Signed by Cowboys Cowboy sign Leighton Vander-Esch to 1-yr deal

[Risen Star]

Garbage.

 

[Carson]

Is it possible he was signed to be Wagner’s backup? Or does this mean BW will go elsewhere?

No. He’s signed to be the starter. They likely draft a replacement.

No chance Wagner comes here.

 

[glimmerman]

Good move. He will be fine..

 

[DFWJC]

That's fine.
We need some LB depth and it impacts nothing regarding draft or potential FA

 

[reddyuta]

ok now we know they are officially throwing in the towel,what a slap in the face of the fans who were hoping they could take the next step.

 

[cowboyec]

good.
he's better than the cheapies they'd bring in.

 

[Gaede]

Well we needed a body and got one. Guessing this rules out Wagner. Which was one of the only players available who would've made the roster better.

But why improve whem you can stay the same?

 

[Sydla]

Let me see the dollar figure before I cast judgment.

If he signed for anything more than 3-4 million, it's dumb.

But I guess this is their solution to being too cheap to make a real run at Wagner, who is a much better LB.

 

[texbumthelife]

You couldn’t be more wrong he played great in the playoff game.

No, he didn’t.

For the most part, he made tackles downfield ala Jaylon Smith. He was hesitant to fill holes and had no explosion.

You want your backers meeting the ball carrier in the hole, not waiting on the other side of it.

Some of you have absolutely no idea what good backer play looks like.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

He is no backup because we are not signing Wagner. Just run it back with the same crew again and see if it works.

 

[Sydla]

That's fine.
We need some LB depth and it impacts nothing regarding draft or potential FA

Except what if he isn't "depth" but rather they signed him to be our starting MLB?

That seems the more likely answer here. Now they don't have to worry about Wagner.

 

[john van brocklin]

We like our guys !!!!!
LOL
Wonder what the terms were ???

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

You know it's 8 or 9 then.

 

[Kolemmitt]

LOL let’s bring back everyone that just got ran over in the playoffs!

Well, besides our best WR, our starting RT, our starting RDE, and possibly our starting S. What can go wrong?

 

[john van brocklin]

LVE re-signed on one year deal.

Merge ???

 

[texbumthelife]

So instead of upgrading and then using the draft for depth, they’re just gonna bring back the same guys and cross their fingers.

Let me see the dollar figure before I cast judgment.

If he signed for anything more than 3-4 million, it's dumb.

But I guess this is their solution to being too cheap to make a real run at Wagner, who is a much better LB.

How does this not affect anything? It’s another lateral move and expenditure for a team that needed to improve. The money Vander Esch and Armstrong got should have gone to improving.

 

[Starforever]

Other teams showed interest, just to test the stupidity of management, and it worked.

 

[CowboyChris]

if cheap, not a bad signing, but more importantly can we sign ANYONE from another team?

 

[Coogiguy03]

He honestly played really good in the playoff game. If it’s cheap good signing.

Need him during the regular season too

 

[Gaede]

So instead of upgrading and then using the draft for depth, they’re just gonna bring back the same guys and cross their fingers.


How does this not affect anything? It’s another lateral move and expenditure for a team that needed to improve. The money Vander Esch and Armstrong got should have gone to improving.

Utterly amazing how they will go out of their way to sign multiple mediocre players rather than one or two good players.

Lve has been trash for us. He has played just as bad as Jaylon. There have been a few games here and there that were good. But few and far between. To top it off, he's injury prone.