How Do the Eagles Have This Much Cap Space?

[jgboys1]

Remember when people here were warning that paying Dak that ridiculous contract was going to affect the team you can field?

And here we are!

 

[Proof]

Remember when people here were warning that paying Dak that ridiculous contract was going to affect the team you can field?

it’s not, and doesn’t. hurts has a larger contract than dak. stephen loves guys like you

 

[StarOfGlory]

I just read that Josh Sweat has restructured his contract despite higher offers from other teams? Something isn't right. We can't afford players and Howie signs whoever he wants?

Well, Philadelphia does have a U.S. Mint, maybe they really do just print money out there.

 

[LittleD]

Don't you dudes know by now that Jerry and Stephen only shop for free agents at the Dollar Store and Walmart. They love their guys and spend their money resigning them. Jerry makes more quan than any other team owner and folks, the NFL is his family business.

 

[thunderpimp91]

it’s not, and doesn’t. hurts has a larger contract than dak. stephen loves guys like you

It does effect the Cowboys though. It's not Daks fault though, its the structure of the contract along with the general philosophy of our front office. Dak is 4 years + 2 void years at $40M per year. Hurts is 5 years + 4 void years at $51M per year. The structure of Daks contract from the start was terrible for the Cowboys. Hurts despite being a larger AAV will never have the cap hit the Cowboys have this year. They'll come close in 2028, but they have plenty of flexibility to move his cap number around. Granted they'll be paying it off for a longer period of time odds are $10M in 2032 is the going rate for a backup QB by then.

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

it’s not, and doesn’t. hurts has a larger contract than dak. stephen loves guys like you

They didn't do anything on Dak's rookie contract. It will be interesting to see if they move on from Dak after 2024. Because then their lack of moves in free agency can no longer be explained by Dak's contract. So then when the Eagles do as they usually do in free agency, Stephen can't defend his like of action by hiding behind Dak's contract.

He'll probably still insist that his way of going all in isn't the same as what fans view as going all in. They have a time period after Dak leaves to prove that it was really his contract holding them back and not just their stubborn way of thinking they can win a Super Bowl by solely using the draft and cheap bargain bin players.

 

[jgboys1]

it’s not, and doesn’t. hurts has a larger contract than dak. stephen loves guys like you

We had our shots with Dak. Rookie contract and a relative cap friendly hit for the first few seasons of his current contract. Now it is time to pay him the rest of that contract or reconstruct and extend his existing contract.
The eagles are probably looking at the same window. They probably have another 2 years to win it all before it is time to either pay or cut Hurts.

 

[HungryLion]

The cowboys could make all of the signings the eagles are making….. if they wanted to.

The cowboys cap is the way it is because that’s what Jerry and Stephen want.

Don’t let them off the hook. It’s not “magic”. It’s not the eagles “cheating”. It’s not even Dak.

The cowboys FO is the least aggressive FO in the league.

They don’t have to be aggressive and they don’t have to go for it because they have 100% job security.

 

[Verdict]

The Eagles are much less likely to get themselves into the situation we have with Dak. 60m is inexcusable.

While it’s not the only example of why we have issues it a HUGE part of it. Having a player like Mahomes at that cap hit would be hard, but with Dak at that cap number it’s such a handicap. He’s a good (not great) QB but he’s just not worth anywhere near that amount of money.

 

[NFCBeasts]

I read that Dak is making over 20 million more next year than Hurts, Smith, and Brown combined.

That helps.

But he deserves it

Not sure if you knew this but he was a one vote getting mvp runner up.

And if not for the refs , multiple head coaches , offensive line sucking , poorly ran routes , dropped balls, and bad defenses …. they 2-5 playoff record would have been 3-4

 

[32BellyOption]

cap is fake

This is true. But the morons we have running this team haven’t a clue.

 

[CWR]

imagine having a gm and a culture players like

Their culture was absolutely horrible last season. The GM has been know to curse out the coaches after wins if they run too much. The agendas in Philly are not at all a stable culture. They have a beat reporter who did an entire podcast series on how screwed up they were when they had a 10-1 record.

 

[Captain-Crash]

I don't know, maybe they don't have the Jones losers as owners? I'm grasping at straws right now.

 

[charron]

Because they want to. it's been posted here multiple times the Cowboys can make room if they want to. They don't so they leave things to appear as if they can't sign anyone.

 

[Sydla]

I just read that Josh Sweat has restructured his contract despite higher offers from other teams? Something isn't right. We can't afford players and Howie signs whoever he wants?

They know how to manipulate the cap, we do not or refuse to. It's why they've been in two SBs in 6 years and we haven't sniffed one in 27.

What Howie does is basically load cap hits into future years and essentially banks on the cap going up and up to eat up some of that pushed money. Sure, there is a risk there but unlike our two dopes, Roseman tries to be all in every year.

 

[BleedSilverandBlue]

They are better at the cap than us
And their QB isn't taking 60 million of it

He makes more than Dak on an annual basis, but they have structured the cap hit to basically be devastating at the end of the contract.

Dallas could have flipped a few switches and had $50+ mil of free cap space for this season, but simply opted to do nothing as per usual.

 

[CowboyChris]

If the eagles sign Simmons then it is over. The East is theirs.

or Sneed

 

[Davidlee1973]

What is interesting about the cap is compare the cap in 2025 & 2026 between the Eagles and Cowboys and we have $270 Million and they have $61. Of course we have Lamb, Parsons and Prescott to resign.

Parsons will cost more than dak. We should trade him to the bears for their #9 and second rd pick. They would take it in a second. Could get two top offensive lineman and real dt. Cple that with a lb with our 2nd and rb I’m the third. Then get depth. We be set. But that just makes too much since.

 

[ATXSRT]

2024 cap hit for
Jalen Hurts - $13,558,800
A.J. Brown - $12,380,000
Saquan Barkley - $3,905,000
Devonta Smith - $6,400,000
Total - $36,243,800

Dak's cap is double that alone lol

 

[bysbox1]

2024 cap hit for
Jalen Hurts - $13,558,800
A.J. Brown - $12,380,000
Saquan Barkley - $3,905,000
Devonta Smith - $6,400,000
Total - $36,243,800

That's insane. And they probably have plenty of room to add Simmons and whatever holes they have after the draft . . .