The biggest issue last year was 1T, which they actually filled well for a stick of gum.
If they actually just went out and got a safety instead of fixating on ET, good safeties were to be had for a couple of sticks of gum
Playing for value, we would have had another safety cheap. We would have been better.
But woohoo, we went wild and got Cooper! Yay?
I don't think it will be yay when Cooper takes us for a huge contract and we have no pick in the 1st.
You should be happy. They're thinking more like you than me. And it's been screwing us.
If the option is middle of the road free agents that are not mega-expensive but also not cheap, I generally prefer to avoid them and use that money to pay elite players like Amari Cooper.
Many people here keep wanting Safety Tre Boston. The problem is that in a baseball type analogy of Wins Above Replacement, Boston would not show a significant improvement over the current Safeties.
On the other hand Cooper over Hurns as the #1 WR would show an infinite improvement in a WAR type analysis.
My preference is an occasional elite free agent (or trade) and multiple very low cost free agents like DT Woods, OG Sua-Filo, or in 2017 they got very good production from mid season low cost free agent Datone Jones.
Otherwise they end up paying 6M per for a player like WR Hurns vs less then 1M for a guy like DT Woods.
Obviously all fans would like to see an occasional elite free agent added but the Cowboys have their own free agents that require mega-contracts and they should be the priority.