Cowboys cap space 32M with restructures

[Nightman]

Here is the thing... spending huge $$$ on a guy with more red flags than a game of minesweeper won't win you a Super Bowl (just ask the Commanders) but neither will spending nothing. Fix your holes in free agency, that way you can draft the true BPA when your time comes.

None of the FAs that DEN signed were the reason they lost in the playoffs. Their QB was injured and so was their TE. It had nothing to do with 'going all in' and they are no worse off today then they were last year, except that their old QB is even older.

 

[endersdragon]

None of the FAs that DEN signed were the reason they lost in the playoffs. Their QB was injured and so was their TE. It had nothing to do with 'going all in' and they are no worse off today then they were last year, except that their old QB is even older.

As is their old DE that they are paying $10 million....

 

[Nightman]

As is their old DE that they are paying $10 million....

They are only paying him 7m and can walk away with no problems after this year. He did get 10 sacks last year.

 

[endersdragon]

They are only paying him 7m and can walk away with no problems after this year. He did get 10 sacks last year.

0 After November 30th and sorry it was an average of $10 million a year.

 

[Nightman]

0 After November 30th and sorry it was an average of $10 million a year.

Again, he wasn't the reason they lost to Indy. If he is the worst of the 'going all in strategy failed' then that is an even weaker argument than I thought.

 

[endersdragon]

Again, he wasn't the reason they lost to Indy. If he is the worst of the 'going all in strategy failed' then that is an even weaker argument than I thought.

Lol I wasn't even talking about the Bronco's I was just saying free agency rarely buys Super Bowls. The Commanders have been trying to do that for years and failed. The Eagles tried to do that with the dream team and failed. Let's fix our holes in free agency, and then draft BPA, instead of going after 1 guy in free agency and entering the draft with multiple holes.

 

[Wood]

With Dez franchised
Romo, Tyron and Carr restructured.

It would be more if Carr takes a pay cut.

They can generate more space with some other restructures.

unless you can tell me Dallas is a player away - restructuring Romo and Carr would be poison pills for this franchise.

 

[Rogerthat12]

With Dez franchised
Romo, Tyron and Carr restructured.

It would be more if Carr takes a pay cut.

They can generate more space with some other restructures.

You may forgot about the 13 million in dead money that counts against the cap.

 

[big dog cowboy]

unless you can tell me Dallas is a player away - restructuring Romo and Carr would be poison pills for this franchise.

Thank you! I could live with Carr I suppose for the right deal.

 

[Nightman]

unless you can tell me Dallas is a player away - restructuring Romo and Carr would be poison pills for this franchise.

That is pretty dramatic. Romo has a planned restructure this season and with the cap being 40m higher when Romo departs vs when he signed the extension, I don't see the problem. Even with a restructure he will have 17m in dead money after 2016 vs 10m if no restructure. Hardly earth shattering.

The 13m in space from Romo alone could be very useful this year.

 

[xwalker]

You may forgot about the 13 million in dead money that counts against the cap.

No, I didn't forget anything.

 

[xwalker]

unless you can tell me Dallas is a player away - restructuring Romo and Carr would be poison pills for this franchise.

No, it would not.

 

[AzorAhai]

No, it would not.

That is pretty dramatic. Romo has a planned restructure this season and with the cap being 40m higher when Romo departs vs when he signed the extension, I don't see the problem. Even with a restructure he will have 17m in dead money after 2016 vs 10m if no restructure. Hardly earth shattering.

The 13m in space from Romo alone could be very useful this year.

I think people are brainwashed by the "cap hell" and operating how the smart teams do it stuff. All teams who operate at close to max cap use restructuring and the Patriots are up against the cap right now and it may cost them Mccourty.

 

[Frosty]

I think people are brainwashed by the "cap hell" and operating how the smart teams do it stuff. All teams who operate at close to max cap use restructuring and the Patriots are up against the cap right now and it may cost them Mccourty.

I think fans are wanting the Cowboys FO to be more accountable for the salary cap, manage it properly, a FO that operates just as good as its players do on the field.....the game is played on several fronts not just on the field...

 

[daveferr33]

I think that people have been defending the terrible way the cowboys have handled the cap in the Stephen Jones era for so long that they actually believe that restructuring contracts and pushing dead money into the future is a good way to do business.

Think about this. Because of that model, the Cowboys had over 30 million in dead money on the books last season. That is money that could have been spent upgrading the defense, but was instead allocated to players no longer on the roster. Yet, they still fielded a team that many believe could have been in the SB. Think about if they had that that money to sign a pass rusher or two--it might have been enough to put this team over the hump.

There are real world consequences to having too much dead money on the books. 2014 is a prime example of that.

 

[burmafrd]

I want the boys to keep working the cap the way they have recently- intelligently and with a long term plan.

 

[xwalker]

I think that people have been defending the terrible way the cowboys have handled the cap in the Stephen Jones era for so long that they actually believe that restructuring contracts and pushing dead money into the future is a good way to do business.

Think about this. Because of that model, the Cowboys had over 30 million in dead money on the books last season. That is money that could have been spent upgrading the defense, but was instead allocated to players no longer on the roster. Yet, they still fielded a team that many believe could have been in the SB. Think about if they had that that money to sign a pass rusher or two--it might have been enough to put this team over the hump.

There are real world consequences to having too much dead money on the books. 2014 is a prime example of that.

They made decisions last year for the future, not because of the 2014 cap. They could have kept both Ware and Hatcher and fit them under the 2014 cap. They guessed that they were not going to be a playoff team and decided to keep their powder dry for the future.

 

[daveferr33]

They made decisions last year for the future, not because of the 2014 cap. They could have kept both Ware and Hatcher and fit them under the 2014 cap. They guessed that they were not going to be a playoff team and decided to keep their powder dry for the future.

Source please.

 

[AzorAhai]

I think fans are wanting the Cowboys FO to be more accountable for the salary cap, manage it properly, a FO that operates just as good as its players do on the field.....the game is played on several fronts not just on the field...

If you want them to be financially responsible it starts with being smart about WHO you sign. The dead money is more an indication of signing the wrong players to extensions or FA. Nearly every team uses restructuring. Including these so called smart teams everyone talks about. So many people here want to preach about the evils of restructuring, yet want to sign Murray for 7m+ for 4 years? That's the kind of moves that cause dead money.

 

[AzorAhai]

Source please.

Common sense is the source. They could have restructured more contracts and kept them if they chose. They didnt restructure because believe it or not, they put a lot of thought into future implications of who/when they restructure a contract.