Cowboys salary cap outlook is bright

[HungryLion]

Four stars out of five. Unfortunately I can't give you the highest rating because you didn't use the phrase "we're in cap hell".

I knew I forgot something.

In my defense. It’s hard to think clearly after panic and dread set in.

 

[jazzcat22]

Salary cap will be ok.
Letting Jones walk and releasing Crawford & Hurns at some point will free up space as well.

For what they save on Hurns and Crawford, they can afford to keep Jones, and even Austin. And still have a few other important role players to fill the roster, as after this year is another $5 million.

 

[jazzcat22]

Rod Woodson & Deion in their prime were shut down corners ; Jones is nowhere near that type of player , much less as good as Patrick Peterson................................I'm not suggesting simply letting him walk , but there needs to be some type of perspective.

Jones did not give up a TD last season nor a lot of long pass plays, until late when he had his hip injury no one was aware.
What is shut down CB part of that people do not understand, other than lack of INT's. But he will learn that technique of turning back to the ball under Richard. Awuzie also.

 

[Melonfeud]

I knew I forgot something.

In my defense. It’s hard to think clearly after panic and dread set in.

that's HILARIOUS

 

[big dog cowboy]

All I know is this, every single season people complain about the salary cap.

Not since Romo's contract come off the books years ago. The Cowboys have been in great shape since.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

IF Jones has another good season and IF we are in good shape with the cap, why let him go? That makes zero sense.

 

[robertfchew]

Let's see what Jones does this season before we get in a hurry to let him walk. He was lights out the first half of last season. If that's his ceiling you don't just let that go if you can help it.

he will want top dollar and hes not worth it.

 

[bsbellomy]

All I know is this, every single season people complain about the salary cap. And every single season we find a way around it. Maybe the difference is we don't have to find a way around it we can just not have to worry about it any longer yeah right

What are you talking about? We've basically spent as little as anyone the past 3-4 years. That's finding a way around the cap?

 

[Whirlwin]

What are you talking about? We've basically spent as little as anyone the past 3-4 years. That's finding a way around the cap?

I'm talkin the last 15-20 years. I'm from the old Cowboys forum used to speak of it every single season. Don't get stuck on 3 Seasons and if we spent little it's because he probably had little and wanted to get away from the Romo money. I'm not sure but that's what I thinking it might have been. You have to understand I've been paying attention to this franchise since the 60s it's hard to remember everything.

 

[Sydla]

The only issue I have is that we have basically wasted Dak's cheap years. It's rare that you get QB play like we have for such a cheap cost, which gave us the luxury of maybe taking on some higher salaries for some better players to try to win something in Dak's contract friendly years.
Some teams would kill for that kind of situation.

Dak playing well on the cheap was a real advantage for us and we didn't take advantage (well unless they let Dak play out 2019 on his rookie deal and we win the SB this year).

 

[erod]

As of today, there is about 75 million in cap space for the 2020 season. This is without Dak, Amari, and Byron Jones under contract.

Dak and Amari are more than likely to get extensions soon and based on what I've been hearing Jones will most likely be headed to free agency.

New contracts will also affect Dak's and Cooper's cap hit ls for this year. Dak's will rise to about 9 (+7million) million and Cooper's will drop to about 8 million (-5million). They basically offset each other.

• With an extension Dak's cap hit will be at 18-24 million in 2020.
• Amari 18-20 million cap hit in 2020.

So, about 40 million in cap hits between those two players.

Leaving 35 million in cap space and that is not adding in a rise in the cap (which will be about 8-10 million).

That means we will have about 45 million in cap space available for 2020 with all of our key players locked down.

There is also the possibility of releasing players like Hurns this year, which will free up almost 5 million in cap space or Crawford after this season to clear 8 million in cap space.

Look for us to have about 50 million in cap space for 2020 with Zeke, Dak, Cooper, and Lawrence, our entire oline under contract.

We will have plenty of space to extend Zeke next off season if the front office has him in their long term plans.

There will also be space to extend Jaylon Smith in 2020.

With the CBA ending in 2020, I don't expect Stephen to do anything in free agency that would hamper negotiating leverage with the players union.

And with the PC agenda and science community attacking football at every angle, I don't expect tackle football to be around much longer anyway. These owners want a trap door to bail out of the coming lawsuit nightmare on the horizon.

 

[Whirlwin]

What are you talking about? We've basically spent as little as anyone the past 3-4 years. That's finding a way around the cap?

Maybe I misunderstood your meaning of your post. We haven't spent money the last three seasons not because of the salary cap. But because we don't want anybody else has high price leftover free agents. That's not how you win in today's salary cap era football. We have a new philosophy and it's working. In case you were thinking that theory

 

[Cowboys22]

The only issue I have is that we have basically wasted Dak's cheap years. It's rare that you get QB play like we have for such a cheap cost, which gave us the luxury of maybe taking on some higher salaries for some better players to try to win something in Dak's contract friendly years.
Some teams would kill for that kind of situation.

Dak playing well on the cheap was a real advantage for us and we didn't take advantage (well unless they let Dak play out 2019 on his rookie deal and we win the SB this year).

Dak had an incredible rookie season but has not followed it up with stellar play the last two years. He has had his moments but nowhere near enough consistency. There was no combination of players available via free agency that the team both could afford and would have overcome Garrett's and Linehan's coaching as well as Dak's average QB play. You can say they wasted the last few years but the same can be said of the last 20 years and especially the years since they hired Garrett. Simply put, there is nothing they can do until they fix the biggest problem and hire a coach who is actually capable of winning a super bowl.

 

[Cowboys22]

Maybe I misunderstood your meaning of your post. We haven't spent money the last three seasons not because of the salary cap. But because we don't want anybody else has high price leftover free agents. That's not how you win in today's salary cap era football. We have a new philosophy and it's working. In case you were thinking that theory

Excuse me, but how is it working? Any philosophy that includes Garrett as head coach and Heath as a starter will never work unless your definition of working is being slightly above average every other year. My definition of working is winning a super bowl or being on the verge of it.

 

[Longboysfan]

I think Dallas has done an outstanding job of keeping their cap in order instead of spending like drunken sailors in a free agent market that is over priced.

Change between Jerry running the CAP and Stephen running the CAP.

 

[Jarv]

The only issue I have is that we have basically wasted Dak's cheap years. It's rare that you get QB play like we have for such a cheap cost, which gave us the luxury of maybe taking on some higher salaries for some better players to try to win something in Dak's contract friendly years.
Some teams would kill for that kind of situation.

Dak playing well on the cheap was a real advantage for us and we didn't take advantage (well unless they let Dak play out 2019 on his rookie deal and we win the SB this year).

That should be the plan.

 

[Whirlwin]

Excuse me, but how is it working? Any philosophy that includes Garrett as head coach and Heath as a starter will never work unless your definition of working is being slightly above average every other year. My definition of working is winning a super bowl or being on the verge of it.

Well I totally disagree with you. You need players like Jeff heat on your team. You need football players you can't just have a bunch of superstars it doesn't work that way. Until Jason Garrett loses the locker room I support him and his style

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

The only issue I have is that we have basically wasted Dak's cheap years. It's rare that you get QB play like we have for such a cheap cost, which gave us the luxury of maybe taking on some higher salaries for some better players to try to win something in Dak's contract friendly years.
Some teams would kill for that kind of situation.

Dak playing well on the cheap was a real advantage for us and we didn't take advantage (well unless they let Dak play out 2019 on his rookie deal and we win the SB this year).

Some people are playing checkers, they're playing chess

 

[Sydla]

Some people are playing checkers, they're playing chess

This makes zero sense.

 

[Cowboys22]

Well I totally disagree with you. You need players like Jeff heat on your team. You need football players you can't just have a bunch of superstars it doesn't work that way. Until Jason Garrett loses the locker room I support him and his style

If course you need players like Heath but they’re called backups and special team players. No team is going to end up with superstars starting at each position but there’s no rule that says you can’t and so you shouldn’t even try. It’s been a weak spot for much longer than it should be. There’s absolutely no reason to attempt to secure a better player than Heath. He can and should remain on the team, he just shouldn’t remain on the field except for when there’s also a kicker out there.