Earl Thomas

[Bigdog]

No I wouldn't give up 50 for him. Maybe a 4th. He is going to be cut next year. Wait it out.

 

[dallas72]

Dallas would only trade for ET if a long term was already in order they said

 

[Gameover]

Hell no he isnt worth it!

 

[Sydla]

I would love to add Thomas.

I feel like 50 is too rich though. I wont poo poo it if it goes down but I won't be totally excited either.

 

[Kolemmitt]

Im 50-50 on this. On one hand, having ET would have gotten us, at very least, past GB in 2016 and maybe to the big game. On the other hand, its the pick and its the oppurtunity cost of his contract. If we sign him to a big contract, do we not sign DLaw to a long-term? Irving? Dak and Zeke are coming up too.

 

[BigCatMonaco]

Im 50-50 on this. On one hand, having ET would have gotten us, at very least, past GB in 2016 and maybe to the big game. On the other hand, its the pick and its the oppurtunity cost of his contract. If we sign him to a big contract, do we not sign DLaw to a long-term? Irving? Dak and Zeke are coming up too.

From what I understand, we are sitting at like 70 mil available in 2019 with 41 players under roster. Take 15 per for law, 11 for zack, 15 for dak and 9 for zeke.

That’s leaves us with 30ish plus mill to throw around and 45 players under contract. Thomas should only command around 10 per for 3-4 years

 

[aikemirv]

Soon to be 29 wanting 11 mil a year...
Seattle asking for #50 ..is it worth the pick? hes getting older & would probably need a 4 year 44-50mil contract....with Martin, Dak, Lawrence all needing contracts next year..would you pull the trigger?

Unfortunately, I think it is already a done deal because there was not even a hint of the Cowboys moving up for James

 

[jnday]

Remember that they cut Dez, so some of that money could be used for Thomas. They will have plenty of money. The only question becomes what they do with Zack Martin when he comes due. My guess is that they can't keep Martin and D-Law if they sign Thomas, but we'll have to see what the cap situation is by that point (likely no Witten and we'll be mostly out and under from Romo). I'd still do the trade and hope for the best. Not a lot of good Free Safeties coming down the pike in this draft and in general. Thomas would give us a playmaker and a locker room presence with leadership and a ring.

Dez was going to be cut and it was a move to get rid of a player that was not playing good enough to justify his big contract. Dez has said that he would have taken a pay cut to stay in Dallas, but Jerry didn't even let any negotiations begin. They could have afforded both Dez and Thomas, but they didn't want to put up with Dez and the extra baggage that comes with him.