How we can get rid of Dak easiest financially?

[CT Dal Fan]

To answer the original post, the easiest way to get rid of Dak is to let him play out his contract, take on the $59 million cap hit this year, then let him walk next offseason.

Cutting him before or after June 1 equals cap hell in 2024 and 2025. Trading him is not an option since he has a no-trade clause.

Of course the Cowboys could save huge swaths of cap space by extending Dak; which would cause Cowboys Zone to implode and probably make some moderators quit.

 

[Jayinem]

To answer the original post, the easiest way to get rid of Dak is to let him play out his contract, take on the $59 million cap hit this year, then let him walk next offseason.

Can't we make him a June 1st cut and save like 30 mil?

 

[Reid1boys]

Except this is mostly false narratives you're throwing out there.

The Broncos were in the playoffs the year before manning arrived, won the super bowl with one of the worst version of Manning's career. The year after he left they still had a winning record.

The Steelers haven't had a losing season since Big Ben left.

The Colts are probably a good example post manning. They had back to back .500 records the last two years of Luck though so it's not like they were a loaded team that the bottom just fell out without a QB.

The Saints are a decent example too, but they also had several losing seasons with a healthy Drew Brees on the roster. They also haven't had this massive drop off either going from 12 wins with Brees to 9 wins with Winston, and faced cap issues once Brees left, part of the reason Payton left.

The 2014 Cowboys also missed significant time from Dez, McLain, Hitchens etc. ....I hate that he was even a Cowboy but Greg Hardy too. This is one of the best examples but that Cowboy team had a number of issues and threw in the towel after that Panther beatdown that year. The Cowboys are also 9-8 without Dak, most of those losses coming from the 2020 year when the didnt win with Dak either.

Not saying QBs dont matter but even in the examples you gave even going from HOF QB to scrub isn't making massive swings in most cases. It seems to be about a 3 game swing. Plenty of examples where teams move on from QBs and actually get better, we just saw one in Brady retiring.

It's not false narratives. You say they dropped 3 games...well 12 and 4 vs 9 and 7 is like day and night. The examples I have are clear. With the qb I mentioned they were actual sb contenders. Without, they had no chance, regardless of those "impressive," 9 won seasons.

 

[Reid1boys]

Dak fans are funny.

If you ate referring to me as a dak fan, you clearly don't read my posts. Help me out diehardblues.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Can't we make him a June 1st cut and save like 30 mil?

No. The choice is the whole cap hit in one year or the whole cap hit split over the next two years.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

How we can get rid of Dak easiest financially?​

There isn't a way. He'll cost Dallas tens of millions of dollars no matter what you do.

Should be rephrased: How can we get rid of Dak the least harmful way?"

 

[Manwiththeplan]

But it’s about Dak ;

Can one of you expert explain to me -,us How we can get rid of Dak easiest: financially.

Can we cut Prescott today if so, what would be the implication Moneywise?

What happens if we cut Dak after June 1?

What happens if we trade Dak?

Is there any way to cut him or trade him without incurring dead cap space?

I read that if we let him play the season out and then we trade him or he leaves next year we will still have $60 million in penalties is that correct?

don't extend him this year keeping his cap number at $60 million and then next year while he's playing elsewhere eat his cap charge of $36 million

 

[Captain-Crash]

how bad do you want him gone? ask the guys who took Hofa for a ride.




/s

 

[Hadenough]

1. Any trade needs to approved by Dak. Limiting options
2. Cut pre June 1st designation: 61mil cap hit, or 2mil more dead cap than his current 59mil cap hit.
3. June 1st cut now/before the 18th: 25,45mil dead cap this year. 36mil dead cap next year. (5mil roster bonus on the 18th)
4. Zero ways of not incurring dead cap, even if he walks next year due to void years in 2025 and 2026 coming home to roost next offseason.
5. If he plays out his contract as is, next year dead cap is still 36mil.

Well looks like that turd is unflushable.

 

[Section446]

He's not going anywhere... Team isn't serious about winning.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

Yes but look at the cap savings, which would allow you to at least maneuver and sign players. Getting rid of him is not a death sentence.
You can field a good team and not bottom out, which Jerry just will not due.

Just a hypothetical, make that move and draft Pennix Jr in the 2nd or third round. I would love to have signed Minshew, or Jacoby Brisset. We need an innings eater until we find the next guy. Hell the Niners got lucky with Purdy,
Cowboys got lucky with Dak and Romo, stuff happens.

Much of Prudy and Dak's success comes from the fact that they are on teams that have a decent O-Line and playmakers to take the pressure off. Put either of those guys on one of the bad teams and they would be out of the league in a year.

 

[Captain-Crash]

he's still selling jerseys to gullible fans and jerry loves that. If sales drop he might be gone sooner.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Much of Prudy and Dak's success comes from the fact that they are on teams that have a decent O-Line and playmakers to take the pressure off. Put either of those guys on one of the bad teams and they would be out of the league in a year.

Which could be what Jerry's hoping. Tua and Goff extend, Vikes/Bears/Bronco's draft and Fields traded to LV.
Dak may well (will) get the money, but where's he willing to struggle on a poor team ?

 

[Zekeats]

Is this a real thread? Let him play out his contract this year and say good bye!