Don't expect much from Cowboys in Free Agency

[Jkyle]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

 

[JW82]

They can make enough room to sign anyone they want. Don’t allow them to use Daks contract as an excuse for being afraid of free agency because they’ve sucked at it in the past.

 

[jujoboys]

They will probably do their usual bargain basement shopping. Although, I could see them making some kind of move to get OBJ.

 

[john van brocklin]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

Well you certainly would be smart in those expectations.
I mean, based on the past, all we do is dumpster dive or make low offers to the quality free agents, just to see them sign elsewhere.

 

[phildadon86]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

I love how Dak's salary is always the excuse.

He was making 700k on his rookie deal. Guess what. Still no FA signings worth a damn.

 

[Adreme]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

Diggs salary cap hit will not happen for 2 years and Lamb will not happen for 3 years. Until then they are on rookie deals.

Meanwhile they could restructure Dak's number down to 26m today (saving 23m) and with that alone have money to work and there are more things they could easily do if they decided to. At the end of the day they are just afraid to go for it.

Edit: Basically do not buy the Jones spin. They are trying to make excuses for why they are not spending money but the truth is they are handicapping themselves by trying to win by only using 1/3 of the ways to build a team and largely ignoring trades and FA because doing the latter 2 hurts their egos and they cannot accept that they are not the smartest in the room.

 

[Acceptablename]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

Well sure we never are. Well get a piece peaceWell sure we never are.

 

[quickccc]

Aside from a possible revisited flirtation with OJ Beckham ... no i would still not expect much splash from Cowboys FA period.

 

[Carson]

I am not sure why this board remains in a constant state in panic with Diggs and Micah’s deal in the future. Micah doesn’t need to be paid for another THREE seasons.

People act like Dallas is the only team in the league with a QB being paid highly and no other player on the team gets paid.

Chiefs
Mahomes $46, Clark $30, Jones $28, Thuney $22, Kelce $14. I’m sure they find a way to lock up Orlando Brown as well.

 

[charron]

Yes they can manipulate the cap if they want too. But they will only do enough to do their normal signing of low $ high possible reward guys. Their plan hasn't changed much. Sign cheap free agents to fill holes, draft long term replacements and see what happens.

 

[coult44]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

They are going to to extend Dak and free up a lot of money by doing so. They are also going to franchise Pollard and will probably let go of Shultz. They are goign to restructure Zeek and Martin to free up even more money. They have enough cap space to do whatever the want. The problem is, they won’t sign anyone in tier one or tier two because they just don’t believe in it. They are stuck in there ways and don’t care that everyone knows how pathetic it is. They will use the money to extend Diggs, Lamb, and Steele. That’s how they will feed it to the sheep and by the beginning of next year everyone will have the same hope they had after week 4 this year.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

Salary cap is a myth. They use Dak’s salary as a excuse to do nothing but did nothing when he was on a rookie deal as well.

 

[Creeper]

They really don't need that much in free agency. I would sign Wilson, LVE and and I would try to get McGovern signed although he is not a priority. Then I would try to get Hankins back and possibly sign another FA DT, like Dalvin Tomlinson.

They can use the draft to find a WR, CB, RBs, and maybe more OL help.

I think the area of improvement are running the football, receivers getting more separation, the defense stopping the run, and Dak's INTs. I think they will run the football better when Steele is back. Dak's INTs are about Dak. The other issues need players.

 

[xwalker]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

They don't make cap decisions based only on the current year. The average of all players on the roster over multiple seasons is the basis for making decisions.

As of today they're projected to have 86M of cap space in 2024 and 208M in 2025.

They have room to push cap hits into future years.

 

[maryquality]

So, pretty much same thing this year as the last 10-15 years!! LOL

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I doubt if we will be very active in Free Agency this offseason. With Dak's salary, $40+ Million, and having to try to sign Lamb and Diggs to extensions. I expect them to try to retain Donavan Wilson and Steele. Who they put the Franchise tag on will affect their FA approach also personnel wise and financially. They may be forced to sign a fairly high priced WR to complement Lamb because Gallop doesn't look to be the answer.

Jerry is hearing the reports. he knows the fan base is disappointed. he knows he has to make a spalsh signing to generate hope. he will make one splash signing and the rest will be token signings. just like before. that's why he likes his guys. he likes loyalty from the players. he will lean on draft.

and we make small improvement because of that splash signing and then things end up crashing, as they always do since Jimmy. Jerry fires the coach as the next move next year. and the cycles starts again.

 

[diamonddelts]

"They are absolutely right. We have been in the middle here for a few years, but I like where we are right now, more in the middle"- Jerry

 

[acr731]

As is said every off season, if this front office was interested in winning they would use free agency to make improvements. Yet year after year they sit on their thumbs and do nothing. They're happy with regular season results, nothing more.

The last 10 years or so has been the worst time in franchise history to be a fan... The front office isn't interested in improving so why should fans continue their support?

As of today they're projected to have 86M of cap space in 2024 and 208M in 2025.

And cap boy will sit on that and do absolutely nothing.

 

[Direwolf63]

I never do

 

[StuckMojo]

They will probably do their usual bargain basement shopping. Although, I could see them making some kind of move to get OBJ.

I hope they don’t go after OBJ