Cheap Dak

[WillieBeamen]

This is all Stephen imo


The old Jerruh wouldve kept Dez, gave Witten more $$, and woulda traded for ET during the draft




FWIW, we would be a Super Bowl Caliber squad if all this happened

 

[xwalker]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

That's the philosophy that caused Jerry to make so many mistskes over the years (Joey Galloway, Roy Williams, trading up for Claiborne).

They've finally evolved away from that aporoach.

The Patriots have the opposite philosophy. They would never have traded away players like Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins, Logan Mankins, etc. if they operated on the All-In now approach.

It's a bit like Texas Holdem. Amateur players tend to go All-In too often OR play too conservatively. The too-conservative players don't go far. The All-In all the time players will have a good tournament on occasion but more often fail early.

 

[Zordon]

That's the philosophy that caused Jerry to make so many mistskes over the years (Joey Galloway, Roy Williams, trading up for Claiborne).

They've finally evolved away from that aporoach.

The Patriots have the opposite philosophy. They would never have traded away players like Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins, Logan Mankins, etc. if they operated on the All-In now approach.

It's a bit like Texas Holdem. Amateur players tend to go All-In too often OR play too conservatively. The too-conservative players don't go far. The All-In all the time players will have a good tournament on occasion but more often fail early.

The Patriots have elite coaching top to bottom. I wouldn't compare our situation to them.

 

[Hardline]

Im always for a long term plan. Which I believe they have adapted to. I also dont believe this is a championship squad. A year or two away if things continue to go well and are done right.

They are in year 22 of that long term plan.

 

[Cowboysfan917]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

They tried and failed with Romo for several years... until there are some big changes, I don’t see championships

 

[erod]

Is coming off a torn ACL and has not yet proven he can handle the rigors of a full NFL season.

He's had TWO torn ACLs, so absolutely he has to prove he can stay healthy.

But he looks really good otherwise.

 

[GoJacks]

I think we need to see if Prescott will command a top tier contract before we start worrying about it. And even if he does command it in today's nfl, does he deserve it. Everyone is acting like it's a done deal but the jury is very much still out.

 

[Reid1boys]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

so your saying the sense of urgency should be higher today than it was 5 years ago, or 5 years from now? hmmm, I wished people actually thought about their words before they hit that send button. I think Jerry actually likes screwing with us, and he instructs players to tank games after getting our hopes up.

 

[charron]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

It's not that big of a deal. Really. There are always ways to free up cap space IF they wanted to.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

If Dak isn't special, I don't think he'll be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap. This is his prove it year to me. I think we'll know by the end of this year if Dak is special, or if he has these wonderful traits that make you see so much potential, but he has that one flaw that keeps him from being a true NFL worthy quarterback. I think the situation will work itself out either way. We either have a franchise quarterback, or we'll hopefully start looking again.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Well Rico should still be pretty cheap

Unless he starts Dunking that Ball like Alvin Harper used to.

 

[LetsBeReal]

Is it too late to apologize to dez and get him back in here. Mix him in with these new receivers?

And hell, while we are it at, let’s call up John Kitna and have him strap on the star helmet again lol. (Say what you want about John Kitna but that dude wasn’t afraid to sling it. Be nice to open up some running lanes to run through around here)

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Is it too late to apologize to dez and get him back in here. Mix him in with these new receivers?

 

[waving monkey]

If we can't win this year it will be because of Dak

 

[aria]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

I love Dlaw, I like Dak, Irving....meh. I wouldn’t considering any of them elite until they put together at least two consecutive years of elite play which none of them have yet. Hopefully this year will be the year though, I just think at this point “elite” is a little premature.

 

[bsbellomy]

What confuses me is that the Cowboys under Jones have historically had an aggressive, win-now mentality that sometimes worked (e.g. Haley and Sanders acquisitions in the 90s) and sometimes didn't (e.g. Roy Williams trade).

Nowadays it seems like FO is overly cautious and scared of spending the big $ when it makes sense, like now. I wonder if Jerry is losing control in place of other conservative decision-makers...

What you didn't like our 2017 haul of Carroll, Paea, and Damontre Moore? Or our 2018 coup of Hurns, Olawale, and Cameron Fleming???

 

[StarBoyz83]

This is all Stephen imo


The old Jerruh wouldve kept Dez, gave Witten more $$, and woulda traded for ET during the draft




FWIW, we would be a Super Bowl Caliber squad if all this happened

Wouldnt say wed be a sb contender but we would have probably made the playoffs.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

I'm not trying to be a smart *** but if this front office/coaching staff can't build a championship team while Dak is making pennies, what gives you confidence that they can do it when he's taking up 1/7th of the salary cap.

A year or two from now he could be taking up 1/7th of the salary cap, D-Law could be on another team, and the Irving experiment could be over. That's two elite players gone and a lot of financial flexibility lost (I realize we get some back by not letting D-Law go). The sense of urgency to win now should be at an all-time high.

Ya give Dak a 140 million contract he has shown he's worth the big bucks baby..........those check-down passes are simply AWESOME.....

 

[Diehardblues]

Stephen appears to have a bigger voice than he used to, but it would be nuts to suggest Jerry isn't still very much part of the process. Jerry isn't the kind of guy to just step aside. On personnel, I'm sure several people are involved in the decision, although someone obviously has to have the authority to make the final call. My bet is that guy is still Jerry, but he is much more willing to go along with the consensus than he once was.

Yep ..

And it’s always been about convincing Jerry to go against his instincts.

We’ve seen throughout the Jerry era better decisions made when he’s had greater influence.

 

[Diehardblues]

The sense of urgency is always at an all time high. It’s the NFL. Haters will always constantly complain about the FO

Curious . Do you define “ haters” as anyone who criticizes? I’d be concerned with a Cowboy fan who wasn’t critical of our FO.