In today's NFL economy, the Cowboys must consider becoming bigger spenders if they want to keep up

Havic said:
If The eagles keep pushing money into void years, the league may address it sooner rather than later.
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Sure. It's common knowledge that to get to the top you mostly have to suck for a while. Pats and Chiefs are exceptions, not the rule. Name any other super bowl team that didn't benefit from some top draft picks they got from sucking.
 
kskboys said:
Yup. They'll tear it down, trade some vets and suck for a year or 2. Then back to contention. That's how it works, Jerry either doesn't understand that or won't admit it.

There are exceptions, but very few. Most super bowl teams have some studs drafted from when they sucked. And many have some extra draft picks from trading away valuable players. One of the big reasons Pats stayed in contention for so long was trading away vets for value. Yes it sucks, and no one wants to, but if you want to be in super bowl contention it's almost a necessity.
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Signing big time talent requires guaranteed compensation which requires owners to put between 75% and 100% in escrow. The owner has to be willing to do that. The Eagles owner, about 10 years younger than Jerry, not nearly as wealthy, just donated $50 million to a children’s hospital for an autism section. The largest single donation for the treatment and research of autism, ever. Obviously he’s not concerned with mammoth outlays of money for what he wants to do.
 
Bamx said:
There is more than enough evidence to show that the Cowboys front office has to be willing to spend a little bit more.

The Dallas Cowboys aren’t going to win the Super Bowl this season. At least that’s the sentiment of the oddsmakers, as ESPN has them ranked 19th at 50-to-1 odds this season. The perception of this football team is pretty low. We get it. They had struggles last year, they have a new coaching staff this year, and Jerry Jones is running the team, which many would consider a kiss of death.

The Cowboys have their work cut out for them, but are things really this bad? Why are they so far behind the other good teams in the league?

We discussed the great advantage the Philadelphia Eagles have given themselves by how Howie Roseman operates and how it’s a stark contrast to the Cowboys. The Eagles aggressively use void years to spend money now and push out costs into later years. Philly is on an island with how they use this:

  1. Philadelphia Eagles $452 million
  2. Cleveland Browns $248 million
  3. New Orleans Saints $164
  4. San Francisco 49ers $138
  5. Detroit Lions $94

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...e-agent-spending-micah-parsons-george-pickens
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it all evens out eventually with dead cap money they will incur. long term you are not spending more than cap.
so its a matter of do I want to spend money now, spread it over a few years. Jerry and Stephen want to limit how much money they spend now, because money in the future is worth less than money today. plus they are probably borrowing to pay for some of that, but eventually even it. so perhaps there is also interest to pay.

jerry doesn't look 2 years down the line. that's too far into the future. Jerrya nd stephen manage year to year.
there is a cap. so spending is limited.
we are 28th in dead cap money and that's because they hold players until end of contract to minimize that, despite performance.
they don't spend cash in FA, we are 16th in cash spending, mostly because of Dak, CD, but prior we were 26th.
we are closer to cap floor than cap ceiling.

and seats are filled. media talks about cowboys. we were on national TV all 17 weeks last year. and 5 prime time games this year despite a 7-10 record.
Jerry still collects all the jersey sales. he pays his top jersey players and fills the roster with JAGs..
 
The Eagles are sacrificing future seasons in the hopes that fans will have the memory of a multiple SB championship to tide them over during the 4-5 years it will take to recover.

After they won their Super Bowl in 2017 they went through four seasons of single digit wins while dipping to 4-11-1 in 2020.

Doesn't seem much different than Jerry Jones in the mid-90's. He brought in Deion for a record deal while still paying Aikman, Irvin, and Smith. The aftermath was brutal.

Sooner or later the dam is going to break and Eagles fans will have to endure their own Dark Ages.
 
plasticman said:
The Eagles are sacrificing future seasons in the hopes that fans will have the memory of a multiple SB championship to tide them over during the 4-5 years it will take to recover.

After they won their Super Bowl in 2017 they went through four seasons of single digit wins while dipping to 4-11-1 in 2020.

Doesn't seem much different than Jerry Jones in the mid-90's. He brought in Deion for a record deal while still paying Aikman, Irvin, and Smith. The aftermath was brutal.

Sooner or later the dam is going to break and Eagles fans will have to endure their own Dark Ages.
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Yeah but the problem is they are starting to draft well. Devonta, De Jean, Carter, Mitchell and that offensive line is the foundation....if they can keep that intact they will be ok. But Carter is on his way to being the highest paid DT so we will see.
 
plasticman said:
The Eagles are sacrificing future seasons in the hopes that fans will have the memory of a multiple SB championship to tide them over during the 4-5 years it will take to recover.

After they won their Super Bowl in 2017 they went through four seasons of single digit wins while dipping to 4-11-1 in 2020.

Doesn't seem much different than Jerry Jones in the mid-90's. He brought in Deion for a record deal while still paying Aikman, Irvin, and Smith. The aftermath was brutal.

Sooner or later the dam is going to break and Eagles fans will have to endure their own Dark Ages.
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but their dark ages only last a few years versus thirty years of mediocrity
 
gtb1943 said:
but their dark ages only last a few years versus thirty years of mediocrity
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Good point.

Not many teams out there will look bad comparing their last 30 years to the Cowboys.

Even when they were winning, it never led to anything.

Looking back depresses me, so looking forward....
 
plasticman said:
The Eagles are sacrificing future seasons in the hopes that fans will have the memory of a multiple SB championship to tide them over during the 4-5 years it will take to recover.

After they won their Super Bowl in 2017 they went through four seasons of single digit wins while dipping to 4-11-1 in 2020.

Doesn't seem much different than Jerry Jones in the mid-90's. He brought in Deion for a record deal while still paying Aikman, Irvin, and Smith. The aftermath was brutal.

Sooner or later the dam is going to break and Eagles fans will have to endure their own Dark Ages.
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They have said the same thing about Philly for years. "THEY"LL PAY ONE DAY!!!"

they have been to 3 SBs in the past 7 seasons, and won 2. They also had a 4th season of that 7, where they went 10-0 before it fell apart. They're the favorites to win it all again.

They didn't have some lean years because of this contract practice... they had some lean years because their QB (wentz) went south, and wasn't a championshipevel QB any longer after the one MVP type year. But once he dropped off...they got rid of him.

We resigned our declining QB and made him the highest paid QB/player in history

Stop making excuses for Jones...by saying "Philly will pay one day". A couple down years between SuperBowls? HA HA HA! we've done absolutely nothing for 30 friggin years!!!! Nothing this century. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!?!
 
plasticman said:
The Eagles are sacrificing future seasons in the hopes that fans will have the memory of a multiple SB championship to tide them over during the 4-5 years it will take to recover.

After they won their Super Bowl in 2017 they went through four seasons of single digit wins while dipping to 4-11-1 in 2020.

Doesn't seem much different than Jerry Jones in the mid-90's. He brought in Deion for a record deal while still paying Aikman, Irvin, and Smith. The aftermath was brutal.

Sooner or later the dam is going to break and Eagles fans will have to endure their own Dark Ages.
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Eagles fans’ memory lasts about 7 days, at most. The win over the Chiefs in the Super Bowl is already forgotten.
 
Havic said:
If it becomes a problem the league could implement changes on how the salary cap can be managed.
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Any change to the salary cap rules requires the players’ consent. I doubt the NFLPA will ever support a change that would restrict an owner from paying a player more money.

Dak is probably on a players’ committee that oversees that part of the CBA. Leadership!
 
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