Twitter: Cowboys close to a deal with Gallup?

Jake said:

They're saying he's expected to be ready for camp, but rehab can be tricky sometimes.

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He won’t be ready. I would just keep Cooper.

StuckMojo said:

He won’t be ready. I would just keep Cooper.

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ACL surgical procedures have come a long way. Gallup will be back in around six months. He probably won't do much in camp outside of rehab work but there is no reason at all to doubt he will be healthy for week one of the regular season.

Only way moving on from Coop even comes close to working is if we at least get a 2nd round pick. We traded a first, AND signed him to a huge deal… so we at a minimum need to get a draft pick with starting capital back in our pockets.

But they fricked that plan up the minute they announced they’d cut Coop if no one wants to trade lol…

CT Dal Fan said:

ACL surgical procedures have come a long way. Gallup will be back in around six months. He probably won't do much in camp outside of rehab work but there is no reason at all to doubt he will be healthy for week one of the regular season.

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I know ACL injuries have come a long ways but I still doubt he is back to 100 percent by the start of the season.

Hawkeye19 said:

Only way moving on from Coop even comes close to working is if we at least get a 2nd round pick. We traded a first, AND signed him to a huge deal… so we at a minimum need to get a draft pick with starting capital back in our pockets.

But they fricked that plan up the minute they announced they’d cut Coop if no one wants to trade lol…

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The plan does sound fricked up, but remember once Cooper is cut, he's free to sign with anybody. If there's a team out there that wants him bad enough, they will trade with the Cowboys to avoid losing him to somebody else. The problem with that is how many front offices out there are willing to pick up the rest of Coop's contract? And will Coop be willing to renegotiate once he finds a new team? Lots of variables here.

StuckMojo said:

I know ACL injuries have come a long ways but I still doubt he is back to 100 percent by the start of the season.

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This is true, but "sources" claim the Cowboys see Cooper and Gallup as essentially the same player at this point, so they are going to keep the cheaper option. Regardless, even with Gallup probably coming back, all the pressure to produce won't be on him, it will be on CeeDee Lamb. I also hope Dallas makes a realistic effort to keep Cedrick Wilson too.

The sheer idea that an agent with a client coming off an ACL can somehow mentally spar with our idiotic leadership and reveal they are incredibly cheap just reveals what should be widely accepted and known as fact.

The Cowboys, specifically Stephen Jones, are completely outclassed and need to understand they are behind the times.

It is getting pathetic now.

Much better WR’s out there for cheaper. This organization is so embarrassing. They are more than 6 million apart per year per sources. They’ll probably give this guy 15 million a year coming off a torn ACL. Anything more than 8 million a year is overpaying. Just disgusting with paying “ their own”.

Cowboys LOVE project players. We'll even pay them to prove themselves to be 100%.

CT Dal Fan said:

The plan does sound fricked up, but remember once Cooper is cut, he's free to sign with anybody. If there's a team out there that wants him bad enough, they will trade with the Cowboys to avoid losing him to somebody else. The problem with that is how many front offices out there are willing to pick up the rest of Coop's contract? And will Coop be willing to renegotiate once he finds a new team? Lots of variables here.

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Maybe a package deal? Coop and #24 to move up to a higher slot in round 1? Who knows…. Just sick of watching our Front Office telegraph our moves

Pessimist_cowboy said:

Much better WR’s out there for cheaper. This organization is so embarrassing. They are more than 6 million apart per year per sources. They’ll probably give this guy 15 million a year coming off a torn ACL. Anything more than 8 million a year is overpaying. Just disgusting with paying “ their own”.

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I think they’ll miss Cooper in this offense, as evidenced both before he arrived and in the games he missed. But if they absolutely need to cut costs? OK. But don’t then go and pay what is at best a #2 receiver in Michael Gallup coming off of ACL surgery. Particularly in a league that continues to be more and more loaded with good young receivers.

I’ll be really disappointed if this is what the Cowboys do.

Re-sign Wilson and draft a WR.

Hawkeye0202 said:

According Schefter on NFL Live..........

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So let me get this straight..

We’re about to resign a #2 WR (at best) that’s coming off knee surgery..

We’re about to get rid of our #1 WR that’s considered one of the best route runners in the league..

And we might spend another 1st Rd pick (rumored a top 50 pick) on a WR for the 3rd time in 4 years!

…wow.. (all lower case for a reason)

..smh.. I just can’t..

On any other team, a WR might worry about coming off an ACL when it's contract talk time. Not here. You're still almost sure to be overpaid, especially if you're currently injured. And especially when you have an owner who thinks he can convince everyone that Gallup is as good as Cooper if he gets paid enough. FO mindset.

SeanLee50 said:

I mean are you shocked?

Dude was supposed to be paid like one of the top handful of receivers. Being $6 million off isn't close. That's like saying he wants $12 per year and we came in low balling asking for $6. They will panic and be forced to pay him.

Might as well just keep Cooper, restructure it and draft.

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I'm sure they lowballed him knowing that his agent would ask for a much higher amount no matter what the team offered. As usual, they will meet somewhere in the middle of two extremes.

Cowfan75 said:

On any other team, a WR might worry about coming off an ACL when it's contract talk time. Not here. You're still almost sure to be overpaid, especially if you're currently injured. And especially when you have an owner who thinks he can convince everyone that Gallup is as good as Cooper if he gets paid enough. FO mindset.

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Dallas ownership sees it as an opportunity to get a player at a lower number than what he'd get paid if fully healthy.

stasheroo said:

I think they’ll miss Cooper in this offense, as evidenced both before he arrived and in the games he missed. But if they absolutely need to cut costs? OK. But don’t then go and pay what is at best a #2 receiver in Michael Gallup coming off of ACL surgery. Particularly in a league that continues to be more and more loaded with good young receivers.

I’ll be really disappointed if this is what the Cowboys do.

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Have to remember that qb-wr chemistry is an important facet…

I really like Gallup, and would love to retain him at a good value, but a) he is injury prone b) will the Cowboys actually sign him to a fair deal c) how will he fare in a Cooper-less offense?

This doesn't surprise me at all.......when Gallup said he "wanted to get paid what he's worth" last week, you could see it coming. Guessing he and his agent want teams to ignore the ACL but that's unlikely. What this tells me is he's trying to work it out with the Cowboys to get a long-term market value deal. If that doesn't happen, he'll hit the market offering it to any team. I could be wrong but he's looking at only two options IMO
*** One year incentive loaded market value deal. In other words, let's say 1 year $12-15M ( 7-8M g-money) based health, games missed..
*** Modest backloaded long-term offer ( maybe $8-10M)

But no team is giving him a front-loaded long-term deal, especially only 2 months removed from ACL surgery. IF he finds one, let him walk.

This is why I've said there was a good chance we lose Coop AND Gallup and honestly, DLaw and Gregory. It's all business now players care about one thing......THEIR best financial interest, not the Cowboys, fans but their own. Bottom line, it would not surprise at all to see us lose all 4 players.

I'm starting to think letting all four walk might be best.......hell let them go. Go find cheaper, hungrier replacements.

Hawkeye19 said:

Only way moving on from Coop even comes close to working is if we at least get a 2nd round pick. We traded a first, AND signed him to a huge deal… so we at a minimum need to get a draft pick with starting capital back in our pockets.

But they fricked that plan up the minute they announced they’d cut Coop if no one wants to trade lol…

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The Cowboys didn’t have to announce it, EVERY GM
knew he was getting cut or traded because they haven’t restructured his contract.