Not disagreeing with you. Just know, there's a lot in place that has to happen to simply cut him, as some may think is the immediate fix.
If he has a career threatening injury it is a different decision.
12 million would be his dead money.
I also think it's not enough of a savings for them to do it. They save less than $2 million against the cap next year to cut him. In 2026, they would save almost $8 million by cutting him, so it's more likely that we'll either restructure his deal then or move on from him. I can buy the argument, though, that if we're going to move on from him in 2026, why not in 2025 if he's not going to be able to play part of the year. But like you said, they'd have to deal with an injury settlement.
Yeah I don’t see them eating 12 million
Good point on the salary guarantee. Since it will kick in in March and we know he won't be healthy by then, that would add to the dead money hit.
So many business decisions, tough guy if you ask me lol
I vote Bland.
They are eating it no matter what. The question is do you want to keep him around. There is almost zero chance that he is a quality productive contributor next year. So you keep him around for 2025 anyway "for the future". Now it is 2026 and he is due 15 million in base salary after three consecutive years of nothing. Is that something you want to lock yourself into? What about the 20 million for 2027 or the 20 million for 2028? Zero chance those ever come to fruition. So why would we keep him?
They aren’t eating it no matter what there’s a difference between having a starting caliber corner and not. He’s a solid corner. If the question is him or Bland then that’s a conversation worth having but cutting him for 2025 is looney.
Him and Overshown cut from the same cloth!
Overshown will do what it takes to get on the field as soon as possible.
If the Cowboys cut him his salary will be guaranteed and Jerry does not give that type of money away. The injury protects him but if he plays next season like this season he will be gone. Have a feeling this might be a Gallup situation and drafting a corner in first 3 rounds will be on the table.
....was mentioning similar in an earlier post. Certainly, raises eyebrows.
Probably should be, Jerry likes to extend obvious cuts.
He is undergoing surgery yet again. He will not be a starting caliber corner for this team next year. Planning on this is not smart. Moving on and making a real plan is smart.
This also could mean Bland gets an future extension.
I would offer Bland a below market contract now. I think you could get him to sign a similar contract to Diggs. The Diggs contract would have been a bargain if he didn’t get injured.
