Explain to me why we are cheap

[Mobinvans]

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

 

[Risen Star]

 

[fivetwos]

They have no choice but to be frugal with other teams' free agents because they routinely overpay for their own.

Dorance Armstrong does think the Cowboys are cheap, as one example.

 

[RonnieT24]

What cap space? The Cowboys spend right up to the cap every year..

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

 

[pacy]

Cap Boy saw his dad spending billions of dollars all those years and it got him 25+ years of nothing. I guess he thinks this needs to change now.

 

[viman96]

A lot changed when Stephen took over. After years of Jerry blowing the cap, Stephen took over managing it. IMO the Patriots approach during that time had a significant impact on how Stephen approaches the cap and player management. New England never over paid for players and always signed vets for minimal contracts. They primarily built through the draft and did not chase players in FA. Essentially the exact opposite of Jerry's approach.

 

[RonnieT24]

A lot changed when Stephen took over. After years of Jerry blowing the cap, Stephen took over managing it. IMO the Patriots approach during that time had a significant impact on how Stephen approaches the cap and player management. New England never over paid for players and always signed vets for minimal contracts. They primarily built through the draft and did not chase players in FA. Essentially the exact opposite of Jerry's approach.

Stephen needs to figure out that just copying someone else's formula for success does not guarantee your own. It goes deeper than that. Hell Jerry needs to learn that too. Figure out what you got, build to get the most out of that and fill in any holes as need be. If you have great players, pair them with great coaches not guys who should be interning so you can pat yourself on the back for "discovering" them.

 

[fivetwos]

A lot changed when Stephen took over. After years of Jerry blowing the cap, Stephen took over managing it. IMO the Patriots approach during that time had a significant impact on how Stephen approaches the cap and player management. New England never over paid for players and always signed vets for minimal contracts. They primarily built through the draft and did not chase players in FA. Essentially the exact opposite of Jerry's approach.

Jerry blew up the cap by trying to retain/salvage what was left of the Johnson and Parcells built rosters each time.

Figured he had the players, would install a puppet coach and bask in all the glory all himself.

 

[fivetwos]

Stephen needs to figure out that just copying someone else's formula for success does not guarantee your own. It goes deeper than that. Hell Jerry needs to learn that too. Figure out what you got, build to get the most out of that and fill in any holes as need be. If you have great players, pair them with great coaches not guys who should be interning so you can pat yourself on the back for "discovering" them.

Honestly their overall blueprint isn't terrible on its own. Solid logic behind most of it.

The disconnect happens because it requires better overall coaching than Jerry's ego will allow.

 

[Jake]

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

They overpay their own players and don't trust their own judgment to make good free agent signings.

 

[Cowfan75]

Cheap? We tried to dump 70 mil on Gregory. We want to overspend...on our family, on our pet projects. It has nothing to do with improving the team, but making sure our favorites are well paid and stay forever, no matter how they play.

 

[KJJ]

We pay our own players a lot of money we’re not cheap. It doesn’t matter how rich the Cowboys are everyone plays under the same salary cap. Overpaying for top tier free agents hasn’t really paid off for many teams. They end up getting rid of most of those players in 2 to 3 years. They never play as well as they did for their original team. Paying top dollar for free agents has never helped the Cowboys. Brandon Carr was the last top-tier free agent the Cowboys signed and over paid and he wasn’t that great a player. The Cowboys can’t afford to overload their cap preparing for the mega contracts for Trevon Diggs and Micah Parsons. Every team that’s paying a franchise QB 40+ million dollars per season has to be diligent.

 

[rags747]

What FA that has been signed this year and for that amt of money did everyone want?

 

[ICP]

Yeah, looks like he needs to save some dollars for tooth whitening

 

[Ken]

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

We are not Cheap.

We spend on our players, we don't spend big bucks on others people's cast offs.

 

[Mannix]

Rams say, "What cap???" Chuckles reminds me of Norm Sonju who was the GM of the Dallas Mavericks 25 years ago....his brain was frozen when it cam to the cap, and he did NOTHING in Free Agency either....meanwhile, the Lakers operated like there was no cap....just like the Rams do now.

 

[DasTex]

Honestly their overall blueprint isn't terrible on its own. Solid logic behind most of it.

The disconnect happens because it requires better overall coaching than Jerry's ego will allow.

Helps when you have a top QB that took less money

 

[jazzcat22]

And here we go again.
Rehash time.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

its not about winning. its about profits. its the strategic plans to increase revenue and spend as little as possible to keep cowboys relevant. its not a year to year thing. its a reactive year to year thing. that's why we go through these cycles of sucking, then paying a high priced FA or making a spalsh (trade for cooper) and then one successful season, raise ticket prices, sell more jersey's and maximize profit....so we just won the division and went to playoffs. so we probably are back in the down cycle, minimize spending, rely on draft, hope we do good and if that happens the company line will be "we believe in our guys", if we don't do good, I gaurantee we will sign a big name FA, and push the needle enough over the couple of years to get back to winning the division or playoffs. followed by raise ticket prices, etc. thus the reacticve year to year strategy that I mentioned.

we are not about winning. we are not about championships. lips say it. actions say otherwise. we are about market value and maximizing profits and as you said we have been good at that, becoming the #1 NFL franchise and having several players in top 20 in jersey sales and just raised ticket prices by about 18%. once you understand that. once you come to accept that. then you will be less frustrated. you just have to lower your expectations (or change them).

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I’m just a simple man.

The Cowboys are the richest team in the NFL……but we are cheap

What are we saving this cap space for?

If you think they are cheap you are paying attention to the wrong people. There’s nothing cheap about them they have one of the highest paid rosters and coaching staffs…they just misuse and manage the salary cap. That’s not cheap.