I bet my salt that Amari is willing to restructure ASAP to pickup FA

[Verdict]

I may bet my paycheck that Amari is willing to restructure ASAP to pickup FAs.


Also this notion that Gallup or CD sheep can take over #1 spot are sadly mistaken. They should be grateful that Amari allows them to eat on weaker foes kind of like the side villains of mega bosses.

Neither one has or ever will have the speed, quickness, route running ability & hands of Coop to play a real #1 WR.

That’s not going out on a limb. Lol

 

[nightrain]

Didn't they already restructure Collins? But yeah, I thought the plan was to move on from Cooper after this year too. But many disagree. I just figured they'd pay Gallup, move on from Cooper, then end up paying Lamb. Not going to pay all 3.

They may have restructured Collins...I missed it if they did.

 

[luckyman76]

The smart strategy by the Cowboys would be to hold off restructuring Amari's contract until next season when they see how Amari's season goes and what plays out with Gallup.

If Amari and Gallup both have solid or better seasons, you restructure Amari's contract next season and use that and other restructured contracts to sign Gallup to an extension.

If Amari has an average or worse season or gets injured, you trade/release Amari and sign Gallup to an extension.

If Amari has a solid or better season and Gallup has an average or worse season or gets injured, you let Gallup leave as a free agent.

Voice of reason and very clear this was the strategy for restructuring everybody but Zeke, Amari, and DLaw. Zeke and DLaw have underperformed on contract and Amari is another danger. Why wed yourself to a potentially fallen star when Gallup is a homegrown #1? I want to keep both and love Amari but you have to be objective when you start having a trail of bad contracts you were goaded into signing, also looking at Jaylon Smith. I have a feeling after Ar'Darius Washington, FO sees the draft weak for safeties and deep at CB and no FA DT or DE are worth the big investments. FO probably wants to be free to grab Pitts or Sewell if they drop or trade down and be able to take one of the top corners and just hammer down on DL and CB at the top 3-4 rounds. WIth that many picks they can definitely trade up for value if they trade down at the start. Ultimately, the FA strategy gives them flexibility to draft properly. Never will regret drafting Lamb and still got Diggs and Gallimore. These picks need to hit and we know stop gaps cannot save us. I would say use the 6 and 7 picks to jump up in 4-5 rounds to get your guy if you see competition on one of the runs or someone drops. This D needs a TON of talent IMMEDIATELY. THEY SUCK. #1 O and #32 D at start of last season was about the worst thing I have ever seen and it wasn't mostly coaching and scheme. We need fans and organization willing to admit the truth before anything changes. D coaches got fired, now players need to be fired beyond the stop gaps we jettisoned. So far we let some of the detritus go with Awuzie and I assume Woods and some of the others. It cannot end there. Simply being a middle of the road D with a healthy O would be enough to be a dangerous playoff team.

 

[Chuck 54]

The key with most modern contracts is players don’t need to agree to restructure. The team builds in steps that allow them to restructure when they want. They just need to be careful because you can’t keep pushing all the money forward.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

The smart strategy by the Cowboys would be to hold off restructuring Amari's contract until next season when they see how Amari's season goes and what plays out with Gallup.

If Amari and Gallup both have solid or better seasons, you restructure Amari's contract next season and use that and other restructured contracts to sign Gallup to an extension.

If Amari has an average or worse season or gets injured, you trade/release Amari and sign Gallup to an extension.

If Amari has a solid or better season and Gallup has an average or worse season or gets injured, you let Gallup leave as a free agent.

That’s a good strategy but Amari has yet to have a sub-par season, and with a healthy Dak I see more explosive plays from him.

10 TDs bombs between Dak & Coop onplays that are over 40 yards + this season!

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

That’s not going out on a limb. Lol

 

[irishline]

DLaw is what I consider a cornerstone so I think he is a good candidate for restructuring. Cooper's contract is a nightmare after next year and the Cowboys should just cut bait and move on from him after 2021. I'd restructure Martin and DLaw, maybe Collins, too to free up some cash.

To be fair Cooper's nightmare next year is the same as this years nightmare (His base is $20 million each season with $2 million bonus), its just this year's base is guaranteed making it prohibitive to cut him. That said his cap hit for 2021 through 2024 is the same each year ($22 million).

And while I agree with you on Lawrence his cap hit goes up steadily from $25 million this year to $27 in 2022, and $29 in 2023 without a restructure.

 

[Uncle_Hank]

The players don’t have a choice..it's an automatic trigger if the team wants to pull it

You can't create a legitimate thread to save your life lol

Not necessarily. That specific clause has to be written into the contract, otherwise it's up to the player. Not sure what's in Amari's contract, but hitting free agency again in 2022 might not be a bad option for him over a restructure now.

 

[Reality]

That’s a good strategy but Amari has yet to have a sub-par season, and with a healthy Dak I see more explosive plays from him.

10 TDs bombs between Dak & Coop onplays that are over 40 yards + this season!

I am not predicting he nor Gallup will or will not have great seasons.

I said that it makes more sense to wait until next off-season to evaluate and decide though because you never know what will happen next season.

Who would have thought we would have gotten Lamb last year for example.

 

[Rockport]

And this needed to be a thread why?

Not a nice person are you.

 

[nightrain]

To be fair Cooper's nightmare next year is the same as this years nightmare (His base is $20 million each season with $2 million bonus), its just this year's base is guaranteed making it prohibitive to cut him. That said his cap hit for 2021 through 2024 is the same each year ($22 million).

And while I agree with you on Lawrence his cap hit goes up steadily from $25 million this year to $27 in 2022, and $29 in 2023 without a restructure.

It's the dead money vs annual salary I am speaking about with Coop. I would rather keep Gallup and or Lamb or both and free up the $16M from Coop in 2022 by cutting him loose. Stay young at the position. Can't be paying entire position groups top salaries.

 

[JBS]

Not necessarily. That specific clause has to be written into the contract, otherwise it's up to the player. Not sure what's in Amari's contract, but hitting free agency again in 2022 might not be a bad option for him over a restructure now.

Yeah duh..it's already in the contract..that's point

 

[Uncle_Hank]

Yeah duh..it's already in the contract..that's point

It very well may be. Can you link me to the contract details?

 

[Verdict]

To be fair Cooper's nightmare next year is the same as this years nightmare (His base is $20 million each season with $2 million bonus), its just this year's base is guaranteed making it prohibitive to cut him. That said his cap hit for 2021 through 2024 is the same each year ($22 million).

And while I agree with you on Lawrence his cap hit goes up steadily from $25 million this year to $27 in 2022, and $29 in 2023 without a restructure.

That’s bad news on Tank. We are going to take a bath on that contract at some point.

 

[JoeKing]

The OP is showing his arse on this thread. The truth is the restructuring of these deals has nothing to do with the willingness of the player. A "restructuring at a future date" clause is written into these contracts. It's triggered at the will of the FO, not the player. So this story the OP is telling is made up and I suspect is designed to draw ire from gullible readers toward other players whose contracts have not yet been restructured. This particular BS artist poster should be banned for making up false stories and passing them off as truth. @Dak_Attack_09 shame on you, liar.

 

[Dak_Attack_09]

The OP is showing his arse on this thread. The truth is the restructuring of these deals has nothing to do with the willingness of the player. A "restructuring at a future date" clause is written into these contracts. It's triggered at the will of the FO, not the player. So this story the OP is telling is made up and I suspect is designed to draw ire from gullible readers toward other players whose contracts have not yet been restructured. This particular BS artist poster should be banned for making up false stories and passing them off as truth. @Dak_Attack_09 shame on you, liar.

You missed the part where I said CD Sheep & Dropping Gallup can’t play the real #1 WR role and will turn out to be another JuJu Schuster.

 

[JoeKing]

You missed the part where I said CD Sheep & Dropping Gallup can’t play the real #1 WR role and will turn out to be another JuJu Schuster.

I didn't miss that part. I just thought it made you look more like a BS artist than you already are.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

Years ago I read about a hilarious officer evaluation. “He is a born leader. His men follow him to see what stupid thing he will do next.”

When certain people create threads, clicking on them puts a smile on my face.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

You missed the part where I said CD Sheep & Dropping Gallup can’t play the real #1 WR role and will turn out to be another JuJu Schuster.

This is Amari Cooper’s 7th season coming up in the nfl.

He still has never had even 1200 receiving yards in a season, yet he’s being paid amongst peers who regularly get 1400+

he has never caught double digit touchdowns

In the previous 6 seasons, he has failed to start all 16 games in 5 of them

If you were to blame his yardage totals to his long injury history, you can also look at his ypg: Amari Cooper has never averaged more than 75 yards a game in any season. Compare that to Julio Jones who hasn’t averaged less than 85 in any season since 2012. This may be hard to believe, but there are more than FIFTEEN WRs in the nfl who’ve had multiple ypg seasons better than Amari’s career high during that span. And he’s being paid better than all but 3 of them

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Everyone understands why you paid Amari, he’s very talented, and Dallas is better after you got him. There was at least one other team who was even going to pay him similar to what you did, this isn’t a knock on paying him. But you can’t use his financial position to declare his league relevance, he got that due to your situation more so than his

Even with that said, don’t disrespect Gallup and Lamb by saying Amari is much better than them. His career plays out like a really good number 2 WR.

If you were to compare his career to other former players, it’s eerily similar to Jake Reed. Doesn’t mean he’s not an asset, but Lamb has real #1 potential. At least Lamb has an upside, Amari at this point is what he is


The reason they’ve chosen not to restructure Cooper is obvious: restructuring pushes guarantees and dead money into later years, where if they don’t it’ll be much easier to dump him once Lamb ascends

 

[erod]

I may bet my paycheck that Amari is willing to restructure ASAP to pickup FAs.


Also this notion that Gallup or CD sheep can take over #1 spot are sadly mistaken. They should be grateful that Amari allows them to eat on weaker foes kind of like the side villains of mega bosses.

Neither one has or ever will have the speed, quickness, route running ability & hands of Coop to play a real #1 WR.

Willing?

LOL.

"Hey Amari, we're going to give you a whole bunch of money now instead of later. Cool?"

"Uh, sure, that's cool."

LOL