This is why we keep Spencer

[Joshmil53]

Anthony Spencer is one of the league’s best run defenders, and this game was a vintage display of why that is true. He leads the NFL this season amongst 3-4 OLBs in run stop percentage, a per snap measurement of how many stops he makes in the run game, and he led the team in this game in both tackles (7) and stops (6), making a constant nuisance of himself around the edge.

5 yr 30m pls

[GloryDaysRBack]

5 years 30 million?

Lol - that deal would have been signed 3 years ago if it were an option.

[perrykemp]

6 years - $44.5m with $17.5m guaranteed is the starting spot for Spencer's contract.

It's what Ahmad Brooks got in the offseason and Spencer is a <slightly> better than Brooks.

Spencer is playing great -- I still don't think the Cowboys can afford him. There are so many contracts like that - that are possibly at any one time under the current salary cap structure.

[Jenky]

Ugh, he took a while and he turns 29 next year. I'd low ball him.

[FLcowboy]

Originally Posted by perrykemp

6 years - $44.5m with $17.5m guaranteed is the starting spot for Spencer's contract.

It's what Ahmad Brooks got in the offseason and Spencer is a <slightly> better than Brooks.

Spencer is playing great -- I still don't think the Cowboys can afford him. There are so many contracts like that - that are possibly at any one time under the current salary cap structure.

Anybody know how much dead money is in next year's cap figure? I thought I read there was 30 million dead money in this year's cap.

[1st & 10]

Wait, I'm confused. Does Anthony Spencer suck or not?

Or, is it somewhere in between Pro Bowl and jag?

[FiveRings]

Look at the rest of his years as a Cowboy, aka, his NON CONTRACT years, don't think you can find numbers that justify signing him for a lot and long term. If you can, I'll gladly eat my words.

[Nunez21]

Originally Posted by FiveRings

Look at the rest of his years as a Cowboy, aka, his NON CONTRACT years, don't think you can find numbers that justify signing him for a lot and long term. If you can, I'll gladly eat my words.

What's wrong with his numbers?

[rocyaice]

Originally Posted by Nunez21

What's wrong with his numbers?

There's nothing wrong with his numbers unless you think all a OLB has to do is rack up sack numbers.

[burmafrd]

Finally has a career year at 29.

Ken Hamlin Part Deux

[FiveRings]

Originally Posted by Nunez21

What's wrong with his numbers?

His numbers nor his play are worthy of signing the big contract he'll look for and most likely get from his great play this year.

[AbeBeta]

Originally Posted by Joshmil53

Anthony Spencer is one of the league’s best run defenders, and this game was a vintage display of why that is true. He leads the NFL this season amongst 3-4 OLBs in run stop percentage, a per snap measurement of how many stops he makes in the run game, and he led the team in this game in both tackles (7) and stops (6), making a constant nuisance of himself around the edge.

5 yr 30m pls

5 year 30 mill? For a guy who is making 8.5 right now?

It will be more like 5 year 45 mill. And I have no doubt we pay it (or franchise him again)

[AbeBeta]

Originally Posted by FLcowboy

Anybody know how much dead money is in next year's cap figure? I thought I read there was 30 million dead money in this year's cap.

Dead money is irrelevant if you realize that new deals are always super cap friendly in the first two years. A 5 year deal for 45 mill might cost us about 3 mill in cap space for 2013. That'd be a huge savings from what he is costing against the cap now (around 8.5 mill).

There simply is no reasonable argument that we can't afford him.

Those who argue otherwise are simply bad with arithmetic.

[MichaelWinicki]

Spencer was the best defender on the field for the Cowboys Sunday night (with Brent a close second).

It's going to be hard losing him.

[silver]

can we tag him again?