CFZ How would you grade this year's FA class?

[DanA]

that's why fans cant be GMS we got 3 for one all whom were and will continue to be important to our team,. I grade that last bullet point an F

also, you do realize Bob wasn't coming here for 7mil that was Seattle hometown discount to finish his career there he would have wanted 2 plus years at 20+ mil total type contract, why do fans not understand how that works sometimes. A player like Wagner looked for money first , when he wasn't being pursued hard enough , he settled to go back and finish it where it started.

Tomlinson might have been a nice idea but sacrificing 2-3 players for him is Again, why a fan can be GM with salary capped league and a roster limit.. Wilson and Fowler were big parts of our D last year. maybe another way to land Tomlinson but im betting they had long meetings discussing these moves and found it best to go the way they did, hopefully the draft can land us a NT/1T of the future. we can hope..

BUT ill trust those actual football minds in meetings of the minds and this is the decision they made for the sake of the team are more correct then fans and their wish lists.

If your argument is “I’ll trust those actual football minds in the meeting” then you’re probably in the wrong place. It’d get pretty boring if every debate was resolved by someone saying they’ll trust those football minds. Are we all to happily clap every decision now?

The 3 for 1 is also a bit basic. Did Fowler play a big role with 343 snaps last year. And what’s the plan to develop Williams? Armstrong, and Fowler are in their final year, and D-Law has just an extra year beyond that. I’d feel better if the 5th DE (which isn’t an “important role”) was a rookie (in a strong DE draft) getting ready to fill that void.

Ronald Jones obviously isn’t hard to replace. I’m not even sure he’ll have a role. Certainly it’s something we could have done after the draft if it was even necessary.

Wilson is a bit harder to replace, but there’s plenty of evidence pointing to a good DT having a bigger impact than an undersized safety. There isn’t a contender in the NFL that has anything close to as weak a DT room as we have and I don’t believe that can be properly addressed in the draft.

I never actually stated we’d get Wagner for 7m here like he did at Seattle but I can appreciate that I wasn’t 100% clear. I don’t think the discount was that big though when you look at what he was paid in LA and that he had a lot of interest in coming to Dallas. Chances are Tomlinson takes a small discount to come here over Cleveland too.

 

[Captain43Crash]

Defense still 1 good DT away in my opinion, also need another high-end corner as both Joseph/Wright fails last yr when given the opportunity.

D tackle MUST be improved!

A defense cannot be dominant unless it’s D line is VERY stout! The D line still needs upgrades. Get rid of Bohannan and Gallimore, and find someone better( this should not be too difficult).

 

[Bullflop]

Compared to what the C'boys' FO did in the past, it'd be wrong to withhold a vote of thanks for their veteran FA job this year!

 

[Cowboyny]

Bland, Diggs, Gilmore gives you a very good (dare I say great) cornerback grouping. Jourdan Lewis will be back and is a good #4. Izzy Mukuamu was starting to flash at the end of last season and figures to slot in as your 5th CB.

I wouldn't doubt that they are looking corner in the first few rounds too. The DB group is going to be rock solid.

The DT group is the weakest on the team IMO. I actually like Osa and Golston as your 3-techs but Hankins and Bohana ain't going to get it done at 1-tech. I imagine they will be adding a veteran and a draft pick at this position going into camp.

This offseason gets an A from me. The Cooks and Gilmore signings get you pro bowl talent for the cost of a late round compensatory pick and they come with reasonable contracts too. I also really liked the decision to retain LVE and Wilson. Those guys are very important to the success of the defense and are your two leading tacklers. Ronald Jones was also a nice pickup on the cheap. Tagging Pollard is the one move I am not so sure about but if you had let him walk, your running back depth chart is Ronald Jones, Malik Davis, and Rico Dowdle. You have no idea what you could get out of those players for a full season.

Letting Schultz and Zeke go was 100% the correct call on both players too.

All in all, the Cowboys have had a very productive offseason thus far. Going into the draft they have no holes in this roster and can just load up on the best players sitting there when they pick.

DT remains the biggest concern on defense, will they address it with a high pick?

 

[Beaker42]

Right now it’s a solid B. Games will tell the tale.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

A. This is best team on paper that the Cowboys have had since the 90s. The defense has no weakness. This is before the draft as well.

Jury is out if they can stop the run.

 

[baltcowboy]

Jury is out if they can stop the run.

The stopped the best running team in the NFL in the playoffs. If the quarterback showed up we would have won the game.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The stopped the best running team in the NFL in the playoffs. If the quarterback showed up we would have won the game.

Jury is still out. I don’t buy what they did against the 49ers for that reason. Dak wasn’t very good. Could’ve easily put up 30 on us that day if they needed too.

 

[quickccc]

I was expecting 1 big WR in either fa or the trade market, thought OBJ was the favorite. Wanted both Hankins, Robinson to fortify the NT position and thought they would either resign Lve or sign Bobby Wagner.

What they did:

-Did add a veteran receiver via the trade market in Cooks, but were also able to restructure his deal.
-Lve was resigned, but surprisingly they also were able to keep Donovan Wilson
-Probably the biggest surprise was them adding a legitimate #2 corner in Gilmore
-Just did resign Hankins back, but it doesn't appear Robinson is in play, rather they are going to bring back Watkins
-Cooper Rush was also an important resigning.
-They were able to restructure Tyron Smith Contract based on his availability.
-Smartly they decided to move on from Zeke all together

-Nobody likes to see the tag used for a running back
-Did lose Shultz, McGovern, Brown
-Failed to find a kicker

Have to give the front office an A- grade. They were able to retain their key defensive role players, added a legitimate #2 WR/CB and made some good decisions about veteran contracts. All this and they still have room to do even more, along with Zeke's money coming in June.

- Trades do not normally include in FA, .. but these are similar to the Robert Quinn type low risk high reward trades .. mere late round draft picks for established plug and play vets

- LB - they are banking on Clark and maybe another LB prospect. Otherwise we will have just decent -serviceable LB impact. No difference maker in LVE and we
dunno what will become of Clark, but an offseason will help.

- i think we will pick up both another TE and another RB (mid round) and expect that RB to be another Mclay- Pollard find. We have two vet RBs on just one year deal.
and the world is besetting Bijah Robinson to the Cowboys at 26th ..(which i think Eagles will pounce him first)
For what it is worth, i don't think Robinson is a "generational " RB. and i don't think he's quite pre-ACL Barkley, but at No.26th, I do agree with selecting him at that spot.

- And that TE will only be picked high if they think he is a blue chipper in the 1st rd, or a well regarded to pass up in the 2nd or 3rd round.
ME: i am not for drafting a TE in early rounds just for us having a new TE - only if he is blue chipper or well regarded ..and there's no Kyle Pitts.in 2023 draft.

 

[quickccc]

How can you fail at something when you don't try?

Very obviously, this is a low priority for the Cowboys. Might not be a priority at all.

whoa, big dog .. lol

they care.. they just won't pay the world for one .. but they want to scope their option late in the NFL draft or vet options post-draft, such as
they may even do mummy ancient FG kicker Robbie Gould.

 

[baltcowboy]

Jury is still out. I don’t buy what they did against the 49ers for that reason. Dak wasn’t very good. Could’ve easily put up 30 on us that day if they needed too.

The real question is why didn’t Dak perform. The insiders/talking heads believe it was the interior of the offensive line. I think because of a lack of weapons. We need an elite pass catching tight end and a young running back to work with Pollard.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The real question is why didn’t Dak perform. The insiders/talking heads believe it was the interior of the offensive line. I think because of a lack of weapons. We need an elite pass catching tight end and a young running back to work with Pollard.

I honestly don’t know. Dak had his issues but guys running poor routes or the wrong routes just seem to be something I don’t think should be happening in big games. Our best players don’t step up in these games it seems….they did in Tampa….not the week after.

 

[shabazz]

We've said that for years. Clearly the Cowboys think much differently about the DT position than most in here.

Just because we were ranked 28th against the run at one point is no reason to think shoring up the DT position would help……y’all got to trust in the process

 

[shabazz]

I honestly don’t know. Dak had his issues but guys running poor routes or the wrong routes just seem to be something I don’t think should be happening in big games. Our best players don’t step up in these games it seems….they did in Tampa….not the week after.

Tampa was a weak team that shouldn’t have been in the playoffs…..the Giants would have beat them.

 

[Cowboys5217]

The real question is why didn’t Dak perform. The insiders/talking heads believe it was the interior of the offensive line. I think because of a lack of weapons. We need an elite pass catching tight end and a young running back to work with Pollard.

The real answer is that Dak is not elite.

 

[baltcowboy]

I honestly don’t know. Dak had his issues but guys running poor routes or the wrong routes just seem to be something I don’t think should be happening in big games. Our best players don’t step up in these games it seems….they did in Tampa….not the week after.

Tampa and Philadelphia the offense was on point. Washington and San Francisco the offense couldn’t get out of its on way.

 

[baltcowboy]

The real answer is that Dak is not elite.

Maybe but Dak was outstanding against two top defenses in Philadelphia and Tampa at the end of the season. Dak is a good quarterback. We can win with him.

 

[big dog cowboy]

whoa, big dog .. lol

they care.. they just won't pay the world for one .. but they want to scope their option late in the NFL draft or vet options post-draft, such as
they may even do mummy ancient FG kicker Robbie Gould.

I agree, but that doesn't mean they failed.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Tampa was a weak team that shouldn’t have been in the playoffs…..the Giants would have beat them.

I don’t know that. It’s easy to say in hindsight they didn’t belong but teams were picking the Buccs to win. It’s still Tom Brady. Mind you this same team beat us week 1 and beat us two years straight.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Tampa and Philadelphia the offense was on point. Washington and San Francisco the offense couldn’t get out of its on way.

No…it couldn’t. Two years in a row and lost essentially the same way to the same team hurts.