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Seems to me that there are two issues being discussed here that are really separate.
Over spending in FA and how it effects cap and then there is the issue of how you spend and who you spend on. Two different things. It is a horrible thing to watch when the decisions in FA are poor. Was a terrible decision to trade two 1st round picks for Galloway and and a 1st and 3rd for Roy Williams. Those were, IMO, poor deals because of what we spent and what we gave up to get them.
However, it's not a poor decision to spend on players who are in their primes, have no injury histories and are in their primes at impact positions. We are going to have to field player at these positions, regardless of who we sign or who we don't sign. If you are of the opinion that we should draft these players, I understand that but honestly, we are now at a stage of the teams development where we are not likely to see a lot of early draft positions and will be picking towards the end of each round. To acquire talent at impact positions, it's going to be very tough to accomplish, based on where we sit. Even if you do hit on a guy, is the plan then to hope he's only Mid Level and never reaches the potential of a Suh? Because if a player does get drafted to the Cowboys and does become a Suh, then we are going to have to pay him either way. Or, we can let him go and just keep trying to draft mid level production. Does that really make a lot of sense? Never mind the fact that anybody you draft is going to be a question mark, as to if they can play.
Like most others, I hate it when we make stupid decisions in FA. However, I have no problem investing in players who make good sense and are good bets. I think that's how you should manage your team.
Over spending in FA and how it effects cap and then there is the issue of how you spend and who you spend on. Two different things. It is a horrible thing to watch when the decisions in FA are poor. Was a terrible decision to trade two 1st round picks for Galloway and and a 1st and 3rd for Roy Williams. Those were, IMO, poor deals because of what we spent and what we gave up to get them.
However, it's not a poor decision to spend on players who are in their primes, have no injury histories and are in their primes at impact positions. We are going to have to field player at these positions, regardless of who we sign or who we don't sign. If you are of the opinion that we should draft these players, I understand that but honestly, we are now at a stage of the teams development where we are not likely to see a lot of early draft positions and will be picking towards the end of each round. To acquire talent at impact positions, it's going to be very tough to accomplish, based on where we sit. Even if you do hit on a guy, is the plan then to hope he's only Mid Level and never reaches the potential of a Suh? Because if a player does get drafted to the Cowboys and does become a Suh, then we are going to have to pay him either way. Or, we can let him go and just keep trying to draft mid level production. Does that really make a lot of sense? Never mind the fact that anybody you draft is going to be a question mark, as to if they can play.
Like most others, I hate it when we make stupid decisions in FA. However, I have no problem investing in players who make good sense and are good bets. I think that's how you should manage your team.
