RELEASED Cowboys release James Washington

[Hawkeye19]

I suspect that they are better without Coop because they didn't want him on the team and they were absolutely correct about Lamb and they got Hilton. They also got Gallup and a solid contribution from Brown. Overall they are doing very well. I don't see them being better than 13 and 4 with Cooper.

Interesting “hot take”. You do realize Coop has 76 catches for 1109 yards and 9 TDs right?

Hilton, Brown, and Gallup together:

85 catches, 1061 yards, 7 TDs

 

[phildadon86]

Interesting “hot take”. You do realize Coop has 76 catches for 1109 yards and 9 TDs right?

Hilton, Brown, and Gallup together:

85 catches, 1061 yards, 7 TDs

IF you havent noticed by now.

This team can do nothing wrong in Rambo's eyes. Criticism is not allowed.

 

[CoachD]

Told ya he was gonna get cut!

 

[OmerV]

IMPACT free agents. As in. First week of FA. Unfortunately. Our FO. Is the only one in football that takes family vacation cruises in the first week of FA

The discussion was just free agents working out or not. IMPACT wasn't the standard being discussed before, although I would say some of the guys we signed have had an impact. Again, not stars, but they have made a difference.

I'm not sure being on your own yacht qualifies as a family vacation cruise, as if Jerry is basking on public beaches, hitting the cruise ship buffets and casinos etc ... There is pretty much zero doubt Jerry's yacht is fully equipped for him to communicate with teams, agents and players just as he would if he were in his office, and clearly as the owner of his own jet(s) he could be wherever needed in a matter of hours.

If he isn't signing good enough players it's because he won't spend the money, not because he is talking to people in an office on his ship rather than in an office in Frisco.

 

[OmerV]

Who, I wonder?

Seems to me the most logical would be Hankins or Farniok if they are ready to come off IR. Farniok only because Biadasz may need more time to heal and they need the extra interior lineman.

 

[phildadon86]

The discussion was just free agents working out or not. IMPACT wasn't the standard being discussed before, although I would say some of the guys we signed have had an impact. Again, not stars, but they have made a difference.

I'm not sure being on your own yacht qualifies as a family vacation cruise, as if Jerry is basking on public beaches, hitting the cruise ship buffets and casinos etc ... There is pretty much zero doubt Jerry's yacht is fully equipped for him to communicate with teams, agents and players just as he would if he were in his office, and clearly as the owner of his own jet(s) he could be wherever needed in a matter of hours.

If he isn't signing good enough players it's because he won't spend the money, not because he is talking to people in an office on his ship rather than in an office in Frisco.

You are either being deliberately obtuse or don't see an issue with the timing of his vacation.

Let me tell you right now. Me and many other fans found the timing of that vacation to be a massive slap in the face. Especially considering the season they had just had before. You dont take a vacation in the first week of free agency unless you have ZERO intention of signing anyone that week. Period. Regardless of his access to phones. Its a horrible look.

 

[rambo2]

Interesting “hot take”. You do realize Coop has 76 catches for 1109 yards and 9 TDs right?

Hilton, Brown, and Gallup together:

85 catches, 1061 yards, 7 TDs

You don't seem to realize that they didn't want him on the team.

 

[rambo2]

You don't seem to realize that they didn't want him on the team.

What did Lamb have?

 

[JD_KaPow]

why release a player right now that a potential playoff opponent could pick-up and gain further insight into the offense?

Yes, because our offense is such a mystery to the rest of the league.

 

[rambo2]

IF you havent noticed by now.

This team can do nothing wrong in Rambo's eyes. Criticism is not allowed.

I get sick of the negative nonsense when the team is doing so well.

 

[rambo2]

Interesting “hot take”. You do realize Coop has 76 catches for 1109 yards and 9 TDs right?

Hilton, Brown, and Gallup together:

85 catches, 1061 yards, 7 TDs

What you need to look at is Lamb. He is the replacement for Cooper.

 

[rambo2]

IF you havent noticed by now.

This team can do nothing wrong in Rambo's eyes. Criticism is not allowed.

It would be different if they went 8 and 9 like that clown predicted.

 

[CWR]

I told yall not to sleep on this cat.

Looks like I'm an idiot.

 

[Doomsday101]

Cooper was traded because of the 20 mill cap hit. Cowboys were not going to take the hit and were already over the cap heading into march, 1st day of business of the NFL season. Cooper no doubt is very talented but this was as much of a business decision than anything else.

 

[CWR]

IF you havent noticed by now.

This team can do nothing wrong in Rambo's eyes. Criticism is not allowed.

Be careful, that's not First Blood John Rambo.

It's Rambo 2. This is a guy who's already decided he's not letting society push him around. He's got nothing left to lose.

 

[Hadenough]

No big deal! I took one look at him on the sidelines in pre season and he looked fat.

 

[Hawkeye19]

You don't seem to realize that they didn't want him on the team.

No. I knew Coop was gone based on JJ’s comments when he missed the KC and LVR games last year.

What you don’t seem to understand is that the goal of the GM is to build the best roster possible. Trading Coop bc they let their emotions drive the decision hurt the team overall.

We are clearly not better without Coop. And we very likely don’t have the #1 seed because of it.

Lots of other decisions— besides trading Coop for a bag of peanuts— COULD have been made but weren’t:

1. Work it out and resolve the internal issues.
2. Let him play out his contract and part ways once you back fill his position
3. Don’t telegraph your intentions to move on from him, so you actually get market value for him
4. Sign a viable FA replacement to help offset his production loss, not a C tier bargain bin FA like James Washington
5. Draft a quality WR not a small school development guy like Tolbert

Any of those options would have been more acceptable than what they decided to do: Publicly declare their intentions to move on from Coop so get destroyed in the trade, fail to draft or sign an adequate replacement player, and arrogantly act like everything is fine.

I honestly can’t believe you are trying to defend this position on the day when they unceremoniously dump the player that was touted as part of the “Coop replacement plan” along with Jaylon Tolbert lol…

 

[Blackspider214]

why release a player right now that a potential playoff opponent could pick-up and gain further insight into the offense?

Lol insight? Our offense is literally all curls, outs, jet sweeps and HB dives. And done in a predictable manner. No insight needed.

 

[john van brocklin]

Seems to me the most logical would be Hankins or Farniok if they are ready to come off IR. Farniok only because Biadasz may need more time to heal and they need the extra interior lineman.

Yep, they are bringing up Farinok

 

[rambo2]

No. I knew Coop was gone based on JJ’s comments when he missed the KC and LVR games last year.

What you don’t seem to understand is that the goal of the GM is to build the best roster possible. Trading Coop bc they let their emotions drive the decision hurt the team overall.

We are clearly not better without Coop. And we very likely don’t have the #1 seed because of it.

Lots of other decisions— besides trading Coop for a bag of peanuts— COULD have been made but weren’t:

1. Work it out and resolve the internal issues.
2. Let him play out his contract and part ways once you back fill his position
3. Don’t telegraph your intentions to move on from him, so you actually get market value for him
4. Sign a viable FA replacement to help offset his production loss, not a C tier bargain bin FA like James Washington

Any of those options would have been more acceptable than what they decided to do: Publicly declare their intentions so get destroyed in the trade, fail to draft or sign an adequate replacement player, and arrogantly act like everything is fine.

I honestly can’t believe you are trying to defend this position on the day when they unceremoniously dump the player that was touted as part of the “Coop replacement plan” along with Jaylon Tolbert lol…

How in the world are they not better? They are going 13 and 4. The replacement for Cooper was always Lamb. Dwelling on Cooper is ridiculous when they did such an outstanding job at putting this team together.