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Bob Sturm wrote a great article for The Athletic, https://***BLOCKED***/1137468/2019/...in-facing-2019-could-easily-be-in-the-mirror/ discussing how contract distractions as handled by the FO might be the team's biggest hurdle this season. Here are some highlights:
"These three deals could very well exceed $200 million in guaranteed money and $70 million in annual cap room for a franchise that is only allotted about $188 million for this year’s 53-man roster. Add to that the contract just presented to DeMarcus Lawrence, the pass rush king of Dallas, and you see four players consuming nearly 50 percent of the salary cap. The other 49 players must split the other half of the money, which currently largely goes to the offensive line of Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin, and La’el Collins, who consume nearly half of the remaining $90 million on their own each season. If eight players seem to be somewhere in the 70-75 percent range of the entire cap, that leaves 43 other men to divide up the rest of a rapidly shrinking pie."
"The Cowboys should have one of the best rosters in football in 2019. Trouble is, because so many of those contracts are expiring, everyone might be more focused on 2020-2025."
"My frustrations lie mostly with management, to be honest. They are responsible for making sure they keep the business and the team separated, and despite being aware of all of these looming situations arriving at roughly the same time, they were unable to accomplish hardly any business in the last 18 months. The one exception was the Lawrence deal, which they finally got done under the deadline of D-Law needing shoulder surgery and refusing to go under the knife until the deal was done."
"The Cowboys had from January 12th until July 27th to do business and not have it leak onto the football field and it does not appear they got anything done. Other teams completed major contracts and kept them from dominating discussion in their training camps. Carson Wentz and Russell Wilson were able to get their deals. The Cowboys are in largely the same spot with all of these contracts that they were when the Rams game ended in January. This is no surprise, because we saw it with Dez Bryant and Lawrence and seemingly every deal this team has written in the last decade."
"They tell us they won’t set the market, as if that is some point of pride. Instead, the market sets them. The Cowboys could do much better in conducting their business (not that they asked me) so this doesn’t turn into 53 players with 53 personal agendas this season."
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"These three deals could very well exceed $200 million in guaranteed money and $70 million in annual cap room for a franchise that is only allotted about $188 million for this year’s 53-man roster. Add to that the contract just presented to DeMarcus Lawrence, the pass rush king of Dallas, and you see four players consuming nearly 50 percent of the salary cap. The other 49 players must split the other half of the money, which currently largely goes to the offensive line of Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin, and La’el Collins, who consume nearly half of the remaining $90 million on their own each season. If eight players seem to be somewhere in the 70-75 percent range of the entire cap, that leaves 43 other men to divide up the rest of a rapidly shrinking pie."
"The Cowboys should have one of the best rosters in football in 2019. Trouble is, because so many of those contracts are expiring, everyone might be more focused on 2020-2025."
"My frustrations lie mostly with management, to be honest. They are responsible for making sure they keep the business and the team separated, and despite being aware of all of these looming situations arriving at roughly the same time, they were unable to accomplish hardly any business in the last 18 months. The one exception was the Lawrence deal, which they finally got done under the deadline of D-Law needing shoulder surgery and refusing to go under the knife until the deal was done."
"The Cowboys had from January 12th until July 27th to do business and not have it leak onto the football field and it does not appear they got anything done. Other teams completed major contracts and kept them from dominating discussion in their training camps. Carson Wentz and Russell Wilson were able to get their deals. The Cowboys are in largely the same spot with all of these contracts that they were when the Rams game ended in January. This is no surprise, because we saw it with Dez Bryant and Lawrence and seemingly every deal this team has written in the last decade."
"They tell us they won’t set the market, as if that is some point of pride. Instead, the market sets them. The Cowboys could do much better in conducting their business (not that they asked me) so this doesn’t turn into 53 players with 53 personal agendas this season."
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- Every NFL team faces the same issues the Jones boys are dealing with regarding contracts and distractions so there's nothing unique about the Dallas situation
- The Jones boys are simply being frugal and doing what's best for the team
- Bob Sturm is a Packers fan so I disregard everything he ever says or writes, regardless if it's true or based in reality
- I oppose all posts that call into question anything our front office does. Go Cowboys!
