How do we avoid another giant whiff in free agency?

[_sturt_]

Fire and replace Will McClay?

Fire and replace his staff?

Both?

Discuss.

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Will has done a fine job over the past few years. While most will call his last FA haul a whiff, he didn't cripple us either.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

You sign your own top FAs and don't let them get away.

You try and get one or two good FA signings that help the team that might actually cost money.

Chances are they will do the first but only pinpoint a couple of players for the second category like they did with JJP last year but lost out on.

IF we get lucky...they target a guy like Earl Thomas but only if the price is right. We know he wants to be here, but it will depend on how much he wants in whether he really wants to be here
as they will probably not pay him as much as others will pay him.

Not saying it is right or wrong...it is just the way the Cowboys do it now.

We used to be big spenders and made big splashes in FA and for the most part it would not pay off, just like for the most part it does not pay off for some other teams like the Commanders...or that 200 million dollar D line that the Giants got that only worked about one season.

Problem was they went from one extreme and got burnt to another extreme and for the most part seem to timid to pull the trigger and get back into it like they used to do. There has to be a happy and productive medium in there somewhere but it seems like have yet to find it IMO.

 

[Fletch]

Fire and replace Will McClay?

Fire and replace his staff?

Both?

Discuss.

McClay is not the problem.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

You work with the budget you are given.

 

[Trouty]

McClay is not the problem.

He isn’t.

I still think we should hold off on huge signings for one more season until we see how Dak does.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Will has done a fine job over the past few years

While most will call his last FA haul a whiff

completely contradictory statements.

 

[Jake]

Fire and replace Will McClay?

Fire and replace his staff?

Both?

Discuss.

Fire the GM?

Oh wait, this is Dallas. That does not happen.

 

[jobberone]

McClay is an asset. As @BrAinPaiNt stated there has got to be a sweet spot when it comes to FA.

 

[The Quest for Six]

McClay isn't the problem and this notion that free agency is the cure all, may I direct you to the NY Giants who spent over 120 million on contacts to fix their defense and it's been getting worse over the last two years.. You build through the draft and re-sign your own free agents you want to keep....you only sign a free agent piece if you're missing that one key part but Dallas isn't anywhere close to needing just one main piece...

 

[Knotamus]

You fire McClay today... he’d have a GM Job tomm. That’d would be the biggest knee jerk reaction of the year. He’s help us find talent, control our salary cap, and has been loyal to Jerry when he didn’t have to.

 

[jobberone]

completely contradictory statements.

Not in context. You're going to whiff on some FAs and get lucky with others. Nature of the beast.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

completely contradictory statements.

I don't see that. McClay and his staff have done a good job over the last few years IMO. last year, they just missed. Again, everybody can be great when you have 50 mil to spend. its harder when you are working with much less,

 

[Sydla]

McClay is an asset. As @BrAinPaiNt stated there has got to be a sweet spot when it comes to FA.

They seemingly have no clue what the sweet spot is.

 

[John813]

Scouts are fine. I can't recall if the cheap FA mandate was from McClay or Stephen, but it has its merits.
We can now re-sign Martin and D-Law(franchise) with ease.
We just need to fine tune our free agent signings. Even when we spent a decent amount in the cheaper era, we struck out with Thornton at the 1 tech. Luckily, it didn't cripple us $ wise

 

[Jake]

They seemingly have no clue what the sweet spot is.

I think it's the place where they add the secret sauce.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Fire and replace Will McClay?

Fire and replace his staff?

Both?

Discuss.

So you think McClay decides who we sign in FA and who we dont? ah no, that would be Jerry and Stephen.

 

[Sydla]

I don't see that. McClay and his staff have done a good job over the last few years IMO. last year, they just missed. Again, everybody can be great when you have 50 mil to spend. its harder when you are working with much less,

Maybe but then again, I immediately have to question anyone that thought Nolan Carroll was a good signing. Now was McClay on board with that or was that simply a Marinelli override?

I get the notion that Stephen Jones apparently has yanked the purse strings in FA the last few years. But even within such a tight budget, who is the one who has made calls on guys like Moore, Carroll, Thornton, etc?

 

[jobberone]

They seemingly have no clue what the sweet spot is.

Give it a rest. Both drafting and FA has been better than average since McClay arrived.

 

[The Natural]

McClay isn't the problem and this notion that free agency is the cure all, may I direct you to the NY Giants who spent over 120 million on contacts to fix their defense and it's been getting worse over the last two years.. You build through the draft and re-sign your own free agents you want to keep....you only sign a free agent piece if you're missing that one key part but Dallas isn't anywhere close to needing just one main piece...

Jacksonville signed 3 starters in FA who all looked really good imo. You're very rarely missing just one part in free agency, you have to be aggressive in improving the team, something we refuse to do.