Twitter: Salary Cap carryover for 2021

[Hawkeye0202]

 

[baltcowboy]

Is this an addition to the 19 million in space we already have since they raised the cap to 180 million?

 

[Hawkeye19]

Is this an addition to the 19 million in space we already have since they raised the cap to 180 million?

Believe that is the case. Insurance money in case they need to tag Dak again lol

 

[baltcowboy]

Believe that is the case. Insurance money in case they need to tag Dak again lol

That changes things. If they get Dak under contract we will have money to improve our team. There needs to be some urgency to get this contract done by both sides. Both the Cowboys organization and Dak want a long term deal in Dallas. Let’s get the deal done by the start of free agency.

 

[LittleD]

That changes things. If they get Dak under contract we will have money to improve our team. There needs to be some urgency to get this contract done by both sides. Both the Cowboys organization and Dak want a long term deal in Dallas. Let’s get the deal done by the start of free agency.

The urgency is to get some team to give you top picks for Dak before the draft. Most cost effective strategy Jerry could take. No way we are competing for a SB anytime soon with our defense.

 

[Teague31]

We clearly didn’t need that $25m given the quality team the Jones’ put out this past year.

 

[Loso86]

The urgency is to get some team to give you top picks for Dak before the draft. Most cost effective strategy Jerry could take. No way we are competing for a SB anytime soon with our defense.

Honestly were better off with Dak. If and when he signs it'll be maybe a 20 mil cap hit so factor that in with the draft and a bunch of really good guys taking 1 year rental deals we will be in good shape

 

[Loso86]

That changes things. If they get Dak under contract we will have money to improve our team. There needs to be some urgency to get this contract done by both sides. Both the Cowboys organization and Dak want a long term deal in Dallas. Let’s get the deal done by the start of free agency.

I've been hearing the issue has been with Daks agent. Didnt want to keep negotiating last year due to him switching agencies and this year they havent met. Hes thinking more about his pockets than Daks future

 

[ClappingCarrot]

I've been hearing the issue has been with Daks agent. Didnt want to keep negotiating last year due to him switching agencies and this year they havent met. Hes thinking more about his pockets than Daks future

Yep and eventually he'll need to get some of these deals done now that he's with the new agency. He had 3 guys play on the franchise tag last year, including Dak.

But I mean, both sides simply need to talk. Which they've hardly done.

 

[Einstein]

We clearly didn’t need that $25m given the quality team the Jones’ put out this past year.

In the end it was very smart, we weren't winning in the playoffs with Dalton. Don't get me wrong here, I am NOT saying Jerry did a good thing.

 

[baltcowboy]

The urgency is to get some team to give you top picks for Dak before the draft. Most cost effective strategy Jerry could take. No way we are competing for a SB anytime soon with our defense.

Listen we can ignore the elephant in the room all we want but the Joneses are not trading Dak. I mess around on other threads proposing us to draft Mac Jones and trading Dak for multiple picks. It’s fun in fantasy land but that is not gonna happen. I cry with laughter when I here the talking heads say Dak does not want to be a Cowboy or Jerry does not want him.

 

[Rockport]

The urgency is to get some team to give you top picks for Dak before the draft. Most cost effective strategy Jerry could take. No way we are competing for a SB anytime soon with our defense.

You can fix a defense in one offseason.

 

[John813]

We clearly didn’t need that $25m given the quality team the Jones’ put out this past year.

A lot of the cap space from this past year was from restructures in August and September.
Tyron Smith, Zach Martin and Demarcus Lawrence were the guys restructured right before the season started.
7.1mil from Smith, 7.9mil from Martin and 12mil from DLaw were created with those moves.
Also, Frederick held off on retirement till June 1st allowing the team to spread out his dead cap over two years.

So, the majority, if not all the cap space we rolled over was done past June 1st, long after Free agency started.

*And was done purely to have more breathing room for 2021 with the potential cap squeeze

 

[baltcowboy]

I've been hearing the issue has been with Daks agent. Didnt want to keep negotiating last year due to him switching agencies and this year they havent met. Hes thinking more about his pockets than Daks future

Dak can always override his agent. Dak has lots of pressure on him from the Players association to get top dollar. It’s not as simple to get a contract done as many think. I laugh at the notion this could have been completed two years ago. France wants Dak to be a free agent.

 

[Sydla]

Is this an addition to the 19 million in space we already have since they raised the cap to 180 million?

No. If you are looking at Over the Cap and it shows over $19 million in cap space, that includes their estimate of the rollover. Spotrac shows us with $27 million in cap space and that's also with the rollover added in. One difference is Spotrac is using $185 million as the NFL hard cap and Over the Cap is using $180.5 million.

So it's not clear how much space we have, it's probably somewhere between $19 and $27 million but those numbers INCLUDE the $25 million in rollover dollars. Dak alone will eat that up + some.

The only way we get cap space to remake the D, for example, is restructure more contracts which likely will include Elliott which would be stupid IMO.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

You can fix a defense in one offseason.

This defense? I don't think so. But what does "fix' mean? If you mean getting out of the cellar to like no. 20, oh yeah, that's possible, we saw Diggs develop well and LVE was recovering from surgery and may (please note the may word) be better next year. And of course Nolan is gone, Quinn is very unlikely not to do better.

Etc.

I don't see the defense getting to top15 or better, which is normally needed for titles.

But I've been wrong before, I would hardly be upset if I am this time....

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

There are about 14 teams that need a QB. That's about 44% of the league. If I was Dak, I'd be trying to cash in too.

The salary cap going down is going to effect some big money players, but it's really going to create a lot of minimal contracts for the bottom end players. The UDFA market over the next couple of years could hold the keys to victory.

 

[Carson]

There are about 14 teams that need a QB. That's about 44% of the league. If I was Dak, I'd be trying to cash in too.

The salary cap going down is going to effect some big money players, but it's really going to create a lot of minimal contracts for the bottom end players. The UDFA market over the next couple of years could hold the keys to victory.

He can cash in sure. But how much more money a year does Dak make being the QB in Dallas? He makes bank in endorsement money. You think he would be getting all of that money playing in Jacksonville or Washington?

 

[baltcowboy]

No. If you are looking at Over the Cap and it shows over $19 million in cap space, that includes their estimate of the rollover. Spotrac shows us with $27 million in cap space and that's also with the rollover added in. One difference is Spotrac is using $185 million as the NFL hard cap and Over the Cap is using $180.5 million.

So it's not clear how much space we have, it's probably somewhere between $19 and $27 million but those numbers INCLUDE the $25 million in rollover dollars. Dak alone will eat that up + some.

The only way we get cap space to remake the D, for example, is restructure more contracts which likely will include Elliott which would be stupid IMO.

Ok so if we let Jaylon and the punter Jones go that will save 9 million more. Is there any other way we can get cap relief besides restructuring?

 

[Sydla]

Ok so if we let Jaylon and the punter Jones go that will save 9 million more. Is there any other way we can get cap relief besides restructuring?

Jaylon saves you nothing this year. His cap savings is only around $500K for 2021. You could make him a post June 1 cut, which would save you around $7MM but that money isn't on the cap until after June 1 and you'd then be on the hook for a $7MM dead cap hit in 2022.