Shaping up to be an ugly off season

john van brocklin

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!
 

Jake

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It's likely the NFC East streak of 17 years without a repeat champion will continue. With any luck, the Cowboys could get a wild card berth and lose another playoff game.
 

john van brocklin

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It's likely the NFC East streak of 17 years without a repeat champion will continue. With any luck, the Cowboys could get a wild card berth and lose another playoff game.
Honestly that's our current ceiling.
The team next year will most likely be less talented than this years squad due to losses in free agency.
One hope I can see is the opportunity to reduce our NFL lead in penalties next year.
 

Hawkeye0202

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!

To be honest the free agent issue isn't as bad as it may seem. Remember, as Jerry once said, we lose 15/20% through attrition anyway. I think we have to focus on the starting positions. As of now, that would replacing LVE, Connor W, TE, Gregory and at least one safety. Looking for replacements via draft, we can probably rule our a high pick on safety and TE. I'm guessing LBer, DE and G will be at the top of their list.
 

nyc-cowboy

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!
I'm afraid to say that its gonna be a lot longer than this winter my friend.

Need basically a whole new O-line, 2 DTs a LB and a free safety, thats gonna take a few years and by then Daks contract will be up and do we sign him again....doubtful.

I'm afraid to say its gonna be many more dark years ahead...
 

john van brocklin

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To be honest the free agent issue isn't as bad as it may seem. Remember, as Jerry once said, we lose 15/20% through attrition anyway. I think we have to focus on the starting positions. As of now, that would replacing LVE, Connor W, TE, Gregory and at least one safety. Looking for replacements via draft, we can probably rule our a high pick on safety and TE. I'm guessing LBer, DE and G will be at the top of their list.
I see us losing a lot of our defensive starters and back ups, especially at the safety position.
You can only draft so many starters.
 

visionary

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!

I’m ready for a blow it up season

Burn it down
 

john van brocklin

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I'm afraid to say that its gonna be a lot longer than this winter my friend.

Need basically a whole new O-line, 2 DTs a LB and a free safety, thats gonna take a few years and by then Daks contract will be up and do we sign him again....doubtful.

I'm afraid to say its gonna be many more dark years ahead...
Lol, I was trying not to be too pessimistic
 

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!


,wE can Do WhAt We WaNT iN fREe aGeNCy
 

bewp7

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it is going to get really really ugly and it will happen fast

when there is no money to make the entire offense “dak friendly” any more then people will see what ugly really look like

it will not be pretty if the team think the media & fans is upset now
 

Whyjerry

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Stephen has already said we will not be players in Free Agency.

We are currently over the salary cap.

We have several bloated contracts for players who are not producing at their level of pay.
Some we cant afford to trade or cut because of their cap hits,
Zeke for example.

We have 21 Free Agents, many that were key contributors, most we wont be able to afford to resign.

Our only hope is the Draft and we will be picking much later, 24th, than last year, making it much more difficult to find impact players.

We continue having a GM in place that has repeatedly showed he is not competent to handle the duties of the job.

So buckle up for the Winter of discontentment my fellow Cowboys fans!
It’s not that bad. Schultz, Anger, and Wilson are the only guys I would bring back. Jerry should have traded Gallup since he gave Cooper that ridiculous contract but of course he didn’t. I was all for Gregory but he played like an undisciplined clown in his biggest game. Guy can’t be relied on. Good riddance. Williams is the worst starter on the team so easily replaced. The rest of the guys are JAGs.
 
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