Im not disguising anything.....we arent winning a thing with Dak and that contract, especially now he reverted back to the norm in 2024. He just needs too much support: O:line, Receivers, running game and Defense and you cant do it all with a QB on 17% CAP.
You keep banging on about the carryover we didnt spend, but who could we of obtained for that $23m that would have raised this team to potentially getting into a Championship Game, even if they wanted to come to us. Then there's the problem that this year we needed both quantity as well as quality (which is the BIGGEST effect of the elite contracts, you have too many JAGs). It seemed an idea for a soft reset, and identify who we had.
Yes, you could of spent some of this years CAP on short term contracts, and yes we could of improved, but are we seriously in the same ballpark as the Lions and Eags, BECAUSE if the answer's no then youre actually supporting the Annual Relevancy argument, in a vain attempt to get to one and done in the play-offs, but never challenging.
That's why so many of us wanted to take the 'hit' on Dak this year, play out the contract in 2024 and re-evaluate Dak with a lesser roster and see if he even warranted the contract where he could demand: the money, length and NTC. That was the chance, as you say, for the disaster that woke Jerry up.....but we'd be in such a better CAP position.
again, you are trying so hard to tie the Dak contract and his value to Cap space and us being unable to make any moves (in your mind)...if Dak makes 5M do you think we are going to win anything?
I know you don't like Dak. you are welcome to your opinion. I am not saying you are wrong.but this 17% cap stuff is simply not true about our unwillingness as opposed to inability to sign any FAs.
the contract value relative to the cap is not an issue that can't be overcome...again, 31 other teams deal with the same.... this is the value of the contract relative to your opinion of what Dak is worth.
I think yourissue is you don't think Dak is good. so you don't think he deserves that contract.....and you are trying to tie that into the cap and being handicapped in making any moves.
and again we had 23M on the cap, why did we sign Joseph instead of a decent DT that were available? do you not think having a decent DT would have helped this team this year? we had 15M the year before, and 20M they year before that and 20+M the year before that!!!. we spend closer to the cap floor than cap ceiling.
who could we have obtained? we didn't make an attempt for Barkley? I clearly showed Philly had similar or worse cap situation and they signed barkley. would he have helped? how about getting Henry? they were top 2 in rushing. how about Leanord Williams instead of Joseph? how about making a run at Williams last year? or so on....
on top of that we have GM that likes to keep players, regardless of performance until end of their contracts (he doesn't like to pay twice for the same position). we lost two players on the OL, replaced them with two rookies and Jones clearly said it out loud, he was crossing his fingers the OL would come together and he should have thought better!!!! that's a GM issue.
cap gets manipulated easily. money pushed to the future. all teams do. and they put it all together to win a championship. Rams did it. have a trophy. now they won the division three years later....that's how you reset. that's how you take your cap hits. we could have easily made moves and signed more than a couple of key players to make this team better. but Jones used the cap excuse and you fell for it head first, becaue of your emotional anger and hatred towards Dak. we get it. you don't like him. I don't either. but that has nothing to do with our ability to manuver in FA. its been shown that we can make 3,4 moves and have almost 70M in cap space next year. that puts cowboys among tops to compete in FA. but will they?
I am sure you are going to say, Dak and 17%....we are doomed. we are handicapped. we can't make moves. 17%...cap cap cap
and I don't disagree with you last statement. I wanted us to move from Dak, I think it would have been good for both parties. but didn't happen. the idiot GM dragged the contract literally to the last hour before first game. which freaking GM does that!@@?
and all you all hopefulls think we get cap space and we are going to go hog wild in FA...when did that ever happen with the Joneses? did it happen when Dak was on a 4th round rookie contract? why not?
I think this is fantasy in your head, perhaps you play fantasy football and think NFL and Jones work the same way.
its not about being in better cap position, as I have shown we are better than some of the top competitive teams in the league. its about the willingness of the GM/Owner to actually do something with the cap. the rest is nothing but fantasy.
this debate is done!
..... but then again he's still a good QB, just his outstanding quality doesn't work until everything's working for him (something I'm sure I've already said in this thread).
