Jerry Jones Doesn't Expect Cowboys To Be Big Spenders In Free Agency

[Trouty]

And tried to cover itself in free agency. Something that you can't do.

Fair enough, Toruk. But we are bit different, we have drafted exceptionally, so for me, we should be players in FA. Just a piece. Nothing crazy like NYG. Just get a good player to augment in with this developing juggernaut.

 

[Bowdown27]

Denver found some FA pieces to get them over the top: Manning, Ware, Talib.

I just want one guy: a guy off the edge. It's the one piece missing from the team.

My exact idea

 

[J_Allen]

The only good thing Brandon Carr has brought to this team is that he taught Jerry and Stephen a lesson about signing free agents to huge contracts.

He has not even earned one quarter of it and I will never understand how anyone defends his play. Anthony Brown has come in as a rookie at probably less than 1/20th of the price and outplayed him.

 

[tyke1doe]

And tried to cover itself in free agency. Something that you can't do.

Or look at the Dolphins. How did their big free agency hauls of the last few years work?

Indy should have been investing in its line to protect Luck. At this rate, he'll be a battered quarterback by the time they get him help up front.

 

[visionary]

We should be targeting the next 3-4 years as our prime years. If we "learned" not to spend in FA then we are just stupid. Idea should be to spend smart

We need 2 pressure players who need double teams, 1 DE and 1 other pressure player either another DE or DT difference maker

Reality is that we are likely to get only one of these (maybe) in the draft

We need to supplement via FA

Despite CZ opinion D Law is a JAG

 

[Nightman]

Blue chip DEs tend to go early in the draft and Dallas will be picking late in round one. It might be tough getting what is considered an elite prospect at that position but I'm pretty sure we'll try. I'm hoping the FO might change their mind about taking the FA route if a good one becomes available. In any case, we won't know until next year about that, so it's yet to be determined. Perhaps a trade might be the answer by then. Tony Romo for a good DE, perhaps? H-m-m -- you never know.

Look at this year.......it was Dodd-1 and Ogbah-3 at the top Round 2 and neither has stood out....Spence has been a lot better but he had drug issues and still has just 5.5 sacks

Even Bosa-5.5 and Bruckner-3 in the top 5 aren't killing it....LFloyd is leading rookies with 7 I think

The Draft doesn't always work and it rarely works quickly

I would love to trade TRomo for Richardson, Clowney or Bruckner

 

[Nightman]

Crawford is one of the worst signings. The dude hasn't done **** to merit the contract, and certainly hasn't done **** to justify it.

I don't hate TCrawford.......I just want more production and less projection

He is in a tough spot switching from 3T to SDE but he is being paid to star and not just get pressures and hurries

 

[Doomsday]

And this is what people fail to understand. Sure, it sounds great to say let's go out and get the best young DE available in free agency. But free agency isn't anything liek a grocery store where you just go and buy what you need. Its more like second hand store.

Cowboys are going to have to draft the guy that will be that pass rusher. There's guys out there every draft that fall through the cracks. Trust your scouts and try and find them. Sounds like a long shot but that's how it is.

The pass rushing may have to come from our linebackers or a Jaylan Smith if he can get healthy.

I don't hear people calling for us to bring in an elite young pass rushers from free agency.

What I do hear, is people calling for us to find a proven DE who may be past him prime but can contribute. Guys like Freeney, Peppers, Abraham, Ware, etc have been available to be picked up in FA for a reasonable price and been able to help their teams. Right now we have no one who can get any pressure from the outside, picking up a guy like Cameron Wake in the off season would be a nice stop gap.

 

[Nightman]

I don't hear any one calling for us to bring in an elite young pass rushers.

What I do hear, is people calling for us to find a proven DE who may be past him prime but can contribute. Guys like Freeney, Peppers, Abraham, Ware, etc have been available to be picked up in FA for a reasonable price and been able to help their teams. Right now we have no one who can get any pressure from the outside, picking up a guy like Cameron Wake in the off season would be a nice stop gap.

I want an elite young pass rusher

 

[darthseinfeld]

Look at this year.......it was Dodd-1 and Ogbah-3 at the top Round 2 and neither has stood out....Spence has been a lot better but he had drug issues and still has just 5.5 sacks

Even Bosa-5.5 and Bruckner-3 in the top 5 aren't killing it....LFloyd is leading rookies with 7 I think

The Draft doesn't always work and it rarely works quickly

I would love to trade TRomo for Richardson, Clowney or Bruckner

I like to say some times JJ Watt and Khalil Mack had fewer then 10 sacks as rookies COMBINED.

You can never count on a rookie no matter where they are drafted to provide a consistent rush

 

[Doomsday]

I want an elite young pass rusher

We all do, but that isn't happening in free agency and we won't have a top 10 pick.

Getting a stop gap, for a year or two while we try to develop one from the draft is a win, win to me.

 

[KingintheNorth]

We should be targeting the next 3-4 years as our prime years. If we "learned" not to spend in FA then we are just stupid. Idea should be to spend smart

We need 2 pressure players who need double teams, 1 DE and 1 other pressure player either another DE or DT difference maker

Reality is that we are likely to get only one of these (maybe) in the draft

We need to supplement via FA

Despite CZ opinion D Law is a JAG

Agree with everything except D Law being a JAG. He is not an elite pass rusher. I think he can be an above average starter at LDE if there was a real pass-rushing threat on the opposite end.

We are low-key stacked at DT... Terrell McClain, Cedric Thornton, Maliek Collins, Tyrone Crawford (who is not a DE and needs to take a pay cut to stay IMO), and the interior pass-rushing threat David Irving. I also think that If Charles Tapper comes back, he will be better inside than outside. We are a few DE away.

And don't forget a ball-hawking, center fielder at free safety. Byron is a Swiss-army knife, but hasn't really shown me any ball skills.

 

[visionary]

Agree with everything except D Law being a JAG. He is not an elite pass rusher. I think he can be an above average starter at LDE if there was a real pass-rushing threat on the opposite end.

We are low-key stacked at DT... Terrell McClain, Cedric Thornton, Maliek Collins, Tyrone Crawford (who is not a DE and needs to take a pay cut to stay IMO), and the interior pass-rushing threat David Irving. I also think that If Charles Tapper comes back, he will be better inside than outside. We are a few DE away.

And don't forget a ball-hawking, center fielder at free safety. Byron is a Swiss-army knife, but hasn't really shown me any ball skills.

Problem is that our FO does not s em to understand the importance of DT, MLB or safety

They are likely to blow their wad on CBs

 

[Nightman]

Agree with everything except D Law being a JAG. He is not an elite pass rusher. I think he can be an above average starter at LDE if there was a real pass-rushing threat on the opposite end.

We are low-key stacked at DT... Terrell McClain, Cedric Thornton, Maliek Collins, Tyrone Crawford (who is not a DE and needs to take a pay cut to stay IMO), and the interior pass-rushing threat David Irving. I also think that If Charles Tapper comes back, he will be better inside than outside. We are a few DE away.

And don't forget a ball-hawking, center fielder at free safety. Byron is a Swiss-army knife, but hasn't really shown me any ball skills.

You had me until you went after the Senator....Jones has solidified the Defensive Backfield

 

[bsbellomy]

DAL never has spent big on FAs......it is nothing new

Carr. LDavis, RW11(kinda) and a handful of OL since Deion

LaRoi Glover I think we gave a big contract to. Rocket Ismael? I guess if we're counting RW11 then we might throw Joey Galloway in there. I wouldn't say getting other teams players have been hugely successful for us.

 

[Biggems]

Jerry sure likes Smith. It would be nice if he could actually play.

On the free agent front, I wouldn't mind getting a pressure guy off the edge like JPP. Doesn't look like that's going to happen though.

Draft the DE from FSU, DeMarcus Walker. Add Keionta Davis in the middle rounds, or even the kid from Villanova, whose name I cannot spell without looking at it...Kpassagon or something like that. I also like Hall, out of A&M in the mid rounds as well.

 

[BAT]

FRISCO, Texas – The most important stretch of the season begins on Sunday night for the Cowboys, but the big picture is always a popular topic in the NFL.

With that in mind, it’s understandable that team owner/general manager Jerry Jones fielded some questions about the future on Friday during an interview with 105.3 FM The Fan.

Notably, Jones was asked about the Cowboys’ salary cap and how aggressive they might be in free agency this spring. The Cowboys haven’t been big spenders in free agency in recent seasons, and Jones seemed to indicate that might be the case again in 2017.

“Of course we do have draft picks coming, and that’s the preferable way,” Jones said. “As you know, you usually overpay tremendously in free agency.

link/http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...nt-expect-cowboys-be-big-spenders-free-agency

Defensive rookies rarely make immediate impacts, which does not bode well for a team trying to win championships NOW. Need that catalytic player off the edge Jerry, trade or (over) pay, just get him.

Keep drafting guys too. Going to need pass rush from everywhere.

 

[BAT]

Or you continue to do what made you Super Bowl caliber in the first place. Draft well.

Super bowl caliber and Super bowl winner are not necessarily the same. Follow Landry, Jimmy and Elway's methods. Those are actually proven to produce multiple Super Bowl appearances, but more importantly WINS.

 

[bsbellomy]

I like to say some times JJ Watt and Khalil Mack had fewer then 10 sacks as rookies COMBINED.

You can never count on a rookie no matter where they are drafted to provide a consistent rush

Sure but they all have to be rookies at some point. And the guys in FA are not Khalil Mack and JJ Watt. Those guys don't make it to FA.

 

[Trouty]

I like to say some times JJ Watt and Khalil Mack had fewer then 10 sacks as rookies COMBINED.

You can never count on a rookie no matter where they are drafted to provide a consistent rush

And this is, precisely, the point of us advocating a nice, single, FA signing, Marine.