Let's talk cap

Sam I Am said:
lol, didn't anyone ever tell you. Football is a business. He won't go anywhere if we have to eat $14M to do it.
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I would bet anything Jerry is not going to hold him hostage as a backup against Tony's will.

If you think that, you should look at Jerry's moves in the past. 14 million savings if he is a June 1st cut, that is probably going to happen unless someone offers us a deal we can't refuse.

All Romo would have to do is retire if we hold him against his will and we eat it regardless.
 
Let's not.

We will just get a bunch of nonsense about how we "could" open up 50M, when we all know we won't and shouldn't.
 
Sam I Am said:
I think you basically have to keep Tony for next year. The best you will do is save $5M on this year if you trade him. You will need a backup QB taking most of that back. Right now you have a high caliber QB that serves as a backup. Cutting him and signing someone else saves you what? $1-3M? Yeah, no. I will take Romo over a $1-3M/year QB.

Now, trading Romo the following year you can save $16.3M off his $25.2M cap hit.

This is a no-brainer. You keep Romo through next year.
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Nah.

Don't think so.

Romo isn't going to sit behind Prescott... He just won't and I doubt the Cowboys would force that on him.

He either starts in Dallas or he's on another team.
 
robjay04 said:
I would bet anything Jerry is not going to hold him hostage as a backup against Tony's will.

If you think that, you should look at Jerry's moves in the past. 14 million savings if he is a June 1st cut, that is probably going to happen unless someone offers us a deal we can't refuse.

All Romo would have to do is retire if we hold him against his will and we eat it regardless.
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Exactly.

Romo will not remain in Dallas as a back up in 2017.
 
gmoney112 said:
Yeah, that'd give us plenty of space to sign Bennie Logan, who'd be legit next to Collins.
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It costs $50K more to release Crawford than to keep him in 2017.

In other words T. Crawford is not going anywhere.

In 2018 the team gains $1.8M by releasing Crawford.
 
Alexander said:
Let's not.

We will just get a bunch of nonsense about how we "could" open up 50M, when we all know we won't and shouldn't.
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I could see us pulling triggers on Fred and Smith to free up room but that's about it. Definitely Fred, maybe you hesitate on Smith with his back problems this season.

Romo a June 1st cut puts you in a much better cap position where you can be aggressive in free agency if you would like but you are also looking at making Martin the top paid guard in the league before the season if that's what he wants.
 
I do understand wanting to keep Romo but the fact is, he is not going to want to stay as a backup. Not in his nature to do that sort of thing. Now I believe it will come down to simple economics between Jerry and Tony, i.e. if there is a team Tony is willing to go to and the trade is worthwhile to Dallas then he will be traded and we get a $5mm break on the cap this year. If not then I believe Jerry will release Tony effective June 1st in where we get a $14mm cap saving although a $10 mm hit next year.

Remember we need to extend Martin's contract as he is in the option year but it can wait until after June 1st. We will restructure probably several contracts such as Dez, Smith, and Frederick. We have 23 free agents and probably resign up to 10 of them, maybe more. We will not be big players in free agency but could see 3 or 4 signed 2nd or most likely 3rd/4th weeks of FA. I expect Crawford to be restructured and Witten possibly to take a salary cut slightly. It would not surprise me to see Free traded to wherever Tony goes. Also could see Morris traded or released especially if we resign McFadden. Probably cut Wilbur and a few others on the lower tier.

I would expect us to be between $15mm and $20mm under the cap at some point possibly more. Best guess though Tony is traded before the draft or during the draft and we gain an extra $5mm this year for the cap then next year we should be in great cap space.

We really don't know the cap number yet just that it SHOULD BE between $165mm and $170mm so right now we are just averaging.
 
robjay04 said:
I could see us pulling triggers on Fred and Smith to free up room but that's about it. Definitely Fred, maybe you hesitate on Smith with his back problems this season.

Romo a June 1st cut puts you in a much better cap position where you can be aggressive in free agency if you would like but you are also looking at making Martin the top paid guard in the league before the season if that's what he wants.
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If Tony released or traded after June 1st, you cannot use that money until after June 1st, them the rules.
 
MichaelWinicki said:
It costs $50K more to release Crawford than to keep him in 2017.

In other words T. Crawford is not going anywhere.

In 2018 the team gains $1.8M by releasing Crawford.
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If we cut him outright, he costs 10.4 million against this year's cap which is $50k more than he currently is on the books for. But it would save $9.1, 10.1 and 9.1 over 2018, 19 and 20.

If he is a June 1st cut, we save $7.25m in 2017, 1.8m in 2018 and the 10.1 and 9.1 in '19 and '20. There is no reason he can't be a cap casualty.
 
MichaelWinicki said:
It costs $50K more to release Crawford than to keep him in 2017.

In other words T. Crawford is not going anywhere.

In 2018 the team gains $1.8M by releasing Crawford.
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Post June 1 cut. Over the Cap has 7 mill savings this year, not sure how exact that is but given his dead money would be like 10 mill, it'd be at least 5.

And yeah, they won't do it, and you shove the difference into next year but i'd be thinking about it. I'm hoping he's just continued to have shoulder issues, because his cap of 10 mill and 7+ salary for the production is the definition of a mistake. And I liked him.
 
Sandyf said:
If Tony released or traded after June 1st, you cannot use that money until after June 1st, them the rules.
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And this matters?

We will still have flexibility if we want to sign some players and we can use the shine 1st savings for a player like Martin and for our rookies.

That just seems like the most logical route if we can't find a trading partner.
 
Fla Cowpoke said:
If we cut him outright, he costs 10.4 million against this year's cap which is $50k more than he currently is on the books for. But it would save $9.1, 10.1 and 9.1 over 2018, 19 and 20.

If he is a June 1st cut, we save $7.25m in 2017, 1.8m in 2018 and the 10.1 and 9.1 in '19 and '20. There is no reason he can't be a cap casualty.
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The one reason would be that they have to pay money to replace him.

And even though there are lots of negative waves here about the guy... He played decently (not great, but decent) and had 4.5 sacks. He's not a 4-3 DE in my opinion, but as a DT getting 500 snaps? I think he's useful.

Regardless I don't see the Cowboys cutting him.
 
gmoney112 said:
Post June 1 cut. Over the Cap has 7 mill savings this year, not sure how exact that is but given his dead money would be like 10 mill, it'd be at least 5.

And yeah, they won't do it, and you shove the difference into next year but i'd be thinking about it. I'm hoping he's just continued to have shoulder issues, because his cap of 10 mill and 7+ salary for the production is the definition of a mistake. And I liked him.
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As I posted elsewhere I don't see him as a 4-3 DE... But as a DT getting 500 snaps? Yeah, I think he's a productive member of a rotation.
 
MichaelWinicki said:
As I posted elsewhere I don't see him as a 4-3 DE... But as a DT getting 500 snaps? Yeah, I think he's a productive member of a rotation.
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Maybe. If I just wanted a productive member of a rotation, I'd re-sign McClain for half of Crawford's salary and use the extra 3.5 mill to help sign a vet CB or WR.
 
Sam I Am said:
I think you basically have to keep Tony for next year. The best you will do is save $5M on this year if you trade him. You will need a backup QB taking most of that back. Right now you have a high caliber QB that serves as a backup. Cutting him and signing someone else saves you what? $1-3M? Yeah, no. I will take Romo over a $1-3M/year QB.

Now, trading Romo the following year you can save $16.3M off his $25.2M cap hit.

This is a no-brainer. You keep Romo through next year.
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Sam I Am said:
I think you basically have to keep Tony for next year. The best you will do is save $5M on this year if you trade him. You will need a backup QB taking most of that back. Right now you have a high caliber QB that serves as a backup. Cutting him and signing someone else saves you what? $1-3M? Yeah, no. I will take Romo over a $1-3M/year QB.

Now, trading Romo the following year you can save $16.3M off his $25.2M cap hit.

This is a no-brainer. You keep Romo through next year.
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No, the total cost to keep Romo in 2017 is 14M.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/salary-cap-primer.370423/
 
Sydla said:
Using Over the Cap as a guide, they have us over the 2017 cap by $6.7MM.

What are the likely moves that will come to free up space and how much space can be created? Certainly Smith and Frederick have contracts made for restructuring and I saw someone else suggest we could open up as much as $19MM of cap space between restructuring the two.

What about Witten? He carries a big cap number of over $12MM for 2017.

Cutting Free carries $2MM in dead money but $5MM in cap savings.

If you trade Romo, it appears another $5MM in cap savings as well.
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Not having Romo on the roster in 2017 "saves" 14M in total cap space.

http://cowboyszone.com/threads/salary-cap-primer.370423/
 
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