I think FA is going to answer our questions on how they decide to move in the draft.
With the depth of DT in the draft I think teams are going to be hesitant to sign DT in FA for market value, which I think we can go get some guys on shorter term deals so they can hit the market next year to seek that bigger long term deal.
The safety market is intriguing in FA because of the lack of depth in the draft and the amount of depth in FA I bet teams are going to spend lots of money here.
TE market I believe will be the same as the DT it's going to be a slower market especially when you consider it is a weak market. For the Cowboys they might have to move up to get one or address another position.
With all the being said I think if the Cowboys want to address the S position they need to look into FA, and I think DT is another position where they can take advantage of the state of the market. If they do this they can either move up for a TE, or a WR or sit back and wait.
Our FO has been fairly vocal about taking care of needs in FA and taking what the draft gives them, I’m just very concerned they think they’re ok at DT and S.
IMO we don’t have starter talent at 1T, 3T, FS or SS. I like The idea of developing Schultz, but am ok with picking someone in the draft to compete and/or be TE2 due to the depth of the draft.
With how much money we have to pump into keeping our own guys I just don’t know if we’ll have the funds to pickup FA talent at S and DT.
Fortunately, the draft is strong at DT and has pretty good depth at S.
I like the idea of:
- Pay the guys we need to extend
- Draft a DT early
- Draft a S early
- Draft a mid round TE
- Draft a mid round WR
I don’t like the idea of moving up for anyone, unless a top defender falls and we use our 2nd and extra 4th to move up.