NFL Notes: Cowboys, Dolphins, Eagles, & Patriots

Cowboys

• Clarence Hill reports that the Cowboys have no plans to add a cornerback following the loss of CB Orlando Scandrick for the season.
• Hill adds that Dallas is expected to move forward with their current group of cornerbacks.

Eagles

Former Browns and Eagles executive Joe Banner believes the Eagles got a great deal by signing ILB Mychal Kendricks to a four-year, $29 million contract extension with $16 million guaranteed, via Rand Getlin.

• Banner mentions that Kendricks could have made $38-$40 million over the next four years on the open market, which would have increased his total salary by $10 million or so.
• Banner considers this deal to be “the most team friendly” contract since the Broncos locked up CB Chris Harris last year.
• As Banner notes, there will be close to a $1 billion in available cap space next year.

Dolphins

Alex Marvez mentioned that the Dolphins front office deserves the benefit of doubt by passing on signing veteran G Evan Mathis.

“If it doesn’t work out with Dallas Thomas or Jamil Douglas or Billy Turner, then the Miami Dolphins’ front office is gonna get second-guessed,” Marvez said on the Joe Rose Show, “but you have to have some faith in these guys. This has been a pretty good offseason. They’ve done a good job in so many different ways there. I mean let’s cut them some slack. They just simply didn’t want to pay $4 million in one year to get this guy in the fold. That was it and I can understand. And this was also too cleaning up some of the mess that was left behind. There’s about $20 million in dead money on the Dolphins’ cap and maybe more than that.”

Interestingly enough, Marvez didn’t rule out the possibility of the Dolphins making a “low-level” trade at some point.

“Let’s just remember this too: Joe, this doesn’t mean there isn’t the possibility of a trade, a low-level trade maybe, but a trade,” Marvez added. “It isn’t like this is the last guard who is ever gonna be available in the National Football League this year. I mean the Dolphins can make a move.”

Patriots

The Patriots could end up moving newly acquired OT Michael Williams back to tight end, the position he played in college, depending on how he does in the coming weeks.

“He played tight end at Alabama, he played tackle at Detroit, so call him whatever you want,” HC Bill Belichick said, via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “It depends on how he does. We’ll evaluate how he plays and teach him some things to do, and see how it goes.”