My top Free Agents to target under Quinn

[fivetwos]

There's count on him, and there's bring him to camp. We weren't counting on Aldon, but we brought him in. Still wonder what happened with him. First game was a monster, first few were great, than just tailed off for the rest of the season. The last six games had the same total tackles and sacks as game 1.

On Thomas having nothing left, that was never the speculation with anyone that I can remember. Had a down but good year by the standards of mere mortals in 2019. I think he was put at SS and said to be freelancing. Just not on the same page. Should be a better fit for Quinn.

All true but he still has the same head on his shoulders.

Make him feel "disrespected" and its chaos.

I'd rather just pass. I don't see the upside as being much....and it's time to invest some FA $ or high draft capital in the position.

 

[stilltheguru]

Poona Ford has looked like solid depth with potential to be a starter

Roy Boertson-Harris was good at UTEP, but developed A LOT in the NFL. Only 27... I always saw him as a slightly faster, more athletic Margus Hunt. I'd always love to see a UTEP guy w/ Dallas

FS is slim pickings. I think a CB that moves to FS could be possible. The older ones: Richard Sherman or Josh Norman. Younger ones: Michael Davis (LAC), Vernon Hargreaves (HOU), SIdney Jones (JAX)

Potential to start? He started every game for seattle lol. Youre saying depth like he wouldnt easilt start in dallas at 1 tech.

 

[Motorola]

I think we trade for Grady Jarrett. He dominatinated us.

Jarrett is the Falcons' best player. Their next GM & HC (TBD) are not letting any him go anywhere.
Besides, the Cowboys have nothing the Falcons need\want anyway.

 

[RichmondFan]

The cap and Dak's contract will obviously affect what we will ultimately do in free agency, but now that we have Quinn confirmed as the DC, these are the free agents we could target to help get his defense off the ground.

I like what we have at DE & I really do not see any great options out there for LB, so I focused on 1T, 3T, & FS where I think we need the most help:

DL
Shelby Harris
Dalvin Tomlinson
Poona Ford
DaQuan Jones
Roy Robertson-Harris

FS
Marcus Maye
Justin Simmons
Marcus Williams

 

[RichmondFan]

DL also Rankins and Hankins....run stuffers!

 

[Carson]

DL also Rankins and Hankins....run stuffers!

Tomlinson would be the dream. Betters us while hurting New York

 

[RichmondFan]

What about CB? Are there any CBs that will become available that may have had previous experience with our DC?!

No but JC Jackson undrafted by NE is a FA. You could get him relatively cheaply.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

If Dak is signed, there is going to be little to no money for FA. I mean, I know we will be told that this has already been addressed in the OP to avoid discussing it but it's still the truth and end of day, the bottom line. You can't spend what you don't have.

 

[Denim Chicken]

If Dak is signed, there is going to be little to no money for FA. I mean, I know we will be told that this has already been addressed in the OP to avoid discussing it but it's still the truth and end of day, the bottom line. You can't spend what you don't have.

If they want to sign some free agents, they'll be able to move some things around to do it. there are a few safe restructures (Cooper, Martin) that you can use. Additionally, you don't know what the cap will be in 2021 nor the agreement the league will have to accommodate it (I believe they already agreed to spread out the revenue loss across multiple seasons). there are already some report coming out the the cap could be higher than anticipated in 2021. I'm not saying it will be, but you cannot say it will not.

https://sportsnaut.com/nfl-news-salary-cap-2021/

 

[speedkilz88]

Potential to start? He started every game for seattle lol. Youre saying depth like he wouldnt easilt start in dallas at 1 tech.

Yeah, I thought he was a starter. He has 31 starts in his 3 years. 30 the last two years.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

If they want to sign some free agents, they'll be able to move some things around to do it. there are a few safe restructures (Cooper, Martin) that you can use. Additionally, you don't know what the cap will be in 2021 nor the agreement the league will have to accommodate it (I believe they already agreed to spread out the revenue loss across multiple seasons). there are already some report coming out the the cap could be higher than anticipated in 2021. I'm not saying it will be, but you cannot say it will not.

https://sportsnaut.com/nfl-news-salary-cap-2021/

Those restructures will have to be used to cover the costs of signing Dak to begin with IMO. I don't see a lot of restructure that's going to happen to sign other players, to be honest Denim. To create enough money just to sign Dak to a reduced 25 Mil first year salary and backload the contract, which is actually a terrible, terrible idea, we would have to find like 5 or 6 mil. That's pretty much all the restructure money.

 

[Cowboyny]

Damontae Kazee. He can play both safety positions and had 7 picks in 2018

Darqueze Dennard. But he only spent one season under Quinn

I think Kazee is definitely a target. Played with Quinn/Whitt last year, coming off a bad injury, but could come very cheap.

 

[Cowboyny]

dalvin tomlinson.
please and thank you.

I would figure out a way to get both Tomlinson and Justin Simmons.

 

[Cowboyny]

I don't disagree at all that DT and S are 2 huge needs for this team. So is upgrading CB.
But LB can absolutely be counted on that list as well.

Lee is done and most likely retiring.
LVE is good, but injury prone to say the least. With his neck issues, there's a chance he may never be the same.
Jaylon in the right role can be good. But in the wrong role is a liability.

The back ups are nothing to get excited about.
Gifford is a jag.
Benard was an undrafted rookie. I do have hopes for him but at this point, you can't count on anything.
Thomas and March are both ok, but both FA's.

I think a quality linebacker starter can be found in this year's draft, I'm not sure about FS/NT, especially being impactful in yr 1.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Those restructures will have to be used to cover the costs of signing Dak to begin with IMO. I don't see a lot of restructure that's going to happen to sign other players, to be honest Denim. To create enough money just to sign Dak to a reduced 25 Mil first year salary and backload the contract, which is actually a terrible, terrible idea, we would have to find like 5 or 6 mil. That's pretty much all the restructure money.

If the cap is end up higher as some are predicting* to $195mil, we'd have $38mil in space. Sign Dak to $25 mil back-loaded contract you mention and we're at $13 mil. A few safe restructures (meaning players we will likely not move on from soon) nets you another $34 mil ($14 cooper, $12 DLAW, $8 Martin).

You can clear $2mil from Pre-June 1 of Chris Jones. $2.7 from Anthony Brown.

So that is one very plausible scenario where you have $50 + mil available for free agents / rookie pool.

*https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...rescott-could-be-helped-by-rumored-cap-boost/

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

If the cap is end up higher as some are predicting* to $195mil, we'd have $38mil in space. Sign Dak to $25 mil back-loaded contract and we're at $13 mil. A few safe restructures (meaning player we will likely not move on from soon) nets you another $34 mil ($14 cooper, $12 DLAW, $8 Martin).

So that is one very possible scenario where you have $47mil for free agents / rookie pool.

*https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...rescott-could-be-helped-by-rumored-cap-boost/

Possible but very unlikely IMO. We are basically guessing at the structure of 25 up front. Remember, that's a really bad idea because if the cap is higher, all that means is that the owners and NFL are basically floating a bigger loan to compensate for loss of revenue. That will eventually be corrected in future cap years so it basically flatlines increase in cap for more years. I don't know that that is a very healthy thing, to be honest. You set yourself to have cap relief early in order to sign FAs but take the hit in a few years with a possibly stagnant cap.

Cooper's deal is done so I don't see another restructure coming there. This sounds like a lot of "ifs and buts" but if it happens that way, there will be some cap available. Remember, we have over 20 FAs of our own and we have some guys we are going to have to pay. Williams, Gallup etc. You spend all of the cap in FA now and with little to no increases for several future years, you run a risk there of not being able to keep them. This is a bad game IMO. It's how we ended up in cap jail in the early 2000s.

 

[Denim Chicken]

Possible but very unlikely IMO. We are basically guessing at the structure of 25 up front. Remember, that's a really bad idea because if the cap is higher, all that means is that the owners and NFL are basically floating a bigger loan to compensate for loss of revenue. That will eventually be corrected in future cap years so it basically flatlines increase in cap for more years. I don't know that that is a very healthy thing, to be honest. You set yourself to have cap relief early in order to sign FAs but take the hit in a few years with a possibly stagnant cap.

Cooper's deal is done so I don't see another restructure coming there. This sounds like a lot of "ifs and buts" but if it happens that way, there will be some cap available. Remember, we have over 20 FAs of our own and we have some guys we are going to have to pay. Williams, Gallup etc. You spend all of the cap in FA now and with little to no increases for several future years, you run a risk there of not being able to keep them. This is a bad game IMO. It's how we ended up in cap jail in the early 2000s.

I understand the risk, but I always ere on the side of not worrying about future space at the expense of the current. At the rate the cap has risen in the past, I think we'll be OK in the long run anyway. We'll have some dead money coming off in 2022 as well from Fredrick and others.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I understand the risk, but I always ere on the side of not worrying about future space at the expense of the current. At the rate the cap has risen in the past, I think we'll be OK in the long run anyway. We'll have some dead money coming off in 2022 as well from Fredrick and others.

What rate is that? Remember, this article from CBS is an if and maybe thing. Nobody else that I know of is confirming this report. If it's wrong, there is no way in hell we are OK in the long run. We are screwed.

 

[Denim Chicken]

What rate is that? Remember, this article from CBS is an if and maybe thing. Nobody else that I know of is confirming this report. If it's wrong, there is no way in hell we are OK in the long run. We are screwed.

For the last 7 seasons the cap has risen about at least $10mil YOY. Once the 17 game season goees in effect & the new TV deals it's going to blow up.

But yeah, the scenario above kinda depends on the $20mil from worst case cap in 20

 

[cowboyec]

falcons db damontae kazee...i know he was a kid we liked in that draft....out of san diego st.
can play cb and s.
coming off his rookie deal.