The Dallas Cowboys have arguably the two most valuable free agent acquisitions this season in receiver Laurent Robinson and running back Sammy Morris. The Cowboys signed both players when stars went down with injuries as fill-ins, but Dallas couldn’t have imagined the impact Robinson and Morris have had on the team.
Robinson was signed early in the season after Cowboys receiver Miles Austin injured his hamstring back in Week 2. Since then, the journeyman has caught 49 Tony Romo passes for 792 yards and scored nine touchdowns. That includes two multiple touchdown games, both Cowboys victories.
Robinson will earn $700,000 in 2011, but you can bet Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones will extend his contract and bump up his pay a little bit. Although the Cowboys have two good receivers in Dez Bryant and Austin, both are injury-prone.
Plus, Robinson has proven he’s just as valuable as the team’s third receiver; he’s scored a touchdown in each of the Cowboys’ past two games with both Austin an...
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