Ranking the Dallas Cowboys top 5 offseason moves

Ranking the top 5 moves for the Dallas Cowboys during a busy offseason

2020 is a big season for the Dallas Cowboys since they are on the heels of their first coaching change in a decade. Jason Garrett entered last year on the final season of his contract and that wound up expiring without the team giving him a new deal — thanks to a lackluster 8-8 campaign.

The record was inexcusable for the talent on the team which is why Garrett is gone and in his place is Mike McCarthy. The new head coach is a Super Bowl winner, but since the job is in Dallas, there have still been those who criticized the move. In fact, every move they make gets met with harsh criticism, even when there’s no justified reason.

However, even the biggest critics of the Dallas Cowboys have a hard time calling this offseason a failure as they have made some very solid moves to position themselves nicely for the upcoming season.

Here, we will dive in and look at their top-five moves, but we start with one notable omission that just missed the cut.

Notable omissions: Extending Blake Jarwin one year early

Something Dallas has been doing lately that is frustrating is waiting too long to pay their players. While saving money on the cap isn’t a bad idea, in theory, no team actually saves by waiting to pay their players. The price tag always goes up, so rather than getting into a contract dispute as they have with Dak Prescott and DeMarcus Lawrence, it’s always best to bite the bullet and pay the player you know you will keep.

The Cowboys did this with Blake Jarwin, the young tight end who is ready to step up after Jason Witten left in free agency. Jarwin is a much more explosive pass catcher and Dallas could have let him play on the one-year tender that he would have had to sign as a restricted free agent.

Instead, they gave him a three-year extension worth $24.25 million. It may sound like a lot for Jarwin, but if he breaks out, as the team expects, it’s going to look like chump change soon. It also eliminates the need for another drawn-out contract negotiation, which we are all tired of hearing about in Big D.