{"id":3234,"date":"2013-03-27T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T18:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2013-03-27T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T19:09:28","slug":"cowboys-to-restructure-contract-of-tackle-doug-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/03\/27\/cowboys-to-restructure-contract-of-tackle-doug-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys to restructure contract of tackle Doug Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doug Free has agreed to restructure his contract. The Cowboys will cut the salary of Free who was set to make $7 million during the 2013 season. While the financial terms have not been announced it is expected to be a large drop in salary for the 29-year-old according<\/a> to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Schefter’s report is being refuted by beat writer Clarence Hill who says<\/a> that he spoke to a person close to Free who said no restructuring is being done. The Cowboys can still save cap space if they wait until June to cut Free.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys moved Free around the offensive line last season and eventually split his playing time. He could be moved to a guard position in camp this season.<\/p>\n

Pressed up against the salary cap the Cowboys have been forced to restructure deals and release numerous players since the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Kyle Orton’s contract was reworked in order to sign linebacker Justin Durant. The restructuring of Free’s contract should provide enough room under the salary cap that the Cowboys can announce a deal for safety Will Allen.<\/p>\n

Quarterback Tony Romo and the Cowboys are also close to announcing a new deal which should provide further breathing room under the cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug Free has agreed to restructure his contract. The Cowboys will cut the salary of Free who was set to make $7 million during the 2013 season. While the financial terms have not been announced it is expected to be a large drop in salary for the 29-year-old according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Schefter’s report […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[35,261],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-doug-free"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}