Signed by Cowboys Boys working deal with DE Benson Mayowa - *Signs Offer Sheet*

[DFWJC]

Doesn't make it right.

End if the day, why did Dallas lose to Green Bay? They couldn't get to Aaron Rodgers. If you have no pass rush, you CANNOT win a Super Bowl.

I think everyone agrees with that for the most part.

It just gets old when we make some minor move and people act like the end of the world is here because it wasn't a Pro Bowler.
This just in, there are 32 teams and there were very few serious pass rushers available in free agency


However, many would say that if Dez' catch stood that Dallas may have beaten GB anyway. I didn't think we had a Super Bowl worthy defense that year , regardless.

When I posted a thread asking for people to name the free agents that they would bring in and specify the contract they would be willing to cough up....this forum was crickets.
A bunch of whining but pretty much zero solutions of something that'd work for us short and long term, both cap-wise and on the field.


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[dagreat1_87]

19 pages on this guy and we still don't know if he's actually going to sign or not yet? this is crazy

 

[Supercowboy1986]

That's the thing. Don't challenge CZ posters with evidence because then xyz excuse is inserted as to why they don't have it.

There are some really smart posters here, but the large majority don't fit the bill.

I think everyone agrees with that for the most part.

It just gets old when we make some minor move and people act like the end of the world is here because it wasn't a Pro Bowler.
This just in, there are 32 teams and there were very few serious pass rushers available in free agency


However, many would say that if Dez' catch stood that Dallas may have beaten GB anyway. I didn't think we had a Super Bowl worthy defense that year , regardless.

When I posted a thread asking for people to name the free agents that they would bring in and specify the contract they would be willing to cough up....this forum was crickets.
A bunch of whining but pretty much zero solutions of something that'd work for us short and long term, both cap-wise and on the field.


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[casmith07]

19 pages on this guy and we still don't know if he's actually going to sign or not yet? this is crazy

Yeah I keep clicking the last page to see if he's coming for a visit or signed, and it's people complaining about stuff that has nothing to do with anything remotely about Benson Mayowa.

 

[Idgit]

...When I posted a thread asking for people to name the free agents that they would bring in and specify the contract they would be willing to cough up....this forum was crickets.
A bunch of whining but pretty much zero solutions of something that'd work for us short and long term, both cap-wise and on the field....

This, one-thousand times this. There's a big difference between 'criticizing' and '*****ing because you like to hear yourself *****.' Critical posts are great. Love 'em. *****ing posts, especially when they're coupled with digs at people who want honest discussions, not so much.

 

[garyv]

http://nfltraderumors.co/cowboys-working-sign-de-benson-mayowa/

Cowboys Working To Sign Raiders RFA DE Benson Mayowa, Has Multiple Offers
1 day ago Cowboys, Raiders 0 Comments


Update:

Brandon George confirms that the Cowboys are interested in Raiders restricted free agent DE Benson Mayowa and would like to bring him in for a visit. However, Mayowa reportedly has offers from multiple teams right now.

Dallas is still trying to get him to come in for a visit, but no date has been set at this point in time.

• Charean Williams reports that the Cowboys working to bring in Mayowa for a physical, possibly as early as Thursday.
• According to Williams, the Cowboys are hoping to sign him to an offer sheet if all goes well with his physical.

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Rand Getlin of NFL Media reports that the Cowboys are working towards an agreement on an offer sheet with Raiders restricted free agent DE Benson Mayowa.

The Raiders elected to use a low-round tender on Mayowa a few weeks ago, which means they hold the right of first refusal on any contract offer he would receive.

The low-round tender would cost the Raiders $1,671,000 for the 2016 season, but if they elect to not match an offer sheet, Oakland would not receive any compensation for him.

Mayowa, 25, wound up signing on with the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent out of Idaho back in 2013. He lasted over a year in Seattle before he was waived at the start of the 2014 season and later claimed off of waivers by the Raiders.

In 2015, Mayowa appeared in 12 games for the Raiders and recorded 16 tackles, one sack, a forced fumble, two recoveries and a safety.

 

[dagreat1_87]

Yeah I keep clicking the last page to see if he's coming for a visit or signed, and it's people complaining about stuff that has nothing to do with anything remotely about Benson Mayowa.

exactly!

 

[garyv]

Do yall get the feeling we are wasting our time giving Benson Mayowa an Offer Sheet because just figuring the low numbers.....Oakland will simply match it...so why bother at all ?????

 

[LittleD]

Do yall get the feeling we are wasting our time giving Benson Mayowa an Offer Sheet because just figuring the low numbers.....Oakland will simply match it...so why bother at all ?????

You can probably forget any signing of this guy. The article states that several teams are interested in signing him and you know what
that means? Right, a bidding war has commenced and you also know how Stephen feels about bidding wars. We already know the
answer to that riddle with the Weddle fiasco. It also doesn't matter which team actually inks him to a contract since the Raiders have
over 20mil of cap space to spend and can keep the player by simply matching. The Cowboys will have to keep digging deeper in
that dumpster. Even the dumpster is looking cleaned out right about now!

 

[Idgit]

You can probably forget any signing of this guy. The article states that several teams are interested in signing him and you know what
that means? Right, a bidding war has commenced and you also know how Stephen feels about bidding wars. We already know the
answer to that riddle with the Weddle fiasco. It also doesn't matter which team actually inks him to a contract since the Raiders have
over 20mil of cap space to spend and can keep the player by simply matching. The Cowboys will have to keep digging deeper in
that dumpster. Even the dumpster is looking cleaned out right about now!

(Lol at the term 'Weddle fiasco'). Every potential signing is going to be different. If we place more value on a player than the 2-3 other teams interested, he'll come here. If we don't, he won't. Sure, we're in a mode where we're not putting premiums on FAs, but that doesn't mean we might not think this guy is a better player than the other teams who are interested. We'll just have to see.

 

[LittleD]

(Lol at the term 'Weddle fiasco'). Every potential signing is going to be different. If we place more value on a player than the 2-3 other teams interested, he'll come here. If we don't, he won't. Sure, we're in a mode where we're not putting premiums on FAs, but that doesn't mean we might not think this guy is a better player than the other teams who are interested. We'll just have to see.

It would be nice to know if the Team is really in "Win Now" mode or "Build the Future" mode. Weddle is clearly better that 3 of our current
safety position players. We seem to not be able to close the deal on most any upgrade players over what we fielded last year. I'm really
okay with either scenario at this point if they would concentrate on one. I guess we were there at the last bid for Chris Long though we
lost out again. Oh well, the draft is still coming and we have 9 picks.

 

[Idgit]

It would be nice to know if the Team is really in "Win Now" mode or "Build the Future" mode. Weddle is clearly better that 3 of our current
safety position players. We seem to not be able to close the deal on most any upgrade players over what we fielded last year. I'm really
okay with either scenario at this point if they would concentrate on one. I guess we were there at the last bid for Chris Long though we
lost out again. Oh well, the draft is still coming and we have 9 picks.

The team is in win-now mode, but operating under the philosophy that it's not possible to win in this league if you can't draft and develop your own players. To do that, you have to be able to sign your own players once they're proven. The money that's left over from that budget can be used to sign FAs to speed things up at a premium, but that money is limited. So they do what they're doing: make offers to targeted players where they can, up to their limit. Which means you'll lose out on some Weddles and some Fortes and some Murrays, but avoid the pain of blowing your budget on the area of your team that's most risky and hurting your ability to sign players that are the least risky (our own draft picks). It's painful, and we might not all agree with it, but you can see why they're doing it. They're not idiots for going this route.

 

[robjay04]

It would be nice to know if the Team is really in "Win Now" mode or "Build the Future" mode. Weddle is clearly better that 3 of our current
safety position players. We seem to not be able to close the deal on most any upgrade players over what we fielded last year. I'm really
okay with either scenario at this point if they would concentrate on one. I guess we were there at the last bid for Chris Long though we
lost out again. Oh well, the draft is still coming and we have 9 picks.

I think we feel our roster is good enough right now to win but we don't want to limit our options for the future. We don't want to get to the point where we have to choose between keeping our own young pro bowl caliber players locked up long term. If Demarcus Lawrence even has 8 sacks next season, he is going to be worth a ton. We also have 3 premier OL that are going to be costly couple with a corner that may or may not turn out to be a stud.

I was disappointed when we didn't land Weddle especially since it is a short term deal but maybe the team doesn't feel he is THAT much better than what we have. As for Long? Jeremy Mincey has more sacks the last two years than Long. He is well past his prime, he may surprise in NE if he has limited snaps but he could just as easily be on the market this time next year.

 

[LittleD]

I think we feel our roster is good enough right now to win but we don't want to limit our options for the future. We don't want to get to the point where we have to choose between keeping our own young pro bowl caliber players locked up long term. If Demarcus Lawrence even has 8 sacks next season, he is going to be worth a ton. We also have 3 premier OL that are going to be costly couple with a corner that may or may not turn out to be a stud.

I was disappointed when we didn't land Weddle especially since it is a short term deal but maybe the team doesn't feel he is THAT much better than what we have. As for Long? Jeremy Mincey has more sacks the last two years than Long. He is well past his prime, he may surprise in NE if he has limited snaps but he could just as easily be on the market this time next year.

You make great points all of which are true. I would only say that if Hardy is taboo and Mincey is no longer wanted we
look to be almost bare bones at the DE position. I hope Lawrence comes back healthy from disk surgery but Romo was
sure slow and I would state that back surgery for DE is more problematic than QB.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Yeah I keep clicking the last page to see if he's coming for a visit or signed, and it's people complaining about stuff that has nothing to do with anything remotely about Benson Mayowa.

I don't even know who this guy is.

 

[LittleD]

The team is in win-now mode, but operating under the philosophy that it's not possible to win in this league if you can't draft and develop your own players. To do that, you have to be able to sign your own players once they're proven. The money that's left over from that budget can be used to sign FAs to speed things up at a premium, but that money is limited. So they do what they're doing: make offers to targeted players where they can, up to their limit. Which means you'll lose out on some Weddles and some Fortes and some Murrays, but avoid the pain of blowing your budget on the area of your team that's most risky and hurting your ability to sign players that are the least risky (our own draft picks). It's painful, and we might not all agree with it, but you can see why they're doing it. They're not idiots for going this route.

Your points are well taken, it's just that it seem that their plan to fill the holes with bridge players and then draft BPA has fallen apart
this season.

 

[robjay04]

You make great points all of which are true. I would only say that if Hardy is taboo and Mincey is no longer wanted we
look to be almost bare bones at the DE position. I hope Lawrence comes back healthy from disk surgery but Romo was
sure slow and I would state that back surgery for DE is more problematic than QB.

I would be curious to see how serious the back surgery is. Remember, he finished the entire season with whatever ailment he had. If the team felt it was serious, they would've likely sat him those last two games at least.

 

[Idgit]

Your points are well taken, it's just that it seem that their plan to fill the holes with bridge players and then draft BPA has fallen apart
this season.

It really has. There are enough teams who are either close enough that 'overpaying' makes sense, or far enough away that they're willing to give up premiums to kick start their teams.

If we had a single reliable rush end I'd feel a world better about the strategy. As it is, it's really frustrating to watch us sit there and not succeed with any of these guys.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Weddle fiasco.

We didn't sign him therefore, fiasco averted.

 

[Oh_Canada]

I think everyone agrees with that for the most part.

It just gets old when we make some minor move and people act like the end of the world is here because it wasn't a Pro Bowler.
This just in, there are 32 teams and there were very few serious pass rushers available in free agency


However, many would say that if Dez' catch stood that Dallas may have beaten GB anyway. I didn't think we had a Super Bowl worthy defense that year , regardless.

When I posted a thread asking for people to name the free agents that they would bring in and specify the contract they would be willing to cough up....this forum was crickets.
A bunch of whining but pretty much zero solutions of something that'd work for us short and long term, both cap-wise and on the field.


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Understood. For the record I did not condone spending a gazillion on Vernon, but a strong offer to Williams or even Long on a short deal would make everyone feel better than the prospect of Ryan Russell and/or gawd forbid Jeremy Mincey.

They tried to get cute. Mario Williams 3 yrs/22 million probably gets it done, Chris Long 1yr/6mill at the end of week one of FA probably gets it done.

And no they wouldn't have stopped Rodgers even if Bryant's catch stood. They couldn't even get the ball back with 4 plus minutes left on the clock.