Jerry Jones open to trading 2016 first-rounder

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Things that might be holding us up.

Brandon Carr
Morris Claiborne
Greg Hardy

Speculation: The Cowboys might be looking to trade Carr in June. The Cowboys might also be looking to see how healthy Claiborne is before making any moves at cornerback. Depending on how Hardy's appeals go, will determine how much the Cowboys have to actually pay him, which will determine how much money the Cowboys have left in free agency.
 

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Why does it have to be a trade for AP? Maybe we trade our first round pick for a young RB like Lamar Miller in Miami. He had over 1,000 yards rushing, is only 24 years old, and is in a crowded backfield so Miami might be willing to move him instead of just letting him walk for nothing next season.

Just saying that we might trade for a RB not named AP.

The only running back I would give up a 1st round draft pick for is Peterson.
 

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Right, so a guy who was in the league may have made a mistake and misquoted a date, and you think there are people on this board who know more than he does about this game. A guy paid by the NFL network as a analyst and host, who covers ALL the teams and is not just a fanboy reading all the blogs and newspapers on one team.

So should I believe you have little insight into our team because you misspelled McFadden's name in your post?

This is exactly the type of fishbowl you don't have to live in and be responsible to some guy out there in TV land who will parse your words and suggest you are clueless.

Perspective might be something you should latch on to.

Dude is a Philly radio host. I'm sure there's no bias in his Cowboys takes. Anyone who's spent any time watching him could give you an assessment of his merits as a pundit. Just because his view backs up your own doesn't make him infallible. More likely the opposite is true.
 

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To me the quote read more that he wasnt interested in it unless it was a deal that couldnt be passed up. Reading that quote and having AP come to mind is a serious reach.
 

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It would make a season ending injury to Romo twice as devastating.

No.
 

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Things that might be holding us up.

Brandon Carr
Morris Claiborne
Greg Hardy

Speculation: The Cowboys might be looking to trade Carr in June. The Cowboys might also be looking to see how healthy Claiborne is before making any moves at cornerback. Depending on how Hardy's appeals go, will determine how much the Cowboys have to actually pay him, which will determine how much money the Cowboys have left in free agency.

Trade Carr?

Not being a wise guy but I given Carr's lousy 2014 and his base salary this season of $8 mil, I can't see any team wanting to take that on.
 

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I would say lets keep the "youth movement" on track. I agree that if the back we need isn't on the roster, we could still get one somewhere else without paying such a steep price, the pick plus the huge salary is too much.
 

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Trade Carr?

Not being a wise guy but I given Carr's lousy 2014 and his base salary this season of $8 mil, I can't see any team wanting to take that on.

You'd be surprised at how valued some of the players we have disdain for, especially if they are better fits in another teams system.
 

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You'd be surprised at how valued some of the players we have disdain for, especially if they are better fits in another teams system.

And that's fair but I would think other teams are smarter than that... LOL!

Yeah I know.
 

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They just need to slow play this and act as if they are perfectly happy with their RBs. There are decent backs available right now and several more will be available when it's time for teams to cut down to 53. That is the time to trade for a big name back if that's what they want to do. RBs don't need much time at all to fit into an offense. If AD is still unhappy and is not giving the Vikings $13 million in value, they will feel a ton of pressure to do something and the price will be much lower.
 

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They just need to slow play this and act as if they are perfectly happy with their RBs. There are decent backs available right now and several more will be available when it's time for teams to cut down to 53. That is the time to trade for a big name back if that's what they want to do. RBs don't need much time at all to fit into an offense. If AD is still unhappy and is not giving the Vikings $13 million in value, they will feel a ton of pressure to do something and the price will be much lower.

And that's pretty much how they've played everything so far. You are correct in that I think if there is any movement at the spot it will be in August.
 

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Dude is a Philly radio host. I'm sure there's no bias in his Cowboys takes. Anyone who's spent any time watching him could give you an assessment of his merits as a pundit. Just because his view backs up your own doesn't make him infallible. More likely the opposite is true.

You do realize Baldinger was a Cowboy first. Right?
 

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You do realize Baldinger was a Cowboy first. Right?

Yep. And now he's a Philly guy.

There's this weird tendency to assume that status = merit. That's not really true. This guy makes Sterling Sharpe look prescient at times. Just because you agree with his take on this particular issue doesn't mean that he has exclusive rights to the truth.

As I pointed out earlier, he was all over the Danny Watkins pick. Unless he was commenting on his firefighting ability, he missed big there. It happens and your argument of Baldy said therefore I'm right is a poor one.
 

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Yep. And now he's a Philly guy.

There's this weird tendency to assume that status = merit. That's not really true. This guy makes Sterling Sharpe look prescient at times. Just because you agree with his take on this particular issue doesn't mean that he has exclusive rights to the truth.

As I pointed out earlier, he was all over the Danny Watkins pick. Unless he was commenting on his firefighting ability, he missed big there. It happens and your argument of Baldy said therefore I'm right is a poor one.

The difference is simple. The guy works as an analyst now. Bob Sturm is a Packers fan, he still does a job covering the Cowboys because that is what he's paid to do.

To suggest the guy made a comment about the running backs here in a negative light because somehow he is a diehard Philly guy ignores when he says positive things about Dallas. How do you justify that aspect? Becuase he was picking Dallas last year a great beal.

There are those that see both sides of the coin and others that have to have nothing but agreement with their position. I can discern bias versus a guy just doing his job.

He stated facts. Not much supposition there.

I don't need sugarcoating about this team. Others do. More power to them. But in this instance all I have seen is your willingness to find fault with his assessment, and not addressing anything but a misstatement of a year. That doesn't change the facts he stated one iota.

You chalk this up to my agreement with him. Again you assume a great deal about someone's opinion.

But in that statement, he offered facts about each player. Verifiable truth, save for his recollection of when one player was in Az. I have yet to see you dispute what he says versus you trying to smear him to discount his point.

This isn't a debate. It's merely a guy stating these guys haven't done squat. And until one of them does, he is right.
 
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