Very early 53 man roster

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QB-2 Dak, Sanchez, Draft7-PS.......................Trade Romo for 2018 Conditional 1st
RB-4 Zeke, McFadden, Draft5, KSmith-FB
WR-5 Dez, Beasley, Draft3, CPatterson, CBrown
TE-3 Witten, Swaim, RGathers
OT-4 TSmith, CGreen, Cleary, Draft4
OG/C-5 TFred, ZMartin, LCollins, Looney, Cooper

DT-5 TCrawford, MCollins, DIrving, CThornton, TMcClain
DE-5 DLawrence, Draft1, BMayowa, FA, CTapper
LB-6 SLee, JSmith, AHitchens, DWilson, Nacho, UDFA
CB-6 Mo, ABrown, OScandrick, Draft2, McFadden, FA
FS-2 BJones, JHeath
SS-3 JWilcox, AFrazier, FA

ST-3 Bailey, CJones, JPLad
 

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That's actually a really good mock up. But I don't think it would Improve the defense enough.

Would like to get a cb and DE via fa on top of this but won't happen I know.

Plus Carr being gone will hurt more than people think imo. Can't rely on MO as a starter.
 

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Nice work. I can believe the end result will look pretty similar to this.

A hobbling Scandrick, Brown and a rookie in the nickel scares the hell out of me. Yes, I'm assuming Mo will miss half the year at least, and that Scandrick will be less than 100%.
 

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Nice work. I can believe the end result will look pretty similar to this.

A hobbling Scandrick, Brown and a rookie in the nickel scares the hell out of me. Yes, I'm assuming Mo will miss half the year at least, and that Scandrick will be less than 100%.
I think a second round pick and midlevel CB helps a lot

Mo is getting really good but is MrGlass so he should be cheap
 

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That's actually a really good mock up. But I don't think it would Improve the defense enough.

Would like to get a cb and DE via fa on top of this but won't happen I know.

Plus Carr being gone will hurt more than people think imo. Can't rely on MO as a starter.
JSmith is the biggie.......add a 1st rd DE and a 2nd rd CB plus a couple hungry vets and I'm pretty happy
 

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I wouldn't mind adding Prince Amukamara if we lose Carr.
 

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QB-2 Dak, Sanchez, Draft7-PS.......................Trade Romo for 2018 Conditional 1st
RB-4 Zeke, McFadden, Draft5, KSmith-FB
WR-5 Dez, Beasley, Draft3, CPatterson, CBrown
TE-3 Witten, Swaim, RGathers
OT-4 TSmith, CGreen, Cleary, Draft4
OG/C-5 TFred, ZMartin, LCollins, Looney, Cooper

DT-5 TCrawford, MCollins, DIrving, CThornton, TMcClain
DE-5 DLawrence, Draft1, BMayowa, FA, CTapper
LB-6 SLee, JSmith, AHitchens, DWilson, Nacho, UDFA
CB-6 Mo, ABrown, OScandrick, Draft2, McFadden, FA
FS-2 BJones, JHeath
SS-3 JWilcox, AFrazier, FA

ST-3 Bailey, CJones, JPLad
Not bad, but you forgot Berry, JPP and Calais Campbell on defense and Alshon Jeffrey's and Joe Thomas on offense. Hey, one can dream,
 

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I'd slide the 7 and 5 to defense

But I'm still overrating to the season...
 

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I ran this roster at OTC and after accounting for 6 Draft picks and retaining 7 FAs we still had 42m available to sign 4-5 UFAs for DE, CB, SS, WR

I think we can even keep Leary and move Collins to compete with CGreen and Cleary at RT
 

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I'd slide the 7 and 5 to defense

But I'm still overrating to the season...
That's do-able ......I just think we can get major steals at RB and QB on Day 3

I also want to be the first or millionth to suggest trading back from 28 for multiple picks.....teams love jumping into the late 1st for QBs and we should take advantage
 

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Cannot get reasonable value for Romo
3 FA
Keep Cooper but not Leary

QB-2 Dak, Romo, Draft4
RB-4 Zeke, McFadden, Morris-FB Smith
WR-5 Dez, TWill, Beasley, Whitehead, AJones
TE-3 Witten, Swaim, RGathers
OT-4 TSmith, Free, CGreen, Cleary, Draft3
OG/C-5 TFred, ZMartin, LCollins, Cooper

DT-5 Poe, MCollins, D Irving, CThornton, TCrawford
DE-5 JPP/Jone/Ingram, DLawrence, Draft1, BMayowa, CTapper/Draft5
LB-6 SLee, JSmith, DWilson, AHitchens, Nacho, Draft7
CB-6 Bouye/Johnson, ABrown, OScandrick, McFadden, Draft2
FS-2 BJones, JHeath, Draft6
SS-3 JWilcox, AFrazier

Same LS/P/K
 

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Cannot get reasonable value for Romo
3 FA
Keep Cooper but not Leary

QB-2 Dak, Romo, Draft4
RB-4 Zeke, McFadden, Morris-FB Smith
WR-5 Dez, TWill, Beasley, Whitehead, AJones
TE-3 Witten, Swaim, RGathers
OT-4 TSmith, Free, CGreen, Cleary, Draft3
OG/C-5 TFred, ZMartin, LCollins, Cooper

DT-5 Poe, MCollins, D Irving, CThornton, TCrawford
DE-5 JPP/Jone/Ingram, DLawrence, Draft1, BMayowa, CTapper/Draft5
LB-6 SLee, JSmith, DWilson, AHitchens, Nacho, Draft7
CB-6 Bouye/Johnson, ABrown, OScandrick, McFadden, Draft2
FS-2 BJones, JHeath, Draft6
SS-3 JWilcox, AFrazier

Same LS/P/K
keeping Romo, Free and Morris is expensive......25m cap hit at least
Poe is luxury at DT with the resources spent at DE

otherwise looks pretty good...will be tight but restructures are your friend...gotta do Lee and extend Witten
 

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keeping Romo, Free and Morris is expensive......25m cap hit at least
Poe is luxury at DT with the resources spent at DE

otherwise looks pretty good...will be tight but restructures are your friend...gotta do Lee and extend Witten

I think we need 2 DL that can demand double teams.
Fuzzy said our 2018 salaries are ~125M - is that your understanding?
I guess that means a lot of players are coming off contract?

Do you agree with the approach to basically spend 30% of the cap of 2021 and 2022 during 2017-2020?
My point has been to tank those 1-2 years so that the better draft picks allow reloading at WR and RB if necessary.
 

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keeping Romo, Free and Morris is expensive......25m cap hit at least
Poe is luxury at DT with the resources spent at DE

otherwise looks pretty good...will be tight but restructures are your friend...gotta do Lee and extend Witten

I am presuming we restructure Romo.
Free is $5M right?
Morris is $2M right?
I am presuming $6M/player for the 3 FAs.
So 3 FA + TWill + Cooper = $18M + $4M + $3M = $25M
Still need to pay for draft picks.
 

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I think we need 2 DL that can demand double teams.
Fuzzy said our 2018 salaries are ~125M - is that your understanding?
I guess that means a lot of players are coming off contract?

Do you agree with the approach to basically spend 30% of the cap of 2021 and 2022 during 2017-2020?
My point has been to tank those 1-2 years so that the better draft picks allow reloading at WR and RB if necessary.
I am aggressive as they get but the team in not........we can make all the plans we want, the FO won't go crazy
 

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I am aggressive as they get but the team in not........we can make all the plans we want, the FO won't go crazy

lets hope stephen does it to make his dad happy.
you and i both know it can be good for at least 3-4 years before reloading...
 

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evn though the two prime picks were defense
my draft would still have more defense
like you method of illustrating your 2017 roster and picks
 
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