2023 Salary Cap - Why We Fall Short

[MyFairLady]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Zero team depth. Zero team accountability. Zero leadership from the top.

So many players had fantastic seasons and a fantastic playoff run on fantastic team friendly contracts only to be flushed down the toilet by the "stars" of the team.

Jerry sure does like his guys.

 

[nightrain]

If they move on from Zeke and Tyron, that should help. Players like Martin are prime candidates for restructuring, though he is nearing the twilight of his career. Dead money has always been an issue for the cowboys. They have a terrible weakness of paying good players top contracts and then ending up with a balloon payment in dead money after letting them go after shortsighted restructuring. Just not smart planning on their part. They do draft well, but not everyone is worth keeping on board after their rookie deal. It would be nice to see them trade a good player on his rookie deal once in a while for some draft capital.

 

[12+88=7]

The cap is not a big deal.

Restructure Prescott, Lawrence, and Martin. Cut Lewis and Hooker.

That could save you 45 million this year or more if they wish.

Teams get around the cap all the time.

 

[MyFairLady]

The cap is not a big deal? It is a complete and transparent record of a players worth but if that doesn't matter then I guess you don't have to worry about it.

 

[pacy]

The cap is not a big deal.

Restructure Prescott, Lawrence, and Martin. Cut Lewis and Hooker.

That could save you 45 million this year or more if they wish.

Teams get around the cap all the time.

It might not be a big deal for that particular year but it will come back to bite you in the future. At one point it will be a massive deal for you.

 

[exciter]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Zero team depth. Zero team accountability. Zero leadership from the top.

So many players had fantastic seasons and a fantastic playoff run on fantastic team friendly contracts only to be flushed down the toilet by the "stars" of the team.

Jerry sure does like his guys.

Lol!

 

[john van brocklin]

If they move on from Zeke and Tyron, that should help. Players like Martin are prime candidates for restructuring, though he is nearing the twilight of his career. Dead money has always been an issue for the cowboys. They have a terrible weakness of paying good players top contracts and then ending up with a balloon payment in dead money after letting them go after shortsighted restructuring. Just not smart planning on their part. They do draft well, but not everyone is worth keeping on board after their rookie deal. It would be nice to see them trade a good player on his rookie deal once in a while for some draft capital.

You are expecting competence from this front office, right ?
Bawaaahahahahahaha !!!!!!!

 

[USArmyVet]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Zero team depth. Zero team accountability. Zero leadership from the top.

So many players had fantastic seasons and a fantastic playoff run on fantastic team friendly contracts only to be flushed down the toilet by the "stars" of the team.

Jerry sure does like his guys.

The interesting thing is 5 of the 6 are on the offensive side of the ball. In addition, look at each player:

Dak: 30 years old in 2023 and yet to get the team over the hump
Zeke: 28 years old in 2023 and the treads have long gone on the tires
Tyron: 33 years old in 2023 and injuries have devastated him the last few years where he is a part-time starter
Zack: 33 years old in 2023 and still playing at a high level
Gallup: 27 years old in 2023 and still not fully recovered from a bad injury
DLaw: 31 years old in 2023 and while paid as a top pass rusher he has become more of a run stuffer

So when the top 6 salaries are going to a majority of guys that are injury prone or whose better days have passed them by it is a problem.

 

[big dog cowboy]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Everything about this is so wrong. You know better.

Why can't people understand the Cowboys contracts are all written to be restructured?

 

[Captain-Crash]

restructure the turds so they can hang on jerry's butt longer.

 

[EJK24]

Teams get around the cap all the time.

^ This. We constantly hear about the cap from SJ and yet other teams manipulate it constantly. We aren't players in FA because our lack of a good GM.

 

[bigE79]

The cap is not a big deal.

Restructure Prescott, Lawrence, and Martin. Cut Lewis and Hooker.

That could save you 45 million this year or more if they wish.

Teams get around the cap all the time.

Why cut Hooker? The guy has played good and still young.

 

[Flamma]

^ This. We constantly hear about the cap from SJ and yet other teams manipulate it constantly. We aren't players in FA because our lack of a good GM.

I don't think he's ever been good at cap management when he was a risk taker. So he chooses to be conservative.

Manipulating the cap has its limits, or else we'd see stacked teams like we had in the 80s and 90s. Jerry just isn't very good at it, or can't be bothered.

 

[12+88=7]

Why cut Hooker? The guy has played good and still young.

You have Kearse, Wilson, and Hooker.

I think Dallas needs to resign Wilson. Kearse is viewed as the QB of the secondary. Hooker played good enough to keep, but when going through names that could be cap casualties he's one.

These are just examples. You could keep Hooker and save 40 million instead of 45. There are so many scenarios, this is just one.

 

[diamonddelts]

Gerente General

 

[JonesBoys]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Zero team depth. Zero team accountability. Zero leadership from the top.

So many players had fantastic seasons and a fantastic playoff run on fantastic team friendly contracts only to be flushed down the toilet by the "stars" of the team.

Jerry sure does like his guys.

I thought cap boy was a wizard with the cap?

 

[Coogiguy03]

Manipulate it like the rams did

 

[FVSTONE]

IMHO if you want to know why this team comes up short every year have a look at the cap hits for next year for the top 6 guys. It is pretty gruesome. 144 million for Dak, D Flaw, Zack, Tyron, Zeke and Gallup. Quite frankly I just can't imagine ever doing worse. Throw in another 9 million on Lael Collins and you have spent 67% of your salary cap and have gotten basically nowhere.

Zero team depth. Zero team accountability. Zero leadership from the top.

So many players had fantastic seasons and a fantastic playoff run on fantastic team friendly contracts only to be flushed down the toilet by the "stars" of the team.

Jerry sure does like his guys.

Prescot should be arrested for stealing millions against the Boys. Picked their pockets clean and didn't do a dam thing to earn it!

 

[ColeBeasley11]

You have Kearse, Wilson, and Hooker.

I think Dallas needs to resign Wilson. Kearse is viewed as the QB of the secondary. Hooker played good enough to keep, but when going through names that could be cap casualties he's one.

These are just examples. You could keep Hooker and save 40 million instead of 45. There are so many scenarios, this is just one.

I’m definitely keeping Hooker over any of the 3. Kearse and Wilson make splash plays but we can find box safety’s. Malik is the fastest and has range. His open field tackling also was impressive.

 

[ColeBeasley11]

Cut zeke
Restructure Martin,Tyron,Gallup
Tag pollard

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