BTB The Cowboys might have made the wrong choice at wide receiver last offseason

[TheSport78]

In other breaking news revealed today, the sky is blue and grass is green.

 

[DanA]

This stupid Amari Cooper narrative needs to die he wasn't the reason we lost

He wasn’t the reason we lost, he might have been the difference between winning and losing against the 49ers though and there’s a fair chance we win the division of Amari Cooper is on the team instead of Gallup.

 

[gimmesix]

Cowboys asked Amari Cooper to take a paycut. He refused, thus one big reason why he was traded.

The Browns did a simple restructure that reduced his contract to less than $5 million this year. They can also restructure him this year or cut him at an $8 million cap savings. Paycut wasn't the only way to make his contract work while freeing up enough money to re-sign Gallup and sign other players.

It was an unnecessary move. Turning his base into salary and adding two void years like the Browns did would have allowed Dallas to keep him for pretty cheap, cut him the next year at a cap savings or restructure again and keep him for fairly cheap for another year.

 

[Walker]

Amari is way way better than Gallup its not even close. Gallup was awful this year. Granted he is cheaper than Amari so there is that. However, he is getting way overpaid for his production. Either he has to step it up or we should start working on replacing him.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

He wasn’t the reason we lost, he might have been the difference between winning and losing against the 49ers though and there’s a fair chance we win the division of Amari Cooper is on the team instead of Gallup.

Dak had open wide receivers against the Niners he failed to capitalize. It did not matter who our wide receivers were because Dak could not read the field. Not to mention Cooper was never a road warrior.

 

[GMO415]

Jerry and Steven Dumb-And-Dumber

 

[America's Cowboy]

The Browns did a simple restructure that reduced his contract to less than $5 million this year. They can also restructure him this year or cut him at an $8 million cap savings. Paycut wasn't the only way to make his contract work while freeing up enough money to re-sign Gallup and sign other players.

It was an unnecessary move. Turning his base into salary and adding two void years like the Browns did would have allowed Dallas to keep him for pretty cheap, cut him the next year at a cap savings or restructure again and keep him for fairly cheap for another year.

Thus, kick the can (salary) further down the road?

 

[DB_Cooper]

The real wrong move was not working a deal for Cedric Wilson instead of gallup

I wish I could like this 1000x…

 

[gimmesix]

Thus, kick the can (salary) further down the road?

This is the way the NFL functions. Salaries are so high that they are set up to be restructured, absorb other salaries, etc. Some fans do not want to accept that reality.

When Lamb, Diggs, Parsons are extended it will be the same way. Their first year will look like a bargain, but the base salary will rise from there, setting it up that they will either need to be restructured (if they are playing well) or cut with a dead cap hit that is less than what the team would be paying to keep them.

Cooper's salary could have easily been restructured where Dallas could have paid him a lot less this year and cut him next year with a dead cap hit less than the cost to keep him.

There's a price for doing business. Dallas took a $6 million dead cap hit trading Cooper. I'd much rather have paid him less than that to stay and taken the hit next year instead, even if it was a little more.

 

[Mannix]

The real wrong move was not working a deal for Cedric Wilson instead of gallup

I said that at the time…we should try and get him back from Miami…there was talk, and then I never heard anything more about it.

 

[Wilson]

Does anyone think they might be preparing to make the same potential mistake with Pollard?

 

[America's Cowboy]

Does anyone think they might be preparing to make the same potential mistake with Pollard?

Cowboys can always tag Tony Pollard and see how he recovers from his broken leg/mangled lower leg ligament.

 

[Wilson]

Cowboys can always tag Tony Pollard and see how he recovers from his broken leg/mangled lower leg ligament.

I had hoped they would do this before the injury, but I'm not sure it's worth the investment now. Decent backs can be drafted in the mid-rounds. I can't help but think that would be the best course of action.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Gallup will be back to normal next year.

He better be or he will be released, Cowboys have a built in out clause after 2023.

2023 is basically a contract year for Gallup.

 

[loublue22]

Yea, not sure how anyone in the building at Frisco could have expected Gallup to return to full form this year. It was a dumb signing.

are we gonna do it again with Pollard?

 

[nightrain]

are we gonna do it again with Pollard?

Most likely.

 

[Proof]

This is why I didn't like Jerry hyping up Gallup like he was going to come back and be himself coming off an ACL. OBJ tore his ACL and didn't even play this year, yet MG guts it out for the team and he gets trashed.

The FO didn't properly insulate themselves at WR after letting Cooper go, and it seems the blame is falling on MG. No, it's the FO. MG will be better, more healthy, next season.

hopefully tolbert becomes more of the guy he was advertised to be next year. his lack of emergence given the need was troubling

 

[Captain-Crash]

Cooper Rush didn't have any trouble finding the loser WR's. why can't mouth breather find them?

 

[Creeper]

The Cowboys offense has been good at scoring points, regardless of the limited weapons, because of Dak. Plain and simple. People can hate Dak all they want, but this Offense scored points galore when Dak was at QB compared to when Cooper Rush ran the show for 5 games.

Maybe, or maybe not. Sure they scored less points under Rush but they also asked him to do less. Rush was more of a game manager. Get the lead and just don't give the ball away. Dak is, admittedly, much more aggressive. I am not one of those suggesting we start Cooper Rush. He has very limited talents. But I would argue that in 2022, Dak did hold the offense back with his turnovers.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Maybe, or maybe not. Sure they scored less points under Rush but they also asked him to do less. Rush was more of a game manager. Get the lead and just don't give the ball away. Dak is, admittedly, much more aggressive. I am not one of those suggesting we start Cooper Rush. He has very limited talents. But I would argue that in 2022, Dak did hold the offense back with his turnovers.

In certain games, yes. Agreed.