Signed by Cowboys Jeff Heath signs four-year deal with Cowboys

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Sheesh...some of you guys are the biggest whiners.

No, you don't constantly try to upgrade or to save money at all positions.
We have plenty of needs, so you resign your top special team guy who knows the defense well enough to play back-up in a pinch so you don't have to do what we tend to do when we have a better team--remember drafting specifically to fill special teams needs? If you cut Heath, it's not to bring in a starting Safety. If you cut Heath, you are now drafting to find his equal for special teams.

It's the same reason we overpay for our long-snapper who isn't good enough to even be an emergency back-up at C/G. It works; he does his job; so we overpay rather than risk settling for a guy who is unproven and who may not perform.

We are looking for regulars at CB, S, LB, DE, DT, WR, RB, backup QB, QB for the future, and possibly TE. Do we really want to also be looking for a new special teamer, long-snapper, swing tackle---No, that's why they are under contract.
 
coogrfan said:
They do...they just don't sign them to 4 year deals.
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I think they probably do. But I'll wait for the specifics on the contract in this case. 4 years is a long extension.
 
Don't mind Heath being on the team, but I would mind seeing him inthe starting lineup....
 
JIMMYBUFFETT said:
No it's not. It's a sound football decision that keeps a core special teams player on the roster and offers depth in the secondary. Let me guess, you would have signed Eric Berry for peanuts, drafted Ramsey at #4 and we would all skip whistling merrily down the yellow brick road.
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Nope. But I won't pretend a guy who can't play in this league is worthy of a 4-year deal. I know, I know. Who can possibly replace his 8 Special Teams tackles?
 
He does his job, but isn't an exceptional player by any means. 4 years seems pretty lengthy, interesting move. Wonder how the deal is structured.
 
erod said:
The quiet truth is, Jeff Heath is an exceptional player at what he is supposed to do on this team. Special teamer and dime safety.

He's Bill Bates or Kenny Gant.
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I'd compare more to Keith Davis. Solid special teams but average in coverage
 
I'll go on record with being "perfectly fine" with this deal. I'll be even more fine with it if it pushes Wilcox off the roster. I was high on Wilcox since the draft, all the while, not liking the small school kid in Heath. Fast forward to now and Wilcox has done nothing to take advantage of all of his reps at FS and actually looked slower and dumber with each passing game. Heath seemed to look better every time he was on the field.
 
Chuck 54 said:
Sheesh...some of you guys are the biggest whiners.

No, you don't constantly try to upgrade or to save money at all positions.
We have plenty of needs, so you resign your top special team guy who knows the defense well enough to play back-up in a pinch so you don't have to do what we tend to do when we have a better team--remember drafting specifically to fill special teams needs? If you cut Heath, it's not to bring in a starting Safety. If you cut Heath, you are now drafting to find his equal for special teams.

It's the same reason we overpay for our long-snapper who isn't good enough to even be an emergency back-up at C/G. It works; he does his job; so we overpay rather than risk settling for a guy who is unproven and who may not perform.

We are looking for regulars at CB, S, LB, DE, DT, WR, RB, backup QB, QB for the future, and possibly TE. Do we really want to also be looking for a new special teamer, long-snapper, swing tackle---No, that's why they are under contract.
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Most of the people complaining would be fired in the NFL and wouldn't get another gig.
 
stasheroo said:
Depends on the money for me. Solid special teams guy, but the jury's still out on him actually playing safety.
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Why? Why on earth do you give a rats behind about the dollar amount?

Do you really think you'd do a better job at managing the salary cap than people who have been doing it for decades?
 
casmith07 said:
Why? Why on earth do you give a rats behind about the dollar amount?

Do you really think you'd do a better job at managing the salary cap than people who have been doing it for decades?
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Why wouldn't I care?

If you want to check your brain at the door and blindly stamp approval on everything because 'Cowboys', you go right ahead and do that.

The rest of us will think for ourselves.

:facepalm:
 
stasheroo said:
Why wouldn't I care?

If you want to check your brain at the door and blindly stamp approval on everything because 'Cowboys', you go right ahead and do that.

The rest of us will think for ourselves.

:facepalm:
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casmith07 said:
Most of the people complaining would be fired in the NFL and wouldn't get another gig.
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And the guy signing checks in Dallas wouldn't have the gig if Daddy didn't own the team either, but somehow he's beyond reproach....

:laugh:
 
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