Aven8
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The problem with our FO is we never have anyone else developed so we have NO choice but to pay for these dudes. Dlaw, Zeke, etc…..it’s always the same thing……
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The problem with our FO is we never have anyone else developed so we have NO choice but to pay for these dudes. Dlaw, Zeke, etc…..it’s always the same thing……
PAPPYDOG
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Since the cap was implemented in 1994 we have won 1 SB (Jimmy's team and thank you GB) and have 3 playoff wins in 26 years.
Does anyone consider that our inept GM and his motley crew of idiots have serious issues with the cap????
Does anyone consider that our inept GM and his motley crew of idiots have serious issues with the cap????
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You mean Stank is better than Gholston, and Armstrong at SDE? Woo…..woo!!
I’m the worlds tallest midget. Where’s my prize?
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It is better to release him then to continue overpaying. Do not roll renegotiated numbers into the future on him either, unless they it is a bargain.
Tank can still play, but his salary requirements do not meet his production. Spend it elsewhere.
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Maybe correct, however, we have Basham and expecting Golston to progress into the run stuffing DE role. Point taken that it maybe it's a year early in getting full value out of cutting Tank (though either way he's gone in 2022 or 2023), however, we've enough positions that could use the $8m saving.....including a run blocking DT (rather than edge).
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This talent pool is already a Dak-wash.
Now Jerry will re-tool the offense for another Dak wave of wanted talents starting with Micah and Diggs.
Nothing changing but the weather.......
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Yep, to save $21m to get under the CAP and just to replace those leaving in FA we are going to either Restructure or Cut. When we factor in that we've already overspent in 2023 (even factoring the CAP increase), the restructure route kills future years.
If we look at 2021 and how we filled out the 51 roster, we only had money left for: Urban, Watkins, Canady, Kazee, Hooker, Basham, Nysekhe, Goodwin, Neal and Kearse(the only above JAG performer).....and even they cost $9m over replacement minimum wage.
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Here's what's scary to me tank makes 21 million a year Cooper makes 20 million a year Martin and Tyron make roughly 12 million a year Zeke makes 12 million a year and Dak makes like 40.
What sense would it make for any of these guys to go the extra mile and even want to play a playoff game let alone three to get to a game where they make 150k.
Jerry has paid these guys so much that the risk to win a championship is not worth the reward.
Micah Parsons and Trayvon Diggs make about 5 and 1/2 million together so it certainly makes sense that these are the guys that are going 110% at all times trying to make their big contract.
Sorry guys but this is a business we fans are the only ones that really care about winning a championship.
Players have learned a long time ago that they age in dog years and the most important thing is to make money in the small window of time you have in the NFL
What sense would it make for any of these guys to go the extra mile and even want to play a playoff game let alone three to get to a game where they make 150k.
Jerry has paid these guys so much that the risk to win a championship is not worth the reward.
Micah Parsons and Trayvon Diggs make about 5 and 1/2 million together so it certainly makes sense that these are the guys that are going 110% at all times trying to make their big contract.
Sorry guys but this is a business we fans are the only ones that really care about winning a championship.
Players have learned a long time ago that they age in dog years and the most important thing is to make money in the small window of time you have in the NFL
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The negligence of the Jones group in not signing Dak much earlier to what would have been a much lower annual salary places the team in a bind. DLAW, on the other hand, held off major surgery on his right shoulder labral tear until he outsmarted Jerry and got his monster contract, while compromising his ability to be ready for the next season.
I believe these guys all want to win, but they all want top dollar, even though with one year of these monster salries, their families are set for life.
Jerry Jones voted for the salary cap, even though he should have known it would hurt the Cowboys the most. The team won three Super Bowl games with 4 Tom Landry draft picks/free agents: Michael Irvin, Ken Norton, Nate Newton and Mark Tuinei; all the rest were all the work of Jimmy Johnson and his staff. They got the best talent from everywhere, young, fast, ferocious and hungry.
The salary cap cost them Ken Norton, who led the 49ers defense. It cost them a backup guard Ron Stone who went on to be a star for the Giants. One by one, two by two, we lost our own players and could not replace them, as our salary cap had no money for them. If you draft to replace a leaving star still in his prime, you probably will not recover. You draft a player to be a backup and rise to the level of starter and then you can allow an older player to leave. You cannot let a player go when you do not have a replacement.
I am convinced this NFL salary cap was a doomsday deal to destroy our team in Dallas. The MLB cap is better. You can go over the cap, but must pay a luxury tax. This would be better for Jerry. If he wants to win a Super Bowl before he dies, he better get the NFL cap rule changed and fast. We are about to lose some major talent without the financial ability to replace them.
Heck, I suffered from Feb 1978 to Feb 1993 season with no championship; now the wait is from Feb 1996-Feb 2022 and running with no end in sight.
I believe these guys all want to win, but they all want top dollar, even though with one year of these monster salries, their families are set for life.
Jerry Jones voted for the salary cap, even though he should have known it would hurt the Cowboys the most. The team won three Super Bowl games with 4 Tom Landry draft picks/free agents: Michael Irvin, Ken Norton, Nate Newton and Mark Tuinei; all the rest were all the work of Jimmy Johnson and his staff. They got the best talent from everywhere, young, fast, ferocious and hungry.
The salary cap cost them Ken Norton, who led the 49ers defense. It cost them a backup guard Ron Stone who went on to be a star for the Giants. One by one, two by two, we lost our own players and could not replace them, as our salary cap had no money for them. If you draft to replace a leaving star still in his prime, you probably will not recover. You draft a player to be a backup and rise to the level of starter and then you can allow an older player to leave. You cannot let a player go when you do not have a replacement.
I am convinced this NFL salary cap was a doomsday deal to destroy our team in Dallas. The MLB cap is better. You can go over the cap, but must pay a luxury tax. This would be better for Jerry. If he wants to win a Super Bowl before he dies, he better get the NFL cap rule changed and fast. We are about to lose some major talent without the financial ability to replace them.
Heck, I suffered from Feb 1978 to Feb 1993 season with no championship; now the wait is from Feb 1996-Feb 2022 and running with no end in sight.
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The past has gone, no point in dragging it up (even the Dak contract). You have a point about releasing players without a replacement, unless you've got CAP to sign or a FA or you're going to draft for need rather than BPA.
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The GM is a football moron who has the job for life.
No Cap would help Jerry get closer to a Superbowl but even he would find ways to screw it up.....
Long as a Jones is the GM we will never win another SB......
Stephen, you're up bud.....
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Dallas will have to address but frankly DLaw has been out with injuries more than he has played. Dallas defense without him in the lineup still was winning games. Don't get me wrong would rather not lose him but I do think Dallas can overcome losing him.
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Was it? How good was the defense in the playoffs when it mattered most?
How awesome was ‘Tank’ in that game? Matched up against a backup right tackle?
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Lawrence got his big contract based on mistakes made elsewhere. Greg Hardy was a bust. And drafting Taco over TJ Watt guaranteed that they had no choice but to keep him. He benefited more than anyone from their other mistakes.
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We used a 3rd rounder on Golston last year.
If people don't want to start him, they also need to quit saying that we draft so well.
They've done ok in the early rounds, but the middle rounds leave plenty to be desired.
When you don't add difference makers in FA and depend fully on the draft....
You can't make picks like Reggie Robinson in the 4th and Nashon Wright in the 3rd....even Golston.
Biadasz is on his way backward. Anae is gone.
I like Gallimore and OO, but two 3rd rounders were spent on those two, and a 2nd on Hill.... and most people around here consider DT a huge problem.
Add in inferior coaching so Jerry doesnt feel threatened and tell me how that all adds up to being a good team.
If people don't want to start him, they also need to quit saying that we draft so well.
They've done ok in the early rounds, but the middle rounds leave plenty to be desired.
When you don't add difference makers in FA and depend fully on the draft....
You can't make picks like Reggie Robinson in the 4th and Nashon Wright in the 3rd....even Golston.
Biadasz is on his way backward. Anae is gone.
I like Gallimore and OO, but two 3rd rounders were spent on those two, and a 2nd on Hill.... and most people around here consider DT a huge problem.
Add in inferior coaching so Jerry doesnt feel threatened and tell me how that all adds up to being a good team.
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In a salary cap league, teams are often forced to make tough decisions. This is one of those years for us. We tried to make a run in 2021, but obviously came up short.
Now we have to cut costs, try to keep the young talent that we do have, and draft well to quickly reload for another opportunity. And hope that we don’t squander the next one.