Safe Bet!

If this first big personnel move is any indication, you have to believe Dallas Cowboys Coach Wade Phillips is on the right track. Ken Hamlin is a good addition to this team. They got him with a close-to-the-vest, show-us-what-you-got, one-year deal.

Hamlin was having a great 2005 campaign before suffering an off-the-field injury. He came back in 2006 and was second on the Seahawks defense in tackles, while shutting down nearly 70% of the passes thrown in his direction. He will have the opportunity to prove he can be the kind of safety his history suggests, while providing Pat Watkins with the incentive to step up and declare the position his own.

This was an obvious area of grave concern and a glaring weakness in the Cowboys' 2006 campaign. Good play at free safety will directly impact Roy Williams, giving him the opportunity to play closer to the line, where his true impact ability lies.

This signing is no-risk, all reward.

I feel better already.