Signed by Cowboys FB Olawale traded to Cowboys **merged**

[skinsscalper]

An adult male who needs a safe space.

And they always want to tell you about it.

Sickening what's happened to men these days.

Funny you mention that. I always wonder, when a thread like this pops up and the Summer's Eve crew band together for their whine-fest, how many wives out there stare out the window with lament about what it was like to have a man around the house.

 

[gimmesix]

Fans wouldn't have blinked an eye if we had used the 5th to draft a fullback. Here we get our FB and a pick, and it's a bad move.

I'm critical of a lot of things that Dallas does or doesn't do, but I think some fans live to hate any move made by this front office.

 

[Risen Star]

I'm critical of a lot of things that Dallas does or doesn't do, but I think some fans live to hate any move made by this front office.

They didn't even lose a pick.

 

[Jumbo075]

I guess the FO believed that if he was released, then there would be a couple of teams that might try to sign him, driving his price higher than the $190k salary than it is now. Move back 20-something spots and get a cheap FB (one year) that they have familiarity with. It's a "meh" deal in every sense. Nothing to get mad about but certainly nothing to get excited about. It sucks that Keith Smith is gone but it would suck more had we given him a 2yr/$4+m deal, too.

It's a solid roster move. It's not required to be exciting.

 

[gimmesix]

They didn't even lose a pick.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I'm losing track.

 

[Clove]

Could have drafted a FB in the 5th for cheaper. Dumb organization from top to bottom.

 

[gimmesix]

They didn't even lose a pick.

Could have drafted a FB in the 5th for cheaper. Dumb organization from top to bottom.

Apparently, it's a bad thing.

 

[BrassCowboy]

This is crazy, the first move we make is for a freaking FB.

 

[BlindFaith]

Lol... You have Risen on ignore too?

I've almost pulled the trigger many times. But then I wouldn't see all his Twitter posts.

 

[Risen Star]

Could have drafted a FB in the 5th for cheaper. Dumb organization from top to bottom.

But then what about the player you can now take with that pick instead of the FB?

 

[Risen Star]

I've almost pulled the trigger many times. But then I wouldn't see all his Twitter posts.

I thought we were bros.

 

[Corso]

I've almost pulled the trigger many times. But then I wouldn't see all his Twitter posts.

Good point. I don't put people on ignore, but it's amusing to see people who do and you find out in inadvertent ways.

 

[speedkilz88]

I guess the FO believed that if he was released, then there would be a couple of teams that might try to sign him, driving his price higher than the $190k salary than it is now. Move back 20-something spots and get a cheap FB (one year) that they have familiarity with. It's a "meh" deal in every sense. Nothing to get mad about but certainly nothing to get excited about. It sucks that Keith Smith is gone but it would suck more had we given him a 2yr/$4+m deal, too.

Olawale is due $1.64 million.
$1.54 base plus $100K workout bonus.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

Could have drafted a FB in the 5th for cheaper. Dumb organization from top to bottom.

Yes, let's waste a fifth on a gamble instead of trading back a few spots for a sure thing. Good call.

 

[dallasdave]

why not? he's played here before, and went to school at UNT.....

 

[dallasdave]

Wasn't he the #2 FB in blocking (according to PFF) and called by his own coach a tremendous special teams player?

Corso has the rest of the story

 

[dallasdave]

Kind of like what it will be in 3 years...did we steal that guy in the 5th or the 6th?

So many quetions

 

[Clove]

Yes, let's waste a fifth on a gamble instead of trading back a few spots for a sure thing. Good call.

No need to trade for someone who's getting cut. Good call

 

[Clove]

Instead of wasting time on a FB, which you can pick up in a cornfield, you need to be focusing on SPEED AT WR, a great safety, LB, DT, back up lineman, and a back up QB who could start right away of Dak falters. Do that stuff first, and then think about a FB.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

I'm not the guy talking about phantom comp picks.

You aren't talking about much at all of substance to be fair.