Doug Free Re-Signs with Cowboys: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

March 7, 2015   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Doug Free's run with the Dallas Cowboys will continue for at least another season. The Cowboys and the free-agent right tackle agreed to a three-year contract on Saturday, extending their run together for a ninth year.
ESPN's Todd Archer first reported the news.
Free, 31, initially hit free agency when the Cowboys declined the two option years remaining on his contract. The move saved Dallas more than $7 million in salary. A fourth-round draft pick in 2007, Free has become a fixture on the Cowboys line—albeit in varying roles and despite inconsistent performances.
He has moved back and forth from left and right tackle throughout his career, finding a permanent home on the right side when the Cowboys traded for Tyron Smith. For some of that time, Free was the turnstile to Smith's All-Pro ascent. He allowed seven sacks and committed 13 penalties in 2012, a campaign that resulted in him taking a pay cut to stay in Dallas.
A year later, Free was one...

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