News: ESPN: The Cowboys' salary-cap mismanagement is wasting Dak Prescott

[Alexander]

 

[Alexander]

Not at this rate he ain’t. That’s for sure

That is the tragic part.

The entire offseason the cheap streak was blamed on having to pay Prescott, Lawrence, Elliott etc.

Then they simply franchised Lawrence, potentially exposing him to free agency next year.

If Prescott does not pull out of this tailspin, they wasted a year of a cheap QB.

It is pretty rare when you see teams bank on a player being a sure backbreaker of a cap hit two years before they even should be worried about it.

 

[crazytown41]

That Carr contract was so bad

 

[MyFairLady]

It would be interesting to see how good this unit look if we had a QB even remotely scary to defenses....

Yea fair enough. We were able to compete and have success for over a year with Dak though. Now we can't do anything. It can't be 100% because the defense does not respect the deep threat.

 

[blumayne38]

Is it really cap mismanagement? We will finally be set up next offseason 70 million under the cap so we can make some moves.

Click bait article. Lol

Big time

 

[Bigdog]

This article contradicts itself within the first few paragraphs. It said that Dak is due for an extension and then a paragraph later it said that the Cowboys don't have to pay him until after his 4th year. His price might go up though but presently that does not look like the case. I hope that changes he starts playing well. Also like many have said the Cowboys will be $70 million or more under the cap next off season according to OverCap.com which ranks 3rd or 4th on the list for spending. The Eagles according to the site will be over 18 million.

 

[erod]

It's really not the FO's fault. If we should blame anyone it's Romo for not knowing how to slide or throw the ball away in a preseason game.

Romo wanted to compete for the starting role in training camp last season. The Cowboys told him no. That's where the crater began.

 

[unionjack8]

Jerry....Jerry has wasted the last 20 years.

Cant disagree with that ....nobody can....

 

[dfense]

We can thank Romo's **** contract and awful FA signings that had us close to the top in dead money the last 2 years. But I'll give the FO some credit that unlike the eagles and rams we did not plan to have a rookie QB starter on a cheap deal. They set themselves up for it we had to find ours because our starter couldn't take a single hit anymore.

Great deflection from the real problem. A QB the organization banked on cannot play. Imagine if they actually extend this misery with a new bloated contract.

 

[Doomsday]

Dallas SAVED 34m on the cap when Romo retired and that is after accounting for the 19m in Dead Money

They still had $17 million in dead money last year from Romo alone, that certainly hindered them from taking advantage of Dak's low CAP number.

 

[mcmvp]

Dak isn’t getting a big deal so this article means nothing.

That remains to be seen. In Jerry’s eyes, Dak is a cross between Goff and Cam Newton.

 

[America's Cowboy]

No. Dak and this coaching staff are wasting OL talent.....

Yeah, that's why this Oline allowed 17+ hurries and 6 sacks against Carolina. It's all Dak's fault?

SMH

 

[America's Cowboy]

Wasting Dak Prescott? That’s a good one. I’d say we are enduring another poor personnel decision. Either that or they ruined him but they are wasting anything at this point. To be wasted something has to be good first.

Rookie of the Year award in 2016. Guess you forgot about that already?

 

[Bob-Lillys-War]

That remains to be seen. In Jerry’s eyes, Dak is a cross between Goff and Cam Newton.

 

[gimmesix]

So I want to know whose fault this is? The “genius McClay who allegedly is the real GM? If it’s not McClay then is it Jerry who allegedly no longer meddles in this stuff as much? Or is the most convenient scapegoat because McClay would never make a mistake and Jerry allegedly stays out of it for the most part? Someone is to blame but I’m not sure anyone really knows who.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...-dak-prescott-rookie-deal-salary-cap-nfl-2018

The Cowboys have taken a different approach to free agency primarily because, I believe, of Stephen Jones. McClay can only get what the Cowboys are willing to pay for in free agency, but that isn't much.

Although I agree with the Cowboys to some extent, you can't expect to win if you don't use free agency to provide the missing pieces. Each year, it seems we go into the season with at least one position that holds us back because we went with cheap, flawed free agents instead of paying for proven talent.

 

[ESisback]

MAustin, RWilliams11 and RWilliams31, MBIII, Hamlin, Carr, Free, Ratliff2.0 were the terrible extensions..... most would include TCrawford but I don't

Romo1,2 and 3, DWare, Witten1 and 2, Tron, SLee, TFred, Church were all team friendly

Some good, some bad, some OK

The biggest cap problem came when the Owners held it flat ....it stayed at 123m from 2009 to 2013 and JJones never adjusted...... then he got that 10m penalty when everyone else cleared their cap in 2010.... it had nothing to do with restructures or Dead Money

Yeah, that 10mill hit on us and another few mil on Washington, instigated by the committee Mara was a member of! That’s when the distrust of Mara started.

 

[America's Cowboy]

While I agree to some extent I also feel like the entire O line is playing below their salary and / or draft status at this time.

Herein lies our offensive problem. This Oline is NOT playing up to pay and draft standards. Not even close.

 

[Nightman]

They still had $17 million in dead money last year from Romo alone, that certainly hindered them from taking advantage of Dak's low CAP number.

No it didn't and it was only 10.7m

They were still 8m under the cap and rolled it over to 2018 without finding anyone to spend it on

Having an 8m surplus doesn't scream mismanagement and it is up to 15m this year

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

While I agree to some extent I also feel like the entire O line is playing below their salary and / or draft status at this time.

The OL just isn't that great anymore.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

The OL just isn't that great anymore.

Let them get healthy before we state that absolutely.