If you could only pay one Who would you pay Collins or Leary

[Clarkson]

Leary is the better player right now, but he's going to get good money as FA this offseason, and it won't be from the Cowboys. He's definitely not coming back, and they have Collins under control, so it will be La'el. He should be able to be at least as good as Leary with more time.

 

[ilykdrama]

Sign both with Romo Cap Savings. Then relegate Free to be a backup.

You can't tell me Collins with an offseason WOULDN'T be better than Free at RT. Free is THA. WORST.

 

[bigdnlaca]

Free is signed.
Leary is a FA.
Collins is under control for 2 more years.

Free is signed until next year but can he be released? I'm just asking because Leary and Collins is better than Free at this point and I don't want to put all my faith into Green.

 

[Nightman]

You can't tell me Collins with an offseason WOULDN'T be better than Free at RT. Free is THA. WORST.

Cutting Free saves the team 5m but Collins isn't the answer.....CGreen is the RT of the future

Leary is a luxury we can't afford with TSmith, TFred and ZMartin

Collins is a better run blocker and Leary the better pass protector but Collins can get better and doesn't have explosive knees

 

[calvin]

Sign both with Romo Cap Savings. Then relegate Free to be a backup.

Unwise. Simply put you really can't have 70% of your cap invested on one side of the ball. Dallas is already extremely weighted toward offense. To sign Leary and Collins just makes that inbalance even greater.

Dallas needs to let one guy go. In the era of free angency in the NFL you simply can't afford to pay everyone. Look at seattle. They let Golden Tate walk and they knew he was special. They also had to let Byron Maxwell go and they knew he wasn't special.

Collins was starting over Leary for a reason. Thus I expect Dallas will opt for let Leary sign elsewhere as a FA, sign Collins long term, and use the compensation pick(s) for Leary to add more young players to their roster (on defense). The only way to sustain what Dallas as is through the draft. Look at how many impact players Dallas got from this draft. Those 4th and 5th round picks can be gold if you draft well.

 

[tyke1doe]

Mute question...I'd still keep both, and go from next season. That would allow for more selection choices in the very next draft.

Moot = irrelevant, not applicable
Mute = to silence

FYI

 

[Swanny]

We can't pay everyone. I think Leary will be cheaper. but I'm not sure so who would you pay?

Collins because we get him in the cheap I think for another year or two

 

[CATCH17]

It was just my opinion. I would pay leary yet I know they will pay collins after martin gets paid.

For the record I would also pay terrance williams but I don't think they will do that either.

They will bring back T. Will. He's not going to have a big market.

 

[Clarkson]

Free is signed until next year but can he be released? I'm just asking because Leary and Collins is better than Free at this point and I don't want to put all my faith into Green.

I've read the team sees Collins as a dominant G, not really a T. Leary will just cost a lot to re-sign; someone is going to give him legit $$ this offseason. You have a cheaper option at G who should be just as good sooner rather than later.

 

[Derinyar]

They will bring back T. Will. He's not going to have a big market.

I think you're wrong. If the Cowboys do something in the playoffs the top couple of fa will probably get some contracts that they didn't quite earn. T. Will is close in production to a couple of guys who signed last year, in Sanu and Mavin Jones. They both got good deals that i doubt we would want to meet for TWill. People pay for #2 WR for some reason and it doesn't frequently work out well.

 

[yentl911]

Keep Leary at G and move Collins to RT and call it a day for the next 6/8 years.

 

[CCBoy]

Unwise. Simply put you really can't have 70% of your cap invested on one side of the ball. Dallas is already extremely weighted toward offense. To sign Leary and Collins just makes that inbalance even greater.

Dallas needs to let one guy go. In the era of free angency in the NFL you simply can't afford to pay everyone. Look at seattle. They let Golden Tate walk and they knew he was special. They also had to let Byron Maxwell go and they knew he wasn't special.

Collins was starting over Leary for a reason. Thus I expect Dallas will opt for let Leary sign elsewhere as a FA, sign Collins long term, and use the compensation pick(s) for Leary to add more young players to their roster (on defense). The only way to sustain what Dallas as is through the draft. Look at how many impact players Dallas got from this draft. Those 4th and 5th round picks can be gold if you draft well.

That reasoning would have changed the Purple People Eaters into the Moody Blues.

The Cowboys offensive line is in a similar league of excellence...break it up?

 

[Clove]

Right now the answer is neither. Collins hasn't done enough to get paid yet and Leary is likely to get paid more then he's worth on the open market.

Yeah you're right, let's leave a HUGE hole in our otherwise, stellar line. This makes sense.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Why do we automatically assume we are better with Leary? Sure Zeke started to run better after Leary entered the lineup...but that was due to the game slowing down for Zeke not necessarily anything Leary was doing so much better than Collins.

Collins has more upside, is younger and doesn't have a degenerative knee issue.

You let Leary walk this offseason and plug in Collins.

This doesn't even seem like a question to me. The answer should be obvious.

Leary is just a better oliheman than Collins. He has better fundamentals and more physical. Collins whiffs a lot trying to make the highlight reels.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Whichever one will be cheaper to allow us to re-sign Zack Martin in a few years.

 

[Idgit]

Given that we have to sign Martin, too, I think we probably plan to let the other OG walk and replace him when the time is right. With Collins, though, you have him for a few years and there's a chance he either develops into a truly elite G for you or you can maybe use him at OT (I'm not a fan of this possible move, but it's a consideration). I'd let Leary walk (too expensive and with a degenerative knee and he's expecting to get paid--as he should). I'd keep it an open question on Collins if he develops, but would likely consider letting him walk, too, if he doesn't become too good to let go. We can find a quality OG to develop over the course of the next two years.

 

[jrumann59]

Given that we have to sign Martin, too, I think we probably plan to let the other OG walk and replace him when the time is right. With Collins, though, you have him for a few years and there's a chance he either develops into a truly elite G for you or you can maybe use him at OT (I'm not a fan of this possible move, but it's a consideration). I'd let Leary walk (too expensive and with a degenerative knee and he's expecting to get paid--as he should). I'd keep it an open question on Collins if he develops, but would likely consider letting him walk, too, if he doesn't become too good to let go. We can find a quality OG to develop over the course of the next two years.

In the NFL you only need two elite interior players. You can hide a weaker talent on the interior than you can on the outside. Look at the 90s team before Larry they had lesser talent at guard. After Larry became a starter at guard they had lesser talent at centet

 

[Idgit]

In the NFL you only need two elite interior players. You can hide a weaker talent on the interior than you can on the outside. Look at the 90s team before Larry they had lesser talent at guard. After Larry became a starter at guard they had lesser talent at centet

Yeah. I've always looked at the OL where you use premium resources for your blindside OT (top-15 pick, if necessary). You can fill OC and RT positions at the end of the first through the mid-2nd rounds. OGs are a different story. I don't have a problem with taking one if he's BPD (like we did with Martin), but there are a tone of guys in the draft every year who were either quality college OTs from big programs who are too slow-footed to play OT at the next level or talented OG/OTs from smaller college programs who can get into an NFL strength program, add weight, and give you quality reps a few years down the OL if you know what to look for exactly and are patient with development. Those are just guidelines, but you sort of get the picture. Leary falls into that category, since he fell to the middle rounds with an injury flag.

Use the higher picks and the cap dollars to get us 8+ DLs who have unique talent and who can actually rush. Develop the OGs and the RBs (I know, ducking) from picks in the middle rounds where they can actually be found.

Which begs the comment, because it can't be said enough. I can't believe how lucky we got getting a quality starting QB in the 4th. That frees us up in so many ways to fix this defense. It's a godsend.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Short term...Leary.
Long term...Collins.

 

[CCBoy]

Short term...Leary.
Long term...Collins.

That probably is the answer...as the asking price for Collins isn't in the neighborhood of what Leary would expect as a free agent, this next off season.