{"id":9251,"date":"2014-02-26T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T21:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2014-02-26T16:11:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T21:11:44","slug":"henry-melton-interested-in-signing-with-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/02\/26\/henry-melton-interested-in-signing-with-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Melton interested in signing with Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_9252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9252\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/02\/henrymelton2.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9252\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/02\/henrymelton2.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/02\/henrymelton2-300x235.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2014\/02\/henrymelton2-50x39.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFree agent DT Henry Melton and his agent are making it known that he would not mind working with former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Rob Marinelli.<\/p>\n<p>Marinelli was recently promoted to the role of Cowboys defensive coordinator after choosing to leave the Bears at the end of the 2012 season. During his time in Chicago, Melton recorded 15.5 sacks from 2010=2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry\u2019s from Dallas, he played for [Marinelli], obviously there would be interest from Henry\u2019s side, but who knows at this point?\u201d Melton\u2019s agent Jordan Woy said, via <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/dallas-cowboys\/post\/_\/id\/4724988\/henry-melton-would-have-interest-in-dallas?utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_source=twitterfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Melton is recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament but his agent is doing all he can to sell the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s back to running and doing really well,\u201d Woy said. \u201cHe\u2019s sprinting and stuff, so he\u2019s kind of at the same time frame as [Anthony Spencer, around training camp for a return] or maybe a little earlier.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys do not currently have any cap space, but there are reports that the futures of DeMarcus ware and Jason Hatcher are not certain. The Cowboys could rid themselves of either player via release or trade. Such a move would be required if the Cowboys were to make a play at any significant free agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free agent DT Henry Melton and his agent are making it known that he would not mind working with former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Rob Marinelli. Marinelli was recently promoted to the role of Cowboys defensive coordinator after choosing to leave the Bears at the end of the 2012 season. During his time in Chicago, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[35,426,405,216],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-9251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-front","10":"tag-henry-melton","11":"tag-nfl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251","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=9251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9251"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}