Best Offseason Move , Worst Offseason Move

Vinnie2u

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Best: Hiring of Kiffin and Marinelli.. Ryan was not as good as advertised...

Worst: Handling of The Spencer Contract. Seeing what the market was for DE's (Avril, Dummervil). I would of prefered signing him to a fair deal or trading him for a pick before the draft.. His 10 mil is way too much..


Let me hear your best and worst moves..
 

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Vinnie2u;5091592 said:
Best: Hiring of Kiffin and Marinelli.. Ryan was not as good as advertised...

Worst: Handling of The Spencer Contract. Seeing what the market was for DE's (Avril, Dummervil). I would of prefered signing him to a fair deal or trading him for a pick before the draft.. His 10 mil is way too much..

Spencer deal can still be done and the franchise tag removed
 

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Doomsday101;5091595 said:
Spencer deal can still be done and the franchise tag removed

What would be the point now, though? Seems we're prob done in FA and have cap space to sigh everyone. Should see how he does at DE.
 

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Denim Chicken;5091597 said:
What would be the point now, though? Seems we're prob done in FA and have cap space to sigh everyone. Should see how he does at DE.

He came in Dallas as a DE he is a good pass rusher, he has been asked to cover as an OLB. This past season he got more chances to rush the passer and did very well. I think getting him signed to a longer deal 3 to 4 year would not be a bad move
 

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Doomsday101;5091600 said:
He came in Dallas as a DE he is a good pass rusher, he has been asked to cover as an OLB. This past season he got more chances to rush the passer and did very well. I think getting him signed to a longer deal 3 to 4 year would not be a bad move

I'm not saying it would be bad, but there really is no reason to rush now.
 

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Denim Chicken;5091601 said:
I'm not saying it would be bad, but there really is no reason to rush now.

It depends if there are moves outside of the team as well as within the team that they may want to make. I know they have talked about getting this deal done so I think it is still a possibility that could happen.
 

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Doomsday101;5091604 said:
It depends if there are moves outside of the team as well as within the team that they may want to make. I know they have talked about getting this deal done so I think it is still a possibility that could happen.

Just wish it was done earlier.. We we're pinching pennies during free agency.. Now if I was Spencer I wouldn't sign long term..
 

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Vinnie2u;5091608 said:
Just wish it was done earlier.. We we're pinching pennies during free agency.. Now if I was Spencer I wouldn't sign long term..

Who did you want in FA?
 

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Vinnie2u;5091613 said:

best- kiffin.
worst- reworking frees contract. free needs to go and also agree that clabo would have been a good choice.
 

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Vinnie2u;5091613 said:

Can't argue with you for wanting him, but I think the FO was more concerned with the dead money from cutting Free. They could have signed Clabo if they really wanted.
 

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Vinnie2u;5091608 said:
Just wish it was done earlier.. We we're pinching pennies during free agency.. Now if I was Spencer I wouldn't sign long term..

Depends on the deal. He's at a fairly precarious stage of his career. Next offseason he turns 30. He might still get a decent 2-year deal, especially if he has a good year this year. If he struggles, or gets hurt, he's kinda screwed. So if Dallas were to give him what he considers to be a good deal over the next 2-3 years, I could see him taking it. But I think he's betting on himself, with hopes of cashing in next year. And Dallas really isn't in a position to offer him much past this year. They're in decent shape right now for this year, but looking down the line at the next 2-3 years, they're still gonna have to make some tough decisions.
 

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Picksix;5091627 said:
Depends on the deal. He's at a fairly precarious stage of his career. Next offseason he turns 30. He might still get a decent 2-year deal, especially if he has a good year this year. If he struggles, or gets hurt, he's kinda screwed. So if Dallas were to give him what he considers to be a good deal over the next 2-3 years, I could see him taking it. But I think he's betting on himself, with hopes of cashing in next year. And Dallas really isn't in a position to offer him much past this year. They're in decent shape right now for this year, but looking down the line at the next 2-3 years, they're still gonna have to make some tough decisions.

I ment to say If I was Spencer I wouldn't sign long term til next year. He gets 10 mil this year.. Thats like salary plus a signing bonus. Next year he can cash in again...
 

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lwehlers;5091614 said:
best- kiffin.
worst- reworking frees contract. free needs to go and also agree that clabo would have been a good choice.

Huh? That deal was almost best case scenario. In no way is it bad and definitely not anywhere near the worst.

I'm torn between our 2nd round draft pick and franchising Spencer as the the worst. I know my opinion on the Escobar pick probably won't be popular, but it was just extremely unnecessary in my mind.
 

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we were never gonna spend big in free agency. we can't, we are already over the cap for next year with many guys like spencer not even included. we have to save our money to sign guys like lee, carter and dez.
the shopping spree's for free agents are over for awhile till we get our own people signed
 

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The best, IMO, is changing defensive scheme's from the 34 to the 43 and bringing in one of the few guys to run it that you can legitimately call a defensive guru. With the way offenses are getting adept at scheming the pass rushers into coverage and what the pistol does to the 34 OLB's, I absolutely think moving to a 43 was a terrific decision. I would much, MUCH rather have Bruce Carter having to contain RG3's running than Ware. It just makes too much sense. Now, both of the OLB's (Carter and Durant) run around a 4.5 or better and both have very good lateral movement and change of direction. They aren't pass rushers, but that's not what Dallas needs them to be. They are going to be extremely quick to the ball, and that's just what the doctor ordered against the pistol. Plus, they'll be much better in coverage which will help the whole secondary.

Now on passing downs Ware and Spencer can simply pin their ears back and go after the QB instead of having one of them dropping back into coverage.

I fully expect a big jump in the quality of the defensive side of the ball... and a really big part of that will be because of the scheme change.

A second place for the best move would probably be getting Justin Durant, who is a very solid player and exactly what Dallas needs at SOLB, for a very cheap contract. Durant is still young, is extremely athletic and active, and is a quality guy in the locker room.

As for the worst move... I'd say not getting Spencer locked up long term and not freeing up that money to help add another player or two in free agency. It's certainly not the end of the world, but they could have brought in an additional guy somewhere or signed someone like Sean Lee to a new contract if they would have been able to work it out with Spencer.
 

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Best move: I'll go with locking up Tony Romo, since it was the most important thing we got done.

Worst move: Hard to say since it hasn't played out yet. I'd say passing on Clabo, but we were clearly hamstrung by the Free contract and the reworking of that actually worked out well for us. Didn't like the round one trade-down deal, but I ended up loving both guys we took with the picks. I thought the Kiffin hire was straight-up weird, but in retrospect, I understand the rationale, at least. I didn't like the hiring of Derek Dooley for WR coach, but that's small potatoes. I didn't like the courtesy interview for Houston Nutt, but that's even smaller potatoes. I guess I'll go with not bringing in Brandon Moore, who I think represents a value upgrade and a good scheme fit at a position we're probably looking to improve.
 

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Denim Chicken;5091597 said:
What would be the point now, though? Seems we're prob done in FA and have cap space to sigh everyone. Should see how he does at DE.

Any money saved can be carried over into next years cap.
 
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