7 Cowboys whose contracts must be reworked, restructured, or extended in 2024

1942willys

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doomsday9084 said:
Jerry called Philly out in the offseason as having "gone for it" last year with a big hit this year. He got a lot of grief for it, including from myself. In hindsight, he was right. Philly gutted their defense in the offseason and they paid for it.
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Considering that Jerry's last Lombardi was in the previous century he really has no cred criticizing anyone else
 

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1942willys said:
Considering that Jerry's last Lombardi was in the previous century he really has no cred criticizing anyone else
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If a 4 year old tells a 400lb woman she is fat, his status as a child doesn't make him wrong. Jerry made an accurate observation. That doesn't make him a genius.
 

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Creeper said:
The Cowboys are projected to be an effective $21 million over the CAP in 2024 so they have to do something. The biggest one is Dak obviously. His CAP hit is over $59 million $25 million of that is previous bonus money. Another $5 million is roster bonus. The can't restructure him unless they extend his deal. If they do nothing, the Cowboys will have $62 million in dead money to contend with in 2024. They can't trade him unless he agrees and he is not going to agree so the only thing they can do is extend his contract and spread his new bonuses into the years of his new contract. They'll probably convert his roster bonus to a signing bonus so they can spread that out as well. Depending on how many years they extend his contract, they can save somewhere around $30 million against the projected CAP in 2024 which will get them under the CAP. Then they need to come up with more money from other players.

There have a bunch of free agents who are starters this year. Tyron, Tyler Biadasz, Jourdan Lewis, Stephon Gilmore, Kearse, Fowler, Hankins, Armstrong, Gallimore and Dowdle.

I think they can let some of these guys go like Gallimore and Dowdle. Given that Mazi Smith has not been the player they expected they may need to re-sign Hankins, if he still wants to play. They get Diggs back but He only replaces one of Gilmore and Lewis. Kearse is a key player but has not looked as god as he did last year.

But the point is, all these guys play and if they are not resigned they must be replaced by players of equal caliber at least. In the past, Dallas has replaced players who were free agents with less expensive, and often less capable, alternatives. Losing Armstrong and Fowler at DE is going to be a problem, unless Sam Williams make a miracle leap of ability in one year.

If LVE retires, the Cowboys get a $2.5 million CAP save.

Trey Lance is a $5 million CAP hit next year. Rush is under $3 million. If they trade Lance before the new season begins, they get a $5+ million CAP save. The question is, will anyone want him?
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How much is the salary cap going up for 2024?
 

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DuncanIso said:
It can be a big problem.

Philly had 60 million in dead cap this season.
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Losing their OC and DC to head coaching jobs probably has affected them more this season than the dead cap hit. Since only two teams in the league currently have more wins than Philly their “big problem” is comparably not that big.
 
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Creeper said:
The Cowboys are projected to be an effective $21 million over the CAP in 2024 so they have to do something. The biggest one is Dak obviously. His CAP hit is over $59 million $25 million of that is previous bonus money. Another $5 million is roster bonus. The can't restructure him unless they extend his deal. If they do nothing, the Cowboys will have $62 million in dead money to contend with in 2024. They can't trade him unless he agrees and he is not going to agree so the only thing they can do is extend his contract and spread his new bonuses into the years of his new contract. They'll probably convert his roster bonus to a signing bonus so they can spread that out as well. Depending on how many years they extend his contract, they can save somewhere around $30 million against the projected CAP in 2024 which will get them under the CAP. Then they need to come up with more money from other players.

There have a bunch of free agents who are starters this year. Tyron, Tyler Biadasz, Jourdan Lewis, Stephon Gilmore, Kearse, Fowler, Hankins, Armstrong, Gallimore and Dowdle.

I think they can let some of these guys go like Gallimore and Dowdle. Given that Mazi Smith has not been the player they expected they may need to re-sign Hankins, if he still wants to play. They get Diggs back but He only replaces one of Gilmore and Lewis. Kearse is a key player but has not looked as god as he did last year.

But the point is, all these guys play and if they are not resigned they must be replaced by players of equal caliber at least. In the past, Dallas has replaced players who were free agents with less expensive, and often less capable, alternatives. Losing Armstrong and Fowler at DE is going to be a problem, unless Sam Williams make a miracle leap of ability in one year.

If LVE retires, the Cowboys get a $2.5 million CAP save.

Trey Lance is a $5 million CAP hit next year. Rush is under $3 million. If they trade Lance before the new season begins, they get a $5+ million CAP save. The question is, will anyone want him?
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And Dallas traded away a 4th for Lance. If Dallas doesn't get at least a 4th back, would be another bone-head move as trading a 1st for Cooper then a 6th to get rid of him
 
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I know Jerry catches hell but I do think they have a handle on the cap and have approached the cap deals with an eye down the road. I know people get mad that every time a player is released Jerry does not just run out and sign them and I think a lot of that is because he knows he will need to deal with our own FA.
 

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Doomsday101 said:
I know Jerry catches hell but I do think they have a handle on the cap and have approached the cap deals with an eye down the road. I know people get mad that every time a player is released Jerry does not just run out and sign them and I think a lot of that is because he knows he will need to deal with our own FA.
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we like our guys is taken too literally by our FO
 
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1942willys said:
we like our guys is taken too literally by our FO
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Why wouldn't we like our guys? Dallas has won 12 games in each of the last 3 years. As soon as a player cut, cowboy fans are hollering how we need that guy or else Dallas does not want to win? yet fans do not control the cap Jones has to and often times the player they want you find out why they were released in the 1st place.
 
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