How can the front office go all in for 2022?

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I believe if Dallas wants to go all in next year, they have to do everything they can to the cap in order to accomplish 3 things to the roster:

1)Bring back key players
Players like Gregory, Schultz, Kearse and obviously Bryan Anger-the best punter to ever play the game. They could probably afford to lose 1 of those 3 (either Gregory or Schultz) but losing 2 or those 3 will just mean they have to fill holes in the draft or free agency. Filling holes makes it difficult to improve the roster.

2)Keep big name players like Lawrence and Cooper
Yeah they maybe on the decline but it's not easy to replace players like that in a single offseason. That would mean Dallas would have to target a WR and edge rusher in rounds 1-3 to just replace players. And who knows if those rookies will be reliable and and able to contribute right away.

3)Draft best player available rounds 1, 2, 3
Select players that are on top of your board. Keeping all the talent they can would give them that draft flexibility.

4)Sign 2 key free agents
Again, stretch the cap as far as they can and get 2 to 3 new starters. A reliable Guard, and solid LB or 2 since that is where the roster is thin at.

The front office needs to take a shot.

If they fail, oh well. At least they tried. And besides, 2023 is most likely going to be a rebuild year regardless of the 2022 season.

Go big or go home
 
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With the salaries and “talent” here, the window is closing. We have a mismatch where the veteran Offense is being paid to be at an high caliber but underperforming, while we have a defense that is in the process of turning the corner and rapidly improving.

I would hate to be the GM to figure how to succeed with this situation and the inability to spend money to improve things…..unless the top paid players start coming up big in prime time, I fear this mismatch will continue
 
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Boys aint close enough to go all in.

Need a C and G on offense at a minimum, and on D - DTs, LBs and a FS wouldn't hurt - aint getting all that in one off season especially with our cap situation.
 
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To me, “Going all in” requires getting rid of a bunch veterans that have talent but do not help us become a better built team to win playoff games. They’ve been here for years and we haven’t done squat. And btw…replacing a RB or WR in this league is not that difficult. Good teams do it all the time. With mid-level draft picks to boot.

People like Zeke, DLaw, Amari Cooper, Randy Gregory…to name a few need to be gone. Hey we won 9 games this year without DLaw. Amari Cooper averaged about 45 yards per game after mid- season. Zeke? Even before he was injured is not the guy Jerry drafted with the 4th pick in 2016. RG has NEVER played more than 12 games in a season. And we want to “run it back” with these guys again? Makes zero sense to me.

This team needs a financial and cultural haircut. We need some new blood. If you love all the aforementioned guys I say we need to cut…don’t worry. Jerry won’t do it. Because he’s a fantasy football GM, not a real GM.
 
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LA had a pro bowl QB and still traded multiple premium picks to upgrade the position, shortly after trading multiple picks to acquire an all pro CB, pro bowl rush LBer, among others.

KC has traded 1st round picks to fix both their offensive and defensive lines with established pro bowl players.

Indianapolis has traded multiple first round picks to attempt fix their defensive line and QB position.

If the plan for Dallas to go all in is just to keep its 2021 roster together… Wouldn’t this just be standing pat?
 
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J12B said:
I believe if Dallas wants to go all in next year, they have to do everything they can to the cap in order to accomplish 3 things to the roster:

1)Bring back key players
Players like Gregory, Schultz, Kearse and obviously Bryan Anger-the best punter to ever play the game. They could probably afford to lose 1 of those 3 (either Gregory or Schultz) but losing 2 or those 3 will just mean they have to fill holes in the draft or free agency. Filling holes makes it difficult to improve the roster.

2)Keep big name players like Lawrence and Cooper
Yeah they maybe on the decline but it's not easy to replace players like that in a single offseason. That would mean Dallas would have to target a WR and edge rusher in rounds 1-3 to just replace players. And who knows if those rookies will be reliable and and able to contribute right away.

3)Draft best player available rounds 1, 2, 3
Select players that are on top of your board. Keeping all the talent they can would give them that draft flexibility.

4)Sign 2 key free agents
Again, stretch the cap as far as they can and get 2 to 3 new starters. A reliable Guard, and solid LB or 2 since that is where the roster is thin at.

The front office needs to take a shot.

If they fail, oh well. At least they tried. And besides, 2023 is most likely going to be a rebuild year regardless of the 2022 season.

Go big or go home
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The only thing "BIG" is our player's paychecks........:omg:
 
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not sure the DC FO has the risk gene to do what the rams have done and use all our high draft picks this season and next to go all in but it would take that and not always will work out.. although with Jerrys patient wearing thin on the ,long game maybe the short game kicks in with his legacy closing and in jeopardy, maybe his last offseason remarks on buying and or doing all it took may come to fruition as he sems enamored with LA and the rams and just possibly he changes the philosophy for 2 seasons boom or bust and 2023 will be full rebuild either way,
 
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We will never go "all in" imo. Seems they are content with being mildly competitive every season.
 
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J12B said:
The front office needs to take a shot.

If they fail, oh well. At least they tried. And besides, 2023 is most likely going to be a rebuild year regardless of the 2022 season.

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That's not the "Jones way" so I wouldn't expect it to change. Jerry already thinks he has a Super Bowl team, and reiterated as much after the playoff loss.
 
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Aerolithe_Lion said:
LA had a pro bowl QB and still traded multiple premium picks to upgrade the position, shortly after trading multiple picks to acquire an all pro CB, pro bowl rush LBer, among others.

KC has traded 1st round picks to fix both their offensive and defensive lines with established pro bowl players.

Indianapolis has traded multiple first round picks to attempt fix their defensive line and QB position.

If the plan for Dallas to go all in is just to keep its 2021 roster together… Wouldn’t this just be standing pat?
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Why yes it would be! Running it back again is not going all in unless you just won the SB.
 
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CowboyFrog said:
Why yes it would be! Running it back again is not going all in unless you just won the SB.
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“Running it back again” is basically what the last 26 years is all about. Overrate the talent you have then act surprised when you either don’t make the playoffs or make a first round exit. Yeah…”Run it back” is Jerry’s mantra.
 
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Bobhaze said:
“Running it back again” is basically what the last 26 years is all about. Overrate the talent you have then act surprised when you either don’t make the playoffs or make a first round exit. Yeah…”Run it back” is Jerry’s mantra.
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I know, worst part is not only do we do this we also wait until the 25 hour to move people and end up getting nothing for the players we lose...seriously it could be the worst GM job by any GM in sports history. Look at all the talent we just over pay then cut to get away from..it truly is amazing if you look at it.
 

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J12B said:
I believe if Dallas wants to go all in next year, they have to do everything they can to the cap in order to accomplish 3 things to the roster:

1)Bring back key players
Players like Gregory, Schultz, Kearse and obviously Bryan Anger-the best punter to ever play the game. They could probably afford to lose 1 of those 3 (either Gregory or Schultz) but losing 2 or those 3 will just mean they have to fill holes in the draft or free agency. Filling holes makes it difficult to improve the roster.

2)Keep big name players like Lawrence and Cooper
Yeah they maybe on the decline but it's not easy to replace players like that in a single offseason. That would mean Dallas would have to target a WR and edge rusher in rounds 1-3 to just replace players. And who knows if those rookies will be reliable and and able to contribute right away.

3)Draft best player available rounds 1, 2, 3
Select players that are on top of your board. Keeping all the talent they can would give them that draft flexibility.

4)Sign 2 key free agents
Again, stretch the cap as far as they can and get 2 to 3 new starters. A reliable Guard, and solid LB or 2 since that is where the roster is thin at.

The front office needs to take a shot.

If they fail, oh well. At least they tried. And besides, 2023 is most likely going to be a rebuild year regardless of the 2022 season.

Go big or go home
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I don't imagine that there is enough cap room to do everything you proposed. Lets first talk about how to bring "everyone" back. Assuming you restructure Cooper and Law to go along with the restructure for Dak gets you to around 16m in cap space plus the needed cuts gets you to around 30 million. Now you need 5 million for draft picks so lets 25 million to go around. If you sign Schultz that east up half of that. If you sign Kearse that eats up another 5m. It is hard to gauge what the cost of Anger and a new kicker will be so lets assume 5m for the set (which is probably low) and move on from that. I have now used up almost all of the cap space available and somehow there needs to be enough to sign a G, which is probably between 7-9m cap hit depending on how you structure it (likely 8-10 AAV for a solid starter far more if you want the one elite one who might hit FA). You can maybe squeeze a good LB in at a 5m cap hit (7-9m AAV) but again where is the room for this?

Basically there just is not room to resign players AND load up.
 
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big dog cowboy said:
Talk Tom Brady out of retirement.
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I think Brady would laugh, like uncontrollable laughing until Jerry just left the room.

Edit: but as I think about it....the look TB12 would give KM from the huddle on some play calls would be priceless.
 
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