Why do fans always want to trade away proven players who are at the top of the roster for draft picks? Makes zero sense at all.
^^^that^^^3 Straight years of 5-11
I have been saying it for years everybody wants to mimic the great Bill Belichick but they don't want to do the Dirty Work. Without a defensive tackle pressure up the middle I don't care how good the edge is. I have no issues getting rid of Lawrence. Trade him when the value is there. That is the beauty of the Patriots they know when to get rid of the player before the player even knows what's happening
I love Tom Tom Landry's offencive line stand up hold hands get down in unison. I wonder how many people remember thatI agree, the Pats may be the very best in terms of understand the value of their players. It's also interesting that you bring up the value of the DT. As Cowboy Fans, this should be ingrained in us. Tom Landry, perhaps the greatest of all Cowboys, always believed that you could not field a great Defensive Unit unless you had Great play from the DT Position. He believed that DTs made the Defense go. We've gotten really far away from that, these past few years. As teams have gone more towards passing, the need to dominate and control the interior, has become more and more devalued, seems like. It's really a shame to me but I guess you can't pay everybody and so we don't value that position as much, seems like.
We have the youngest starting team in the league last season. I love it William McClay has been doing . This is not the same old CowboysOne step forward and 3 steps back.
I love Tom Tom Landry's offencive line stand up hold hands get down in unison. I wonder how many people remember that
Overseas in the military all you could get was the Cowboys. How can you not love the star and what it represents. Mister cowboy. I told people draft most Worthy. I got slammed. They say no draft for need a draft best player. My Philosophy is most Worthy. Talent need character. I can't stress character enoughNot many remember Tom Landry teams anymore. Fewer and fewer every year I'm afraid.
hasn't that been the case for 20 years? lolOne step forward and 3 steps back.
You would get 1-15 this season.Problem: Lawrence is injured and wants a huge contract, Gregory probably isn't back this year, and now Crawford has issues. DE is looking bad for us, with a great dline draft.
Solution?: Flip Cooper. Trade Lawrence. Use picks for the dline. Free up 40mil per year.
Question: Could we get a 1st out of each? Maybe a 1st plus?
We gave up a first for Cooper. And I think he's exceeded expectations. Shouldn't he be worth more now?
If you thought that giving up a 1st for Cooper was a good deal for us last year, shouldn't it be an even better deal now for the team we trade Cooper to?
And for Lawrence, wasn't he considered in the top few free agents in the league? I'd expect that to net more than Cooper.
*If* you think the Cooper deal was good for us, shouldn't we get two 1sts plus out of trading Cooper and Lawrence?
I'd be happy with that with a dline heavy draft to build with.
I always hate to see these kinds of threads because after all of these years, I know what's coming. So rather then adding to the pile on, I will just say that perhaps the poster has a point. I don't think you lose Cooper if at all possible but we don't know what the contract expectations might be and we don't know if we will be able to sign him. He has significant value, probably more now then when we traded for him. We could definitely get more for him then what we gave up.
As far as DLaw, his future is on him to me. He's not getting top money IMO. I think the team has already probably made a decision on what they are willing to give up, JMO. Trading him might also be an option, if not a necessity. If he won't play on the Tag, then I don't think there is an option. He has value, moving him saves us a lot of cap and probably allows for signing and resigning some important pieces.
I think it would be wise for all of us to continue to keep our options open.
Problem: Lawrence is injured and wants a huge contract, Gregory probably isn't back this year, and now Crawford has issues. DE is looking bad for us, with a great dline draft.
Solution?: Flip Cooper. Trade Lawrence. Use picks for the dline. Free up 40mil per year.
Question: Could we get a 1st out of each? Maybe a 1st plus?
We gave up a first for Cooper. And I think he's exceeded expectations. Shouldn't he be worth more now?
If you thought that giving up a 1st for Cooper was a good deal for us last year, shouldn't it be an even better deal now for the team we trade Cooper to?
And for Lawrence, wasn't he considered in the top few free agents in the league? I'd expect that to net more than Cooper.
*If* you think the Cooper deal was good for us, shouldn't we get two 1sts plus out of trading Cooper and Lawrence?
I'd be happy with that with a dline heavy draft to build with.
Honestly, the OP's post is a silly idea, but if I were to answer honestly, I would say the only reason to do something like this would be if some other team were dumb enough to way overpay for these players, in other words, if we totally fleeced them. That would be something like two first round picks for Cooper and a first and a second for Lawrence, plus some above average players, and maybe throw in their sexiest cheerleader, then it could be worth it. In other words, if some other team is a major idiot, it could be worth doing. But it's a hypothetical, because that's not happening.
DLaw was a Godsend and a great 2nd round pick for us. We never talk about that do we? That would be giving the F.O. and staff too much credit.. lol... Where would we have been if not for drafting him? If we lose him, all parties involved lose. Not to mention, the Dallas fans. DLaw and his agent need to sign the tag, then get the surgery pronto..and work out a longterm deal. A trade would be catastrophic in the short term...meaning, the next 2 years.