StarBoyz83
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I'm sure Dallas think there good now because they got haha
2 this year and a 4 or 5 next year and I’d do it.
Ha Ha is only on a one year deal. He's not what would keep the Cowboys from trading for Adams. It's the loss of high draft picks and the fact a new, high priced contract would have to be negotiated to have Adams longer than one year.I'm sure Dallas think there good now because they got haha
Exactly!!!!!
Ha Ha is only on a one year deal. He's not what would keep the Cowboys from trading for Adams. It's the loss of high draft picks and the fact a new, high priced contract would have to be negotiated to have Adams longer than one year.
Looks like idle fan chatter to me.
If the Cowboys were unwilling to give up the exorbitant asking price of a 1st and two 2nd's last year, in yet another vain effort to save a worthless head coach from being fired, they're not about to pay it now, six months later, and another year into the player's cheap rookie contract.
The draft is about acquiring cheap labor for as long as you can, not about giving up premium draft assets to pay top-of-the-market money for someone else's player.
It can work if you have a super bowl caliber roster, see us bringing in Deion Sanders in 95.
Problem is I thought we weren't that far off at the start of last season, but we were clearly much further than we thought.
I agree. Some fans think otherwise but they shouldn't be making the mistake of thinking their opinion is shared by the FO.That would be extremely shocking. They really like him and they need CB's. He's a lock to get extended unless he wants B. Jones type money.
I think most would agree that as a player Adams is the best we could hope for at safety, but it isn't just a matter of not wanting to pay someone, it's a matter of managing the salary cap and being able to be competitive long term. To do that a team can't keep giving away the opportunity to get high quality players on lower priced rookie contracts. That's a large part of the value in high draft picks. Without that it's hard to build something that can be sustained. It's not realistic to have a team full of high priced veterans, no matter how good they are on the field.
Spotrac has it listed as 17.4 million of cap space left, but regardless of the number, the way you are viewing it is overly simplistic. To begin with, I have a problem talking about making a deal for "splash" value - there is more to consider than how prominent the deal appears to anyone. But aside from that, how much room we have THIS year can't be the lone consideration. To have ongoing success teams have to consider future impacts, and expected future obligations and future flexibility to make deals. Specifically looking at Adams, his contract expires this season, and it will take a big commitment to keep him for 2021 and thereafter, and we can't act as if there won't be other commitments that have to be made next year and the year after that and the year after that. And if we keep giving away top picks making these kinds of deals we won't have the opportunity to offset whatever big contracts we have with high impact players on rookie contracts. And, again, it's not just about this year. That is a problem that can compound, and if the team isn't very careful it can freeze itself out of the ability to make deals in future years.There's a difference in making a splash here and there and having "a team full of high-priced veterans." The Cowboys have more than $20 million in cap space and that's with Prescott on the franchise tag. One they work out a deal with him, it will be even more.