The 2023 free agency feeding frenzy is about to begin. Fans want to believe that every veteran their team brings aboard is the last missing piece to a championship puzzle, and every experienced guy they let walk out the door must be past his prime and obviously no longer worth the price to keep him.
But the reality is that adding free agents is often little more than an expensive roll of the dice. Some free agents blossom with their new team; some simply show why they were allowed to leave in the first place. And the reasons why a free agent acquisition works- or doesn’t- can be chalked up to everything from team chemistry to scheme fit to unrealistic expectations to just plain old luck.
ESPN’s crew of NFL Nation reporters looked back through the player rolls for the past five seasons to name the best and worst free agent signing for every club in the league.
The Cowboys aren’t traditionally big players in the free agency market, but they’re well-represented in this list of some of the best and worst deals to go down since 2018.