105.3 The FAN: Should the Cowboys go with 3 QBs or 6 WRs?

[Bamx]

 

[CWR]

CD, GP, Flournoy, Brown, Turpin...Mingo

Dak, Milton, Howell

If you have to lose one I think its Mingo...

 

[speedkilz88]

I think there is a good chance that Howell and Mingo both could make it to the practice squad.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Sign Garoppolo. Keep one of the other guys as an emergency 3rd stringer.

 

[VaqueroTD]

I think there is a good chance that Howell and Mingo both could make it to the practice squad.

I don't know much about practice squad signing rules. Howell is eligible, but anyone can sign him, right? I think there's a lot of value in Howell if you sign him right now. Easy to forget that just 2 years ago, there were a genuine 2-3 months where he was viewed as the future of Washington with his rookie play. He crashed and burned second half of season along with Ron Rivera and everyone else before DQ took over. Never even got a fair shot.

 

[Ironicalicon]

I'd keep three QBs if both Howell and Milton keep looking good. I don't think Mingo is a legit NFL WR.

 

[rambo2]

Pickens, Lamb, Flournoy, Brown, and Mingo. Trade Turpin and have Smith on the practice squad along with the others.

Dak and Milton are the qbs. Have Howell on the practice squad.

 

[Kwyn]

Sign Garoppolo. Keep one of the other guys as an emergency 3rd stringer.

Agreed. With Garoppolo out there it’s curious why they would bother with Howell or Milton.

Probably money, although he had talked about retirement.

He may be waiting to see what contender needs a QB

 

[big dog cowboy]

Easy decision. Go with 2 QB's and 6 WR's. The extra WR will be more important than an extra QB. If Dak goes down, it isn't going to matter if we had kept 4 or 5 QB's.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Well you're allowed to keep the 3rd QB on the roster now right?

 

[fivetwos]

They need to stop being so stingy with roster spots. Who wins?

 

[erod]

I think there is a good chance that Howell and Mingo both could make it to the practice squad.

Howell is ahead of Milton.

 

[GMO415]

Well you're allowed to keep the 3rd QB on the roster now right?

I thought that was only during the pandemic.

 

[gimmesix]

I don't know much about practice squad signing rules. Howell is eligible, but anyone can sign him, right? I think there's a lot of value in Howell if you sign him right now. Easy to forget that just 2 years ago, there were a genuine 2-3 months where he was viewed as the future of Washington with his rookie play. He crashed and burned second half of season along with Ron Rivera and everyone else before DQ took over. Never even got a fair shot.

If he's cut at the end of camp, he can sign with any team as a veteran, but it wasn't like teams were beating down his door to sign him ahead of this season, which is why Dallas was able to get him for $2.5 million. All of it is guaranteed, so he's not going to lose money by going to the practice squad. It may be like Will Grier last year where there's a handshake agreement in place for him to stay with the team that paid him and be on the practice squad. Once he's there, we can protect him each week from being signed away.

Doing something like that is less risky than cutting Milton since he can be claimed on waivers.

 

[VaqueroTD]

If he's cut at the end of camp, he can sign with any team as a veteran, but it wasn't like teams were beating down his door to sign him ahead of this season, which is why Dallas was able to get him for $2.5 million. All of it is guaranteed, so he's not going to lose money by going to the practice squad. It may be like Will Grier last year where there's a handshake agreement in place for him to stay with the team that paid him and be on the practice squad. Once he's there, we can protect him each week from being signed away.

Doing something like that is less risky than cutting Milton since he can be claimed on waivers.

You sold me. Milton is my choice for surprise cut of the preseason.

 

[Kwyn]

Well you're allowed to keep the 3rd QB on the roster now right?

Teams are allowed to have 48 players on the active Gameday roster. That roster has to he submitted 30 minutes before kickoff.

They are allowed one emergency QB who doesn’t count against the submitted 48 active players but he still must be on the regular 53 man roster.

 

[gimmesix]

You sold me. Milton is my choice for surprise cut of the preseason.

I sold you on Milton being cut? I must be a bad salesman because that wasn't my point.

 

[heir]

I thought that was only during the pandemic.

The 3rd QB counts in the overall roster but it doesn't count on the game day roster. They made that change after that SF playoff game when their two QBs got hurt.

 

[DuncanIso]

If he's cut at the end of camp, he can sign with any team as a veteran, but it wasn't like teams were beating down his door to sign him ahead of this season, which is why Dallas was able to get him for $2.5 million. All of it is guaranteed, so he's not going to lose money by going to the practice squad. It may be like Will Grier last year where there's a handshake agreement in place for him to stay with the team that paid him and be on the practice squad. Once he's there, we can protect him each week from being signed away.

Doing something like that is less risky than cutting Milton since he can be claimed on waivers.

2.5M cap hit to cut Howell.

 

[gimmesix]

Teams are allowed to have 48 players on the active Gameday roster. That roster has to he submitted 30 minutes before kickoff.

They are allowed one emergency QB who doesn’t count against the submitted 48 active players but he still must be on the regular 53 man roster.

And that is the negative of putting Howell on the practice squad. I don't know if he could be brought up for games and Milton be made the inactive (not sure it works that way). But I would be OK with Milton being the game-day backup and having Howell in reserve on the practice squad in case Milton tanks it.