NBC: Ronald Leary prepared to move on from Cowboys

[Gaede]

Leary's awesome. It'll be sad to see him go.

The team once said they had a 3rd round grade on him. They were obviously right in their assesment

 

[Stash]

4y/$22M or so?

Brian Winters got 4-years, $29 million from a bad Jets team.

Coming off of a torn rotator cuff.

I think based on the line he played with, the higher profile, being part of the league's leading rusher, and not coming off of a significant injury will result in Leary doing better than $29 million.

 

[Stash]

Collins is a better athlete and occasionally will flash with incredible devastating run blocks, however, the down by down consistency just hasn't been there so far.

This will be his 3rd year in the NFL -- by the end of this year we will pretty much know what Collins is / isn't.

Agreed. It seems to me that Collins' issues have been mental mistakes, not anything physical or for lack of effort.

 

[CWR]

Collins was an UDFA we convinced to come to Dallas with the promise of building the Great Wall of Dallas. It's just bad faith to trade him. Shouldn't want to anyway.

I'm not sure how the knee thing will come into play on his next contract. It took him out of the draft. Probably won't be a big deal in FA, he'll still get paid by someone desperate.

I'm not really caught up on everybody's cap space, but Seattle would make sense.

Thats a very good point. It would set an awful precedence for future signings.

 

[DandyDon52]

Your premise is wrong. Collins was just elevated as the Owner's pet into the position. He has never outplayed Leary and Leary was better than him this year too. In a real competition, Collins would have a tough time supplanting Leary any day and twice on Sunday.

I have to agree, keep both.

 

[Stash]

Thats a very good point. It would set an awful precedence for future signings.

Yeah, it would. A betrayal of the trust that a young kid, a free agent who could have gone anywhere, placed in you. Not worth going back on your word and ruining your reputation for to be sure.

 

[Longboysfan]

4y/$22M or so?

It will be a bit more than that.

 

[CWR]

The salary cap has not ruined football, free agency ruined football. There are plenty of successful teams that have managed the cap and still putting multiple winning seasons together. The Cowboys have never been great under JJ managing the cap. As it stands today, the Cowboys are dead last in projected cap space going into 2017. Granted, there are cuts and restructures that will be made, but this credit card approach to managing the cap will eventually come due for the Cowboys.

Ive been hearing how it will eventually come due for about a decade now.

 

[LittleD]

Collins is a better athlete and occasionally will flash with incredible devastating run blocks, however, the down by down consistency just hasn't been there so far.

This will be his 3rd year in the NFL -- by the end of this year we will pretty much know what Collins is / isn't.

You might be right but, to this point Collins has not be a better lineman than Leary. If a true competition was allowed by Garrett,
Collins would be traded and Leary re-signed. Better athletes don't always make better NFL players and that has been born out in the
NFL for years.

 

[noshame]

If we wack free don't we save a ton?

 

[TNCowboy]

Ive been hearing how it will eventually come due for about a decade now.

It has come due. The Cowboys are limited in what they can do in FA compared to most other teams. They're going to have to rework contracts and do something with Romo just to be able to sign some mid-level guys and draft picks.

 

[TNCowboy]

If we wack free don't we save a ton?

Very little, relatively speaking.

 

[SportsGuru80]

I can see the Giants, Eagles and Skins all being interested in his services which makes me very unhappy lol.

 

[perrykemp]

You might be right but, to this point Collins has not be a better lineman than Leary. If a true competition was allowed by Garrett,
Collins would be traded and Leary re-signed. Better athletes don't always make better NFL players and that has been born out in the
NFL for years.

This is true which is why ultimately Collins instead of Leary could become a downgrade -- however, given the circumstances I just don't think the Cowboys have much choice. They really can't afford to resign Leary.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Wish we could keep Leary& Collins and show Free the Door.. At least make him a back-up

 

[TNCowboy]

My guess is Doug Free will be back next season once again as our starting RT.

 

[phildadon86]

I'd rather sign Leary and trade Collins for a pick and get a right tackle...once again this is a business.

Keep a guy with a degenerative knee condition who is going to be one of the top ten paid guards in the league? Or keep a younger more physically gifted kid at a fraction of the cost. You are right. Its a business.

 

[Stash]

It has come due. The Cowboys are limited in what they can do in FA compared to most other teams. They're going to have to rework contracts and do something with Romo just to be able to sign some mid-level guys and draft picks.

And they've already had to say goodbye to top players like Ware. They soon will with Romo, and they'll watch Ron Leary sign a big money deal elsewhere.

And they're paupers compared to the money that many teams will have to use in free agency.

The good news is that they have plenty of young talent in place that other teams don't.

 

[Eddie]

Good luck. Thank you for all you've done for the Cowboys ...

 

[Aven8]

People tend to forget that Collins only has a year remaining on his contract. Then what??