Tyler is just okay. We can do better and cheaper
I think that is the issue.
I like TB, he's a solid, but unspectacular, player.
Probably better in the run game than in the pass game.
(I really think we need a new oline coach, schemes and RB to improve the run game).
The issue with TB is that Cowboy players tend to get overpaid in FA.
This is actually a very deep season at C in FA, that should work to keep salaries lower.
Conor Williams is a guy I would watch. He's been better at C than TB, and he's also a FA, coming off an injury. If he was a lot less $, that would represent good value.
He'd have some rapport with Zach inside IMO.
I'd bring TB back at the right price, but if some team goes nuts, we should let him go.
When he made the Pro Bowl last year I cinged a little. I was happy for him but he didn't deserve it, he is not a PB C, just a solid guy.
Agents are the issue, his agent is likely going to demand a Pro Bowl C type of contract.
He's young, so if we did resign him, we could do a long term deal to keep the first year hott low and also be able to rework the deal down the road.
I'd have no issue resigning him, at good value, partially due to continuity on the line, and also because we have other holes we need to fill, I just think the number his agent believes he's worth, and the number that would represent good value, are very far apart.