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acr731 said:
Free agents? Ha! Can't afford any of them now, thanks to Mr. Greedy you-know-who..
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Here you are again. Dak is counting for 22.5 against the cap this year. It’s the 6th time I’ve told you this yet you keep spouting this nonsense. We didn’t sign players when he was making 700k. Is that his fault to? Our cap is fine. Jerry set this up purposely knowing the new tv deals will blow the cap up in 3 years. Step off the ledge man you look foolish.
 
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darthseinfeld said:
Some names of interest for me

- DaQuan Jones: Your proverbial "shores up a weakness while not eliminating the position in the draft" guy. Signed a 3 year deal last time he was free and is basically the same guy now. Could be a 1 year guy if there is a "middle class" freezeout.

-Patrick Peterson (to FS): He said earlier this year he is open to a switch to S. High caliber athletes in their 30's at CB have had great success in the past converting to S in the past. With tags coming down on S's, he may your best option

-Malcolm Butler/Richard Sherman: Technique centered CB's tend to play better in their 30's than elite athletes. Butler has had strong seasons in 2019 and 2020 after a rough first year in Tennessee. Shermans 2019 was one his best before only playing 5 games this year. For me, getting a greybeard who can still play and adding young talent in the draft could be the way to go in the secondary

My "don't hold you breath, but would love to see it" move

-Haason Reddick: Quinn is known for using Leo's. Reddick is probably the best in the game, and its really really hard to find quality players who can play an LB(an actual LB position, not a 3-4 edge rusher) and an edge rusher position. Coming of a 12 sack season, he definitely isnt going to be cheap. However adding Reddick to a pass rush consisting of Lawrence and Gregory could be overwhelming if Gregory is able to approach his ceiling
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I feel like Sherman is a perfect fit. He can teach Diggs and hopefully Surtain. I know people say he lost a step. But those same people said the same about Newman when we let him go as well.
 
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DCCowboys11 said:
With proven safeties like Anthony Harris, Lamarcus Joyner, Tre Boston, Earl Thomas, Ricardo Allen, Malik Hooker, & Demontae Kazee all available? Nope, I like Patrick Peterson but I’ll pass on another safety experiment.
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Harris is the only one of those guys that sounds enticing. After the tags, its a very weak FS FA class. Kazee would have been enticing if he didnt tear his achilles
 
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Westcoasthabsfan said:
Someone to stop the run please
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You're right, but don't hold your breath.

We can restructure to free up some extra CAP, but we have the dual issue of:

1) Having so many holes to fill on the Defense which spreading the CAP too thinly
2) We'll be competing against teams with bigger wallets. Look at D-Line....Pats, Browns, Jags all have much greater CAP availability and we're looking at similar needs.
 

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Dak_Attack_09 said:
With some extra money after couple of restructures, Jerry and the Cowboys needs fo go after Ndamukong Suh in FA. He is perfect DT for Quinn’s 4-3 scheme and ability pair with Hill, Gallimore & draft picks.

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his time has come and gone.....he is a gun for hire as they say for a team that feels ready to make a superbowl run (ala tampa), that has the core in place and needs to fill a gap for a year....our defense has no core, lets build that first.
 
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CT Dal Fan said:
By now we should know the Cowboys' offseason approach:

1. Secure their own key players
2. Sign inexpensive free agents at positions of need so they don't have to go into the draft desperate at any given position
3. Build through the draft.
4. Get rid of any of the mediocre free agents they signed as warranted
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LOL, no, that’s not the approach. It is

1. over value your players and pay average ones like elite ones before they do anything

2. go dumpster diving at positions of need so that the players you sign are purely place holders but contribute little to nothing

3. Be totally unable to move on from absolute garbage on your own team

4. draft injury prone players with drug issues to try and “outsmart “ other teams

Resulting in mediocre record

rinse and repeat
 
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nightrain said:
You can't build a successful roster without FA help. The draft should be the core of player acquisitions, but churning the roster and filling holes requires active participation in free agency.
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Young, cheap, and quality rarely comes together in the same package though. That's how you get guys like Haha. You want young, you are going to pay for it. Besides Peterson is only 30. Thats not old for a DB
 
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What is with the myth of just converting corners to FS willy-nilly? It almost never works but people have been posting about it on Cowboys forums since the 2000s or something.

There's like Devin McCourty and uh
 
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Furboy said:
Tomlinson, Kazee, and Dupree are my top 3 choices atm
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Kazee tore his achilles, so that could be a big red flag.

Dupree is enticing, but he really doesnt give us anything we dont already have. If we are gonna pay an outside edge rusher, Id rather it be Reddick who can play LB
 
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sean10mm said:
What is with the myth of just converting corners to FS willy-nilly? It almost never works but people have been posting about it on Cowboys forums since the 2000s or something.

There's like Devin McCourty and uh
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Its different you are talking premier athletes making the transition VS. marginal talents who didnt work out at CB. Failed CB's rarely make good S. Malcolm Jenkins is the only one that comes to mind. Historically HOF talents switching from CB to S in their early 30 has worked out well with guys like Lott, and both Woodsons. Moving a premium CB like Peterson to S is more comparable to moving Charles Woodson or McCourty than a guy that couldn't hack it at CB
 
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If last year’s disaster taught us anything, we’ll sign 1/2 guys at 8-10M each as opposed to 5 guys at 2-3M each.
 
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CowboyRoy said:
Its an option I wouldnt be opposed to. Depends on the price.
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In this market, he would probably be better off with a 1 year deal, especially if he moves to Safety. A good year at FS and he might get a solid contract next year as a 31 year old
 
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I voted no. Only because he would come here for that, Brown or someone gets hurt, and he ends up playing corner again.

He did use to own him some Dez back in the day though.
 
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I would much prefer the cowboys treat the safety position with the respect it deserves. Which they haven’t done in over a decade.

no projects. No bottom barrel free agents, no converts.

how about drafting a safety with an early round pick? One who actually played safety in college and was productive doing it?

or signing a guy who played safety in the NFL and has been productive at it?



that’s what I want.
 
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darthseinfeld said:
Young, cheap, and quality rarely comes together in the same package though. That's how you get guys like Haha. You want young, you are going to pay for it. Besides Peterson is only 30. Thats not old for a DB
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No arguing the point of economics. That's why it is critical to churn the roster and not get caught up in paying upper echelon contracts to merely very good players. That is has long been an achilles heel for the Cowboys.
 
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