Dallas Cowboy Cuts and Transactions***Merged***

[Carson]

Gotta love fans. Julio Jones burnt him. He's garbage. Lol. Julio burnt the entire league last season. Really? Guys come on.

It's not just Julio burnt him. He played well his rookie year and was the replacement for Norman. Big shoes to fill yes ... but He got lazy and out of shape with a starting position on the line. Now with multiple teams? Not a good look

 

[KingintheNorth]

So trading up for Morris Claiborne at 6 overall isnt a big investment?

Never met with the kid and incorrectly claimed a better prospect than fellow LSU CB Patrick Peterson and "highest graded corner since Deion"

Greg Hardy?

Only available due to off-field issues.

Randy Gregory?

Only available due to off-field issues.

Giving Tyrone Crawford 9m a year?

Huge mistake. Good, not great player.

Drafting Byron Jones over Landon Collins?

This FO is obsessed with SPARQ ratings but to be fair, several teams missed on Landon Collins. No way he should have gone in the 2nd round after what he did at Alabama.

Trading up for Demarcus Lawerence?

Would have hoped learned after Claiborne, we aren't good enough on defense to trade two high picks for one pick.

50m for Brandon Carr?

What's worse is a year after the huge contract and the big trade up (Claiborne) to acquire two man corners, we shift to a zone-heavy coverage scheme

Unfortunately, some of these moves has made the team gun shy and instead of taking responsibility for bad individual decisions, they have become over-reliant on just building through the draft.

I don't mind the trade for Bene Benwikere, he seems like a Marinelli-type CB. I do feel that just like Anthony Brown, he panics and grabs way too early.

 

[bsbellomy]

Exactly. But this is what happens when you neglect one side of the ball...they had to shore up their offensive line and while they were doing that their defensive line went to crap. It's very hard in this league to get premiere players on defense without premium picks. That's where the Cowboys find themselves at right now.

Its not like their investments they actually have made have panned out. Mo sucks, Byron Jones sucks, and I have a bad feeling about Taco.

 

[MrMom]

https://www.___GET_REAL_URL___/s/ww...ade-news-bengals-trade-bene-benwikere-cowboys

Benwikere never had a good chance of making the roster with Adam Jones, Dre Kirkpatrick, Darqueze Dennard, Josh Shaw and William Jackson III on the roster. However, a one-game suspension for Adam Jones opened the door for Benwikere to sneak onto the roster, at least for one week.


But, Benwikere was unable to outperform second year cornerback KeiVarae Russell, who was clearly ahead in this battle heading into cutdown day. You could even make a case for Tony McRaeplaying better than Benwikere, who was beaten for several big plays during Thursday’s 7-6 loss to the Colts. He actually gave up the game-deciding touchdown.

 

[robjay04]

So trading up for Morris Claiborne at 6 overall isnt a big investment?

Greg Hardy?

Randy Gregory?

Giving Tyrone Crawford 9m a year?

Drafting Byron Jones over Landon Collins?

Trading up for Demarcus Lawerence?

50m for Brandon Carr?

Claiborne and Carr were befor our current defensive staff. They were brought in for another system.

Greg Hardy was not a big investment. Money wise? I guess for one year. Still we weren't on the hook.

We are paying 86 million dollars on offense, 44 on defense. Bringing up a couple second round picks doesn't make your case any better.

This is off the top of my head so it might be wrong but it'll be close.

We have 5 first round picks on our starting offense, including a top 5 pick. We have 6 players on their second, long term contracts....5 being paid as premier players at their position(Dez, Fred, Witten, Smith, Collins)

We have 1 first round pick on our starting defense(2 if you count Taco). Dan Bailey and James Hanna have a bigger investment cap wise than anyone on our defense except 3 players.

 

[Phoenix]

Some people just want to ***** about everything. The team knows much more than we do. They likely know they will be without Carroll at some point, they may know they are releasing White, and they know the other rookies aren't ready because they haven't practiced. Therefore they decided they needed another vet CB and decided to look for one that wouldn't cost much at all. This is the type of player you get in that scenario. They aren't looking for big name players who want big money for multiple years. They get those guys in the draft and supplement roster needs with cheap vets. It's not exciting for us fans but it how they now operate. We all need to get used to it and except it.

 

[speedkilz88]

Bene contract 1 yr 690K if they acquire him.

 

[Cowboys22]

They may have a deal in place but are talking to other teams and waiting to see some more cuts. People just need to relax and let the entire weekend play out. Hopefully the team emerges better than they are today.

 

[Kaiser]

I know I'm supposed to freak out but this is a big Meh. Its a conditional pick for a guy that will be our 4th CB for the first half of the season, then Awuze and Lewis will take over that role.

If they were asking this guy to start I would melt down, but I'm just not getting worked up over roster churn for the last spots on the roster.

 

[robjay04]

1st claiborne bust
1st jones (jury still out) 1 int on a Hail Mary in 2 years
top 2nd round dlaw 8 sacks in 3 years
2nd round Gregory out of league
3rd Crawford part time player
4th tapper should be cut
4th Russell out of league

Signed Thornton for 18 million doesn't start

You would hope for a couple impact players out of jones/Claiborne/Lawrence/Gregory.

I give them credit for maliek Collins that's about it. Hopefully Jaylon smith works.

We pay double for our offensive players than defense. Literally double. Dan Bailey and James Hanna make more than our entire defense minus 3 players.

And no...4 draft picks spent in the top 2 rounds out of a 5 year period is not an investment significant enough to expect results that exceed a middle of the pack defense.

Which is exactly what we have.

 

[CCBoy]

Bene contract 1 yr 690K if they acquire him.

Easy tuck into the cap.

 

[dagreat1_87]

As in we got a crap player instead of a good one?

bene is a CB, ward is a S. getting him shouldn't have anything to do with taking a look at ward....even though we likely wont

 

[robjay04]

I know I'm supposed to freak out but this is a big Meh. Its a conditional pick for a guy that will be our 4th CB for the first half of the season, then Awuze and Lewis will take over that role.

If they were asking this guy to start I would melt down, but I'm just not getting worked up over roster churn for the last spots on the roster.

Yeah it's pointless to bash a front office for trading for a guy that they think will be a fit in their system and fill in four a couple weeks.

As a 4th corner.

 

[Texas_Pete]

Chido is digging it:

 

[tyke1doe]

Goodbye Marquez White.

I just barely learned how to pronounce Chidobe Awuzie and now I gotta deal with this.

I was thinking similarly.
We got a roster full of exotic names.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Its not like their investments they actually have made have panned out. Mo sucks, Byron Jones sucks, and I have a bad feeling about Taco.

Well Byron sucking is debatable....he was a project when we took him on and is still trying to learn the safety position. Mo stayed hurt....bad pick. Your "feeling" about Taco doesn't prove fact. They sucked on the Mo pick. Taco hasn't even played a game yet.

 

[bark]

BBBBBB, Benny and jets! Benny! Benny! Benny!

I've got a mohair suit

 

[LatinMind]

Cowboys Release S Robert Blanton
September 2nd, 2017 at 11:33am CST by Ben Levine
Robert Blanton joined the Cowboys earlier this offseason, but he didn’t even make it to the regular season. According to ESPN’s Field Yates (via Twitter), the organization has released the safety.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2017/09/cowboys-release-s-robert-blanton

 

[WillieBeamen]

Claiborne and Carr were befor our current defensive staff. They were brought in for another system.

Greg Hardy was not a big investment. Money wise? I guess for one year. Still we weren't on the hook.

We are paying 86 million dollars on offense, 44 on defense. Bringing up a couple second round picks doesn't make your case any better.

This is off the top of my head so it might be wrong but it'll be close.

We have 5 first round picks on our starting offense, including a top 5 pick. We have 6 players on their second, long term contracts....5 being paid as premier players at their position(Dez, Fred, Witten, Smith, Collins)

We have 1 first round pick on our starting defense(2 if you count Taco). Dan Bailey and James Hanna have a bigger investment cap wise than anyone on our defense except 3 players.

So now the defensive staff determines player acquisitions?

If so, its the same staff that had stiffs like nick hayden start for us for years, because they didnt value the 1-tech position.

And now, 2nd round picks arent big investments???
2nd round picks should be immediate starters. Where would this defense be, if Randy Gregory wasnt a bust and played to his potential?

You obviously dont understand the draft if you think 2nd round picks arent significant.

Lastly, you made @Pessimist_cowboy point when you mentioned the resources spent on the offense. This team isnt as good at scouting defensive talent as it is offensive, hence why most of our best players are on offense...

 

[jobberone]

Cowboys acquired CB Bene Benwikere from the Bengals in exchange for a conditional late-round pick.

A once-promising fifth-rounder of the Panthers, Benwikere has bounced all over the place since getting cut by Carolina midway through last se
ason. He'll look to carve out a role in a Dallas secondary that badly needs help.