I was worried that Dak's 40 mil deal would cap-strap us. And it has. It's the reason we couldn't keep Amari Cooper and had to trade him for peanuts. We got a 5th for Coop because we had to unload his contract. We used a 1st to get him, and gave him away for a 5th. Did we at least get a back rub too? It's why I wish Jones had played hardball with Dak, keeping him to no more than 25 mil. If no one else had signed him, he would have had to have taken it. If someone else signed him, then you sign a stop-gap veteran QB and draft one as well. I'd rather have 25-mil Dak and Amari Cooper or Mac Jones and Amari Cooper.
whhhaattt...Dak's cap hit last year was 17M....Cooper was 12M....Dak's cap hit this year reduced to 19M....cooper was 22M....if cowboys really wanted to keep cooper, they could have reduced his cap hi via a bonus and perhaps have him cost about 10-15M this year....they did the same with Lawrence and reduced his cap hit from 27M to 14M.
not keeping cooper had nothing to do with Dak's cap hit.
we got a 5th because we didn't want to restructure his deal and pay, then trade him...we got a 5th because Browns were willing to take his salary off our hand.
why we didn't keep him is beyond me but had nothing to do with the cap.
you have no clue how the cap works....educate yourself first.
Dislaimer: before I get accused of defending dak.....this has nothing to do with defending Dak, just dismissing the fact that cooper was let go because of Dak's cap hit. Dak played horrible last half of the season last year and was most responsible for our loss against SF....
