In 2025 can we trust Jerry and Stephen with a lot of cap space?

[john van brocklin]

Can we trust them to spend on the RIGHT kind of guys, can we trust that there won't be a lot of off season word salad press conferences saying we DON'T have the money, when a site like over the cap tells us otherwise. Can they be trusted to take a peak at the top of the barrel and not the bottom barrel of players in free agency?

With their history i'm unsure, someone please post your thoughts and trust level on these 2 geniuses we have here!!!!

Short answer: NOPE !!!!

 

[kskboys]

There’s plenty of cap space for them to actually do things in free agency. They CHOOSE not to.

Nowhere in any of my posts do I say they have more cap space than any number of other teams. But the cowboys absolutely can do something/anything in free agency and actually sign some players worth a damn.

They just don’t because that’s who the Jones’ are.

Instead they’ll talk about pieces of the pie and gaslight fans into thinking their hands are tied which couldn’t be further from the truth.

Then they’ll go dumpster diving for vet minimum level players and try to sell them as answers.

Not anything.

 

[kskboys]

Trust and Jerry in the same sentence......that's scary and makes me nervous.

Yeah, unless it's about robbing his kid's trusts or something!!!

 

[Cowfan75Lives]

Cap Boy walked back Daddy's all-in remark. Cap Boy is even less interested in winning than Jerry.

 

[Creeper]

The Cowboys went through the entire 2024 off-season with barely any CAP space. The Cowboys made I believe one move to clear about $5 million in CAP space by restructuring Dak's contract. That was before they extending him restructuring again.

But they could have done a few things to clear CAP space. They didn't. That was deliberate. And that is what they will do again in 2025, most likely. I think Jerry did not sign CeeDee and Dak in March because he wanted the lack of CAP room as an excuse for not going "all in". Just my opinion.

In 2025, as of now, the Cowboys have about $23 million in CAP space, but only have 40 players signed. They will need to sign another 13 players complete the roster. Some of those will be draftees, some will be free agents. But that $23 million will go quickly without even signing any higher end free agents.

They can create more space by restructuring Dak. I wouldn't be they can. They can restructure CeeDee as well and they probably will. They can extend Micah and save even more CAP space. How much CAP room this creates will depend on how aggressive they want to be in mortgaging the future. But if 2024 is any indication of the future, none of these deals will get done before free agency ends. In other words, we will not see a lot of free CAP space in Dallas, I don't think. They will clear just enough to put together a roster.

But let's assume Jerry is aggressive and clears $100 million as some people have suggested. Why? Jerry is not going to sign high priced free agents because that would be an admission his was wrong in the past. He will keep the free CAP space low enough so he can use it as an excuse not to sign anyone.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I think Jerry did not sign CeeDee and Dak in March because he wanted the lack of CAP room as an excuse for not going "all in". Just my opinion.

Sorry man but that just isn't the case.

2024 was a salary cap reset year. It wouldn't have matter when Dak or CeeDee were signed.

 

[Flamma]

Can we trust them to spend on the RIGHT kind of guys, can we trust that there won't be a lot of off season word salad press conferences saying we DON'T have the money, when a site like over the cap tells us otherwise. Can they be trusted to take a peak at the top of the barrel and not the bottom barrel of players in free agency?

With their history i'm unsure, someone please post your thoughts and trust level on these 2 geniuses we have here!!!!

What cap space? I'm seeing around 20 million, and that's before paying Parsons. They're using a lot of the space to eat up a big chunk of Dak's cap hit.

 

[big dog cowboy]

What cap space? I'm seeing around 20 million, and that's before paying Parsons. They're using a lot of the space to eat up a big chunk of Dak's cap hit.

If they restructure a couple of deals, they can create $60M+ and that's without touching Dak.

 

[ArtClink]

Can we trust them to spend on the RIGHT kind of guys, can we trust that there won't be a lot of off season word salad press conferences saying we DON'T have the money, when a site like over the cap tells us otherwise. Can they be trusted to take a peak at the top of the barrel and not the bottom barrel of players in free agency?

With their history i'm unsure, someone please post your thoughts and trust level on these 2 geniuses we have here!!!!

Jerry and his idiot son have memorized the salary cap rules. Based on the past 29 seasons, I’d say they can’t be trusted for two reasons listed below. Jerry and Stephen’s effectiveness is not as good as the examples below.

1. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut
2. A stopped clock is right twice a day

 

[Creeper]

Sorry man but that just isn't the case.

2024 was a salary cap reset year. It wouldn't have matter when Dak or CeeDee were signed.

Incorrect. Extending Dak save $11 million against the CAP and signing CeeDee to a new contract saved them $9 million, but it could have been more. If these deals were done in March, Dallas could have had somewhere around $30 million ins CAP room and Jerry would not have had an excuse not to sign a player or two. Derrick Henry cost $8 million per year. His 2024 CAP number is around $5.5 million. Just one example.

 

[Flamma]

If they restructure a couple of deals, they can create $60M+ and that's without touching Dak.

That's pretty cool. Because they don't intend to touch Dak. It's good to know they have other options.

 

[Rajveer]

Can we trust them to spend on the RIGHT kind of guys, can we trust that there won't be a lot of off season word salad press conferences saying we DON'T have the money, when a site like over the cap tells us otherwise. Can they be trusted to take a peak at the top of the barrel and not the bottom barrel of players in free agency?

With their history i'm unsure, someone please post your thoughts and trust level on these 2 geniuses we have here!!!!

We can trust them not to spend it on free agency. We can trust them to spend it on washed up players. We can also trust them not to spend it on two legged running backs.