster an already strong D-line that had Michael Strahan and Fred Robbins. Unless we can find bargain free agents the way the Giants did with Antonio Pierce or the Patriots did with numerous guys such as Welker and Vrabel, I'd just as soon stay out of the high stakes bidding.

I know a lot of us share that sentiment. While I don't want Canty in DC, I think he would be a pretty good & affordable pickup if he were an unrestricted FA. I certainly wouldn't consider him a big name free agent.

Ideally, guys like Canty - decent but not spectacular - are the best value in free agency; they can start immediately but not break the bank. I think that's the prudent way of spending in free agency & is what we did this past offseason signing Smoot & Fletcher. I look forward to seeing a greater commitment to the draft, but they'll always sign a couple of players in free agency.

Decent? Canty is a monster... 6-7, 299. 3-4 D doesn't translate into to big numbers for a DE. And- Canty still had 43 tackles, 30 solo, and 3 1/2 sacks. I don't know if he would be worth a #1 pick... but I wouldn't argue against it. If he wasn't comming off a knee and an eye injury- he would of been drafted in the 1st. And a big run stopping, bull rushing DE is the type the skins need.

I've never thought Canty or Spears were playing that well.