Cowboys Predicted To Lose Key $105 Million Free Agent

FRISCO - Know this as the Dallas Cowboys will soon turn their attention from a search for a new head coach to a search for roster talent ...

There is virtually no roster move that Dallas cannot afford. Period.

That doesn't mean "silly spending.'' But it does mean that when Jerry and Stephen Jones "play poor,'' they're being disingenuous (for reasons we still do not comprehend.)

Micah Parsons is on-record as wanting "change'' in the way the Joneses approach free agency, and we're pretty sure Parsons expressed that view in a one-on-one suite visit during the Ohio State-Texas game at AT&T Stadium.

We think Micah is at least vaguely aware of the $100 million in cap space that Dallas can create. (We think you should be aware, too, so here you go. ...)

One part of free agency that the Cowboys usually get right? Spending to keep their own stars ...

Which leads to a deep conversation outside and inside The Star: Is defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, the 2021 third-round pick, a "star''?

Odighizuwa did this year set his career high in sacks, with 4.5, and he has been solid in the area of being "disruptive.'' To ESPN, that all adds up to Odighizuwa being a major free agent ...

And to a four-year deal with Arizona that would total $105.6 million.

Odighizuwa as a $26 million per year player?

Losing Odighizuwa would hurt. Eventually getting a third-round compensatory pick would ease the pain. But if Dallas opts to pass on paying a good player $26 million per year?

It won't be because they couldn't. It'll be because they wouldn't.

And it won't necessarily mean they're wrong, either.