Cap Space Gained

[kumizi]

They didn't want Cooper any longer. He was paid like a top 5 WR and produced like a #2 or #3 WR. They needed his cap space to lock up a young talented Gallup and are reportedly looking to trade for another WR. Cooper was wearing real thin on me and I'm glad he is gone. Whatever the reason was, Dak couldn't get him the ball enough to keep paying him that money and lose Gallup in the process. Best move they made this offseason. Wish they could have got more back in the trade but that's just more proof of how far Cooper had fallen.

Getting rid of an overpaid but talented player accomplishes nothing if you dont use the money he was making and invest it into another position to improve your team. That's the whole point of this thread.

It seems like the front office and certain fans dont have much of a plan other than, ewww this guy annoys me; we have to get rid of him.

 

[gimmesix]

But why restructure Daks contract this offseason then? Instead of carrying over the saved money, why not just pay him this year and not have to worry about adding money to future years? Is it just because rollover helps in 2023 whereas most of the Dak restructure impacts further down the road? Is the rollover money capped or can teams take it all with them? Honest questions as I admittedly understand a small piece of how the actual cap works.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/03/02/business-of-football-understanding-the-salary-cap-dead-money

 

[fivetwos]

This FO doesn't seem to value stopping the run at the line. No 1T and no beefy ML on the horizon. Are these guys that dumb?

But they LOVE those corners don't they?

Trying to cover all day is about in line with some of the other logic they use.

If consistent failure doesn't tell you you're doing something wrong, what exactly will?

 

[bratch59]

So fans go from whining about being too far over the cap (as if it was their money), and now are whining about being under the cap (since it is not their money).
And yes it is mostly the same fans.

Fickle whiny fans.

I take threads like these as a great opportunity to weed out many with the ignore button

 

[Jfconrow]

I don’t really get it either. I think they wanted to sign Greggory and that didn’t work so they ended up with a lot of cap space. They weren’t happy with Cooper making 20m a year so they got rid of him wanting Lamb to step up on the cheap.

I wish I knew more about the cap rules too, to me it just seams they saved 50m cash out the door and they’re going to roll it over next year to do something like cut Zeke and Lawrence.

Idk if it’s a tank year but I could see this off-season getting worse with trading down for next years first. They can grab a RB in the 3rd just to keep the run game going and build up the defense. They’ll have to rebuild the whole OL one of these years if they’re not careful.

 

[conner01]

So fans go from whining about being too far over the cap (as if it was their money), and now are whining about being under the cap (since it is not their money).
And yes it is mostly the same fans.

Fickle whiny fans.

I don’t think most get the graph
We don’t have all that money to spend
The players we’ve let walk didn’t clear a ton of money this year. We still don’t have all that much money to spend

 

[fivetwos]

Yeah I don't get it either. They kicked the can down the road on some contracts that make it tougher to manuever in future years. Teams do that because they see a window to win now and bring in players that they think will help them win now.

We kicked the can down the road on guys and then did nothing with the savings other than sign some lower fringe guys. It's downright peculiar but I bet blueblood or one of the other homers will have some bizarre defense of it.

The most puzzling thing here is OG. They literally did nothing. They knew they had to upgrade which is why they made little effort to re-sign Williams. But then they watched as competent, veteran OGs that would not have been expensive and would have helped this OL fly off the board.

Hey, we at least have the draft. All we need from the draft are immediate impact players at OG, DE, LB, WR. Easy peasy.

Making sense yet again but I don't expect much less.

The problem I have is that collectively, the moves don't seem to be in line with any type of strategy or theme to get better.

Being more committed to the run is reason to reassign Coopers money, but the Schultz deal completely shoots that down.

Moving on from entitled, lazy, underachievers sounds nice....but then offer Gregory 70 million?

If it does actually ever work out for this FO it will be by coincidence or dumb luck.....up to and including how they very much wanted Surtain or Horn over Parsons last year.

 

[Loso86]

So, the obvious question has to be asked…what are these dunces hoarding salary cap for?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/1510996311197327361/photo/1

Probably the guys they hVe to pay next year and after. Diggs and cee dee etc

 

[jazzcat22]

I take threads like these as a great opportunity to weed out many with the ignore button

I used to have about 30 on ignore. As I add throughout the year, but after the season, I took them all off, so far so good, but I did add one, about his 10th time on it.

I took them off, as many times they start a thread as too if a player is signed or released, or some other topic. But I can see a few will be added soon.

I don't care what they say overall, but when the insults start, that is when they go on ignore, or if so ridiculous in their hate I put them on temporary. Otherwise all fair game give and take.
It is a good feature, but I eventually take them off, as many do have good insights at times. It is good to use for a day or so to stop an argument that goes nowhere. No matter who starts it.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But you will find, but you probably already know, this place is 90% toward the negative.

 

[Jake]

Not a popular slant among the “we suck at everything crowd”.

The Cowboys don't suck at everything. They just don't compete for championships, anymore. They occasionally win the division, and that's it.

 

[LittleD]

like always there is no plan they are jsut winging it so than can make money and more money

Of course...What do you think the NFL is? A business. The attraction of sport is brought to you lemmings so that NFL owners can get rich and enjoy the riches of business. If you don't like NFL football as a business, there
is always ping pong and curling.

 

[Cowboys22]

Getting rid of an overpaid but talented player accomplishes nothing if you dont use the money he was making and invest it into another position to improve your team. That's the whole point of this thread.

It seems like the front office and certain fans dont have much of a plan other than, ewww this guy annoys me; we have to get rid of him.

They did use the money to secure Gallup long term and sign a few other free agents they wanted to keep at other positions and last I checked games don't start this week. They have plenty of time to spend some of the cap space they have left. Who knows who will be cut or on the trade block as time goes on.

 

[Verdict]

So, the obvious question has to be asked…what are these dunces hoarding salary cap for?
https://mobile.twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/1510996311197327361/photo/1

Might be getting that cap space to move on from some large, unperforming contracts. Cooper was the first to go. CeeDee made him expendable.

 

[ESisback]

The Cowboys don't suck at everything. They just don't compete for championships, anymore. They occasionally win the division, and that's it.

You and I aren’t in that group. My post was meant for the people that do nothing BUT talk like we’re the worst—every coach, player and FO person is an incompetent and evil idiot.

 

[Mr Cowboy]

So fans go from whining about being too far over the cap (as if it was their money), and now are whining about being under the cap (since it is not their money).
And yes it is mostly the same fans.

Fickle whiny fans.

The same fans that have made this board mostly unbearable.

 

[Flamma]

It makes absolutely zero sense. I can understand not being overly active in the FA market, but you could have just kept Cooper....you could have not restructured Dak, etc. and still had the same impact. They lost talent, lost cap space to future years.....it looks really silly if they don't do something for 2022 with the space they created. If not they've just put themselves at a handicap for future years to have cap space on reserve.

Maybe they'll roll it over into next year. They'll need the extra space if they don't restructure Dak's 50M cap hit in 2023.

 

[NotForLong]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/03/02/business-of-football-understanding-the-salary-cap-dead-money

I find this interesting from that article Teams carrying over $20-plus million of cap include the Jets, Browns, Eagles, Cowboys and Jaguars. Thus, although the team cap is $185 million, the Colts’ adjusted cap will be around $215 million, and so on

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Reading that literally makes me want to flip my desk over.

This front office is a joke and I've been victimized by the punchline for over 26 years.

 

[Fastpitch Dad]

You’re right. We aren’t allowed to whine about the last 26 years of results and the same style of decision making that has caused it.

we have to wait until the off-season is over before we whine.

then once the season starts. We can’t complain until the season is over. Then once the season ends in the inevitable failure once again, we get two weeks to complain. Then we can’t complain again until the off-season is over.

That dude doesn't see the irony in his constant whining about people whining.

His act has worn thin with me, he's worse than the whiners are to me.

 

[Kareemovweet]

My question is how the F can the Rams be 5th in cap space still?