I am all for smart cap usage, but what's the plan? *Merge*

[dwreck27]

Im very disappointed in this F.O. with the lack of moves we have made to improve our roster....

It seems everyone is hell bent on only improving via the draft not realizing we are in a 2 to 3 year window... Remember once Romo is gone we are going to in effect be in a rebuild trying to find our next QB and remember how long it took us last time to find a QB after Aikman...

We were a bad call away from the NFC championship game and who knows what could have happened there if we had made it... but to just keep losing pieces left and right then assume were going to find an impact pass rusher in the late 1st round and a quality bell cow RB who we can ride with our current JAGS on the roster is a little mind boggling when i thought we would keep the band together and maybe purse a piece or two via Free agency

 

[pancakeman]

This needed a new thread?

 

[The Natural]

We should not be "rebuilding" whenever Romo decides to hang it up, the o-line and skilled position players will be experienced enough that a young QB should be able to come in and succeed.

 

[GiveDezdaBall88]

dumb post, Murray had the most touches in NFL history; Why bring a guy back that is a certanity to decline esp at the money he wanted when we can get just get a stable of RB's that are actually fresh in the playoffs. Murray blew aginst the Lions and cost us the Packer game

 

[Aven8]

I keep hearing about the draft as well, yet last time I checked we are picking late and missing some picks!

Sign Ro back, get Hardy, and maybe AD and i will be ok.

 

[gimmesix]

Im very disappointed in this F.O. with the lack of moves we have made to improve our roster....

It seems everyone is hell bent on only improving via the draft not realizing we are in a 2 to 3 year window... Remember once Romo is gone we are going to in effect be in a rebuild trying to find our next QB and remember how long it took us last time to find a QB after Aikman...

We were a bad call away from the NFC championship game and who knows what could have happened there if we had made it... but to just keep losing pieces left and right then assume were going to find an impact pass rusher in the late 1st round and a quality bell cow RB who we can ride with our current JAGS on the roster is a little mind boggling when i thought we would keep the band together and maybe purse a piece or two via Free agency

I don't think anyone thinks we can solve everything through the draft. But a lot of us think we can't solve everything by throwing ridiculous money at free agents, either.

Instead, we're willing to wait somewhat patiently to let FA play out before we become outraged.

 

[jterrell]

It really is hard to believe you made it through that post without any emojis.

This is an add and subtract league.

Dallas was NEVER going to pay DeMarco like that.

As for the rest, free agency is hardly over. As TWill said... DON'T PANIC!

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

This needed a new thread?

Well, yeah. How else was such run-of-the-mill whining going to get noticed around here?

 

[dwreck27]

dumb post, Murray had the most touches in NFL history; Why bring a guy back that is a certanity to decline esp at the money he wanted when we can get just get a stable of RB's that are actually fresh in the playoffs. Murray blew aginst the Lions and cost us the Packer game

Im not saying sell the farm for Murray but to allow ourselves to wait and hope we get a home town discount instead of going and grabbing a quality RB in f.a like maybe forsett who i think would have been very serviceable here

 

[dwreck27]

There's time yet to improve the roster. So far, the front office has played things perfectly. We've lost some pieces because other teams were prepared to overp


Well, yeah. How else was such run-of-the-mill whining going to get noticed around here?

Cool. Tell me who you think we can add currently that is available(dont bring up the draft) that would help us improve and get better next year...

/dont worry ill wait

 

[GiveDezdaBall88]

Bring me AD or Gurley/Gordon and im fine

 

[Nightman]

I'm not a fan of either extreme strategy but if I have to choose between "Free-spending Jerry" and "Conservative Jerry" give me the spender, because at least that's trying. Trying beats not trying every single time.

One thing that stands out these past several years is Jerry always needs themes. One year, we are going to spend big on man corners. Other years, we are all about second chances. Now, we are sitting back and being "smart". This isn't prom, this is building a football roster, we don't need themes. Every day the GM should be exploring possibilities to getting better. Not sitting on their hands. Not playing chicken with this team's ability to contend for championships. Go out and get better, by any and all means. Anything else besides that strategy is failure.

The problem is that we aren't keeping the players that we are signing in the draft. So is the plan to run the team on guys on rookie contracts?

That is the problem I have with the FO, they are always reacting to trends. They have all this dead money because they believed in restructuring contracts and right when the cap starts rising steadily they abandon that strategy. They are taking a 27m cap hit on Romo this year on purpose.

Now we can't even get our core guys signed. What are we saving money for if won't spend it on our guys or the other guys. We don't have a top draft pick, so building that way is harder. If they change midstream and spend big money later then all this penny pinching on a 12-4 will look like a wasted opportunity.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Not going to panic, but our losses are starting to mount. It's not that each individual player was that great, but the collective loss of that many players is disturbing

Right now we are significantly worse than when we ended the season in GB

 

[Tabascocat]

Not going to panic, but our losses are starting to mount. It's not that each individual player was that great, but the collective loss of that many players is disturbing

Right now we are significantly worse than when we ended the season in GB

Yea, a little worried that those average players will be filled with below-average players now. We need Hardy. no ifs ands or buts.

I don't want Dallas going into the draft needing both a RB and a DE, especially early.

 

[LittleD]

Not going to panic, but our losses are starting to mount. It's not that each individual player was that great, but the collective loss of that many players is disturbing

Right now we are significantly worse than when we ended the season in GB

Just keep contemplating about all those compensatory picks we'll have to salivate over next year.
Championship!!!

 

[garyv]

My personal feeling is if I'm a general manager I build through the Draft. Each year 3 of your first 4 Draft picks
should be starting for you or very close. When doing this it keeps a cheaper roster and when 2nd year contracts
come up you keep the best and if someone hasn't produced during their initial contract you let them walk. This
way you keep churning your roster and saving on ridiculous contracts like Demarco Murray got from Philly.

With the Salary Cap you have to build through the Draft but this is why the Scouting Department is so valuable. You also need to find a couple of UDFA gems.

 

[Dale]

Look at New England this offseason and I think you'll see what we're trying to do. They let perhaps the best corner in the game go, and they lost their other starting corner. And it's nothing different than what they do every single offseason.

Granted, we're no New England. But I think the front office is trying to adopt a similar philosophy. Go into the offseason with a set plan and don't deviate, even if it means you lose some talent along the way. Their hope has to be that the plan is strong enough in its origin to overcome the loss of any single player.

 

[visionary]

We should not be "rebuilding" whenever Romo decides to hang it up, the o-line and skilled position players will be experienced enough that a young QB should be able to come in and succeed.

1-800-QB

 

[RamziD]

Eh, I'd rather have a rookie in the 1st or 2nd round.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

are we interested in anybody?