Fisher: Cowboys expected to restructure Smith/Crawford

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Came on the ticket and said expect the Cowboys to restructure Tyron and Tyrone by March 9th . The two moves will free up 12 million dollars and give us 26 million in cap space. We have 14 million right now with the 3.5 million of unused we rolled over from last year.

That is more than enough to Re-sign Mo and McClain and go after 2 High impact free agents.

 

[LandryFan]

Came on the ticket and said expect the Cowboys to restructure Tyron and Tyrone by March 9th . The two moves will free up 12 million dollars and give us 26 million in cap space. We have 14 million right now with the 3.5 million of unused we rolled over from last year.

That is more than enough to Re-sign Mo and McClain and go after 2 High impact free agents.

There would be no need to restructure for more money if they didn't plan on using it, so they must have something more in mind than bargain bin FA's (there are no players currently on the roster that will cost much to resign, either). If that's the case, I'm a little surprised in that I didn't expect them to be even remotely close to major players in free agency. Wonder what the plan is?

 

[JoeyBoy718]

There would be no need to restructure for more money if they didn't plan on using it, so they must have something more in mind than bargain bin FA's (there are no players currently on the roster that will cost much to resign, either). If that's the case, I'm a little surprised in that I didn't expect them to be even remotely close to major players in free agency. Wonder what the plan is?

Sign Peyton as our backup.

 

[LandryFan]

Sign Peyton as our backup.

Something tells me we've seen the last of Peyton in an NFL Uniform (notwithstanding old you tube clips).

 

[Shinaoi]

I expected they would. Makes me think they want to sign someone.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Both McClain and Claiborne I expect.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Both McClain and Claiborne I expect.

Yes but Mo would probably only cost 5 million a year and McClain 4 . That's still a lot of room left .

 

[tm1119]

Both contracts were designed to be restructured multiple times so this is expected...I think we would have somewhere right around $27M in cap room after restructuring these 2....and that's not touching Carr's ridiculous salary. We're in very good shape to do anything we need to do this off season.

 

[Hoofbite]

There would be no need to restructure for more money if they didn't plan on using it, so they must have something more in mind than bargain bin FA's (there are no players currently on the roster that will cost much to resign, either). If that's the case, I'm a little surprised in that I didn't expect them to be even remotely close to major players in free agency. Wonder what the plan is?

Actually, this year there is another need. Based on what I have seen the team is currently $22M short in cash spending to hit the 89% floor.

They could give out large signing bonuses, I guess, but they do need to spend more than they currently have available.

 

[Alexander]

What has Crawford accomplished to the point he becomes a bank?

 

[LandryFan]

Actually, this year there is another need. Based on what I have seen the team is currently $22M short in cash spending to hit the 89% floor.

They could give out large signing bonuses, I guess, but they do need to spend more than they currently have available.

Thanks for the info...I had not seen/heard that. Regardless, as you stated, they have to spend it somewhere and our own FA's won't cost much for those they choose to sign. Just seems strange that they would restructure without a specific plan for the freed up $$. I'm sure they have a plan, we just don't yet know what it is.

 

[LandryFan]

What has Crawford accomplished to the point he becomes a bank?

It doesn't really mattered whether he's accomplished anything, they just resigned him and apparently have plans to keep him, thus he is a money source, at least for the moment. And as far as accomplishing anything, apparently he played the year with a bum shoulder that held him back. I sure hope that's what held him back given what the team is paying him.

 

[Alexander]

It doesn't really mattered whether he's accomplished anything, they just resigned him and apparently have plans to keep him, thus he is a money source, at least for the moment.

That is precisely what I meant. A bank. A money source. That means you will be committed to this player for years.

I understand doing it for established players you know will be highly productive through the length of the contract to justify the offset being pushed in the future.

With Crawford, I don't see it. At all.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Good news.

 

[Risen Star]

Please tell me this means additional years of Crawford.

 

[LandryFan]

That is precisely what I meant. A bank. A money source. That means you will be committed to this player for years.

I understand doing it for established players you know will be highly productive through the length of the contract to justify the offset being pushed in the future.

With Crawford, I don't see it. At all.

I guess they see it differently. He is young and they saw something in his play that led them to extend him (5 yrs?). They obviously are counting on him to fulfill his contract. I don't know if you're right or wrong on him, I just hope that you're wrong.

 

[Alexander]

I don't know if you're right or wrong on him, I just hope that you're wrong.

I don't know if I am right or wrong either. But I do question pushing the hit into the tail end of an unproven player's contract.

Before he was a "potential player" that you hoped lived up to the faith you had when extending. Now this is real commitment.

Now he becomes vital and you are banking on production now to justify that faith. Never a fan of shuffling the money around unless you know that player will be or currently is, worth the risk.

 

[Bowdown27]

I was going to say freeing up that much money is pretty significant. Definitely looking to sign someone big

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Actually, this year there is another need. Based on what I have seen the team is currently $22M short in cash spending to hit the 89% floor.

They could give out large signing bonuses, I guess, but they do need to spend more than they currently have available.

how do you have to spend more than you have? that makes no sense.

 

[LandryFan]

I don't know if I am right or wrong either. But I do question pushing the hit into the tail end of an unproven player's contract.

Before he was a "potential player" that you hoped lived up to the faith you had when extending. Now this is real commitment.

Now he becomes vital and you are banking on production now to justify that faith. Never a fan of shuffling the money around unless you know that player will be or currently is, worth the risk.

I understand your point, but we have to also remember that reports are that the restructures are for $12M total between the two players, and I'm guessing that more than half of that will come from Smith's contract. If that's the case, then I'm not wringing my hands too much on Crawford's restructure. For the record, I think he'll play his contract out (not saying I would have paid him as much as they did, but I do think he is talented enough that he will stick around). So long as he finishes out his new deal (or comes close to it), then the restructure should be no big deal. Another way of looking at it is who else would you restructure in his place if you needed the space?