The Cowboys were about 20 million over cap after the lockout ended so the Cowboys had to cut Leonard Davis, Marion Barber, Marc Colombo and Roy Williams to get this deal, but franchise left tackles don’t grow on trees. Between Free and Tyron Smith, the Cowboys have very talented bookends to keep Tony Romo upright. They got Free at a very reasonable rate, 32 million over 4, with 17 million guaranteed, which is pretty impressive considering they were in a pretty hectic bidding war with Tampa Bay for him.

Grade: A