At what point can we build this team through the draft, and free agency?

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We draft players. They get to play no matter what. They get to be the highest paid players in the NFL no matter what. We keep them on the roster no matter what. We like our guys. This is the way. Get with the program.
 

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This building through the draft thing from the Cowboys has netted us some good players, but the results are the same. We pay our own talent, but miss out on talent from other players in the league that could help these drafted players to get us wins. Do the Cowboys not realize that they need more than just these drafted players. We need more, we need to stop complaining about what we don't have, and do the opposite of what we've been doing over the last several years. I hope things change, maybe with the extra money teams will have with the TV deals will motivate them to spend.

I'm not advocating to sign EVERY big name player every year, but at least try instead of saying we can't do it! You never know what you can do in life until you try!!! Please give your thoughts
Free agency, if you’re one player two player away from a championship, you go to free agency and you fill the hole. If you’re playing average football nine and eight. You stick with what you have and you keep building through the draft.
 

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We draft players. They get to play no matter what. They get to be the highest paid players in the NFL no matter what. We keep them on the roster no matter what. We like our guys. This is the way. Get with the program.
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Free agency, if you’re one player two player away from a championship, you go to free agency and you fill the hole. If you’re playing average football nine and eight. You stick with what you have and you keep building through the draft.
see we're not that far, but I guess they feel that getting a few players to put us over the top will be a problem, or cause us NOT to sign our beloved drafted players!
 

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see we're not that far, but I guess they feel that getting a few players to put us over the top will be a problem, or cause us NOT to sign our beloved drafted players!
If you sign somebody in free agency, they usually in their 30s. They’re not gonna help the team in the long run. It’s a quick fix.
 

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Can you imagine our team if we'd have not drafted Taco/Schooner/Kelvin/Mazi/Trysten/Sam Williams? Think of how many draft picks that is, straight down the drain. Contrary to what several scream to the heavens many times/day, we are not a good drafting team. We throw blindfolded darts and get lucky some.
Those are all 1st or 2nd rounders. Should be the backbone of current team.
A huge void of talent
 

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This building through the draft thing from the Cowboys has netted us some good players, but the results are the same. We pay our own talent, but miss out on talent from other players in the league that could help these drafted players to get us wins. Do the Cowboys not realize that they need more than just these drafted players. We need more, we need to stop complaining about what we don't have, and do the opposite of what we've been doing over the last several years. I hope things change, maybe with the extra money teams will have with the TV deals will motivate them to spend.

I'm not advocating to sign EVERY big name player every year, but at least try instead of saying we can't do it! You never know what you can do in life until you try!!! Please give your thoughts
we do not build through FA....we hold on to players until their contracts run out so to avoid dead cap money, because Jerry hates to pay twice for a starting position so despite performance, he keeps them...then he drafts based on need.

we are dead last in FA spending in NFL
 

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we do not build through FA....we hold on to players until their contracts run out so to avoid dead cap money, because Jerry hates to pay twice for a starting position so despite performance, he keeps them...then he drafts based on need.

we are dead last in FA spending in NFL
yes so this line of thinking has to stop, it's getting us nowhere
 

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we do not build through FA....we hold on to players until their contracts run out so to avoid dead cap money, because Jerry hates to pay twice for a starting position so despite performance, he keeps them...then he drafts based on need.

we are dead last in FA spending in NFL
I wish. He drafts mostly on hoopla and the bits of misleading info other teams feed him. He might be the worst GM in the NFL at evaluating talent.
 

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Yes, I understand that. But why spend top dollar if you’re not gonna get a ring. That’s all I’m saying. Agency is for a fill-in a piece like a puzzle.
Amen.

And it's because Jerry is horrific at both player evaluation and roster building. He just doesn't get it.
 

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All evidence shows they are. The draft is 7 rounds and the Cowboys have found some day 3 gems.
No, it does not. The lack of playoff success shows that they are not. Taco/Schooner/Sam Williams/Kelvin/Mazi clearly shows that we are not. You simply cannot waste that many 1st/2nd round picks. You simply cannot ignore our awful DT's. And you cannot go into the season w/ S's playing LB.
 
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