The Two Year Plan

Flamma

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Honestly, that would be fine. Its not like you are going to cut Dak anyways. His money is functionally guaranteed at first and his signing bonus would be spread over only 3 years. Here is a ballpark offer:

3 years 110m. 51m signing bonus. 81m guaranteed. Cap hits:
Year 1 = $10m salary guaranteed $17m signing = $27m cap hit.
Year 2 = $20m salary guaranteed $17m signing = $37m cap hit
Year 3 = $29m salary non guaranteed $17m siging = $46m cap hit

If you want to keep him, renegotiate before year 3.

That's not 90 million guaranteed in the first two years.
 

doomsday9084

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That's not 90 million guaranteed in the first two years.

True. Its close. You would have to tweak the signing bonus up to get to 90m guaranteed in the first two years and keep the year 1 cap hit down. Say $60m.
 

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Thats why he took his job.:facepalm::facepalm::muttley::muttley:


Romo was injured, or did that escape you. The cowboys happened to be on a long winning streak at the time, Dak wasn't the better QB....you then don't change QB's when you're the team is on a roll....I would think you'd grasp that with the basic understanding of football
 

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There is a lot of discussion about what the team should do going forward, obviously. IMO a lot of it isn't based in reality. Mostly due to contracts.

Some things to consider:
- McCarthy just got a huge contract and isn't going to be fired after 1 year.
- Zeke, Jaylon and Tank have a lot of guaranteed money left and even if you cut them, it leaves a hole with no cap gained.
- Dallas' offensive line is older but isn't going to be super easy to replace. Also, they are on pretty good contracts for this day and age . . . if they could stay healthy.

Given these realities, I would give Dak exactly what he wanted. He wanted a 4 year deal ending in 2023 last year. Give him a 3 year deal ending in 2023 this year. If you have to overpay him to do it, fine. Restructure contracts to fit everyone but don't extend anyone past 2023.

Then draft defense. A lot of defense.

You basically give the current core 2 years. Hope that you can fix the defense with the draft and that you get lucky with health, particularly on the o-line.

If after 2 years, it doesn't work and Dallas is still mired in mediocrity, you fire McCarthy and start cutting all of these players who's contracts will be near expiring. Trade Dak with 1 year left on his deal to a team looking for a QB to make a run. The team could then start fresh with high draft picks, a new coach and a clean cap.

I'm not sure it works but a rebuild now or even a new QB is just messy. Dallas is somewhat tied to this group so you might as well make the most of it.

I would not try to force Dak to take a 5 year deal and give him a ridiculous amount of money to do it. That would just make it harder to put together a team now and you would be tied to a 30 some year old QB in the middle of a rebuild in a few years. If you want to extend Dak in 3 years, go ahead.
I like your idea of a three year contract. That should satisfy both sides.
 

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So you want to give a group of players a few more years to prove themselves when the very same players have already had the time to prove themselves while giving the QB a big money 3-4 year deal? So then what money will there be to fix the defense and start replacing the aging offensive line?

Sorry but now is the time to blow this thing up and take the cap hits necessary for some players ( dead money for 2021: DLaw -$19M, J. Smith +$400K, Zeke -$10.8M, T. Smith +$5.16M, A. Cooper -$6M...total dead money hit -$30.24M ) as they will bring much needed cap relief in 2022 (savings: DLaw +$17M, J. Smith +$9.2M, Zeke +$12.4M, T. Smith +$13.5M, A. Cooper +$20M....total savings for 2022 +$72.1M) and beyond.

If you also allow Dak to find an offer to his liking with another team by applying the non-exclusive franchise tag then that is a potential savings in 2021 of anywhere between $25-$30M.

While of course these players would need to be replaced thereby eating up cap space, by recouping whatever draft picks then can for these players and drafting good quality players then do it......as this group of players simply are not getting the job done other than robbing Jerry's vault of money they are not earning.
Then have Jerry in charge of a full rebuild.

No thanks.
 

Dak_Attack_09

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Romo was injured, or did that escape you. The cowboys happened to be on a long winning streak at the time, Dak wasn't the better QB....you then don't change QB's when you're the team is on a roll....I would think you'd grasp that with the basic understanding of football

Dak accomplished what Romo done on the playoffs in 1/4 of time but a hater like you want accept it.
 

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I'm with you. Give Dak a 3-4 year deal and let's move on. Take comfort in the fact that Dak is better than Goff and Wentz.

Time to win is now. Dak doesn't win you a SB in three years move on from him.

Brady got Tampa to an SB in one year.

Waste a total of 8 years for Dak and while you're at it burn another crop of players.
Bankrupt our Cap.
All this for Prescott?:huh:
Dak-crush syndrome at its finest!
 

Typhus

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You guys are smoking crack, Dak aint getting no money deal on a short term contract.
 

CowboyRoy

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There is a lot of discussion about what the team should do going forward, obviously. IMO a lot of it isn't based in reality. Mostly due to contracts.

Some things to consider:
- McCarthy just got a huge contract and isn't going to be fired after 1 year.
- Zeke, Jaylon and Tank have a lot of guaranteed money left and even if you cut them, it leaves a hole with no cap gained.
- Dallas' offensive line is older but isn't going to be super easy to replace. Also, they are on pretty good contracts for this day and age . . . if they could stay healthy.

Given these realities, I would give Dak exactly what he wanted. He wanted a 4 year deal ending in 2023 last year. Give him a 3 year deal ending in 2023 this year. If you have to overpay him to do it, fine. Restructure contracts to fit everyone but don't extend anyone past 2023.

Then draft defense. A lot of defense.

You basically give the current core 2 years. Hope that you can fix the defense with the draft and that you get lucky with health, particularly on the o-line.

If after 2 years, it doesn't work and Dallas is still mired in mediocrity, you fire McCarthy and start cutting all of these players who's contracts will be near expiring. Trade Dak with 1 year left on his deal to a team looking for a QB to make a run. The team could then start fresh with high draft picks, a new coach and a clean cap.

I'm not sure it works but a rebuild now or even a new QB is just messy. Dallas is somewhat tied to this group so you might as well make the most of it.

I would not try to force Dak to take a 5 year deal and give him a ridiculous amount of money to do it. That would just make it harder to put together a team now and you would be tied to a 30 some year old QB in the middle of a rebuild in a few years. If you want to extend Dak in 3 years, go ahead.

Dak has nothing to do with any of that. You have a top 5 QB, pay him and keep him as long as you can. Then you focus on the rest of the team. Getting rid of your top 5 QB isnt going to do anything other than make the job tougher.
 

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Dak has nothing to do with any of that. You have a top 5 QB, pay him and keep him as long as you can. Then you focus on the rest of the team. Getting rid of your top 5 QB isnt going to do anything other than make the job tougher.

Dak isn't a top 5 QB. That's the type of echo chamber thinking that has locked Jerry into overpaying players and then immediately regretting it time and time again. Overestimating Cowboys players has locked all of us on this treadmill of mediocrity we have been on for the past 25 years.

Regardless, the current incarnation of the team is going to be completely shot within the next 2 to 3 years. You might as well plan for it.

Dak wants a short contract to take advantage of future increases in the cap. Well, give it to him with the agreement that the deal is cap friendly so you can maximize the team in the short term. Its silly to give him a much bigger salary just to lock him up longer.

If it all works out, there is nothing stopping Dallas from keeping Dak in a few years as I said.
 

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I'm with you. Give Dak a 3-4 year deal and let's move on. Take comfort in the fact that Dak is better than Goff and Wentz.

Time to win is now. Dak doesn't win you a SB in three years move on from him.

Brady got Tampa to a SB in one year.

Here we go again.

Brady, and the 9th best scoring defense, got Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl.

Only in Dallas are QBs expected to drag whatever garbage that trots out on the other side of the ball to a SB.

Get rid of Dak, bring in any QB you like. The Cowboys aren't going anywhere until they put a legit defense on the field.
 

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are we still working in Dog years with said "2 year plan.?"
 
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