Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr did not have a good season last year.
Football Outsiders ranked him as one of the worst starting cornerbacks in the NFL last year, at least until he finished the season with average play over the last month. But the Cowboys still closed out 2014 ranked 26th in pass defense (251.9 yards allowed per game) and 28th in opposing completion percentage (66.5). Couple that with Carr's lucrative contract and his future with the team is still up in the air. So what is Jerry Jones going to do with him? It's a question that was posed to ESPN Cowboys reporter Todd Archer in his weekly mailbag?
#cowboysmail How soon do you think the team may do something with Carr's contract. OK, I'll shut up now.
— Tom Ryle (@TomRyleBTB) May 13, 2015
"The longer this deal with Brandon Carr has gone, the longer I wonder if the team will do anything," Archer wrote. "I firmly believed he would be cut if he didn't accept a cut in pay when the season ended. I don't necessarily see that right now. It's not like they 'need' the cap room. They're all set with that. But I don't think the Cowboys 'want' Carr to count $12.7 million against their cap. For all of those who believe otherwise, the Cowboys need him, which also complicates things. I offered up a possible solution this week by signing Carr to a new deal that would give the Cowboys' salary-cap relief in 2015 and '16 while also putting some decent coin in Carr's pocket. If you look at some of the deals signed by corners in free agency, I think there's a pretty easy solution. But back to the question: I think the Cowboys would like to get something done soon, say, before minicamp. That would give them about a month to do something."
