CowboyRoy
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Interesting they didnt even bring up Collins lol.
And people need to look realistically at the starters we let go.A better description would be cleaned up their Cap.
But I can see how some might want to spin as such .
We did release several starters. 3 on offense and 1 on defense . The effects are yet to be seen.
OL is probably biggest concern. But losing Cooper and Gregory does initially lessen our talent pool. But contracts were probably too much to endure moving forward. But to say there won’t be any effects is possibly short sighted . We shall see.
And people need to look realistically at the starters we let go.
Conner Williams: The large majority of fans wanted him out as a starter anyway
Amari Cooper: It was always expected that the salary cap wouldn't allow the Cowboys to keep Cooper, Gallup and Lamb together for the long haul.
La'el Collins: Maybe a mild surprise, but I think many people felt he didn't perform as well at RT as Terrence Steele did.
Randy Gregory: Almost 30 years old and only 16.5 sacks over the 7 seasons that have passed since he was drafted. is career has always proven to be more promise than production, and his frequent league suspensions ate up some of the prime years where he might have had a chance to at least partially live up to the promise.
I agree on Cooper. Especially with Gallup expected to miss maybe the first 6 games or so, the WR position is a bit up in the air. I was a little surprised they didn't make a deal with Cedrick Wilson, but maybe that was his choice more than theirs.Good points.
I will say look at games played vs. years played for Gregory, and he never had a full season.
However, never having that to get into a full season rhythm still does not say much.
I think Jerry got lucky and avoided a disaster. Not that Gregory will flop in Denver. But he would flop here to fans expectations.
I think we came out, or will come out ahead in all situations. Except we need to see how the Cooper deal works out.
All reasonable arguments . Bottomline is still ; have we adequately replaced their talent . And if not what could the effects be. No one knows yet.And people need to look realistically at the starters we let go.
Conner Williams: The large majority of fans wanted him out as a starter anyway
Amari Cooper: It was always expected that the salary cap wouldn't allow the Cowboys to keep Cooper, Gallup and Lamb together for the long haul.
La'el Collins: Maybe a mild surprise, but I think many people felt he didn't perform as well at RT as Terrence Steele did.
Randy Gregory: Almost 30 years old and only 16.5 sacks over the 7 seasons that have passed since he was drafted. is career has always proven to be more promise than production, and his frequent league suspensions ate up some of the prime years where he might have had a chance to at least partially live up to the promise.
Of course every team goes into every year with some question marks, but that doesn't necessarily mean it blew up the roster or is in rebuilding mode.All reasonable arguments . Bottomline is still ; have we adequately replaced their talent . And if not what could the effects be. No one knows yet.
But if there are some effects this year reducing our talent pool will be a place to begin or at least provide some of the discussion and contributing factors especially if those areas on the team under perform.
If you are going to win with Dak, the Defense better be the 85 Bears and someone needs to tote the rock like Walter.Maybe they are changing to a defense first mentality. The next off-season will definitely tell the truth about their thinking. Are they going defense first or are they just bring cheap?
Wait.And people need to look realistically at the starters we let go.
Conner Williams: The large majority of fans wanted him out as a starter anyway
Amari Cooper: It was always expected that the salary cap wouldn't allow the Cowboys to keep Cooper, Gallup and Lamb together for the long haul.
La'el Collins: Maybe a mild surprise, but I think many people felt he didn't perform as well at RT as Terrence Steele did.
Randy Gregory: Almost 30 years old and only 16.5 sacks over the 7 seasons that have passed since he was drafted. is career has always proven to be more promise than production, and his frequent league suspensions ate up some of the prime years where he might have had a chance to at least partially live up to the promise.