Cap Space Update

[LatinMind]

is daks tag included in that amount? If not and I'm guessing no bc he is not signed. Doesnt look like there is $$ left for his deal. DC fans be prepared for crab legs as ur QB this year.

Lol really?

 

[baltcowboy]

Crawford should be gone period at his salary. Highly unlikely they’d be savy enough to use the space he’d provide to upgrade the defense.

Clowney for Crawford?

 

[kiheikiwi]

Clowney for Crawford?

Yep, I would - and I like Crawford !
You would still have to pay Clowney another 10 spot but hell, what a front line that would be !

 

[HungryLion]

I'll start by numbers

1) & 2) It is EXTREMELY rare for a players that agree to restructure their contract that a year or two isn't added. Those years are added because salary amounts are lowered and that money is moved to bonus money and a year or two of low salary. The reason this is to STRETCH out and lower the amount of cap hit each year. Players don't restructure out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it because in the end they get more money. Players are in favor of turning salary to bonus money because it makes it that much harder on a team to possibly release a player if there is more money (bonus money) that would be dead money.

3) What you're talking about on what some Cowboy contracts have are not restructuring built in BUT team and/or players ability to void out the contract. Those are in there and at a point where most of all of the guaranteed money has been paid leaving a small amount that would go to dead money. Those contracts aren't the type that the Cowboys would try to restructure or they wouldn't have put in the void option.

4) I'm sorry if I understand how contracts and the cap works better than you.

5) It's like trying to add apples and oranges when trying to compare contracts signed in different years with different market values. If we can go back to 2019 ya Prescott's first year would be much less that what it will be this season. Most feel Prescott's salary portion will be in the 22 mil or 23 mil with anywhere from 10 mil to 15 mil in bonus money or a cap hit of 32 mil to 38 mil Prescott's agent France will no doubt make sure that the bulk of the money will get paid in the first 3 years.
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I’ve never seen somebody who has no idea what he is talking about, sound quite as confident as you.


I mean, you’re just completely making things up and then presenting it like it’s widely known fact by everybody but the person you’re debating with.

The cowboys have been restructuring deals and continued to restructure deals for years. They just did it with La’el. They did it a couple years ago with Frederick and Tyron and Sean Lee and the list goes on. You have zero clue what you’re talking about. None, zilch, nada.


Amazing.

 

[Bullflop]

There's still room for another vet FA acquisition and our draft picks.

Signing Dak to a back-loaded and incentive-type deal should help, also.

 

[Swagger]

We will need to draft well.

Most people do not rate him but for me Byron Jones is one of the best lockdown cornerbacks in the league. As it currently stands, nothing to fear for opposing quarterbacks.

I agree that Quinn is one dimensional but he did bag double digit sacks last season which someone else will now have to fill. I rate Gregory as a player but can you see him playing 16 games?

Heath was a solid backup/nickle safety and good special teams player. Replaceable of course but it's still another solid player's production that needs to be replaced.

Depends how the remainder of free agency works out and the draft.

 

[baltcowboy]

Yep, I would - and I like Crawford !
You would still have to pay Clowney another 10 spot but hell, what a front line that would be !

1 year 18 million for Clowney. Make it a two year deal so he become a free agent and make the cap hit lower. Clowney if he plays well here, would be the number 1 free agent available next season. Everybody seems to want to sign and over pay Cowboy players.

 

[fivetwos]

I’ve never seen somebody who has no idea what he is talking about, sound quite as confident as you.


I mean, you’re just completely making things up and then presenting it like it’s widely known fact by everybody but the person you’re debating with.

The cowboys have been restructuring deals and continued to restructure deals for years. They just did it with La’el. They did it a couple years ago with Frederick and Tyron and Sean Lee and the list goes on. You have zero clue what you’re talking about. None, zilch, nada.


Amazing.

You forgot to mention insulting. Every one of that guys posts has a nasty tone or insulting nature to it.

If you dont agree with him, you're on drugs or you should play hopscotch.

Somehow that's all acceptable around here, and its shameful because this is a tremendous board. Best there is.

It makes some folks feel better to belittle others I suppose.

 

[fivetwos]

1 year 18 million for Clowney. Make it a two year deal so he become a free agent and make the cap hit lower. Clowney if he plays well here, would be the number 1 free agent available next season. Everybody seems to want to sign and over pay Cowboy players.

I love it.

One thing Jerry is great at...selling...and I sure hope they are kicking the tires on a prove it deal with Clowney.

I realize the cap $ at DE, and I've admitted so...but I love the player, and the way that DLine is and will shape up make me feel much better about who is at corner.

 

[LittleD]

When you have half the entire cap space going to a small number of players you don't have cap space. I am not saying this is a great team by any stretch but we screwed ourselves with the zeke and cooper contracts.

20 mil a season for a guy that couldn't beat 5th string corners in Philthy with the season on the line? No thanks.

Don't forget the Dak tag... 30mil for a top 12 QB is no joke and will put us in a severe bind this year. Lot's of QB's could take his place.

 

[baltcowboy]

I love it.

One thing Jerry is great at...selling...and I sure hope they are kicking the tires on a prove it deal with Clowney.

I realize the cap $ at DE, and I've admitted so...but I love the player, and the way that DLine is and will shape up make me feel much better about who is at corner.

Imagine if we sign Clowney and either Brown or Kinlaw falls to 17. Watch out folks.

 

[Sydla]

Both sides probably have an incentive to wait on the new contracts being signed, so the deal will finalized a few days before the July 15th deadline. Dez Bryant's extension matched the one for Demaryius Thomas and was only finalized a few hours before the deadline.

What other QB contracts are on the horizon that would set his value?

There isn't one. Mahomes can't sign, I believe, an extension until after this season.

So your point doesn't make much sense as there are no other big QB contracts on the horizon by July 15th.

 

[fivetwos]

Imagine if we sign Clowney and either Brown or Kinlaw falls to 17. Watch out folks.

Exactly. I would say this team has a chance this season that way.

I dont care who they put out there at corner in that case, the defense will be good enough to have a shot to go deep into the playoffs if they stat healthy, which admittedly is a concern w Clowney, but he seems to do what he has to do on a walk year.

 

[HungryLion]

What other QB contracts are on the horizon that would set his value?

There isn't one. Mahomes can't sign, I believe, an extension until after this season.

So your point doesn't make much sense as there are no other big QB contracts on the horizon by July 15th.

mahomes can sign an extension. He has been in the league 3 years. Though I read reports where he feels better off waiting. As the cap is going to keep increasing.

 

[USArmyVet]

Look at currently the Top 10 salaries of the Dallas Cowboys by position and by overall cap hit % of the team salary:

QB (Prescott) 14.47% or $31.5M
RB (Elliott) 5.01% or $10.9M
WR (Cooper) 5.51% or $12M
OL (Martin, Smith, Frederick, Collins) 20.88% or $45.47M
DE (Lawrence) 10.06% or $21.9M
DT (Crawford) 4.18% or $9.1M
ILB (Smith) 3.57% or $7.771M


So, as of today Dallas has committed 63.68% of the team salary for 10 players (7 on offense; 3 on defense) for a total of $138.641M. That right there is part of the reason they are where they are in terms of salary cap and player personnel.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Look at currently the Top 10 salaries of the Dallas Cowboys by position and by overall cap hit % of the team salary:

QB (Prescott) 14.47% or $31.5M
RB (Elliott) 5.01% or $10.9M
WR (Cooper) 5.51% or $12M
OL (Martin, Smith, Frederick, Collins) 20.88% or $45.47M
DE (Lawrence) 10.06% or $21.9M
DT (Crawford) 4.18% or $9.1M
ILB (Smith) 3.57% or $7.771M


So, as of today Dallas has committed 63.68% of the team salary for 10 players (7 on offense; 3 on defense) for a total of $138.641M. That right there is part of the reason they are where they are in terms of salary cap and player personnel.

As of today, the Cowboys are 14th in the league as far as available salary cap space. This includes Daks high cap hit because of the Tag (sign him long term and this drops significantly). Going into the season they were in the 5 or 6 range.
Not sure why you think this team is in trouble as far as the cap goes.

 

[Kaiser]

So, as of today Dallas has committed 63.68% of the team salary for 10 players (7 on offense; 3 on defense) for a total of $138.641M. That right there is part of the reason they are where they are in terms of salary cap and player personnel.

That right there is where we are. That right there is 7 Pro Bowl players on market rate contracts with two others that will likely be in a Pro Bowl soon.

Would you rather be the Giants or Commanders?

 

[Kaiser]

ou're right that sometimes the player get all of the converted money up front but not always. Some times some of the converted bonus money gets paid 2 or 3 years down the road.as in a roster bonus and if the player isn't there then that bonus doesn't get added to dead money because it wasn't paid.
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I would need an example of what you are talking about because I've never seen it.

 

[big dog cowboy]

So, as of today Dallas has committed 63.68% of the team salary for 10 players (7 on offense; 3 on defense) for a total of $138.641M. That right there is part of the reason they are where they are in terms of salary cap and player personnel.

I'm guessing you think the Cowboys are in bad shape with the salary cap. The truth is right now they are middle of the league and with a couple of moves they could be in very good shape.

 

[Typhus]

still have Crawford cut still in our back pocket if we want to move on a Everson Griffin or Trufant

tempting, been thinking that same thought.