Prior to the start of free agency, we published a quick free agency primer here on Blogging The Boys titled "NFL Salary Cap Primer: 15 Minutes That Can Save You From Salary Cap Hell." That article provided an explanation of salary cap terminology like proration, amortization, cap hits, or dead money, and illustrated how those concepts are applied to NFL contracts.
Yesterday, Todd Archer took a detailed look at every single one of the five contracts the Cowboys handed out to Terrance Williams, Nolan Carroll, Stephen Paea, Brice Butler and Damontre Moore in a great article for ESPN Dallas.