fivetwos
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Replying strictly to the Gregory situation, the AAV doesn't much matter.I agree with you about Gregory. He may give the Cowboys a light discount, but f he gets a $16 million offer from another team and Jerry offers $12 million, Gregory would be an idiot not to take the bigger paycheck.
Cooper is the most tradeable player I think. He is only 25 and he is a very good receiver. If Julio Jones can get $22 million, then someone in this league might be willing to part with a draft pick to get Cooper. Trading players give the Cowboys the chance to at least pick the teams they go to, to a certain extent.
I struggle with LVE. I am worried if we sign him he will regress. How do we know his better play at the end of the year was not the result of desperation knowing he was in a contract year? I am leaning to wanting him back, but they have Jabril Cox waiting to come back from a knee injury. Do they need LVE?
I think Gallup will sign elsewhere. More likely the Cowboys sign Wilson and Malik Turner. I thought Turner showed some YAC ability when he got in their. Maybe he will be the surprise player in 2022 the way Wilson was in 2021.
They can clear about $54 million by restructuring Lawrence, Tyron Smith, Collins, Zack Martin, and Dak, while trading Cooper. That would give them about $30 million to sign Gregory and some other players.
I think they should focus on making the defense better in 2022. Balance the offense and clean up the mistakes. That is their quickest path to championship contention.
It's all about the guaranteed money.
If in your scenario another team is offering 4 for 64, but only 10 ish guaranteed vs a Jerry offer of 4 for 50, but 20-25 guaranteed, the Dallas offer is much better.....especially in Gregorys case of not being the most reliable dude.
This is how we get stuck with players being uncuttable.
I'm not saying don't resign him, I just wish he would be cheaper than he is probably going to be.
I think there will be some real interest from GMs that will be fired soon without progress and can't get a pass rusher elsewhere.
A serious overpay is probably coming.....considering the above circumstances added to Jerry's history.