Creeper
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Restructuring is a practical commitment to extend how long we keed someone. I didn't mean extending years in the contract itself. We don't want money paid but not yet hitting the cap to come due as dead money, so we try to put it on players we plan to keep.
I view Dlaw as less of a disaster. He's a good player who just hasn't been getting sacks. More sacks should come if we upgrade the DTs. But I do want to get out of that contract by getting another good DE to replace him. Maybe not, if the new tv contracts boost the general wage scale so he isn't a bad deal anymore.
Okay, I see what you are saying. It's a restructure which results in locking the team into the player for more years because getting out of the contract would be too big of a cap penalty to assume.
btw, I am not saying DLaw is a bad player. I am saying he has a bad contract which will get worse with a restructure. I acknowledge the theory that better DTs would take the heat off of Lawrence but I am not convinced. If he gets 6 sacks again in 2021 we will regret the restructure. But this is why I think the Cowboys are waiting to see if they can sign Dak. If they restructure DLaw that is a sure sign they will slap the franchise tag on Dak and no deal is getting done in 2021.