McBriar Locked Up

Yesterday the Cowboys' pro bowl punter, Matt McBrair signed a five year $8.5 million deal. He also received a $2.5 million bonus. Last year McBrair had a 48.2 yards per punt average, which was the longest average since 1962. So, obviusly getting McBriar back was on the priority list. Feild position can make all the difference in a game and McBriar allows us to get out of our own side of the feild and on to the opponents side. While a lot of people are thinking that $8.5 million might be a little too much for a punter, McBriar is the best in the business and the Cowboys have plenty of cap room to retain him. I hate to say it but if McBriar ever fell off or had a lot of difficulty, they could also cut him and avoid a lagre part of the salary. Free agency starts on friday and it was a great plan to ensure the McBriar never hit the market. Marc Colombo deserves to be signed back and the Cowboys should be making him a fair offer before tomorrow when he hits the market. There is speculation they are going to try to make a puch for the Cardinals' Leonard Davis but I would love to see them sign Colombo back and foucs that money somewhere else that could use more improvement.

In other news the defensive coaching staff still seems to be up in the air. The leading candidate for defensive coordinator appears to be Brian Stewart, last year's secondary coach for the Chargers. I have to say that this would not be the best decision in my mind. The players seem to love Todd Bowles and it might cause a locker room divide to bring in another secondary oriented coach. I would like to see Paul Pasqualoni be named defensive coordinator. He was the head coach at Syracuse for a while and he actually had Stewart work under him there.