Social media has linked the Cowboys to Adrian Peterson, DeSean Jackson and many other big-name free agents. The click-bait posts got big hits, and lots of likes and retweets.
All are laughable.
The Cowboys won’t be big players in free agency when it officially begins Thursday at 3 p.m. CT. Just like they weren’t last year … or the previous year … or the year before that.
Not since 2014 have the Cowboys ranked in the top half of free-agency spending.
“I just think you live and you learn,” Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said.