News: 5 Worst Contracts for 2019 Dallas Cowboys

[Stash]

I feel like I need to smoke or eat an edible to be able to understand them

Whatever helps!

 

[JoeKing]

Tyrone Crawford is just underappreciated for what the coaching staff has asked him to do. Switching him back and forth between DE and DT has got to be frustrating to him. He's a captain on the defense and people that aren't in that huddle don't understand how important he has been when they use him as a Swiss Army knife.

 

[JD_KaPow]

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DL Tyrone Crawford - $10.1 million cap hit

WR Allen Hurns - $6.25 million cap hit

LB Sean Lee - $6 million cap hit

TE Jason Witten - $4.25 million cap hit

DE Taco Charlton - $2.74 million cap hit

If those are the five worst contracts on the team, the team is in terrific shape. Lee and Witten could be cut this year and cost nothing. If they cut Hurns this year, the dead money is $1.25M. They can cut Crawford and Taco next year with less than $1.5M of dead money each. What makes a contract bad is almost always future obligations, not this year's costs. That's why "overpaying" in the franchise tag isn't so bad: you're paying a premium now so as not to be saddled with future obligations.

 

[Flamma]

as a 10.1 cap hit he ranks high up there for DT's which he is. i believe top 15 with cheapy choppy production. You've been talking to nightman to long

Yeah he's the 10th highest cap hit at defensive tackle. 31st if you count all defensive lineman.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Yeah he's the 10th highest cap hit at defensive tackle. 31st if you count all defensive lineman.

Nah pick a position fam.

 

[iceberg]

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DL Tyrone Crawford - $10.1 million cap hit

WR Allen Hurns - $6.25 million cap hit

LB Sean Lee - $6 million cap hit

TE Jason Witten - $4.25 million cap hit

DE Taco Charlton - $2.74 million cap hit

i like hurns and think he'd be a great role receiver but that's more than role receiver money.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Hold on.......there's a worst of the worst contracts.....Garrett's 6M contract trumps them all.

 

[Flamma]

Hurns has a "2019 option must be exercised by 3/13/19" in his contract. What does that even mean?

 

[pancakeman]

It's gonna happen on every team. Some players overperform, some underperform. Sometimes the market circumstances force overpaying, sometimes they allow bargains. If this list represents the biggest problem areas it doesn't seem too bad to me.
Seems to me the team is quite young, quite talented, and for now the salary cap doesn't seem to be forcing issues. A good place to be.

 

[CowboyRoy]

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DL Tyrone Crawford - $10.1 million cap hit

WR Allen Hurns - $6.25 million cap hit

LB Sean Lee - $6 million cap hit

TE Jason Witten - $4.25 million cap hit

DE Taco Charlton - $2.74 million cap hit

Witten is a bargain. Great contract. And Lee is great as well. I also think you are showing the inflated, max they can make not the base salary before incentives.

Crawford I would cut and sign the DT for the Bucs for 2 years. But Jerry and his loyalty will never do it.

Hurns is by far the worst one.

Soft Taco should be cut. At that salary, I would actually give him another year. No harm in giving the bust another season.

 

[Little Jr]

So you compare him to 1T run stuffing defensive tackles so that his sack numbers look inflated? Talk about "fun with numbers'! Yeesh!

See @Hennessy_King , this is EXACTLY what I warned you about!

Lmao I said he was a top 40 dl. He said it was top 15 with his cap hit if he's put as a dt. He's actually higher than than that. I compared him to 4-3 dt.

I'll just do all DT that make more than him.

Cox has 115 tackles 22.5 sacks to 89 and 14. Clearly better on both and also gets paid more, 17m to 9m.

Atkins has 123 tackles 18 sacks to 89 and 14. Clearly better on both but sacks aren't far off. Also makes more 16.3 to 9m.

Short has 146 and 16.5 to 89 and 14. Dominates him on tackles and slightly ahead in sacks. Again dominated him on money, 16m to 9m.

Jarrett has 155 and 13 to 89 and 14. Dominates him on tackles but slightly behind on sacks. Also makes 15.2 to 9m

Dareus has 60 and 3 to 89 and 14. Behind in both and makes 14m to 9m

Joseph had 193 and 8.5 to 89 and 14. Not even close in tackles and but he's not close in sacks. He also makes 12.5m to 9m

Richardson has 165 and 7 to 89 and 14. Not close in tackles but he's not close to Crawford on sacks. Also makes 12.3m to 9m.

All(except dareus) dominated him on tackles but only cox dominated him on sacks, at almost twice as much money he should. The top 3 paid has more sacks and tackles and make 7-8m more a year. The rest had more tackles but not more sacks and also make 3-6m more a year than him.

If you go from top to bottom of 4-3 DT in pay, as the sacks go down, so does the money. His pay puts him right about where he should be with his production.

We can go DT,DE or overall, his pay isn't over the top. DE will be his worst look but even then it's not over the top.

He has started and played inside and out. He might had started at all 4 but the 1 tech im not sure about. Not all the guys above him or even below his pay, plays both inside and out.


If you can't see that no matter where you put the goal post, de or dt, his pay, for a guy who can play and start at any position on the dl, soild at all, good leader on the field and locker room, isn't over the top and actually is a good contract, then I can't help you. You're one of those guys who didn't like the contract in 2015 and thought it was too much(I was one of those guy's) but can't see 4 years later it's a fair contract.

 

[ItzKelz]

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DL Tyrone Crawford - $10.1 million cap hit

WR Allen Hurns - $6.25 million cap hit

LB Sean Lee - $6 million cap hit

TE Jason Witten - $4.25 million cap hit

DE Taco Charlton - $2.74 million cap hit

If these are the worst we are not doing too bad....

 

[Stash]

Lmao I said he was a top 40 dl. He said it was top 15 with his cap hit if he's put as a dt. He's actually higher than than that. I compared him to 4-3 dt.

I'll just do all DT that make more than him.

Cox has 115 tackles 22.5 sacks to 89 and 14. Clearly better on both and also gets paid more, 17m to 9m.

Atkins has 123 tackles 18 sacks to 89 and 14. Clearly better on both but sacks aren't far off. Also makes more 16.3 to 9m.

Short has 146 and 16.5 to 89 and 14. Dominates him on tackles and slightly ahead in sacks. Again dominated him on money, 16m to 9m.

Jarrett has 155 and 13 to 89 and 14. Dominates him on tackles but slightly behind on sacks. Also makes 15.2 to 9m

Dareus has 60 and 3 to 89 and 14. Behind in both and makes 14m to 9m

Joseph had 193 and 8.5 to 89 and 14. Not even close in tackles and but he's not close in sacks. He also makes 12.5m to 9m

Richardson has 165 and 7 to 89 and 14. Not close in tackles but he's not close to Crawford on sacks. Also makes 12.3m to 9m.

All(except dareus) dominated him on tackles but only cox dominated him on sacks, at almost twice as much money he should. The top 3 paid has more sacks and tackles and make 7-8m more a year. The rest had more tackles but not more sacks and also make 3-6m more a year than him.

If you go from top to bottom of 4-3 DT in pay, as the sacks go down, so does the money. His pay puts him right about where he should be with his production.

We can go DT,DE or overall, his pay isn't over the top. DE will be his worst look but even then it's not over the top.

He has started and played inside and out. He might had started at all 4 but the 1 tech im not sure about. Not all the guys above him or even below his pay, plays both inside and out.


If you can't see that no matter where you put the goal post, de or dt, his pay, for a guy who can play and start at any position on the dl, soild at all, good leader on the field and locker room, isn't over the top and actually is a good contract, then I can't help you. You're one of those guys who didn't like the contract in 2015 and thought it was too much(I was one of those guy's) but can't see 4 years later it's a fair contract.

Because it isn't and never has been. He’s always been overpaid as the rotational role player that he is.

For all of your work, you show guys who make more but not guys who make less and produce as much or more. Like Jack Crawford.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I don't argue that. But I don't see anyone saying Austin is "a lock", do you?

That's changing the argument. I said he was Fool's gold and you took issue with it. He's clearly talented, I never said otherwise. For whatever reason, he hasn't turned it into consistent production over his 6 seasons - which is not a small sample size.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Because it isn't and never has been. He’s always been overpaid as the rotational role player that he is.

For all of your work, you show guys who make more but not guys who make less and produce as much or more. Like Jack Crawford.

Just because Jack Crawford may have been underpaid relative to his performance in 2018 doesn't make others who made more than him overpaid.

 

[Stash]

That's changing the argument. I said he was Fool's gold and you took issue with it. He's clearly talented, I never said otherwise. For whatever reason, he hasn't turned it into consistent production over his 6 seasons - which is not a small sample size.

Only because your words changed it:

I like the guy, you can clearly see he has some juice. But he's never realized his potential - through his fault or not. And with the depth now at WR, he hasn't produced enough to say he's a no-doubter. He's squarely on the bubble and should be.

Nobody was saying he was a "no-doubter".

 

[mattjames2010]

LOL in a year or two, we're all going to wish we had contracts like this to worry about again.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

Ehhh, I can't get worked up over the Charlton contract. $2.7MM for a backup DE who has some upside (admittedly hasn't reached that potential)? That's not a terrible contract.

Agreed, it's just that we really don't have any super bad contracts.

The 5 contracts I dislike the most are as follows:
Crawford, although I like the player
Cobb
Witten
Hurns
Jamize Olawale

Edit: Forgot La'el

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

If that's our fifth worst, then we're in pretty good shape.

IMO, the only bad contracts on that list are really Crawford's and Hurns, both of whom are getting paid too much for the roles they are expected to play. Crawford should be on Quinn's level for the money he's receiving, and while he's a solid rotational player, he's not on that level. Hurns should at least be the starting slot receiver for his contract amount.

Crawford has been an all-around better player than Quinn the last two years. Not just at Quinn's level.

 

[Them]

...of those 5 contracts...Hurns got hurt...but is workable....Taco is the only one who has not produced much...