I don't understand why the Cowboys fear 'cap hell'

Runwildboys said:
I wonder if Jerry's just worried about spending all available funds, then having it not pay off, and looking like a bad businessman.

Every team starts with the same amount of money they have to spend, so in a way, it's like Monopoly money. If he doesn't spend it all, he can't lose the game.
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Team tries to keep at least 20M in cap for the season.
 
fivetwos said:
Counting on a fifth round pick to be an immediate starter instead of signing a veteran FA for a desperately needed position is what Stephen calls “secret sauce.”

One small example.

Clearly the TOP priority is trying to avoid years that are clearly bad so they can still sell their product and claim to be “close.”

They are about to find out that those type of years are going to happen anyway. Sure glad they were conservative with the cap in 21-23 so we don’t have cap problems now.
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Ok. Tell us how we find 4YR/80M for one of those top FAs?
 
BoysfanfromCanada said:
This isn't the English Premier League. There isn't a risk of demotion. If anything, being really bad for a couple of years rewards you with picking high which lets you fill your roster with high end talent (look how quickly guys like Hutchinson, Daniels, Burrows, etc have turned franchises around). I'd rather go actually go 'all-in' for a 3-4 year window by supplanting your good draft with effective FA pickups and see if you can win. Its worked for the Eagles, Rams and Bucs recently although obviously not guaranteed. Worst case you have to be poor for 1-2 years but with our scouting department, we should be able to recover faster than other teams. I'd much rather that than solely rely on our draft and D-list FA's which leads us to multiple 8-9 to 11-6 type years where we're never bad enough to get high picks (short of a QB injury) nor good enough to actually compete for a SB.

Dallas hasn't won in 30 years but is still a draw. Trying to win in a certain window and then rebuilding isn't going to lose you fans. It'll just give us hope in those years you do go for it.
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If you are winning, you don't fear CAP hell. But if your window of opportunity is closing and you have not won anything, then the last place you want to be is strapped by the CAP just went to need to make some big moves.
 
I don't know why the Cowboys fear the playoffs, and not making a lot of penalties either!
 
BoysfanfromCanada said:
This isn't the English Premier League. There isn't a risk of demotion. If anything, being really bad for a couple of years rewards you with picking high which lets you fill your roster with high end talent (look how quickly guys like Hutchinson, Daniels, Burrows, etc have turned franchises around). I'd rather go actually go 'all-in' for a 3-4 year window by supplanting your good draft with effective FA pickups and see if you can win. Its worked for the Eagles, Rams and Bucs recently although obviously not guaranteed. Worst case you have to be poor for 1-2 years but with our scouting department, we should be able to recover faster than other teams. I'd much rather that than solely rely on our draft and D-list FA's which leads us to multiple 8-9 to 11-6 type years where we're never bad enough to get high picks (short of a QB injury) nor good enough to actually compete for a SB.

Dallas hasn't won in 30 years but is still a draw. Trying to win in a certain window and then rebuilding isn't going to lose you fans. It'll just give us hope in those years you do go for it.
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This must be rhetorical because there's no way anybody in here knows the answer to this the fact is you only have three or four teams I mean let's just say a handful just for grins and giggles that do this at a 32 teams why is it just the Cowboys everyone is overly focused on most teams don't take that risk we don't know why it seems like something that is doable but until you have a $10 billion sports franchise in a capped league with a limited roster then you're not gonna be able to live a life in their shoes just because other teams figured out a way and it happened to succeed like you said keyword no guarantee I don't think the Jones family likes that word no guarantee when they said that they thought they could buy a championship...

see quotes all the time ,that says that jerry says he would spend anything to guarantee a championship... right if he can write a check and then hand him a Lombardi that what he meant if there were way, hed write that check.. I'm not trying to give them a pass for not being more aggressive in free agency but again 32 teams you have 3-5 examples.. ask the other 28 teams why they do not do this as well..

well i had to think about that name Hutchinson by himself turn that franchise around, they had added like 10 names over 3 years many came from the Stafford trade and they hit on it, .kind of like the cowboys of the 90s and they ended up hitting on them with the walker trades etc ...The rams won SB quicker yes but the lions took now 3 seasons got close but they did not lay nor win a SB.. so far both sides won that trade but the rams are the only ones it worked for if the SB is your goal, winning it.
 
Money is more important than success

They’ve said it themselves

I’m not going into cap hell for 1 Super Bowl

We like hanging around the rim
 
BoysfanfromCanada said:
This isn't the English Premier League. There isn't a risk of demotion. If anything, being really bad for a couple of years rewards you with picking high which lets you fill your roster with high end talent (look how quickly guys like Hutchinson, Daniels, Burrows, etc have turned franchises around). I'd rather go actually go 'all-in' for a 3-4 year window by supplanting your good draft with effective FA pickups and see if you can win. Its worked for the Eagles, Rams and Bucs recently although obviously not guaranteed. Worst case you have to be poor for 1-2 years but with our scouting department, we should be able to recover faster than other teams. I'd much rather that than solely rely on our draft and D-list FA's which leads us to multiple 8-9 to 11-6 type years where we're never bad enough to get high picks (short of a QB injury) nor good enough to actually compete for a SB.

Dallas hasn't won in 30 years but is still a draw. Trying to win in a certain window and then rebuilding isn't going to lose you fans. It'll just give us hope in those years you do go for it.
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its an excuse....they don't want to spend money, except to meet salary cap floor and as a result they don't care who gets a big contract who doesn't as long as we are Pseudo competitive and the joneses can rake in the money.
 
BoysfanfromCanada said:
This isn't the English Premier League. There isn't a risk of demotion. If anything, being really bad for a couple of years rewards you with picking high which lets you fill your roster with high end talent (look how quickly guys like Hutchinson, Daniels, Burrows, etc have turned franchises around). I'd rather go actually go 'all-in' for a 3-4 year window by supplanting your good draft with effective FA pickups and see if you can win. Its worked for the Eagles, Rams and Bucs recently although obviously not guaranteed. Worst case you have to be poor for 1-2 years but with our scouting department, we should be able to recover faster than other teams. I'd much rather that than solely rely on our draft and D-list FA's which leads us to multiple 8-9 to 11-6 type years where we're never bad enough to get high picks (short of a QB injury) nor good enough to actually compete for a SB.

Dallas hasn't won in 30 years but is still a draw. Trying to win in a certain window and then rebuilding isn't going to lose you fans. It'll just give us hope in those years you do go for it.
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There’s a very simple answer to the headline: Jerry and Stephen Jones literally do not know what they are doing when it comes to understanding modern salary cap management. It’s that simple.
 
There was a time that Jerry spent in free agency. Is Glover the last guy that really had a good ROI? Free agency is generally considered risky and maybe it’s just an acknowledgment that they don’t have a good track record there. I also hate it when we trade up early in the draft because we seem to do so much better trading down.
 
DuncanIso said:
Mingo and Lance are not wasted picks.

Now Mazi….
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They're not? A 4th for a 3rd string Qb isn't a waste? And now a 4th who has been a complete bust for 2 years? Hey, maybe Mingo will work out, he's got some tools, but that's a high price for a draft bust.
 
kskboys said:
They're not? A 4th for a 3rd string Qb isn't a waste? And now a 4th who has been a complete bust for 2 years? Hey, maybe Mingo will work out, he's got some tools, but that's a high price for a draft bust.
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The Jethro Bots are stubborn.
 
Jerry has put himself into cap hell several times now, and it has never worked. So, instead of figuring out why it didn't work, he just quit doing it. He thought being in cap hell was the problem, whereas it was really him making horrible decisions on who to pay.
 
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