Twitter: Broaddus says "I have thought all along that Carr stays"

[stilltheguru88]

I always figured he would be back one way or the other. The team just does not have the depth at the position to let him go especially if we want Jones to play safety.

The main goal should be to fix the pass rush anyways, that is the best way to upgrade our secondary.

Depth? What team is 4 deep at cb? Mo, Scandrick and Hayward is a capable 3 man group. Scandrick, Mo , carr and Carroll arent. Id take a rookie mid round guy over Carr. I n the fandom of anyone using positive words about Carr or Mo's play, sorry.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

This blows, have a hard time believing we put ourselves in this situation with Carr yet again. Rather have over paid in the first week than over-pay Brandon for millionth year in a row.

Is Leon Hall better than Brandon Carr.

 

[Carson]

Sweet! The band is back together!

Too bad it stinks!!!

 

[Nightman]

They already asked him to take a pay cut and he laughed in their face.

I may sound like Trump here, but you got to have leverage to negotiate a deal and the other side has to know you are serious about using that leverage, that is how deals are made.

We have no leverage right now because we don't have any starting caliber CBs behind Carr that can take over his job. So when we ask him to take a pay cut and he laughs in our face, it is because he knows we have no leverage right now. He apparently doesn't think we are going to release him, thus he doesn't think our threats are serious.

BJones is the leverage
OScandrick is back
Mo Claiborne just re-upped for 3m
Mitchell and Olatoye both had more INTs than Carr

Carr has ZERO leverage

 

[guag]

carr, mo, wilber....this can't be life. this franchise has no idea what it's doing.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Sounds like Broaddus is just trying to get a rise from his constituents... Something tells me that the Carr saga will drag on until after the draft.

 

[BigStar]

Now, that's the legitimate argument - having the right guys for the scheme. Now, I've always wondered if part of the secondary issues are that they haven't had a decent cover safety in years to help them out..........

Aka the two SS scheme the team has relied on since they thought Church was a starter but really started when Woodson retired (who transitioned to FS to help Roy). The team should have started Jones @ FS and let him develop. Now we have to wait for that more specifically next season after bouncing him back n forth in training camp and throughout the season.

You have to be able to cover as a S (even the SS these days); that is hard to do with LB speed regardless of intelligence and work ethic. Woodson had that speed to play both effectively as well as slot CB. I long for those days of good S play. Poor S play HAS to effect CB play, etc.

That said, Carr has been overpaid from this team for too long and should've been designated a post June cut as soon as he was eligible. Admit your mistake and move on.

 

[Sydla]

I always figured he would be back one way or the other. The team just does not have the depth at the position to let him go especially if we want Jones to play safety.

The main goal should be to fix the pass rush anyways, that is the best way to upgrade our secondary.

So basically same set of CBs with a rookie added in.

You can delude yourself into thinking a better pass rush will help but Carr is not very good.

Oh and by the way, how are we fixing the pass rush?

Bringing back basically the same CBs that ended the season is just a sad joke IMO.

Can't wait for Church and Wilcox to be back too.

 

[iRepDatStar]

With the re-signing of Claiborne and the likelihood Carr could return the Cowboys are bringing back all the pieces for another 4-12 campaign. Surprised they didn't ink Cassel to a multiyear deal to keep him around.

the same pieces that went 12-4 too right.. i like how you only speak on the negative.. no im not a carr fan but i do remember him being around to see 12-4

 

[Section446]

More moves from a team that has come to accept mediocrity.

 

[iRepDatStar]

Hard to believe that a defense that set historical records for lack of turnovers is going to be brought back pretty much intact for this season.

considering its the same defense that got a lot of turnovers two years ago

 

[manster4ever]

More moves from a team that has come to accept mediocrity.

I can see why you'd say that BUT the reason they have to accept mediocrity is all the bad contracts. Carr is one of those.

 

[KJJ]

the same pieces that went 12-4 too right.. i like how you only speak on the negative.. no im not a carr fan but i do remember him being around to see 12-4

The offense was the reason we went 12-4 in 2014 having 2 MVP candidates on that side of the ball where were you? We were able to mask some of the defensive issues with a great running game that controlled the ball keeping the defense off the field an average of 13 fewer plays than in 2013.

In the playoffs our secondary got shredded by Aaron Rodgers in the second half. To give you an idea just how bad Claiborne and Carr have been in the 4 years they've been with the team Terence Newman and Pacman Jones have combined for 17 INT's since they left the Cowboys while Claiborne and Carr have only combined for 9 INT's.

They were a big reason the Cowboys were one of the worst teams in the league last season at forcing turnovers. Both Claiborne and Carr had ZERO INT's in 2015. I'm not being negative I'm being honest if you can't deal with that don't read my posts or put me on ignore.

 

[iRepDatStar]

The offense was the reason we went 12-4 in 2014 having 2 MVP candidates on that side of the ball where were you? We were able to mask some of the defensive issues with a great running game that controlled the ball keeping the defense off the field an average of 13 fewer plays than in 2013.

In the playoffs our secondary got shredded by Aaron Rodgers in the second half. To give you an idea just how bad Claiborne and Carr have been in the 4 years they've been with the team Terence Newman and Pacman Jones have combined for 17 INT's since they left the Cowboys while Claiborne and Carr have only combined for 9 INT's.

They were a big reason the Cowboys were one of the worst teams in the league last season at forcing turnovers. Both Claiborne and Carr had ZERO INT's in 2015. I'm not being negative I'm being honest if you can't deal with that don't read my posts or put me on ignore.

of course the offense is the strength of the team.. but in 2014 we also had a lot of turnovers and its the same defense 2014-15. Aaron rodgers shreds a lot of defenses but in the game before that.. it seems like you want to ignore the job that brandon carr did on megatron. I know carr and claiborne arent great and I want carr to get cut.. i just dont like when people bring up the negative about something and completely ignore the positives like him not missing one game for us while all our other cbs miss games. Everything is negative on this board after going 4-12 im more optimistic about this year because I know the main reason we went 4-12 is because of romo and dez.. lets not act like we wouldnt of made the playoffs if those two were healthy without that dominant running game from 2014. One year everyone is commending the staff and are desperate to keep garrett marinelli and linehan.. Jerry gets executive of the year or whatever.. the cowboys are so smart getting martin instead of manziel.. this year happens and all of a sudden this FO is a "joke"

 

[Sydla]

It's funny to watch people try to justify Carr being on this team in 2016.

 

[dogunwo]

Minus Hardy.

I just don't know that is 100% right now.

 

[dogunwo]

Well the first week of FA isn't even over quite yet and already we've dramatically improved the weakest player on our defense. The reign of Velcro is over and the people, they rejoiced.

That alone almost makes the off-season a success.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Foosball > Kraked for Dallas going forward?

 

[gmoney112]

Yeah, but that's mostly due to Carr's contract. Our S spending is middling. With Carr and Claiborne at the end of their deals, this is a bit of a bubble year for that position. Carr will get redone, we'll still be top-10 in spending for that group, but it'll be manageable.

This is what happens when you pay big premiums for good players in free agency. I know you know that, but it's illustrative of why we're sitting on our hands right now.

Its really more what happens when you're hesitant to make tough decisions, that honestly probably should have been made already.

FA isn't just a "spend huge premium" or don't spend at all. Nelson and Ayers could have been had for the savings we would have gotten from simply cutting Church, Carr, and Wilcox, (about 13mill) and you get a proven edge defender and safety that would have been significant additions addressing the pass rush and safety position. A one year deal for Nelson and you can still target a safety if he's BPA, Church and Wilcox are gone next year anyway. I'd be fine with a Byron, Nelson, Heath, draft pick at safety. That's a pretty big upgrade and that's how you use vets.

Restructure Tyron's a bit and you have your rookie pool and your middling CB, even Carr, if he was willing to renegotiate.

I guess I understand the "wait and see" game, but it looks like right now we're relying on our defense being "just good enough" that if Romo is fully healthy can get us in the playoffs.

The opportunity cost to improve has been there. I guess I'm just not sentimental, I don't really care, I want to see us improve the team at whatever it costs in terms of personnell. But then again I've worked in energy and real estate investment contracts, so when I see opportunity costs being underutilized it's frustrating.

 

[Wood]

I hope this is Dallas just feeding Broaddus this info to help with negotiating power with other FA CB's or as a smokescreen that they are not taking Ramsey

hearing that Carr is showing signs of being more flexible this year in terms of adjusting his cap hit.