Twitter: Cowboys extend Demarcus Lawrence

Montanalo · Sep 11, 2020

ShortRound131 said:

Aside from Dak and, maybe, CoVid, these contract maneuvers free up cap space to resign Aldon Smith (assuming they want him back) and other veterans that are on a one year deal.

Diehardblues · Sep 11, 2020

Section446 said:
Gotta be for Dak.

That’s part of it. Also with 2021 Cap expected to be much lower than 2020 the Cowboys would be over the Cap as is.

big dog cowboy · Sep 11, 2020

stasheroo said:
Actually, he's not under contract after this year.

Crawford is on the last year of his deal???

ItzKelz · Sep 11, 2020

Sydla said:
So you agree with me............ he's not worth the $9MM cap hit and the Cowboys should, at the very least, lower his cap hit.

I agree that he has value to the DL and if the powers that be need to restructure then they should do so. If not then that is fine too as long as it is not keeping us from signing our best players.

cern · Sep 11, 2020

John813 said:
Yes and no. Restructuring now allows part of the restructure "penalty" to apply this year. So, including 2020, Demarcus Lawrence is now under contract till 2024(voidable year). Since they converted 15 mil into a signing bonus, the spreadable cap hit from that 15 mil is prorated from 2020 to 2024. Or 5 years. So, an additional 3mil cap hit over 5 years.
They do it next year, under same terms, and it's a 3.75mil cap hit over the remaining 4 years. Yes, only 750k difference, but it adds up when you also restructure 2-4 more players. Instead of 750k, you save close to 3-4mil a year of additional hits by spreading the prorated new signing bonus over longer terms.

jmo

The guys they've restructured I'm hoping they still see a long term value in. Cause with Frederick they restructured twice and he retired early biting them a bit in the butt. Same with Romo.

great post.

Section446 · Sep 11, 2020

Diehardblues said:
That’s part of it. Also with 2021 Cap expected to be much lower than 2020 the Cowboys would be over the Cap as is.

I'm sure they can work out his contract to be virtually nothing in 2021 with an extension.

America's Cowboy · Sep 11, 2020

Sydla said:
He can't sign a contract by year end. Per tag rules he can only sign a new deal after the season ends.

They are creating space to handle the 2021 cap year, which yes, would include whatever they decide to do with Dak.

Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for the clarification bro.

Stash · Sep 11, 2020

ItzKelz said:
He has value so dont release him. Restructure

Which they repeatedly failed to do. Therein lies the problem.

Stash · Sep 11, 2020

cern said:
but it didn't bust. they already had him locked in with the tag.

We're talking about the McCoy deal here.

Sydla · Sep 11, 2020

stasheroo said:
Which they repeatedly failed to do. Therein lies the problem.

It's kind of peculiar since they are restructuring deals now. Makes you wonder if they just want his contract to roll off after this year and they can just be done with him and not be obligated to him in 2021.

It's an odd way to look at it but maybe they haven't restructured because they love him as a player, maybe they haven't restructured because they just want to move on in 2021 and not have any cap implications beyond this year.

Stash · Sep 11, 2020

big dog cowboy said:
Crawford is on the last year of his deal???

Yet still making more than McCoy, Poe, Smith, and Griffen COMBINED.

That's a disgrace.

Loso86 · Sep 11, 2020

SeanLee50 said:
So Smith, Martin and Lawrence.

No Crawford though lol

Well those guys will be here forbat least a few more years, Crawford is a UFA next year nothing to extend

Bullflop · Sep 11, 2020

I think most of these extension adjustments are in anticipation of lesser profits becoming a reality in the 2020 financial returns. Of course, Dak's future contract settlement would likely be included in those considerations, as well. Let's hope his impending contract talks go smoothly this time.

If this offense experiences the upturn that's being expected, Dak Prescott's raise would be one to ensure his ongoing presence in an extremely positive frame of mind. An upturn in this team's final standings should do much the same for so many Cowboys fans, also!

Stash · Sep 11, 2020

Sydla said:
It's kind of peculiar since they are restructuring deals now. Makes you wonder if they just want his contract to roll off after this year and they can just be done with him and not be obligated to him in 2021.

But still doesn't explain the lack of insisting on a paycut.

They absolutely can get $5 million shaved off of that deal, yet they sit on their hands and do nothing.

$10 million wasted last year, and $9 million wasted this year.

Nearly $20 million needlessly flushed down the drain. Not even the biggest fan can spin that to being a good thing.

ItzKelz · Sep 11, 2020

stasheroo said:
Which they repeatedly failed to do. Therein lies the problem.

Who couldn't we sign because of this?

Sydla · Sep 11, 2020

Loso86 said:
Well those guys will be here forbat least a few more years, Crawford is a UFA next year nothing to extend

You can sign him to a one year extension and then manipulate the cap that way.

Loso86 · Sep 11, 2020

Sydla said:
You can sign him to a one year extension and then manipulate the cap that way.

Maybe they dont want to bother l, I agree though chop his money in half at least but hey

Sydla · Sep 11, 2020

Loso86 said:
Maybe they dont want to bother l, I agree though chop his money in half at least but hey

That's what I said above, maybe the lack of any contract movement there is that they just want to be done with him beyond this season.

aikemirv · Sep 11, 2020

stasheroo said:
It's specific to signing Prescott's long term. Stephen low-balled him at the start, and meanwhile, Geoff, Wentz, Mahomes, and now Watson have all signed deals which have done nothing but raise the quarterback market and Prescott's asking price. That should be obvious.

And thanks for the compliments regarding my posts, right back at ya.

Honestly - lowballed - after what season? What was the offer? Dak was not great in 2017 and terrible at the beginning of 2018. 2019 was his first full good year since 2016. He was definitely a work in progress and not worth a long term 100 million deal.

I think they have played this well. From a Salary Cap standpoint and a time value of Jerry's money standpoint. The only way this turns out bad is if the salary cap goes down because of rona and social issues. They could not have forseen that. Dak on the other hand, for the same reasons, has played this poorly!

Sydla · Sep 11, 2020

I quickly ran some calculations and it appears it would not make much sense from a cap perspective to restructure Crawford this year and extend him into 2021. For the 2021 cap, it's actually better to just let him roll off the roster.

But as stash says, you could have approached him and asked him to cut his base salary this year.

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