Cowboys claim OT Jordan Mills

[xwalker]

it's easy to sit and point the finger after the fact

It gives some people a sense of accomplishment to point out mistakes after the fact.

 

[erod]

Look up 'return on investment'.

And learn that 0 is not a number you want to have there.

As with any stock portfolio, you have profits and losses. It's the overall trend that matters.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

My 'argument' is that your grasping at straws to justify this blunder is an EPIC FAILURE!

Money wasted on Brinkley never playing a snap has nothing to do with Murray getting hurt in Philadelphia!

One has nothing to do with the other no matter how hard you wish for it to be so.

Hey look, Brinkley signed with the Giants, meaning his cap hit will be trivial. Still think his signing was an "EPIC FAILURE?"

 

[Stash]

Hey look, Brinkley signed with the Giants, meaning his cap hit will be trivial. Still think his signing was an "EPIC FAILURE?"

If by 'trivial', you mean $1.25 million. But hey, it's better than nothing, right?

 

[TheRomoSexual]

If by 'trivial', you mean $1.25 million. But hey, it's better than nothing, right?

WRONG. The $1.25 million is offset by the amount the Giants are paying him (at least 720k). Thanks for playing though!

 

[Stash]

WRONG. The $1.25 million is offset by the amount the Giants are paying him (at least 720k). Thanks for playing though!

Yeah, you keep going on with that!

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Yeah, you keep going on with that!

I keep "going with it" because I'm right.

 

[Stash]

I keep "going with it" because I'm right.

You should really do some homework on that.

Seriously.

 

[Nightman]

Yeah "colossal". $2 million in cap space down the drain is a big deal. In case the mathematicians around here were unaware, it doesn't matter how rich Jerry Jones is. The cap is the same for everyone, even the broke owners some of you seem to think exist.

Exactly.

DMurray's cap hit would be 4m this year.

The wasted 2m on Brinkley would cover 1/2 of that and DMC's 1.2m would almost cover the other half.

For a few pre-season games that is terrible.

 

[Stash]

It gives some people a sense of accomplishment to point out mistakes after the fact.

While others try to block it from memory.

 

[Nightman]

WRONG. The $1.25 million is offset by the amount the Giants are paying him (at least 720k). Thanks for playing though!

It hasn't been confirmed that the 750k guaranteed will be offset by whatever NY pays him.

It is offset that would help a lot and his cap hit would be around 655k instead of 1.375m. But there will still be another 625k next year in dead money.

 

[Stash]

It hasn't been confirmed that the 750k guaranteed will be offset by whatever NY pays him.

It is offset that would help a lot and his cap hit would be around 655k instead of 1.375m. But there will still be another 625k next year in dead money.

Yeah, that $1.25 million signing bonus isn't going anywhere, no matter what some 'SuperFans' might try to tell you.

 

[Nightman]

Yeah, that $1.25 million signing bonus isn't going anywhere, no matter what some 'SuperFans' might try to tell you.

And they fail to add the 585k it costs for Mills. It all counts.

 

[Stash]

And they fail to add the 585k it costs for Mills. It all counts.

Shhh! The SuperFans might hear you!



They get really mad when they hear of any talk like this. Just say 12-4 and they just might leave you alone.

 

[xwalker]

And they fail to add the 585k it costs for Mills. It all counts.

The goal is winning games, not maximizing cap space. They could avoid all risk and have a better cap situation but a worse team.

 

[Stash]

The goal is winning games, not maximizing cap space. They could avoid all risk and have a better cap situation but a worse team.

Or they could overpay journeyman offensive linemen and be in even worse cap shape?

And wasting $2 million of cap space for Jasper Brinkley to never play a down of football has zero to do with "winning games", quite the opposite in fact.

 

[Nightman]

The goal is winning games, not maximizing cap space. They could avoid all risk and have a better cap situation but a worse team.

Fans can have multi-layered views of the team and the FO.

Plus all we heard all off-season was that Murray wasn't signed because of his contract, which we could easily afford.

If the "goal was winning games", Murray would still be here.

 

[xwalker]

Or they could overpay journeyman offensive linemen and be in even worse cap shape?

And wasting $2 million of cap space for Jasper Brinkley to never play a down of football has zero to do with "winning games", quite the opposite in fact.

You just don't understand the logic.

Losing money on stock trades would look bad if viewed individually; however if 1 guy made 30% on his money in the stock market despite losses on some trades and another guy had zero losses but made 1% keeping his money in the bank, then the guy with some losses was the winner.

 

[xwalker]

Fans can have multi-layered views of the team and the FO.

Plus all we heard all off-season was that Murray wasn't signed because of his contract, which we could easily afford.

If the "goal was winning games", Murray would still be here.

Signing Brinkley didn't prevent them from signing Hardy, but signing Murray probably would have.

 

[Nightman]

Signing Brinkley didn't prevent them from signing Hardy, but signing Murray probably would have.

Not even close.

Murray would have been a 3 yr/21m deal paid on the cap over 5 years.