News: Michael Gallup Talks Contract

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How do you "Blame Failure" on a contract? There is a cap and there is x amount of money to spend and you must spend x amount so I don't get this.

This is Stephen Jones quote in an interview with Mike Florio. I've linked the entire interview. Clearly, COO Stephen Jones mindset is fixed on winning with a team friendly contracts and NOT market value contracts. That has been COO Stephen Jones predisposition going into contract negotiations. Stephen blames failure "decreasing chance to win" on QBs contracts taking up a "big" (*** does that mean) percentage....big is relative


Stephen Jones:
We’re just trying to do our very best working with Mike, working with Will McClay, to really divide up the pie in the best way possible to win a Super Bowl. There’s all sorts of analytics out there that show if your quarterback takes up too big a percentage of your salary cap, that it decreases your chances to win. We’re just trying to figure out the right fit.
 

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The cowboys structure their contracts where those are always misleading. Although things will be tight next year for all teams. But as far as Gallup his first year cap hit would be much lower and could likely be fit in. Then in 2023 the new tv contracts kick in.
There’s a team that doesn’t do that with big contracts?
 

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You make it sound like we would be stuck at 28mil guaranteed cap hit with Cooper even though his cap savings if cut/traded would be a huge savings if we moved him the following year. Not to mention the cap shooting up in 23 due to tv deals. And who knows if fans can come back to bring back in that income.

The Cooper deal was an extreme example and they could restructure not to the max amount and/or add void years.

It crushes you when you restructure and they retire/cut early. Romo was never expected to be run out in 17 but Dak came. Frederick was never expected to get GBS etc.
Tyron Smith was restructured a handful of times and his cap is still reasonable for an very good starting LT.

Obviously covid hit the cap which no team expected.

Not saying they have to re-sign Gallup but they can find ways to re-sign him without gutting the team.
So if you cut Cooper the following year you have $18M in dead money for a guy no longer on the team in that scenario of restructuring $18M of his salary in 2022 to free up space. That would not be smart when you could just move on from him a year earlier and have a huge savings in both years. All of this at a position where we have 3 real good players and can afford to let one go. Thinking like this is why we don’t have a defense. If we didn’t over pay all of our own guys we could have brought in a DB last year or this year and strengthened one of the weak links on the team.

and when you restructure everyone, eventually some of them retire or start to stink. That is part of the reason why it’s risky. Even smith who you brought up. You don’t think there is big risk in restructuring a guy that can’t stay healthy and just had surgery? We all hope he doesn’t get injured but I sure wouldn’t put money on him playing 17 games. Heck I’d take 15 right now if offered. He will now count $18M against the cap his last 2 years and has a guaranteed $4M in dead money after that because we allocated his restructure over more years than he had left to keep this year lower. I’m not sure that all that reasonable for an injury risk. If you add that $4M back in he costs us $40M for his last 2 years of his contract. $20M per if his back puts him out for good would be a nightmare.
 

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Why would anyone expect him not to get the max for his services? He's certainly given that on the field.

The question is his involvement in the offense this season. Do they feature Lamb more and try and showcase Fehoko because they know they're going to lose Gallup?

Is there a situation where they end up with Lamb/Gallup at 1/2 or Cooper/Gallup and trade the odd guy out?

If I am McC and Moore, I'd want to find out if Lamb can be a more consistent 1WR than Cooper. Cooper has had this invisible man thing since he got in the league.

The real question is how does Gallup view himself? Does he see himself as a #1 and want #1 money, who could blame him? He's been a great pick.

I don't expect to see a lot of Simi this year, but I'm sure Dallas hopes to develop him to take the third receiver role as Lamb steps into a starting spot. This year, there probably will be more rotating among our big three, while next year, it will be up to Fehoko to prove he deserves some of Cooper or Lamb's playing time.

Of course, if Cooper's lower-body issues cause him problems, we might choose to cut him ($6 million dead cap hit/$14 million savings) and use that money to re-sign Gallup. Relying on the big three will sort that all out IMO.
 

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This is one guy who deserves to be paid.
Don't matter if its here or elsewhere.
Pay this man!
 

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Cowboys need to keep Michael Gallup.

In 2020, Gallup tied Cooper and Lamb with 5 TDs each received for the team lead. Gallup also had the highest average/reception at 14.3 yards/reception. He also, by far, had the highest percentage (74.6%) amount of receptions that went for 1st downs, so clearly, Michael Gallup is the Cowboys deepest threat WR and also the best clutch at completing 1st downs, thus moving the chains.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams...=descending&table=TeamStatsTableNfl-Receiving

 

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Assuming Spotrac is close to accurate, the first $18M or so only gets us under the cap. It doesn't free up money to sign anyone. Then you have to free up space to sign your draft picks and any free agents for the huge holes we always have and then guys like Gallup, LVE or whomever else we decide to keep. Being able to do it on a calculator isn't the same as being able to optimize your team under the cap. You can always do it. Dak's cap hits in 2023 and 2024 are already $44M and $47M. So if you move money out of 2022 for him you drive those up even more. To what, mid 50's? This is what we did years back and that's why we haven't been able to sign many decent free agents most years. It would a horrible decision to give a huge contract to Gallup and keep paying Cooper over $20M per year while we have CeeDee on the roster. Just doesn't make any sense in a cap world. We purposely structured a lot of these contracts to get out of them if we needed to - Jaylon, Cooper, Zeke, etc. You need to purge the guys not earning their contracts or at positions of strength even if they are good. You can't keep/sign everyone in a cap world and cutting Jaylon alone isn't going to be enough.

In your Cooper scenario, let's say we convert $18M of his salary to a bonus. That makes his cap hits:
2022 cap hit drops to $10M saves us $12M
2023 cap hit increases $6M to $28M
2024 cap hit increases $6M to $28M
The cap hit doesn't go away it just gets kicked down the road. Do we want to have Cooper with a $28M cap hit for tow years, plus Gallup while we have CeeDee likely better than both of them at that point? That's why we keep paying a different safety $1M per year every year and still suck on defense.

if the 2022 cap table wasn't bad enough. Take a look at 2023. This is insane how far away we are from everyone else. You can't just keep pushing money out. Eventually it crushes you.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/2023/

One thing to remember is that the Cap is maxed at 208 mil With the TV deals coming through unless Covid strikes again we should be ok. Not great but ok
Also have to take into count the players that will be let go for salary cap reason ??? Jaylon????
There will be some salary cap cuts you can bank on that.
I would love to see Gallup stay he was my pet peeve from Colo. Good kid and I wish him well. Amari has a contract that gives you so many options if you need them. Some of these contracts will be wait and see. See how the competition goes in camp plus with those ugly injuries that will happen.
We have a very crowded Rec core and when it come down to who stay or who goes Im sure that Dak will have a lot to say about it.

I dont want us to go into salary cap hell so I hope that they are smart about it. I also hope that we are able to trade some players for future draft picks. If WR start going down during camp we got the group of WR that we can make some future moves.
 

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Someone will pay him #1 WR money

pass on that

if he’s willing to take a team friendly #2 WR contract then oh yeah all day resign him
 

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I think Gallup can be a very good #2, but Dallas can't really pay him to be anything more than a #3. The writing is kind of on the wall. He's been productive and has earned whatever someone is willing to pay for him.

Personally, I might tender him high in 2022 in order to retain him for another year (or score solid compensation), and then in 2023 start looking at moving-on from Cooper. Amari would start 2023 as a 29-year-old, while Gallup would be 27. Get value for Cooper if you can 2 years from now, and keep the younger guy. If not, cutting Cooper outright and signing Gallup to a respectable contract can easily be done. Even without a 1st year discount, Gallup's cap charge could be $18M for 2023 and Dallas would come out cap-neutral when compared to losing Gallup between now and then and keeping Amari for 2023. At least, that's how it looks to me. Bit rusty so won't rule out an error on my part.
 

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So if you cut Cooper the following year you have $18M in dead money for a guy no longer on the team in that scenario of restructuring $18M of his salary in 2022 to free up space. That would not be smart when you could just move on from him a year earlier and have a huge savings in both years. All of this at a position where we have 3 real good players and can afford to let one go. Thinking like this is why we don’t have a defense. If we didn’t over pay all of our own guys we could have brought in a DB last year or this year and strengthened one of the weak links on the team.

and when you restructure everyone, eventually some of them retire or start to stink. That is part of the reason why it’s risky. Even smith who you brought up. You don’t think there is big risk in restructuring a guy that can’t stay healthy and just had surgery? We all hope he doesn’t get injured but I sure wouldn’t put money on him playing 17 games. Heck I’d take 15 right now if offered. He will now count $18M against the cap his last 2 years and has a guaranteed $4M in dead money after that because we allocated his restructure over more years than he had left to keep this year lower. I’m not sure that all that reasonable for an injury risk. If you add that $4M back in he costs us $40M for his last 2 years of his contract. $20M per if his back puts him out for good would be a nightmare.


Your point isn't lost on me. And I agree to an extent. All I'm saying is that if the FO is hard headed enough to try to keep the 3 amigos together for longer they can find ways without cutting players to make it work short term .

SJ has been restructuring deals for 8 + years now. There is no change in their FO deal structure.

Dak Prescott's deal had two void years, one of which is in the 6th year which receives no prorated original signing bonus as SB only spread out over the first 5 years over a contract. So, to me that is an obvious sign they were going to restructure Dak as soon as next year to keep their "window" open short term.
 

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especially with the cap going up.

oh well, he's a good player and deserves to get his fair share. We got good production at minimal cost. that's how the system is set up to work.
Right now the cap is set for 208 mil next year and we have commitments around 222 mil already. Don’t know where the $ would come from for Gallup
 

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Tag Gallup in 2022. Dallas can't afford to let an explosive young WR get away.
 

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Eekk.. i guess I don't care about the money because I remember what it was like before they traded for Amari. He instantly changed our offense/Dak and Gallup was there before. It's close, if I see CeeDee take another step this year (pretty obvious he will) then I am OK with letting Amari go after this season. I just love Amari's route running and tact. I think he scares the hell out of opposing CB's. Even Aikman said he's never seen anyone that can cover him on a play unless two people are there. That's worth some $$. Not sure CeeDee couldn't be taken out of a game by one guy yet. Love him but I've only seen one year. So I am open minded.

Cooper is great. I think Lamb takes over the #1 spot this year. Essentially 2 number 1's.
 

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Is it just me or what? But I'd rather we keep our homegrown players. So I'd rather trade Cooper and re-sign Gallup.

Cooper is a better WR. I'd take the better WR every single time (unless we are talking a significant difference in cap hits, which I am not sure there will be when Gallup sees what's out there).
 
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