Off-season priority: Release Jaylon Smith

ghst187 · Jan 3, 2021

But but he’s leading the team for in tackles and third in the league...

jwooten15 · Jan 3, 2021

Corso said:
You ain't saving Jack boss. Not on the cap.

Like I said, with Jaylon, I don’t even care about cap consequences. To me, I’d take Bernard or Gifford or Thomas over Jaylon. He’s the worst type of person to have on the team if you’re trying to actually win

BotchedLobotomy · Jan 3, 2021

When we drafted him and when he was going through rehab he seemed like a real likable humble kid. Now he’s morphed into this ego monster.

Corso · Jan 3, 2021

jwooten15 said:
Like I said, with Jaylon, I don’t even care about cap consequences. To me, I’d take Bernard or Gifford or Thomas over Jaylon. He’s the worst type of person to have on the team if you’re trying to actually win

Right on. I can totally respect that.

jwooten15 · Jan 3, 2021

BotchedLobotomy said:
When we drafted him and when he was going through rehab he seemed like a real likable humble kid. Now he’s morphed into this ego monster.

I thought the same thing. And now he’s always wearing mink furs and telling reporters to “watch the tape”, as if he’s some linebacker god. All in what, 4 years? Amazing how money can change someone

John813 · Jan 3, 2021

Corso said:
Do not think that's accurate.

Its accurate. 7.2mil will be saved after June 1st

2.6 dead for 21, 6.8 dead for 22

https://overthecap.com/player/jaylon-smith/4747/

Go to June 1st cut option.

streetcredit · Jan 3, 2021

jwooten15 said:
Like I said, with Jaylon, I don’t even care about cap consequences. To me, I’d take Bernard or Gifford or Thomas over Jaylon. He’s the worst type of person to have on the team if you’re trying to actually win

I agree, most companies have these types, try to do the least amount of work for the most money...try to take credit for everything. Sucks the life out of a team.

KingintheNorth · Jan 3, 2021

They paid Tyrone Crawford $8 million ($9.1 million in cap room) for 14 tackles and 2 sacks this year or $571k per tackle if you prefer.

Jerry was criticized for taking Jaylon Smith at 34 and sprinted to the opportunity to give him a five-year, $63.75 million contract extension with $35.4 million in guarantees, two years before they had to.

Jaylon was the 2nd leading tackler in the NFL this year, so Jerry is going to use that, as well as his own inability to admit he screwed up, as a reason to keep Jaylon around.

The best we can hope for is the team asking Jaylon to take a paycut off the $7.2 million base salary he has coming next season. I don't see this kid's ego allowing him to take that, nor do I see the owner's vanity allowing it to even be suggested.

The salary decisions here are not always about who deserves them. It's about validating the fraudulent General Manager and his family of incompetence. Crawford being here the last few years should have shown you all that. Jason Garrett as well.

Teague31 · Jan 3, 2021

Even if MM demands it, Jerry will never do it.

MysteryIceGuro · Jan 3, 2021

Even bigger offseason priority: ship off Jerry Jones and ban him the USA, forcing him, and his family, to sell the team.

John813 · Jan 3, 2021

KingintheNorth said:
They paid Tyrone Crawford $8 million ($9.1 million in cap room) for 14 tackles and 2 sacks this year or $571k per tackle if you prefer.

Jerry was criticized for taking Jaylon Smith at 34 and sprinted to the opportunity to give him a five-year, $63.75 million contract extension with $35.4 million in guarantees, two years before they had to.

Jaylon was the 2nd leading tackler in the NFL this year, so Jerry is going to use that, as well as his own inability to admit he screwed up, as a reason to keep Jaylon around.

The best we can hope for is the team asking Jaylon to take a paycut off the $7.2 million base salary he has coming next season. I don't see this kid's ego allowing him to take that, nor do I see the owner's vanity allowing it to even be suggested.

The salary decisions here are not always about who deserves them. It's about validating the fraudulent General Manager and his family of incompetence. Crawford being here the last few years should have shown you all that. Jason Garrett as well.

There was a rumor floated a week or so ago that they didn't release or ask for a cut from Ty due to his agent bring France. Think it was JJT so grain of salt but then again sounds believable

Sully · Jan 3, 2021

jwooten15 said:
If I could have one Cowboys-related wish come true above all others, it would be to see Jaylon “king of shameless self promotion” Smith released.

But who’s going to take his place?

Joe Thomas... Joe Dirt... Joe Schmo who’s currently a cashier at Walgreens.. I’d take any of them.

I’m so sick of having to watch him swiping it up after committing PI fouls and tackling guys 20 yards down the field.

*Please, Lord, grant me this one wish.*

Agreed. Then watch him go to the Patriots and become an ALL-Pro because players don't come to win games in Dallas but be popular.

conner01 · Jan 3, 2021

jwooten15 said:
If I could have one Cowboys-related wish come true above all others, it would be to see Jaylon “king of shameless self promotion” Smith released.

But who’s going to take his place?

Joe Thomas... Joe Dirt... Joe Schmo who’s currently a cashier at Walgreens.. I’d take any of them.

I’m so sick of having to watch him swiping it up after committing PI fouls and tackling guys 20 yards down the field.

*Please, Lord, grant me this one wish.*

Be careful what you wish for
If you cut jaylon, Joe Schmo would be all you could afford
Jaylon is over paid for his production
But this theory a guy can be near the top of the league in tackles and be so bad you cost yourself 24 million to get rid of him is a stretch

Mannix · Jan 3, 2021

-----What we can really hope for, is getting a coach to bring out his best skills.

His best skill is being a Grade A d bag....he needs to be cut tomorrow!!!

KJJ · Jan 3, 2021

Corso said:
Do not think that's accurate.

It’s pretty accurate this article breaks it down.

https://www.___GET_REAL_URL___/s/co...-potential-release-dead-money-salary-cap/amp/

KingintheNorth · Jan 3, 2021

John813 said:
There was a rumor floated a week or so ago that they didn't release or ask for a cut from Ty due to his agent bring France. Think it was JJT so grain of salt but then again sounds believable

I honestly hope it was worth it and that means we sign two Todd France clients to contracts this off-season.

Dak

&

Justin Simmons

Sydla · Jan 3, 2021

jwooten15 said:
If I could have one Cowboys-related wish come true above all others, it would be to see Jaylon “king of shameless self promotion” Smith released.

But who’s going to take his place?

Joe Thomas... Joe Dirt... Joe Schmo who’s currently a cashier at Walgreens.. I’d take any of them.

I’m so sick of having to watch him swiping it up after committing PI fouls and tackling guys 20 yards down the field.

*Please, Lord, grant me this one wish.*

That's your one and only Cowboys wish for the offseason?

I can think of a few that would be soooo much better for the Cowboys than this one wish.

Sydla · Jan 3, 2021

KingintheNorth said:
They paid Tyrone Crawford $8 million ($9.1 million in cap room) for 14 tackles and 2 sacks this year or $571k per tackle if you prefer.

Jerry was criticized for taking Jaylon Smith at 34 and sprinted to the opportunity to give him a five-year, $63.75 million contract extension with $35.4 million in guarantees, two years before they had to.

Jaylon was the 2nd leading tackler in the NFL this year, so Jerry is going to use that, as well as his own inability to admit he screwed up, as a reason to keep Jaylon around.

The best we can hope for is the team asking Jaylon to take a paycut off the $7.2 million base salary he has coming next season. I don't see this kid's ego allowing him to take that, nor do I see the owner's vanity allowing it to even be suggested.

The salary decisions here are not always about who deserves them. It's about validating the fraudulent General Manager and his family of incompetence. Crawford being here the last few years should have shown you all that. Jason Garrett as well.

Jerry repeated the Crawford mistake. He rushed to sign Crawford thinking he was going to explode and get too pricey down the road, and it backfired. Smith had a good 2018 so Jerry again tried to "beat the market" and sign Smith thinking he might get real expensive and price out of their range when Smith got to FA. Another mistake by Jerry.

tcc0808 · Jan 3, 2021

Praxit said:
..good idea, but dont feel Jaylon is going no where. Just signed a contract. What we can really hope for, is getting a coach to bring out his best skills.

What would those be?

Sydla · Jan 3, 2021

Kaiser said:
You save 400K and take a dead cap hit of 9.4 Million. IOW you will pay his replacement more than you save even if its a journeyman like Joe Thomas.

The original poster said June 1st cut and he was right. You just cited numbers if we cut him in 2021 and designate him a regular cut, but failed to note his June 1 cut numbers. The OP was correct, as has been shown in this thread. Whether that makes sense, I guess we will have to see but there is a way to save a decent chunk on the cap for 2021 by cutting Smith.

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