Jerry acknowledges the cap restraints with Prescott's contract

[Risen Star]

Deserves it's own thread.

 

[Zordon]

"It's on you, Dak."

 

[cnuball21]

This is 100% a lie. We could create 50 million in cap space with restructures but this is Jerry’s out for being refusing to spend in FA.

50 million…

 

[75boyz]

I need a tearful Terrell Owen's gif saying "That's My GM"

 

[thunderpimp91]

This is 100% a lie. We could create 50 million in cap space with restructures but this is Jerry’s out for being refusing to spend in FA.

50 million…

While that’s true that $50M doesn’t just go away, you just push the bill down the road.

 

[Risen Star]

It's like he's preparing you for another bargain basement offseason.

 

[gtb1943]

It's like he's preparing you for another bargain basement offseason.

Should put up a sign at the office on the first day of FA:

"Dumpster Diving R US"

 

[thunderpimp91]

It's like he's preparing you for another bargain basement offseason.

I’m torn on that though. If they restructure daks deal it probably means they are willing to be players to some extent in free agency or the trade market. If they don’t they’re going with another year of scraps, but eat some big cap numbers and open themselves up to endless possibilities for 2024, including even going after another qb if dak can’t perform down the stretch again.

 

[Retro88]

I mean......you gave Zeke a bad contract and gave Gallup that contract coming off that injury. Surely that 77 mil guarenteed worth of bad decisions on top of trading Cooper for peanuts has something to do with it too.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Deserves it's own thread.

Jerry is not wrong even though he's the inept GM who gave him that turd that keeps us hostage.
Now Dak either start carrying your offense or do us fans a favor and take the rest of your money and get the heck out of Dodge forever!1

 

[mfiggs18]

My memory might be bad but I don't remember us being aggressive in free agency when Prescott was on his rookie contract

 

[ChronicCowboy]

The Dallas Cowboys are a second rate football program as long as Jerry is in charge.

 

[removed_20241105]

I need a tearful Terrell Owen's gif saying "That's My GM"

I literally inhaled a ton of cigar smoke reading your post. I guess thanks, but damn you killed me.

 

[The Fonz]

Hey Jerry

 

[Diehardblues]

Jethro is just responding to the media and public perception .

 

[thunderpimp91]

My memory might be bad but I don't remember us being aggressive in free agency when Prescott was on his rookie contract

I agree they could have been more aggressive if they wanted to but they had the Romo deal that ran through 2019 ( don’t remember what cap hits each year looked like), traded/signed cooper to a big deal, caved to zekes demands, and locked up the Great Wall of Dallas during that time. Had Collins not had issues and Frederick not been forced into early retirement we may have a completely different conversation.

Not saying all those moves were right however they didn’t have a ton of excess cap space those years either

 

[75boyz]

I literally inhaled a ton of cigar smoke reading your post. I guess thanks, but damn you killed me.

Sorry bud, I just thought it was appropriate being that we are discussing Jerry again, lol.

 

[big dog cowboy]

If the Cowboys would have paid Dak way back when they should have he would have only been what, $25-28M per year.

Imagine what they could do with an extra $20M in cap space right now.

We all knew that kicking the can of extending Dak down the road was a really bad decision. Now we are seeing exactly why and paying the price for Jerry's stupidity.

We are such or own enemies sometimes.

 

[thunderpimp91]

If the Cowboys would have paid Dak way back when they should have he would have only been what, $25-28M per year.

Imagine what they could do with an extra $20M in cap space right now.

We all knew that kicking the can of extending Dak down the road was a really bad decision. Now we are seeing exactly why and paying the price for Jerry's stupidity.

We are such or own enemies sometimes.

This is most likely irrelevant at this point. A couple years ago sure, but dak signed a 4 year deal so it would be time to renegotiate again anyways.

 

[RS12]

Don't kick the can down the road Jerry. Don't do it.