News: Dallas Cowboys only spend on damage control and discounts

[CCBoy]

Dallas Cowboys only spend on damage control and discounts

http://thelandryhat.com/2017/03/09/dallas-cowboys-damage-control-discounts/

1. Insure damage control (re-sign valued free agents)
2. Seek out discount upgrades
3. Dallas will seek to eliminate any glaring starting holes before the draft by shaping the roster as close to last season as possible.

This task first involves re-signing their own valued free agents. These are reasonably priced players the coaches believe can fill a starting role if needed. The second part is a patient exercise of finding any upgrades marked at a discount.

Hopefully in the end they’ll sign a lower cost, short deal with an aging pass rusher.
DeMarcus Ware or Dwight Freeney would boost nickel pass rush at a tolerable...

 

[jwooten15]

It's a smart way to build a team, but the Cowboys also need to selectively make at least moderate splashes here and there in free agency.

Especially with the talent we have as a team, in contention. Making smart, team-friendly deals is great. But I think we will need to spend a little money (much like the Patriots sometimes choose to do) to get us over the hump.

 

[mugsybows]

Yup seems like everytime there's big free agent news tied to us it's because one of our good players is leaving. And then you'll get in update of Dallas signed Brice Butler. Team is a draft upgrades team now.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Meanwhile, the Patriots who have been to 8 Super Bowls in the last 21 years (compared to our 2 playoff wins in the same time span), and have won 5 of those Super Bowls, just signed the top free agent CB available.

They move on from their players, many times trading them before their contracts expire (Richard Seymour, Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins) and getting value for them.

All we get is excuses and made-believe strategies. Yet, every January its the same results.

 

[Texas_Pete]

Can anyone validate this from Fish?



Good stuff for our cap if true.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Team is a draft upgrades team now.

All 32 teams look to upgrade through the draft. It's not some super-secret tool that only Dallas knows about.

 

[Sydla]

Can anyone validate this from Fish?



Good stuff for our cap if true.

Yes. I think the 8.9MM would roll over and essentially cancel out the 8.9MM 2018 dead money.

 

[mugsybows]

All 32 teams look to upgrade through the draft. It's not some super-secret tool that only Dallas knows about.

I'm not saying It was, saying that Dallas strictly seems to rely on it over spending like they used to in free agency

 

[LittleD]

It's a smart way to build a team, but the Cowboys also need to selectively make at least moderate splashes here and there in free agency.

Especially with the talent we have as a team, in contention. Making smart, team-friendly deals is great. But I think we will need to spend a little money (much like the Patriots sometimes choose to do) to get us over the hump.

If you look at how Stephen operated last season, no deals over 20mil total. They have placed a ceiling on how high they would deal with a player and if the player can get more so be it... The team will move on to the next on McClay's list. McClay can field a complete team with his list of
available couch potato's.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I'm not saying It was, saying that Dallas strictly seems to do it over spending but like they used to in free agency

I truly don't feel it's a "won't spend" issue, it's a "can't spend" issue and most people here are buying the smoke screen. It's not like we have tons of cap room and refuse to spend on free agents. We came into this off-season with the least amount of available cap room of all 32 teams.

 

[JoeKing]

All 32 teams look to upgrade through the draft. It's not some super-secret tool that only Dallas knows about.

Yes but some are better at it than others. The ones that are better at it are called "draft upgrade team".

 

[Typhus]

Actually I just think this FO realizes that 2018 -2020 is when we have both barrels loaded cap wise to legitimately beat New England in the Super Bowl.

Spend nothing, draft decent to maybe great,, and have loads of cap cash to put us there legitimate style in the very near future.

I'm not being a wise guy, just looking at the landscape, and like it or not, the Patriots have cornered the market on how to get there and win.

Everyone wants to get to the Superbowl, but only the victor gets the ring, and right now, not many teams can compete with a team that just won the SB and has the cap to spend on upper tier FAs, and they draft pretty good as well.

But age is creeping up on Brady, and we have a young stud future QB, that we can put in prime position to win multiple rings.

We are getting hit pretty hard right now, it looks bad to most fans, but every FA loss is being evaluated properly considering our cap situation, I'm good with it,, not seeing the knee jerk reaction from the FO, that's a good thing.

I want to build a team that can dominate this league, and we have a very good core, not worried about who we are loosing, teams are overpaying because they basically have to, that's not how I want to see this team operate.

I get the fact the we always want to win every year,, its just not how the game is played anymore. You need a chronological approach, and an evaluation of when you can step in and dominate,,,
We are this close, core in place,, expendables on their way out on over priced contracts, would have been replaced next year anyway.

Most wont agree, but I'm a patient old fisherman, and can see the big fish in the pond.

 

[NEODOG]

With our pieces in place on O.....

If we had a A+ pass rush & a shutdown corner, I'd be fine with our position of late.....but those are most glaring needs!!!

So, as we sit here, losing bit players.....our biggest needs get magnified 10 fold

 

[mugsybows]

I truly don't feel it's a "won'T spend" issue, it's a "can't spend" issue and most people here are buying the smoke screen.

I believe in Fish when he says if there is a player cowboys want in free agency they can get him. I feel that years of paying big in free agency for players that don't pan out for us has made an impression on Stephen. I think the not spending big approach is more of a Stephen philosophy than it is a Jerry philosophy. I think when Jerry wants to go all in on a player, Stephen is the one holding the chips telling him to fold.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

It's a smart way to build a team, but the Cowboys also need to selectively make at least moderate splashes here and there in free agency.

Especially with the talent we have as a team, in contention. Making smart, team-friendly deals is great. But I think we will need to spend a little money (much like the Patriots sometimes choose to do) to get us over the hump.

When the Patriots spend money in FA, it's always a short term deal of 1 or 2 years. That way if they don't like the deal, they can get out of it quickly. This idea that the Patriots occasionally sign the 6-year deals worth a lot of money for a FA is pure fallacy.

A good case in point for how this works out is with Greg Hardy and Darren McFadden. Both were signed to more 'pay-for-play' type of deals. Hardy didn't work out and we immediately got rid of him. McFadden didn't really work out either, but to a lesser extent. And we still were able to get out from under his contract quickly.

This is how the Patriots operate other than making the occasional trades for a player. And even that hasn't worked out that great as they traded Chandler Jones for a 2nd rounder and Jonathan Cooper. Cooper didn't work out and Jones was very good in Arizona.

I'm happy with the way we are operating in FA. The Pats operate similarly and continually make the playoffs and that increases their chances of winning the Super Bowl. Of course, it helps that they are in the worst division in football, but I also feel that the NFC East is a potential mess in the waiting with the Eagles and Skins having a myriad of issues and the Giants needing to replace Eli and a defense that is likely not to play as well in 2017. I'd rather keep building the team like we have been and make no major mistakes to allow the other NFC East teams to catch up. And let those teams try and chase us thru FA and continue to trip over themselves.




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[KingintheNorth]

player cowboys want in free agency they can get him

a theory yet to be proven.

 

[jwooten15]

If you look at how Stephen operated last season, no deals over 20mil total. They have placed a ceiling on how high they would deal with a player and if the player can get more so be it... The team will move on to the next on McClay's list. McClay can field a complete team with his list of
available couch potato's.

But not a Super Bowl caliber team. That's the problem. They will have to eventually bite the bullet. One or two big contracts, done in a smart way, isn't bad. Throwing tons of money at big stars (to sell more tickets), like they used to do, is bad.

 

[BourbonBalz]

Yup seems like everytime there's big free agent news tied to us it's because one of our good players is leaving. And then you'll get in update of Dallas signed Brice Butler. Team is a draft upgrades team now.

Almost all successful teams build their teams through the draft with very few impact free agents sprinkled in (Pittsburgh, N. England, Seattle, etc.)

 

[mugsybows]

a theory yet to be proven.

It's cuz I don't feel like they are that type of team anymore. they look for bargain guys that they feel they can coach up. ever since Stephen took over the money aspect he's always been the more bargain shopper. It's a good and bad thing. Ya can't go after every big free agent but when you're losing guys you need to at least sign a splash. I'd venture to say that even when we get out of this "cap hell" period as some call it we still won't chase the top guys.

 

[LittleD]

a theory yet to be proven.

They appropriated a good amount of money for Mr. Hardy/the bum. If he had kept his nose clean
and tried hard, he might have been able to back up the truck for money. He was a loser and
we were able to just pay him big for 12 games. We could find the money if we wanted someone
really bad. We just don't want anyone available that bad.