News: How the Cowboys could upgrade their roster by exploiting teams with serious salary cap issues

[Hardline]

The 2020 season is over and we can now officially turn the page and look ahead to the upcoming season. While a new year brings with it a fresh start, it also comes with some financial challenges in the form of a reduced salary cap. Last season, each NFL team had just a smidge under $200 million to use on players, but due to the lost revenue from the pandemic, it has been long predicted that the salary cap will be reduced. The actual number has not officially been determined at this point, but word on the street is that we’re likely to see a 10% dip.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...UkfIZvL6cC9fJnTc_kmUTN_0fNx7kk7TTxWHXod-yTLgY

 

[zrinkill]

The Jones boys could not take advantage of a peewee football team in negotiations..... Much less a professional football team.

 

[Uncle_Hank]

It's a nice thought, but we're over the cap as soon as we sign Dak Prescott to anything. There are a handful of contracts we can restructure, but that gives us enough money to sign the draft class and a couple of bargain bin free agents. The only way we can go shopping for impact players is if we June 1st a couple of veterans. We probably should do that, if we're being honest.

 

[Loso86]

The Jones boys could not take advantage of a peewee football team in negotiations..... Much less a professional football team.

Umm lol ok

 

[Loso86]

It's a nice thought, but we're over the cap as soon as we sign Dak Prescott to anything. There are a handful of contracts we can restructure, but that gives us enough money to sign the draft class and a couple of bargain bin free agents. The only way we can go shopping for impact players is if we June 1st a couple of veterans. We probably should do that, if we're being honest.

Actually if we sign him we will be better off if we tag him were screwed

 

[Uncle_Hank]

Umm lol ok

Oh. lol

 

[Uncle_Hank]

Actually if we sign him we will be better off if we tag him were screwed

Problem is unless Dak finally agrees to that 5-year deal, his first year cap hit is going to be pretty close to the franchise tag. We'll see what happens.

 

[jazzcat22]

Problem is unless Dak finally agrees to that 5-year deal, his first year cap hit is going to be pretty close to the franchise tag. We'll see what happens.

how do you get this?
No way it come close to the tag if structured correctly.

 

[gjkoeppen]

The 2020 season is over and we can now officially turn the page and look ahead to the upcoming season. While a new year brings with it a fresh start, it also comes with some financial challenges in the form of a reduced salary cap. Last season, each NFL team had just a smidge under $200 million to use on players, but due to the lost revenue from the pandemic, it has been long predicted that the salary cap will be reduced. The actual number has not officially been determined at this point, but word on the street is that we’re likely to see a 10% dip.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...UkfIZvL6cC9fJnTc_kmUTN_0fNx7kk7TTxWHXod-yTLgY

Here's what your Danny Phantom's little chart doesn't show is it does not account for players the Cowboys don't plan on bringing back whether they are free agents and/or don't have any guaranteed money on an existing contract that if they are release adds more space to the cap. What is accounted for are the top 51 contracts but there aren't 51 players on a roster when things are said and done. Now besides Prescott there are some other player the Cowboys will try to resign and because of that the Cowboys like all the other teams won't have money to spend on players that either become cap casualties that will want larger contracts or be willing to spend draft capital for players with larger contracts than what they may be able to sign their own players for. All you're doing is what seems to be a big past time for some here and that is to play GM.
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[CowboyRoy]

The 2020 season is over and we can now officially turn the page and look ahead to the upcoming season. While a new year brings with it a fresh start, it also comes with some financial challenges in the form of a reduced salary cap. Last season, each NFL team had just a smidge under $200 million to use on players, but due to the lost revenue from the pandemic, it has been long predicted that the salary cap will be reduced. The actual number has not officially been determined at this point, but word on the street is that we’re likely to see a 10% dip.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...UkfIZvL6cC9fJnTc_kmUTN_0fNx7kk7TTxWHXod-yTLgY

Huge, huge opportunity for Cowboys to find some much needed talent at a discount this year. It will be a buyers market. Need to get Dak signed so we can open up the cap space this year.

 

[Loso86]

Problem is unless Dak finally agrees to that 5-year deal, his first year cap hit is going to be pretty close to the franchise tag. We'll see what happens.

Depends, even if he does a 4 year deal the cap hit that first year COULD be around 20 or so

 

[817Gill]

Problem is unless Dak finally agrees to that 5-year deal, his first year cap hit is going to be pretty close to the franchise tag. We'll see what happens.

His first year cap hit will be nowhere near 37M if he signs an extension. Not even a chance.

 

[fivetwos]

His first year cap hit will be nowhere near 37M if he signs an extension. Not even a chance.

No, because the player pockets a large signing bonus in year one, so the first year salary is itself is low.

The team knows it can restructure a deal like this in future years to create cap room, and its easier to do over a longer term, which is probably why Dallas wants a longer deal.

 

[Uncle_Hank]

I encourage everyone to look at the QB contracts that have been signed in the last four years or so. The first-year cap hit tends to be pretty flat compared to the rest of the contract. You can't have a $20M hit on a $40M AAV deal without making up the difference someone else. It's no different than restructuring base salary.

The reason QB deals are different is because the value is so high. You can have a $5M first year hit on a $10M AAV contract because pushing the extra $5M into future years isn't a big deal. Trying to spread out $20M or so over three or four years is a lot harder to pull off.

 

[reddyuta]

Jerry is buying wine from a gas station,i question everything he does from now.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

The Jones boys could not take advantage of a peewee football team in negotiations..... Much less a professional football team.

Don't fret guys, the Cowboys' brain trust got this under control. They are scientifically engineered and manufactured as well as programmed to deal with these lower specimens of human matter to gain advantageous control of the situation to enhance their status and ranking among the higher elites and upper echelon of the National Football League. And if that doesn't work, there is always next year, Right?

 

[ShaneFalco]

This article highlights why you see QBs specifically making waves right now. Very uncharacteristic and just a few days after the SB no less. Their agents have told them that if there ever was a year that you could finagle your way outta town this is the year to do it. Teams that are strapped have to look at the long term effects and monetary cost going forward in very unstable economic conditions.

 

[Jake]

The 2020 season is over and we can now officially turn the page and look ahead to the upcoming season. While a new year brings with it a fresh start, it also comes with some financial challenges in the form of a reduced salary cap. Last season, each NFL team had just a smidge under $200 million to use on players, but due to the lost revenue from the pandemic, it has been long predicted that the salary cap will be reduced. The actual number has not officially been determined at this point, but word on the street is that we’re likely to see a 10% dip.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...UkfIZvL6cC9fJnTc_kmUTN_0fNx7kk7TTxWHXod-yTLgY

The author's faith in the Cowboys front office far exceeds my own.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Pay all the players the league minimum and then have a handshake agreement to pay them 20 million dollars a year as the hot dog stand person after their football career is over. J/K

 

[fivetwos]

I encourage everyone to look at the QB contracts that have been signed in the last four years or so. The first-year cap hit tends to be pretty flat compared to the rest of the contract. You can't have a $20M hit on a $40M AAV deal without making up the difference someone else. It's no different than restructuring base salary.

The reason QB deals are different is because the value is so high. You can have a $5M first year hit on a $10M AAV contract because pushing the extra $5M into future years isn't a big deal. Trying to spread out $20M or so over three or four years is a lot harder to pull off.

Teams tend to try to structure the cap numbers to be higher in future years under the assumption that the cap will increase each year.

The first year is the easiest to get a player to agree to a lower base salary since the signing bonus was paid that year.