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Well thats my 25 comments posted so im celebrating with a mock and fa breakdown
im using the cap calculator at over the cap to work out my finances and its all assuming marinelli comes back next year.
Free agency
currently we sit 2.2mill under the cap for 2015-thats with doug free and henry melton options being taken

1st and foremost im going to make brandon carr a june 1st cut.I thought about sitting him down and talk him into taking a paycut but his play just does not warrant it so far this year nor any other year he has been in dallas.
And i think the greater role and level of play he has performed given that larger role show that we have a good cb on our hands in sterling moore.
Saves me 8mill vs the cap in 2015 so 10.2mill available to spend

Im now sitting down with doug free and henry melton im telling them im not taking up the current options on there deals BUT i do want them back next year.
I offer free a 2year deal worth 4mill a year (he would then count 7mill vs the cap in 2015) saving another 4mill
melton i offer a 3 year deal worth 6mill per season.saving me 3mill vs the cap.Is essentially a 1year deal with a 2 year option-buys us a season to see how coleman and bishop progress

so far im sat at 17.2mill under the projected cap.
Now im restructuring Romo to the tune of 10mill-this makes him uncuttable until after the 2017 season.
Im also doing the same with tyron smith-10mill restructure

Now we are sat 37mill under the cap

Rolando mclain-its got to be for minimal guarenteed money,maybe a 2 or 3 year deal just so we can be sure his head really is screwed back on to football.Although his level of play has been excellent this season i dont think there will be a long line of teams willing to offer him a big contract given his history.
Im going for a 4mill cap hit

Ron leary-no brainer really for the deal we can get him on,making him an erfa means we can keep him for another year whilst paying him pockett money.
ERFA-$585000

Sterling moore-Another no brainer if you ask me,get him tied down for 3 or 4 season though this time please.
2mill cap hit n 2015

(lets put it this way-the 8mill saving from carrs june 1st cut pays for these 3)

Durant is next on my to sign list,rod likes him and his injury this season was a blessing in disguise as it means we get him for a real good deal.It also gives us a strong quarter in the lber department with lee,mclain,hitchens and durant.
2mill cap hit in 2015

Cole Beasley gets brought back as do tyler clutts and nick hayden (its pre draft and a 1 year deal which makes him a camp body)
Im sayin 3mill will cover all 3

Now for the big 2
ive got 23.4mill remaining with 5.5mill of that required for draft picks (and remember carrs 8mill saving doesnt come of until june)

Demarco murray-i think he walks,some1 like the raiders,jaguars or browns are going to offer him big money.Im pleased for the bloke,he deserves it after the season he has had but im not willing to match it.

Dez Bryant-He wants alot of money,and rightfully we dont seem to want offer him to much in guarenteed money so its a stand off and dez gets the tag.If we are truelly serious about the change in the approach the fo seem to be taking over the past couple of years then it would probably be a tag and trade-the seahawks gave up a 1st+3rd and 7th round pick for percy harvin and id expect dez to fetch atleast that much.

Free agent acquisitions

Jabaal Sheard-Sheards best season in the nfl was his rookie season where he played end in the browns 4-3.Since then his numbers have declined mainly in my opinion due to the browns reverting to 3-4 system where he plays olb.I offer him a 1 year deal with a team option for a further 3-much like we did with melton albeit for different numbers.

Roy Miller-im offering roy miller a 2year deal similar to the 1 he signed in jacksonville.He as plenty of experience playing the 1tech in this system and splits reps with josh brent.I no everyone is screaming for suh or fairley but put it this way-if we went after either of them it would probably meaning losing dez for nothing and miller Is the kind of under the radar guy we have targeted the ast couple of years think mincey,selvie

Mark Ingram-Im well aware that jerry would love ap to be a cowboy,but come of it.Do we really think we can get ap for 2 or 3mill a year?Ingram is a good runner,milk him for a couple of years and buy ourselves some time rebuild this defence and much like the doug free deal it buys us 3 drafts to find suitable replacements

Now for the draft (im doing this assuming we pick around 24th and without using additional pics we may get if we end up tagging and trading dez)

1-Dante Fowler jnr-Hello pash rush

2-Malcom Brown-dt-Result,we get an absolute beast.He can play 1 or 3 tech but long term i would love to see a brown/crawford pairing for the cowboys with depending on how they continue to develope coleman and bishop backing them up.Rod said last year he wouldnt use a 1st rounder on a 1tech-but that was when asked about jernigan.This guy is not timmy jernigan.He is 1st round worthy.Also makes hayden and terrell mclain expendable so saves us almost 2mill vs the cap.
im tempted to take him in the 1st,but some drafts recentlyhave him falling to us in the 2nd-walterfootballs friday draft had him falling to the bottom of the 3rd.Massive value here

3-Quandre diggs-im happy heading into the season with scanderick,moore and patmon as our 1st 3 corners.Im also still hopeful that claiborne will turn it around but i no miracles dont grow on trees.Diggs is decent value here with plenty of upside.

4-Derron Smith-headed into this season he had the most interceptions in college football at 11,unfortunately he was surrounded by sub par talent on the fresno defence this season and thus his draft sock has slipped,he could well turn out to be the centre fielder we have so long desired,and at the very least he makes heath expendable
 

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I think they dont pick up Melton and another team might overpay him. OK by me. Draft has some good DL prospects this year. Also the team drafts a QB. Any forward looking person knows Romo's back is an iffy proposition, and a season of Weedon is too depressing to think about. Any of the bums who will be on the market(Locker, Ponder, etc) wont get you anywhere. I think Hundley wows at the combine and could be there when the Cowboys pick.
 

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I think they dont pick up Melton and another team might overpay him. OK by me. Draft has some good DL prospects this year. Also the team drafts a QB. Any forward looking person knows Romo's back is an iffy proposition, and a season of Weedon is too depressing to think about. Any of the bums who will be on the market(Locker, Ponder, etc) wont get you anywhere. I think Hundley wows at the combine and could be there when the Cowboys pick.

i think they like vaughan,thats why they carried him on the 53.Remember they were high on coleman but risked losing him to get him on the ps rather than cut vaughan.
 

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Ask the Cardinals, you need more than one quality QB on the roster.
 

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Tagging and trading a player has too many variables and you have little to no leverage. The only leverage you have is that you can eat the huge cap figure and keep him one year deal. To tag and trade you need to find a team willing to part with picks as well as signing Dez long term, as well as it being a team Dez is willing to sign a long term deal for. Your not going to get very good value because you dont have leverage
 

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Teams also never let elite WRs on the open market. Wallace and Vincent Jackson are the closet thing in a long time and neither one where elite WRs
 

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Tagging and trading a player has too many variables and you have little to no leverage. The only leverage you have is that you can eat the huge cap figure and keep him one year deal. To tag and trade you need to find a team willing to part with picks as well as signing Dez long term, as well as it being a team Dez is willing to sign a long term deal for. Your not going to get very good value because you dont have leverage

i think it maybe the most likely scenario to happen tho if we dont work out a long term deal with dez this offseason,its risky tagging him and letting him play out next year-backs us into a corner then like t did with spencer
 

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They tag him, but they will have a long term deal signed long before the deadline. The Jones are going to prioritize that
 

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I think they dont pick up Melton and another team might overpay him. OK by me. Draft has some good DL prospects this year. Also the team drafts a QB. Any forward looking person knows Romo's back is an iffy proposition, and a season of Weedon is too depressing to think about. Any of the bums who will be on the market(Locker, Ponder, etc) wont get you anywhere. I think Hundley wows at the combine and could be there when the Cowboys pick.

I wouldnt mind seeing them trade out of the first if they can pick up another day pick in the process and go Hundley/Grayson in the top of the 2nd and a DE with our 2nd.

Hundley could fall there, and /or Grayson could rise to there
 

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OP, Just a suggestion, capitalize these guys's names. You have a lot to read here, and I'm a big fan of these types of posts, it was just really hard to read. You might also try bolding their names. Just makes it a cleaner read, especially with so much information.

Remember that the cap room created by cutting Carr does not becoming available until June 1st.

A lot of good ideas. Dante Fowler Jr and Malcolm Brown would be great additions on the D Line. Diggs in the 3rd seems high, but not by much, and I think he fits the scheme. I want a FS badly and I want to like Derron Smith, but he never impresses me.

Good job overall. Keep 'em coming.
 

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Im not a big fan of Moore. Decent scab, but really a #4 CB. Id like to get a mid tier Zone CB in FA (Byron Maxwell maybe) and draft Diggs and have Diggs, Patmon and Moore fight for snaps. Thats how we have gotten the most out of our CBs, is having them compete
 

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I wouldnt mind seeing them trade out of the first if they can pick up another day pick in the process and go Hundley/Grayson in the top of the 2nd and a DE with our 2nd.

Hundley could fall there, and /or Grayson could rise to there

see i dont see the point in using a primary resource-in this case a 2nd round draft selection a qb that wont have a shot at starting until his rookie contract expires.We have romo for the next 3years at the very least more than likely 4 if not 5.
 

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OP, Just a suggestion, capitalize these guys's names. You have a lot to read here, and I'm a big fan of these types of posts, it was just really hard to read. You might also try bolding their names. Just makes it a cleaner read, especially with so much information.

Remember that the cap room created by cutting Carr does not becoming available until June 1st.

A lot of good ideas. Dante Fowler Jr and Malcolm Brown would be great additions on the D Line. Diggs in the 3rd seems high, but not by much, and I think he fits the scheme. I want a FS badly and I want to like Derron Smith, but he never impresses me.

Good job overall. Keep 'em coming.

sorry buddy,my firt time doing it so im really upto spead with the ins and outs of how to do things such as highlight ertain points or make things stand out.Ill get better with experience.....i hope
 

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I'm not a fan of fowler. I was before the season but he's disappointed me this season. He's active and quick but can't ever finish at the QB.

Also you may want to stay away from the SEC. It seems like Dallas has. Dallas hasn't drafted anyone from the SEC since claiborne.

Also I hate adding Ingram at RB. Just franchise or transition tag Murray.

Also I don't get why you want to keep moore and pay him to be a #4 but not even try to work out a new deal for Carr.

I'm not big on Diggs like most are on this board. I guess because I'm not a Texas fan.
I need to watch more on Brown. Like I said I'm not a Texas fan. I would to rather bring I Paea also to get a 1 tech veteran in here
 

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see i dont see the point in using a primary resource-in this case a 2nd round draft selection a qb that wont have a shot at starting until his rookie contract expires.We have romo for the next 3years at the very least more than likely 4 if not 5.

With his age and injuries, we cant assume Romo is going to play even two more years
 

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I'm not a fan of fowler. I was before the season but he's disappointed me this season. He's active and quick but can't ever finish at the QB.

Also you may want to stay away from the SEC. It seems like Dallas has. Dallas hasn't drafted anyone from the SEC since claiborne.

Also I hate adding Ingram at RB. Just franchise or transition tag Murray.

Also I don't get why you want to keep moore and pay him to be a #4 but not even try to work out a new deal for Carr.

I'm not big on Diggs like most are on this board. I guess because I'm not a Texas fan.
I need to watch more on Brown. Like I said I'm not a Texas fan. I would to rather bring I Paea also to get a 1 tech veteran in here

I like Diggs, but he isnt a come right i and compete for a starting role. I think he has a similar career trajectory as Scandrick. Hes a 4th rounder to me
 

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I'm not a fan of fowler. I was before the season but he's disappointed me this season. He's active and quick but can't ever finish at the QB.

Also you may want to stay away from the SEC. It seems like Dallas has. Dallas hasn't drafted anyone from the SEC since claiborne.

Also I hate adding Ingram at RB. Just franchise or transition tag Murray.

Also I don't get why you want to keep moore and pay him to be a #4 but not even try to work out a new deal for Carr.

I'm not big on Diggs like most are on this board. I guess because I'm not a Texas fan.
I need to watch more on Brown. Like I said I'm not a Texas fan. I would to rather bring I Paea also to get a 1 tech veteran in here

It depends what fowlers assignment is on any given play,when he was to rush then he did well i think,quick twitch,high motor,never gives up on a play.

Why would i want to stay away from the sec?What i want to stay away from are the small school project players see david arkin,robert brewster,owusu ansa,josh thomas etc etc

Taggin murray wll cost 8.2mill against the cap-which we cannot afford

Why dont i sit down with carr and try and work out a deal?Because sterling moore and scanderick have both out played him,you think he is willing to drop to 3 or 4 mill a season?I cant see his pride allowing him to do that.

I like diggs and i love malcom brown.But thats just me.Many people like calhoun,golden,bennett and a others that i just dont see anythign special.We all have opinions thats why we are here.None of them count for anything really tho because we arent in the war room come draft day
 

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It depends what fowlers assignment is on any given play,when he was to rush then he did well i think,quick twitch,high motor,never gives up on a play.

Why would i want to stay away from the sec?What i want to stay away from are the small school project players see david arkin,robert brewster,owusu ansa,josh thomas etc etc

Taggin murray wll cost 8.2mill against the cap-which we cannot afford

Why dont i sit down with carr and try and work out a deal?Because sterling moore and scanderick have both out played him,you think he is willing to drop to 3 or 4 mill a season?I cant see his pride allowing him to do that.

I like diggs and i love malcom brown.But thats just me.Many people like calhoun,golden,bennett and a others that i just dont see anythign special.We all have opinions thats why we are here.None of them count for anything really tho because we arent in the war room come draft day

We cam easily open up cap space for murray. No problem there.


Moore has not out played carr. If so then he would be on the left side besides the nickle. People like moore just because he's out played people's expectation. He's not good. I would let him walk besides giving him 2 million.


You should stay away from SEC because Dallas has the past 4 years. Claiborne was the last sec player they drafted.

Also other teams are doing the same early. Sec players are coming in beat up and the sec isn't a big passing league. Doesn't translate to the nfl as well anymore
 
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