The Cowboy's Cash Spending 2013-2023

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M Spears is exactly right.......lack of free agent spending is the difference between reaching the playoffs and winning in the playoffs. You can't build a championship team via draft alone. Jerry and Stephen's idea of a championship......draft well and add a few bottom-feeders. It's just not working.....Romo, Dak, same results.


 
Hawkeye0202 said:
M Spears is exactly right.......lack of free agent spending is the difference between reaching the playoffs and winning in the playoffs. You can't build a championship team via draft alone. Jerry and Stephen's idea of a championship......draft well and add a few bottom-feeders. It's just not working.....Romo, Dak, same results.


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If it wasn't for our scouting department, we would be the New York Jets.
The Jones Boys are killing America's Team.
 
Leave it to the people in the organization feeling that you MUST build through the draft. Then they cry about free agency like we as fans are too stupid to know that you can't get every free agent. At least try to get a guy that can help you get over the hump. *Smart fans know this!!!!
 
Coogiguy03 said:
Leave it to the people in the organization feeling that you MUST build through the draft. Then they cry about free agency like we as fans are too stupid to know that you can't get every free agent. At least try to get a guy that can help you get over the hump. *Smart fans know this!!!!
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+1.......THIS is the straw to our post-season issues. You can't win a Super Bowl with draft and bottom feeders. You have to sign a couple of QUALITY free agents to close the gap. I challenge anyone to name a Super Bowl winning team that DID NOT add at least 1-2 quality free agents.
 
There are only two options why JJ and SJ refuse to join the modern NFL in building a championship roster with BOTH a great draft and some important FAs:
  1. They don’t understand HOW to build a championship roster this way in the cap era. (They don’t know how to manage the cap and contracts)
  2. They don’t want to do it this way despite decades of evidence that it works.
I believe it’s option 1. The teams competing well in the playoffs have just as many cap issues with star players but unlike the Jones boys they understand how to manage their player contracts creatively. Our FO is undermanned in this area. They don’t know what they are doing. We have three decades of receipts.
 
Bobhaze said:
There are only two options why JJ and SJ refuse to join the modern NFL in building a championship roster with BOTH a great draft and some important FAs:
  1. They don’t understand HOW to build a championship roster this way in the cap era. (They don’t know how to manage the cap and contracts)
  2. They don’t want to do it this way despite decades of evidence that it works.
I believe it’s option 1. The teams competing well in the playoffs have just as many cap issues with star players but unlike the Jones boys they understand how to manage their player contracts creatively. Our FO is undermanned in this area. They don’t know what they are doing. We have three decades of receipts.
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:hammer:Hell, we not even talking about expensive free agents. Just a few mid-tier guys with a couple of years left. We have seen them pass these types of players who end up signing with other teams for just a few million dollars.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
M Spears is exactly right.......lack of free agent spending is the difference between reaching the playoffs and winning in the playoffs. You can't build a championship team via draft alone. Jerry and Stephen's idea of a championship......draft well and add a few bottom-feeders. It's just not working.....Romo, Dak, same results.


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The Cowboys have figured out a way to make it look like they spend (always up against the cap) while actually not spending the money other franchises do.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
M Spears is exactly right.......lack of free agent spending is the difference between reaching the playoffs and winning in the playoffs. You can't build a championship team via draft alone. Jerry and Stephen's idea of a championship......draft well and add a few bottom-feeders. It's just not working.....Romo, Dak, same results.


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CHA CHING
 
Sydla said:
The Cowboys have figured out a way to make it look like they spend (always up against the cap) while actually not spending the money other franchises do.
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Bill Belichick would disagree with the cash spent over cap
“Cash spending isn't really that relevant. It's cap spending," Belichick said on WEEI's Greg Hill Show. "So teams that spend a lot of cash one year probably don't spend a lot of cash in the next year, because you just can't sustain that."
Heck what does he know with his poor SB history. Problem is Jerry holds on to guys based on his evaluation of players not what they actually are. Manage the cap don’t hurt the team with huge dead money down the road is the key as BB looks at it.
 
Bobhaze said:
There are only two options why JJ and SJ refuse to join the modern NFL in building a championship roster with BOTH a great draft and some important FAs:
  1. They don’t understand HOW to build a championship roster this way in the cap era. (They don’t know how to manage the cap and contracts)
  2. They don’t want to do it this way despite decades of evidence that it works.
I believe it’s option 1. The teams competing well in the playoffs have just as many cap issues with star players but unlike the Jones boys they understand how to manage their player contracts creatively. Our FO is undermanned in this area. They don’t know what they are doing. We have three decades of receipts.
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I think this is mostly accurate, but I see a 3rd piece I'd add in that the Cowboys are just fine where they are at. I think as long as they are winning double digit games every year and dominating the ratings they are perfectly fine with or without playoff success. If they don't take the big risks in free agency they'll never get over the hump, but they'll also have spending flex if something goes wrong they should be able to dip into future funds to get things back on track.

This seems to be the Stephen Jones way of running the organization....He doesn't know how to build a championship team so they sacrifice a higher standard and make the goal consistently being in the running instead of winning championships.

The frustrating part of that is that it makes sense to run an organization that way if the priority is maximizing profits and branding, and I think this is where the root of fan frustration comes from, it just gets taken out on the star players, coaches, etc.
 
Brax said:
Bill Belichick would disagree with the cash spent over cap
“Cash spending isn't really that relevant. It's cap spending," Belichick said on WEEI's Greg Hill Show.
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You're right in general, but the Cowboys seem to be an outlier in this case. This is a full decade of data showing the Cowboys are not competitively spending money outside of Daks last extension.

The fact that the Cowboys have spent nearly the lowest amount of money in the league during this time, are up against the cap nearly every season, and have a ton of dead money in future years right now suggests that there is something very wrong with how the Cowboys are approaching cap management. Just this season where they put off talks with Dak/Lamb in which both extensions would have lowered the cap number for 2024 so they could have participated in free agency is a perfect example.
 
This cash number is pretty silly. It will go up and down.
And it is not just money spent on players (which they basically always max out on - like every team is required to do).
 
Great thread. Nearly every post so far is spot on.

The real frustration lies in the fact that they don’t appear willing to change in the slightest.

They think so much of themselves that they won’t as much as acknowledge facts.

The idea that you’ll avoid a down cycle by constantly sitting out free agency is wrong. The system is such that regular season success will catch up to you eventually….especially when it comes to the draft.

May as well take your best shot when you’re within these small windows this system allows, but they think they can outsmart it.
 
Hawkeye0202 said:
:hammer:Hell, we not even talking about expensive free agents. Just a few mid-tier guys with a couple of years left. We have seen them pass these types of players who end up signing with other teams for just a few million dollars.
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Bobby Wagner comes to mind. That one REALLY bothers me. Especially when we paid Jaylon Smith....

Another recent one is Derrick Henry. Why are we bringing Zeke (who I loved) back and why is Trey Lance here. Henry could be had for what we are paying both players.

I bring up those 2 because both are on RECORD about the Dallas situation. What Dallas wanted to pay them was criminal...which just means they did not really want them. In fact, I think both have stated that there was little to no dialogue and I think it was because of money. But Henry thought the marriage would have been perfect...and Quinn wanted Wagner. I believe Wagner went on to make All Pro. Not Pro Bowl....but All Pro!!!!!!!! We will see what Henry does.
 
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