Dallas FA signings need fixing

[Ranching]

Jerry sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber three days, says he’s got 20 more years in him...

That's OK, I've got 21. Lol

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Who would you have signed last offseason?

Calais Campbell , Mycel Hyde , and I would’ve liked to keep Church

Church > Moore, Caroll , Paea

 

[Ranching]

He was a free agent from the Browns or Patriots wherever he got cut from last year, I know he was technically ours coming into this offseason but still was a free agent signing

 

[Sydla]

Who would you have signed last offseason?

Poe or Logan at the 1 Tech.

I knew Carroll was trash so if they wanted to go the cheap, bad CB route and hope he performs, I had suggested Patrick Robinson during FA as a better alternative.

I was pimping Hyde pretty hard during FA as well and he signed a fairly reasonable contract.

 

[Ranching]

Calais Campbell , Mycel Hyde , and I would’ve liked to keep Church

Church > Moore, Caroll , Paea

Send Jerry your resume! Those are awesome signings!

 

[Ranching]

Who would you have signed last offseason?

I would have signed a couple of our Zoners as our GM. They have great ideas. Gee Wiz!

 

[EST_1986]

Who would you have signed last offseason?

Calais Campbell

 

[cowboyblue22]

they should of kept a couple of their own and moved on

 

[gimmesix]

1 top talent instead of 3 or 4 low-mid tier guys would be better.

I completely agree. I'd rather invest in a player considering one of the best available, then bring in multiple roster fillers. Imagine if we had just invested in Calais Campbell, or spent on our own to retain Barry Church or Ron Leary, instead of just wasting money on these fill-ins.

 

[Corso]

I would have signed a couple of our Zoners as our GM. They have great ideas. Gee Wiz!

 

[Smashin222]

He was a free agent from the Browns or Patriots wherever he got cut from last year, I know he was technically ours coming into this offseason but still was a free agent signing

Yeah this argument doesn't make sense. He spent like 6 days on our roster in 2016. For all intents and purposes he was a FA signing.

 

[EST_1986]

I completely agree. I'd rather invest in a player considering one of the best available, then bring in multiple roster fillers. Imagine if we had just invested in Calais Campbell, or spent on our own to retain Barry Church or Ron Leary, instead of just wasting money on these fill-ins.

The guys we signed were basically camp bodies

 

[haleyrules]

I would have signed a couple of our Zoners as our GM. They have great ideas. Gee Wiz!

.And always realistic too.

 

[conner01]

Most big names free agents don't work.

The dame people rueing not making big splash signings killed this team for Carr.

As it is we've been giving out a big contract on average every single year for a decade. Martin putting off his deal till next summer broke that streak. Spending is spending.

Also I suspect we're going to be a big player this offseason out if necessity.

The failed big name FA would be a ugly list
The key to building a team is the draft
Winning at free agency rarely pays off

 

[haleyrules]

Leary would have topped my list.

 

[haleyrules]

The failed big name FA would be a ugly list
The key to building a team is the draft
Winning at free agency rarely pays off

Amen. Ole Jerry boy proved that time and time again.

 

[links18]

FA strategy should be dictated by the state of the team and the league. Coming off a 13-3,# 1 seed season, we should have been making an effort to find a few guys to get us over the top and beat GB in the playoffs. First, we never should have let Leary go: Pay the man and keep the strength of the previous year going. Next, we shouldn't have blown up the secondary completely, but looked to add one or two difference makers who could hit the ground running, while the young guys adjusted. Instead, we signed a guy who was sure to get suspended and who didn't even make the halfway point of the season, a CB who by any reasonable assessment stunk and a safety who didn't even make it out of training camp.

 

[bootyhunta]

Their philosophy is to sign mid-level free agents after the initial over-payment stage of free agency. These signings are typically for positions where they need some depth and these signings then allow the team to go best player available in the draft.

If some of these signings are getting cut, it means they feel better about the young players coming up, which is a good thing.

 

[ShiningStar]

Its not the players fault. A lot of Stephens fans will be thrilled when the mediocrity continues.

 

[gimmesix]

The guys we signed were basically camp bodies

They were low-rent stopgaps, meant to only fill in until better could replace them. I understand the purpose, but when you go that route, you are destined to be hit and miss. The risk with signing a more capable player is that you could miss on him too at a higher cost, but the potential reward is greater.

To me, the low-rent strategy doesn't have many rewards. At best, you get a short-term stopgap, not someone who can elevate the team. No one, including the front office, could have expected Carroll, Paea and Moore to do that. The best we could hope for is that they weren't worse than the guys they replaced, even though other teams obviously valued our guys more than the ones we signed to replace them.