Is Spencer gone in a move to the 4-3?

[perrykemp]

Ok -- supposedly Kiffin is bringing the Tampa 2 to Dallas.

Is there ANY scenario where the Cowboys would pay Spencer the $10m/year that he'll be able to get on the open market, only to make him a converted 4-3 tweener 250lb DE?

Would Spencer even want to make that transition? I'm not sure he would. He's played his entire professional career as a standup 3-4 LB.

Thoughts?

[Bowdown27]

I think he's back honestly. Gunna cost a good chunk but he's back

[LatinMind]

I think spencer has been gone.

[RW Hitman]

Spencer is as good as gone

[Joe Rod]

Originally Posted by perrykemp

Ok -- supposedly Kiffin is bringing the Tampa 2 to Dallas.

Is there ANY scenario where the Cowboys would pay Spencer the $10m/year that he'll be able to get on the open market, only to make him a converted 4-3 tweener 250lb DE?

Would Spencer even want to make that transition? I'm not sure he would. He's played his entire professional career as a standup 3-4 LB.

Thoughts?

I say he is gone. Underappreciated dude if you ask me, but I think they either grab a DE in the draft or roll with Crawford on opening day.

[perrykemp]

Originally Posted by Bowdown27

I think he's back honestly. Gunna cost a good chunk but he's back

But why spend $10m/year on a 30 year older player who has played very little with his hand on the group in his career?

Heck, I thought it was iffy he'd be back with the Cowboys sticking to a 3-4.

[Manwiththeplan]

Not neccisarily. In a Tampa two, him and ware playing de would be our best option. And if we run a system similar to the giants or Seahawks he can play olb

[ABQCOWBOY]

I don't think it's scheme. He played DE at Purdue and as has been mentioned here many times, we basically played a 43 anyhow.

He's gone because we can't afford him IMO. Unless he's willing to take a very friendly deal, which I don't see him doing or it would already have happened, he's gone.

[cowboysooner]

Originally Posted by perrykemp

Ok -- supposedly Kiffin is bringing the Tampa 2 to Dallas.

Is there ANY scenario where the Cowboys would pay Spencer the $10m/year that he'll be able to get on the open market, only to make him a converted 4-3 tweener 250lb DE?

Would Spencer even want to make that transition? I'm not sure he would. He's played his entire professional career as a standup 3-4 LB.

Thoughts?

He gone.

[unionjack8]

gone.

[BEMYDADJERRY]

i heard he is in talks right now....they aren't letting him go....

[Pessimist_cowboy]

He stays he fits fine in a 4-3 . We will simply franchise him again so he won't get away .

[theogt]

Seems highly likely he's gone to me.

[garrett316]

Originally Posted by ABQCOWBOY

I don't think it's scheme. He played DE at Purdue and as has been mentioned here many times, we basically played a 43 anyhow.

He's gone because we can't afford him IMO. Unless he's willing to take a very friendly deal, which I don't see him doing or it would already have happened, he's gone.

This. Spence fits fine in a 4-3, the money will have him going elsewhere.

[perrykemp]

Originally Posted by ABQCOWBOY

I don't think it's scheme. He played DE at Purdue and as has been mentioned here many times, we basically played a 43 anyhow.

I can see Ware playing DE in a 4-3. Spencer on the other hand has pretty much stood up as a 3-4 OLB his entire career in Dallas. Spencer, at 250lb, switching to a new position as a 4-3 DE lined up across from 300-325lb RTs play after play is a very big change.