Snacks Harrison: My No. 1 choice is the Cowboys

Aren't Crawford and Poe's contracts guaranteed for the year now that they were on the roster to start the season?

Isn't that the big deal about waiting until after week 1 to sign free agents at this point on the league year?

I am not for certain, but I don't think you can get cap savings by cutting big contracts after the season has started...I could be wrong and it would be great if someone with more knowledge about the contractual side of things could explain it as it pertains to after the start of the season.

Obviously, some of those guys yearly portion of their contracts (game checks) have already been paid as we are 4 games into the season. So those saying cutting Crawford would save 9 million are wrong as he has collected 4 game checks. Crawford is making roughly $562,500 per game unless he got a roster bonus for being on the roster in March. So he has already collected $2.25M so that cap savings is going down every game, same with Poe. Although his numbers are significantly less.

Now I don't know if any of this is true or not, I am just following the logic of the situation but we all know that many times these things do not follow rational thought but it seems they are here for the season pretty much no matter what.

It seems any roster additions would dip into the Dak fund.
 
Aren't Crawford and Poe's contracts guaranteed for the year now that they were on the roster to start the season?

Isn't that the big deal about waiting until after week 1 to sign free agents at this point on the league year?

I am not for certain, but I don't think you can get cap savings by cutting big contracts after the season has started...I could be wrong and it would be great if someone with more knowledge about the contractual side of things could explain it as it pertains to after the start of the season.

Obviously, some of those guys yearly portion of their contracts (game checks) have already been paid as we are 4 games into the season. So those saying cutting Crawford would save 9 million are wrong as he has collected 4 game checks. Crawford is making roughly $562,500 per game unless he got a roster bonus for being on the roster in March. So he has already collected $2.25M so that cap savings is going down every game, same with Poe. Although his numbers are significantly less.

Now I don't know if any of this is true or not, I am just following the logic of the situation but we all know that many times these things do not follow rational thought but it seems they are here for the season pretty much no matter what.

It seems any roster additions would dip into the Dak fund.
 
Also, I'd like to add that I am all for adding Harrison and Eric Reid or Tony Jefferson to the roster even if it means dipping into Daks money. I like Dak a lot but my question for Dak is, why haven't we seen "down by 25 points" Dak to start the game instead of always trying to get back into the game? It seems that Dak is worth a really big contract equivalent to around the top 6 to 10 contracts not top 1 to 5...just my opinion.
 
Cowfan75 said:
I know he lives here, I just figured he'd want a legit shot at winning.
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Too many players don’t care about crap like winning these days. A million or two for a year on the world’s most popular team sounds good to most.
 
ESisback said:
Too many players don’t care about crap like winning these days. A million or two for a year on the world’s most popular team sounds good to most.
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I get that it would be great to just go down the road to work, but given a choice between Dallas and Seattle? Assuming anyone wants him, of course.
 
On Poe and Crawford, I think since they are vets their entire salary guaranteed when they were on the roster on week one.
 
Whiskey Cowboy said:
Man I'd be half tempted to drop Poe and Crawford to add Snacks and ET. They're trying to carry over cap space for Dak's contract next year. This would come out as a wash. It's hard to believe that the front office thinks the current group is fine.
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I would agree but...aren't we still responsible for Por and Crawfords contract this year even if we cut them? I don't think wed get a cap savings.
 
Pretty sure I heard a couple days ago Harrison was on a plane to Seattle and one other team to interview for a job.
 
Cowfan75 said:
Why would this team be his number one choice?
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Actually 2 reasons
He lives in Dallas
He could start
Keep in mind, at the end of last season he considered retiring coz he wanted to spend more time with his family ( who lives in Dallas ).
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
Actually 2 reasons
He lives in Dallas
He could start
Keep in mind, at the end of last season he considered retiring coz he wanted to spend more time with his family ( who lives in Dallas ).
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He also said the main reason he retired was because he didn’t feel he was playing up to his own standard.
 
SexyDexy52 said:
Aren't Crawford and Poe's contracts guaranteed for the year now that they were on the roster to start the season?

Isn't that the big deal about waiting until after week 1 to sign free agents at this point on the league year?

I am not for certain, but I don't think you can get cap savings by cutting big contracts after the season has started...I could be wrong and it would be great if someone with more knowledge about the contractual side of things could explain it as it pertains to after the start of the season.

Obviously, some of those guys yearly portion of their contracts (game checks) have already been paid as we are 4 games into the season. So those saying cutting Crawford would save 9 million are wrong as he has collected 4 game checks. Crawford is making roughly $562,500 per game unless he got a roster bonus for being on the roster in March. So he has already collected $2.25M so that cap savings is going down every game, same with Poe. Although his numbers are significantly less.

Now I don't know if any of this is true or not, I am just following the logic of the situation but we all know that many times these things do not follow rational thought but it seems they are here for the season pretty much no matter what.

It seems any roster additions would dip into the Dak fund.
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As 4 year vested vets, both players are/were eligible to have their salaries guaranteed if they were on the after the first game of the season but there's a catch. The player can only use this option/termination claim ONCE. In other words, since Poe has been with several teams he may have already used the option with a former team/contract, meaning he can not recover any lost 2020 salary if we cut him. The bottom line, yes Crawford 2020 salary is now guaranteed but we not sure about Poe w/o some research.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2018/10/vested-veteran-salary-guarantees-nfl

Tons of veteran players were cut before the start of the season, and while different clubs had different reasons for shuffling their rosters, the looming vested veteran guarantee may have played a part in many of those moves. Vested veterans – players with at least four years of NFL experience – had their 2018 base salary guaranteed for the year by being on an NFL team’s roster for the first game of the season.

That means that if a team decided after Week 1 to part ways with a veteran player with a 2018 base salary of $1MM, the team would still be on the hook for that full $1MM, which would count against the cap. A veteran who has received this form of termination pay in the past wouldn’t be eligible to receive it again, but otherwise the player can put in a claim for his full salary and receive it. Veterans not a Week 1 roster don’t benefit from that provision, however

Tons of veteran players were cut before the start of the season, and while different clubs had different reasons for shuffling their rosters, the looming vested veteran guarantee may have played a part in many of those moves. Vested veterans – players with at least four years of NFL experience – had their 2018 base salary guaranteed for the year by being on an NFL team’s roster for the first game of the season.

That means that if a team decided after Week 1 to part ways with a veteran player with a 2018 base salary of $1MM, the team would still be on the hook for that full $1MM, which would count against the cap. A veteran who has received this form of termination pay in the past wouldn’t be eligible to receive it again, but otherwise the player can put in a claim for his full salary and receive it. Veterans not a Week 1 roster don’t benefit from that provision, however
 
AmariChill said:
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news...urce=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Careful what you wish for, Mr. Snacks....
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"Dallas was my No. 1 choice."

Had they brought him in for camp I'm sure he could've helped - even if it wasn't until McCoy went down. Now, I'm not sure how much difference he'd make.

Cowfan75 said:
Why would this team be his number one choice?
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Lives in DFW and his wife is pregnant during Covid. Took 8 seconds to see that in the link.
 
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