Cowboys should use non exclusive franchise tag on tank

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It is my understanding that if the Cowboys use the non-exclusive franchise tag on Tank that he could negotiate an offer sheet with other teams and the Cowboys could match it, or let him walk for two first round picks.

I think that's a win-win scenario for the Cowboys. If you can ET two first round picks for Tank you do it, unless his market is lower than he thinks it is and the Cowboys decide to match it.

The Cowboys could be bidding against themselves here if Tank over estimates his market value.

I would personally take the picks. You would end up with 10 player years of cheap labor and it would be a great benefi to the team. We have done very well drafting over the past few years other than Taco, and the verdict is still out on him.

Plus Tank has injury and suspension concerns. That's a no brainer once you consider that he has tailed off every season.
 
Verdict said:
It is my understanding that if the Cowboys use the non-exclusive franchise tag on Tank that he could negotiate an offer sheet with other teams and the Cowboys could match it, or let him walk for two first round picks.

I think that's a win-win scenario for the Cowboys. If you can ET two first round picks for Tank you do it, unless his market is lower than he thinks it is and the Cowboys decide to match it.

The Cowboys could be bidding against themselves here if Tank over estimates his market value.

I would personally take the picks. You would end up with 10 player years of cheap labor and it would be a great benefi to the team. We have done very well drafting over the past few years other than Taco, and the verdict is still out on him.

Plus Tank has injury and suspension concerns. That's a no brainer once you consider that he has tailed off every season.
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The Cowboys and most teams use the non'-exclusive tag.

If the player is a QB, then teams are more likely to use the exclusive tag.
 
Ok lets say we get the 12th pick this year and the 22nd pick next year, what DE is likely there at 12? (Dreaming)
 
It would defiantly be a gamble. Would it be "worth" the gamble...would you give up a guy like Tank and shoot for a "maybe, if he's there" player? A lot of what if's in that and man I'm wanting to keep the chemistry we've built so far, then to roll the dice and start over by shooting 7's....
 
Call up the Colts

They have a ton of cap space. D-Law would make them much better.

D-Law for their first this year, a 2nd next year.
Tyquan Lewis (2nd round pick from last year) and Nyheim Hines.

Problem solved. Colts get better. We get flexibility to resign our own guys, pick up a change of pace back who is much cheaper than Duke Johnson, and can have the money available ASAP to sign one of the premier free agents.
 
I’m fine with letting him walk for 2 first round picks. I like D Law— but if we aren’t close to his asking price— then things will just get nasty if we try and hang on to him.

I just don’t see a team signing him for what he is asking for AND giving up 2 first round picks. Most teams will just wait to see what happens. At most they wait another year for his services.
 
AmericanCowboy said:
Call up the Colts

They have a ton of cap space. D-Law would make them much better.

D-Law for their first this year, a 2nd next year.
Tyquan Lewis (2nd round pick from last year) and Nyheim Hines.

Problem solved. Colts get better. We get flexibility to resign our own guys, pick up a change of pace back who is much cheaper than Duke Johnson, and can have the money available ASAP to sign one of the premier free agents.
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Colts wouldnt make that deal
 
We KNOW what we are going to get from DLAW. I would hate to get a 1st round pick or 2 and it never pans out.
 
Verdict said:
It is my understanding that if the Cowboys use the non-exclusive franchise tag on Tank that he could negotiate an offer sheet with other teams and the Cowboys could match it, or let him walk for two first round picks.

I think that's a win-win scenario for the Cowboys. If you can ET two first round picks for Tank you do it, unless his market is lower than he thinks it is and the Cowboys decide to match it.

The Cowboys could be bidding against themselves here if Tank over estimates his market value.

I would personally take the picks. You would end up with 10 player years of cheap labor and it would be a great benefi to the team. We have done very well drafting over the past few years other than Taco, and the verdict is still out on him.

Plus Tank has injury and suspension concerns. That's a no brainer once you consider that he has tailed off every season.
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Nobody is gonna give 2 firsts for him then pay him $25M. He’s a great player, but he’s not DWare level.
 
Jake said:
If one team is willing to give up the house, take it.

He's not Aaron Donald. He just wants paid like him.
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Aaron Donald made two more impact plays than Demarcus Lawrence last year in the grand scheme of things. Not just sacks and highlight plays.
Plays that directly impacted the offenses expected scoring output.


Lawrence made 20 more of those plays than Khalil Mack.
 
AmericanCowboy said:
Call up the Colts

They have a ton of cap space. D-Law would make them much better.

D-Law for their first this year, a 2nd next year.
Tyquan Lewis (2nd round pick from last year) and Nyheim Hines.

Problem solved. Colts get better. We get flexibility to resign our own guys, pick up a change of pace back who is much cheaper than Duke Johnson, and can have the money available ASAP to sign one of the premier free agents.
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That’s a lot of stuff just to have the privilege of paying a D-lineman 24m$ a year. What if the colts say “heck no, how bout a 2nd rounder?” What do you do?
 
“All season, I’ve been tracking a better way to measure each NFL defender’s impact as a playmaker. It’s based on Brian Burke’s +EPA stat from a few years back, but tailored for use with Ron Yurko’s incredible NFL play-by-play package. The goal is to measure both the number of plays that a defender is involved in that resulted in a failed play for the opposing offense, and—importantly—the total effect of those plays on the final scoreline.

Playmaking EPA measures the expected points added on all sacks, quarterback hits, tipped passes, interceptions, fumbles forced or recovered, tackles, etc., that resulted in a failed play for the opposing offense.

Playmaking EPA doesn’t care as much if you make a large number of routine tackles for four or five yards allowed. Instead, it rewards you for making game-changing plays that substantially reduce your opponent’s odds of scoring next—such as a tackle that stops the opponent on third-and-short, for instance.

By this measure, DeMarcus Lawrence is not only having his best season as a pro, but the most disruptive season so far of any edge defender in the NFL.”

Lawrence is fourth among all NFL defenders in playmaking EPA. The three defensive players that rank higher than him are All Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner, rookie sensation Darius Leonard (another linebacker) and arguably the best player in football, defensive tackle Aaron Donald.

So if Lawrence isn’t in the top 15 in sacks, and we know that sacks factor heavily into playmaking EPA, how did he manage to become the top-rated edge rusher in football?

The answer, primarily, is that no pass rusher of Lawrence’s quality is anywhere near as good at making opponents pay for running the ball on high-leverage downs.


The most obvious takeaway here is that none of the league’s top pass rushers come close to Lawrence’s playmaking production against the run, as represented by the vertical axis above. In fact, he has roughly double the disruptive output on run plays of all but three or four of the league’s sack leaders from the edge.

Lawrence’s middling sack total this year doesn’t mean he’s a slouch against the pass, either. On the chart above, he’s further to the right than five of the league’s leading sack artists. This means he’s found other ways to cause disruption on pass plays than just sacks, like his back-breaking interception of Colt McCoy on Thanksgiving.

Here’s a quick summary of accomplishments from DeMarcus Lawrence’s season:

  • 17 stops on 3rd or 4th down
  • 6 failed plays forced with goal-to-go
  • 3 turnovers involved in, including 1 interception, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery
  • 18 failed plays forced on quarterback hits, including 9 sacks
  • 48 negative-EPA tackles involved in, including 14 tackles for loss
Lawrence’s season is unlike any other in the NFL. No player is playing such a balanced game from the edge this season, where they can both blow up running plays with regularity and get meaningful pressure on the QB.”
 
https://www.wfaa.com/amp/article?se...es-impact-for-cowboys&contentId=287-624501300

Take a look at the charts yourself.
It’s fine if you think he’s not Donald, his isn’t.
Not everyone can be the best defensive player in football.

But he’s the best all around edge player in the league. By a considerable margin. It’s in the data. Get caught up on sacks if you want(even though he’s outsacked Mack over the last two seasons anyway) but his real value comes in the fact that he’s JUST AS GOOD AGAINST THE RUN.


But the playoff game?!
How many cowboys looked good vs the Rams?
Is CJ Anderson better than zeke because he had that game?
 
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