Biggest mistake by front office in last 3 seasons

Aerolithe_Lion said:

I thought Zeke did a heck of a lot more to earn his contract last year than Tank did. And Zeke is making a heck of a lot less.

Zeke was signed to record money for having 3 monster years. Tank was signed to record money for having 1 good year

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You pay the edge. Even if you have to overpay. You don't pay the RB. And you never overpay.

montgod said:

Garrett was just happy to be employed so...

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Maybe. But who wouldn't be happy working for a friend making millions?

phildadon86 said:

What did Beasley do in the playoffs?

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What did Cobb do in the playoffs?

Beasley even caught 6passes for 110 yards and a td against Dallas. He proved his point.

J12B said:

Besides keeping Garrett around?

I'd say letting Beasley walk.

The front office could have afforded him. Now there is a void to fill with Cobb leaving. Cobb was good, but did not show up when needed.

Beasley was just too reliable to be seen as expendable. Maybe he became a diva. But he certainly proved his point.

In Buffalo last season, Beasley caught 67 passes for 778 yards and 6TDs.

Well worth 7 million per year.

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Beasley was the # 2 receiver in Buffalo, and Cobb was the #3 receiver in Dallas, and Cobb had 828 yards. Like Cobb, Beasley would have also been the #3 in Dallas, so he wouldn't have got the targets in Dallas that he got with Buffalo.

CowboyRoy said:

This is the 2nd offseason that the Cowboys have been trying to sign Dak. Call that time frame whatever you want.
Its been well documented how long the Cowboys have been trying. Not sure why some of you people seem so clueless on this.

Don't you recall the Dak turds all up in arms last offseason claiming how they wanted Dak on another prove it year before signing him? Now those same turds are pissed that the Cowboys didn't try to sign him last year. LOL

Yet it was those same turds saying would shouldn't have.

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You called that 2 years in your earlier thread, but 2 offseasons is just one year. In any case, Dak chose to try and increase his value by waiting another season, which is his right to do. I can't blame him for that.

As for why it has drug on this offseason, it's hard to say. Some reports are Dak wants $40 million, while others say $33-35 million. Some say the Cowboys want to lock Dak in for 5-6 years and Dak wants a shorter deal. And there is no indication of guaranteed money, either on what is being offered or what Dak wants. Bottom line is, we really don't know, and the reports are all over the place and may only be speculation anyway.

OmerV said:

You called that 2 years in your earlier thread, but 2 offseasons is just one year. In any case, Dak chose to try and increase his value by waiting another season, which is his right to do. I can't blame him for that.

As for why it has drug on this offseason, it's hard to say. Some reports are Dak wants $40 million, while others say $33-35 million. Some say the Cowboys want to lock Dak in for 5-6 years and Dak wants a shorter deal. And there is no indication of guaranteed money, either on what is being offered or what Dak wants. Bottom line is, we really don't know, and the reports are all over the place and may only be speculation anyway.

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lol......this is the 2nd year cowboys have tried. That is a fact. My god you people will argue over anything.

Letting Beasley leave was benefit, not cost.

Not sure what parallel universe the original poster is living in, but in the current timeline the rest of us occupy, replacing Beasley with a cheaper Cobb was such a good move, it belongs on a list of our best front office moves lately. We easily upgraded and saved money at the same time.

We let Cobb walk too now, but that doesn't retroactively make Beasley more valuable or tempting. If we wanted to be locked into that kind of money for a slot guy, we'd have given it to keep Cobb, who was *much* better on top of also being younger.

Beasley is Central Casting's idea of a guy who would be scrappy and full of heart, but he wasn't. He was a diva by the end of his time here and, don't forget, his career here started with us having to hold his hand and babysit him to literally talk him out of retiring during camp as a rookie. Not too much heart in this game.

Certain Cowboys fans want to write off production when it comes from someone like Cobb, yet they want to romanticize the contributions by guys who look like Beasley because they've concocted some narrative in their head about how he's the kind of scrappy engine that powers winning. It's nonsense. He never won here, and he was perfectly happy with it when he was getting his stats. The second he hit the open market, he happily made a beeline to a 6-10 team in an armpit of a city because they were offering the most money and promising the most empty targets.

Future said:

Dallas was primarily in 11 personnel....so 3WR is base.

I actually agree that he's not a great fit for Moore, but he's a way better playerr than Cobb.

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By base, I'm referring to what you do on 1st and 2nd downs when you're not playing hurry up or behind the chains. Beasley got 57% of the snaps in 2016. Cobb got 64% last year. Neither were part of the base.

On a team with 11 personnel as the base, Beasley's snaps can be in the 80s. He's just more valuable on such a team.

Last year Cobb beat Beasley in every stat but TDs. Beasley is a better player *for* some teams, and not for others. He also cost a lot more. I'm glad we didn't' take his contract. Good for him in getting 14mil guaranteed. We're out on Cobb after 5m.

Jipper said:

Keeping Jason garret for the last 3 seasons

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Ding ding ding.

J12B said:

Taking Taco over JJ Watt.

But who knows, maybe JJ would have been JAG with Marinelli.

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You mean TJ Watt. Not giving Taco one more season after having his best training camp and preseason might prove to be a mistake. He did have 5 sacks for Miami. The same amount we got from DLaw who we made the highest paid player in franchise history.

Don’t see how letting Beasley walk was the biggest mistake in 3 years when his replacement Randall Cobb put up more yards and would’ve had the same number of TDs had 3 not been called back and we signed him for less than Beasley. Granted we only had Cobb for one season but he gave us a lot of bang for the buck. Had several of his plays not been called back including a 70+ TD he would’ve been pushing 1000 yards for the season.

buybuydandavis said:

By base, I'm referring to what you do on 1st and 2nd downs when you're not playing hurry up or behind the chains. Beasley got 57% of the snaps in 2016. Cobb got 64% last year. Neither were part of the base.

On a team with 11 personnel as the base, Beasley's snaps can be in the 80s. He's just more valuable on such a team.

Last year Cobb beat Beasley in every stat but TDs. Beasley is a better player *for* some teams, and not for others. He also cost a lot more. I'm glad we didn't' take his contract. Good for him in getting 14mil guaranteed. We're out on Cobb after 5m.

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Dallas was in 11 personnel on 67% of plays last year, and 61% on first and second down. It doesn't get any more base than that.
https://www.sharpfootballstats.com/personnel-grouping-frequency.html
Cobb didn't have more catches, and had one of the worst drop rates in the NFL. He was unequivocally worse than Beasley.

Jipper said:

Keeping Jason garret for the last 3 seasons

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this is the most obvious and the most hilarious response

Other than keeping Garrett around the biggest mistake by the FO the last 3 years was cutting Dez and going with a receiver by committee in 2018 but we rectified that by making the trade for Cooper. We were headed for a losing season with that blunder until we made the trade. As for passing on TJ Watt and going with Taco that wasn’t an obvious mistake at the time. Cutting our number one receiver and trying to replace him with a couple of average receivers was an obvious mistake.

As crazy as it sounds cutting Taco could end up being the biggest mistake by the FO in more than three years. Taco had his best summer with the Cowboys last year. I thought he performed well enough to make the team but he was cut because he and a coach who’s no longer here didn’t see eye to eye. Taco had 5 sacks with the Dolphins and forced 2 fumbles. DLaw put up the same totals after the Cowboys made him the highest paid player in franchise history. Taco was a good value playing on his rookie deal.

With Quinn gone and Gregory‘s status up in the air as usual this time of year, the Cowboys could live to regret cutting Taco if he continues to develop in Miami. We’re so desperate at DE we signed Aldon Smith who hasn’t played football in four years and still hasn’t been reinstated. We were all down on Taco but he did make strides last summer and the decision to cut him may come back on us.

J12B said:

What did Cobb do in the playoffs?

Beasley even caught 6passes for 110 yards and a td against Dallas. He proved his point.

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Against a team that gave up on their coach. Oh yeah he proved something. Lol him and his wife also proved how to be immature cry babies on social media

KJJ said:

As crazy as it sounds cutting Taco could end up being the biggest mistake by the FO in more than three years. Taco had his best summer with the Cowboys last year. I thought he performed well enough to make the team but he was cut because he and a coach who’s no longer here didn’t see eye to eye. Taco had 5 sacks with the Dolphins and forced 2 fumbles. DLaw put up the same totals after the Cowboys made him the highest paid player in franchise history. Taco was a good value playing on his rookie deal.

With Quinn gone and Gregory‘s status up in the air as usual this time of year, the Cowboys could live to regret cutting Taco if he continues to develop in Miami. We’re so desperate at DE we signed Aldon Smith who hasn’t played football in four years and still hasn’t been reinstated. We were all down on Taco but he did make strides last summer and the decision to cut him may come back on us.

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I wasn't a Taco fan or anything, but I did like his potential. I thought cutting him was way premature. It was known that he's a slow learner and was a bit of a project pick, cutting him that soon was very strange.

phildadon86 said:

Against a team that gave up on their coach. Oh yeah he proved something. Lol him and his wife also proved how to be immature cry babies on social media

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He was frustrated with the coach and play calling...along with 90% of the fanbase.

Garrett was a problem and Beasley knew it. It was affecting his role and he was frustrated. So he voiced it and proved his point on the field.

kskboys said:

I wasn't a Taco fan or anything, but I did like his potential. I thought cutting him was way premature. It was known that he's a slow learner and was a bit of a project pick, cutting him that soon was very strange.

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I was very critical of Taco but he did perform well last summer. I said when we cut him that we should have at least given him an opportunity during the season and if he didn’t perform well we could have released him then. The FO may already be regretting the decision.

KJJ said:

I was very critical of Taco but he did perform well last summer. I said when we cut him that we should have at least given him an opportunity during the season and if he didn’t perform well we could have released him then. The FO may already be regretting the decision.

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At present, we have no one opposite DLaw.