Grade this off season so far!

[KJJ]

It’s been a very good offseason so far but that doesn’t guarantee it will equate to a good season. By all accounts last season we had a terrible offseason, but we ended up having a good season. A much better season than most expected.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

In terms of normal Cowboys offseason - B

In terms of general NFL - C+

Cooks and Gilmore are good adds, but nothing that's going to put us over the top.

 

[Surfguy]

Get Hopkins now and make it a "no excuses" campaign. Or, too many #1s clogging the receiver corp then? Or, maybe Dak with more delivery problems?

 

[Jumbo075]

After 2018, people were talking about what a bust Dalton Schultz was because of a low producing rookie year.

 

[GMO415]

Let me know week.one of the playoffs when it counts.

 

[john van brocklin]

Compared to other years of us having to complain and worry, I'll give it a solid A-

A minus as well.
Pick-up a decent DT and that grade will improve!

 

[john van brocklin]

I am definitely liking the increased participation.

I think Gilmore and Cooks will really help us this year.

The thing I like the most is that there has been no Jerry or CapBoy sightings. No press conferences or radio segments where they tell the world what they are about to do or how great they are......

They are out to sea on the yacht!
Charlotte paid off the Captain!

 

[beware_d-ware]

I'll give it an A.

-Kept two key defenders on really good contracts.

-Made a shrewd trade for Gilmore, which I love.

-Scored Cooks for a 5th, vs the 1st Houston allegedly wanted for him. Filled the biggest need on our roster there.

-Cut Zeke, which I didn't think would ever happen.

Like other people, I wanted a DT. But it's a thin class there, and the Cowboys knocked the moves they did make out of the park.

 

[DanA]

I give them an A

If they signed Bobby Wagner instead of LVE and got a 6-10m 1-tech it would be A+.

 

[Starforever]

Off-season has never won any team a championship.

 

[Loso86]

I will give it a B. Good start but still need a good draft and answer for DT and G.

Your crazy this is the best offseason in at least a decade

 

[Loso86]

I'm worried Bout any of yall who says anything less than a A-

 

[T-RO]

Here are what experts around the league are saying:

FootballOutsiders:
#1 Best FA move across all teams for '23? PFF gives this nod to Cowboys's trade for Gilmore

Gilmore’s charting metrics for the 2022 Colts were strong if unspectacular: a 54.9% completion rate allowed (32nd among cornerbacks with 50-plus targets), 6.8 yards per target (29th), 0.9 yards per coverage snaps (tied with many for 21st). He appears to have arrived at a second late-career plateau just a notch below his All-Pro peak, and that’s all the need from a corner-for-hire who will line up across from Trevon Diggs for a defense fueled by a Micah Parsons-led pass rush.

Gilmore provides answers for dealing with the Eagles offense and cuts off any potential avenues of victory for just about every other NFC opponent. And he comes for the low price of a fifth-round pick and the sort of cap space a playoff team should spend on a veteran leverage-position starter.

 

[T-RO]

More on experts regarding Cowboys free agency:
CBS Sports gives Dallas A Grade. One of only two teams that get top mark.

Key additions: CB Stephon Gilmore (Colts, via trade), WR Brandin Cooks (Texans, via trade)

Key re-signings: S Donovan Wilson, LB Leighton Vander Esch, OT Tyron Smith, QB Cooper Rush

The Cowboys were relatively quiet on Day 1 of free agency but made some noise on Day 2 by re-signing two key defensive players and adding another via a trade with the Colts. They had previously put running back Tony Pollard on the non-exclusive franchise tag. Pollard is certainly a player Dallas needed to keep considering his 5.9 yards per touch led the entire NFL this season among players with 200 or more touches. Pollard's yards per touch figure was more than Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor's league-leading 5.8 yards per touch in 2021 when he was the NFL's rushing champ.

Tuesday was the day of the big acquisition, acquiring a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year in cornerback Stephon Gilmore by sending a fifth-round pick to the Indianapolis Colts. He'll be a rental at 33 years old, entering the last year of his contract, but Gilmore can be a strong CB2 opposite Trevon Diggs. That was a spot Dallas struggled to find continuity at between injuries and underperformance.

However, tying up nearly a quarter of their salary cap in their running back room between Pollard and Ezekiel Elliott isn't a winning formula, especially in 2023. Something Jerry Jones finally realized as he cut Zeke loose on Wednesday and freed up $10.9 million in cap space to address other roster needs. A shrewd move considering Elliott averaged 3.9 yards per touch in 2022, the lowest in the NFL among those with over 200 touches. Losing their second-most productive wide receiver after CeeDee Lamb, Noah Brown, to the Houston Texans on a one-year, $2.6 million deal hurts, but he could be replaced with a draft pick in April.

Finally, the Cowboys made their receiver splash on Sunday, sending two late round picks down to Houston in exchange for productive veteran Brandin Cooks. Dallas adding their much-needed number two wideout to complement Lamb without surrendering much in assets is a major victory.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...ching-hires-include-lions-secondary-overhaul/

 

[T-RO]

The Athletic praised Cowboys acquisition of Brandin Cooks,

"You have to feel pretty damn good about this if you are the Cowboys."

They praised the value, praised the roster. Praised the other moves.

Continuing:

"Offense is stacked. Defense is as talented as anyone in the league."

"It's hard to argue with the approach Dallas took over the past few weeks. "

Regarding Gilmore trade: Said it was A+ for Dallas

Source: The Athletic Football Show Podcast

 

[plasticman]

B

I like the trades. I like the roster move of cutting Zeke, although it saddened me. I kept waiting for that I-told-you-so comeback but it never materialized. Just like Dez, his decline began the moment he signed that new contract.

In the actual free agency part, they have done little more than resign the players they really wanted to keep.

I thought the smaller signings of Edoga and Jones were just backup plans in case the draft doesn't supply their needs. In the end, we will know the draft went well if we never have to use either of these guys.

I would have liked to see them sign a true notable free agent without a trade for future draft picks, perhaps a potential starting O-lineman or interior D-lineman.

In the end, I can't give them an "A" when they failed to take advantage of signing an impact veteran without having to exchange something of value like draft picks or another player.

 

[T-RO]

I would have liked to see them sign a true notable free agent without a trade for future draft picks

1. They gave up two 5th round comp picks and a 2024 6th for above average WR and top tier cornerback. That's an incredibly modest investment and these moves are getting huge raves around the NFL.

2. Not sure people get it, but by using Dallas approach they stayed in position for additional comp picks in 2024. That wouldn't be the case if we'd outright signed big FAs. Very good chance the two comp picks we traded...we'll get right back again next year.

 

[T-RO]

I can't find anyone in national football media not giving Cowboys an A.

Another one singing the praises: Pro Football Network.

"Dallas crushed the 'talent acquisition period' that is the free agency window.

Grade: A"

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/...trades-for-stephon-gilmore-and-brandin-cooks/

 

[Whyjerry]

Your crazy this is the best offseason in at least a decade

I don’t disagree but in Dallas that’s a relative statement. Happy so far but need to fix DT and get a starting quality G. The draft is huge.

 

[Loso86]

I don’t disagree but in Dallas that’s a relative statement. Happy so far but need to fix DT and get a starting quality G. The draft is huge.

In Dallas the type of offseason we are experiencing NEVER happen either so again they will address it but besides that no less than A-