Jerry says he plans on Dez playing for Cowboys next year

[Verdict]

Really
Dez was never getting cut this year

Stay tuned.

 

[Verdict]

yup, create some dead cap $$$ for the next 4 years. Irvin was far worse than Dez, don't think Dez was ever caught sittin on a kilo of coke trying to hide in from Johnny Law but that's OK. Irvin was one of the most disruptive players on the sideline when things did not go his way....maybe we should have cut him!

Maybe. But we should definitely cut Dez.

 

[kskboys]

And Wade Phillips is my coach and will not be fired.

 

[Verdict]

And Wade Phillips is my coach and will not be fired.

There ya go!

 

[shawn_]

So Garrett has no say in the matter? This is one of the reasons we're sitting home.

amen... This is THE #1 problem on the team!!!

 

[ehwqkbmg]

He'd be insane to keep Dez around. Cut him and have fun with the $12.5m in cap room.

 

[JBond]

So Garrett has no say in the matter? This is one of the reasons we're sitting home.

The more Garrett shuts the hell up and does nothing, the better for the Cowboys. Continue to let the coordinators run the team. The red headed genius is happy collecting his check.

 

[starcity214]

Didn’t agholor lead the league in drops his first year? I know he graded out as the literal worst receiver in football. Now he’s an integral part of the offense. Julio, Amari, Kelce, jimmy graham, Devante Adams, Adam thielen etc etc right there with dez in drops. Doesn’t absolve him but it happens

Shhh!!

Facts have no place here!!

The narrative here is that our stud, future HOF QB is being handicapped by Dez Bryant.

Oh, and Don't even think about bringing up the fact that all other receivers including Witten had a down year also..

The narrative says it was "bad coaching".

Every one in this organization sucks!
Everyone except Dak Prescott.

 

[starcity214]

It’s easier to double cover Beasley because he is one dimensional. Everyone knows he’s gonna run that 6 yard out route on 3rd and 4.

Maybe Bease isn’t as one dimensional as the team makes him be. I’m just saying that Crayton was a more versatile player. He could catch balls down field and be a consistent 3rd down option.

Just one question, why didn't Crayton light it up after he left?

 

[robjay04]

Just one question, why didn't Crayton light it up after he left?

Crayton actually had the highest YPG of his career the first season he left but injuries slowed him down like they do a lot of receivers over 30.

 

[Cowpolk]

Maybe. But we should definitely cut Dez.

No we should not

 

[bleachedwheat]

I do think dez should go but only because if his 12.5 per year is on the books the cowboys won't be able to retain all the talent they need for next season. They will have to give up a DLaw, Hitch, Cooper or Irving. I say instead of cutting dez, get something out of him. He is probably worth a middle of the 4th round pick with his salary which is about 170pts. Swap picks in the 3rd round with the Colts it is actually a perfect 170pt swap, they get dez and the Cowboys get the third pick in the 3rd round. Its plausible because the Colts have the third most cap space available, and I think if they got Dez they could resign Hilton and have a pretty good 1,2 at receiver. Why risk a bidding war in FA the colts would do this deal.

The Cowboys would jump from 20M in cap space to 32.5M and would be able to sign DLaw to a deal like 4 years 60M that takes 15M off the cap leaving 17.5M put a second round tender on Irving nobody will take him -2.5M. That leaves 15M sign Cooper for a 2 year 6M dollar deal, down to 12M resign Hitch he will probably go for 6M per year, I would do 3 year 18M that leaves 6M to sign your draft picks. You can't sign anyone in Free Agency with the remaining cap. Unless you restructure Crawford's contract or cut Scandrick and Mayowa or Witten retires. This fills a lot of your holes that would be there anyway so you can just focus on the draft. I would trade back in the first and grab an extra piece to trade up in the second.

P29 trade down DT Harrison Phillips, use the pick you gained from the trade down, then move up and get LB Leighton Vander Esch in the top half of the 2nd then grab OTJamarco Jones at the top of the third with the colts pick, Pick up two WR in the 4th Jaleel Scott and Cedrick Wilson, in the 5th get SS Tre Flowers and CB DJ Reed. In the 6th get TE Tyler Conklin and finish it off in the 7th with RB Ralph Webb.

That's my far fetched round about way to stabilize the roster until 2019 when Romo's money is finally off the dead cap along with a couple others. You would still owe Dez 4M in dead money in 2019 but with the opening up of some salary space that year, you can sign Zack Martin to his Massive Contract.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Plain and simple for me. Every time JJ opens his mouth, I get more and more depressed about the future of this team.

I have no doubt JJ wants to win, but his loyalty at any cost to coaches and players is a detriment to this team.

 

[conner01]

Didn’t agholor lead the league in drops his first year? I know he graded out as the literal worst receiver in football. Now he’s an integral part of the offense. Julio, Amari, Kelce, jimmy graham, Devante Adams, Adam thielen etc etc right there with dez in drops. Doesn’t absolve him but it happens

Just looking at drops is misleading, you have to factor in targets. Julio is always near the top in drops but also targets. And I’m betting everyone would take Julio
There are parts of dez game I don’t like, mostly the lack of separation. Some of that is the routes he runs. I think few would be upset if dez was cut IF we had someone to replace him. But we don’t have that guy. I think we will draft a WR this year, maybe a couple and maybe one of them developed into that role but it’s not gonna be this year

 

[Proof]

Just looking at drops is misleading, you have to factor in targets. Julio is always near the top in drops but also targets. And I’m betting everyone would take Julio
There are parts of dez game I don’t like, mostly the lack of separation. Some of that is the routes he runs. I think few would be upset if dez was cut IF we had someone to replace him. But we don’t have that guy. I think we will draft a WR this year, maybe a couple and maybe one of them developed into that role but it’s not gonna be this year

Dez was one of the most targeted receivers in the league as well. And I’m not just looking at drops, it was the point of contention so I pointed out other receivers who also have similar drops. And of course everyone would prefer Julio but removing drops can we look at how many more tds Dez has than Julio ? Even when he’s struggling?

 

[BigD_95]

So Garrett has no say in the matter? This is one of the reasons we're sitting home.

Well Jerry is the GM. He is in charge of the roster

 

[conner01]

Dez was one of the most targeted receivers in the league as well. And I’m not just looking at drops, it was the point of contention so I pointed out other receivers who also have similar drops. And of course everyone would prefer Julio but removing drops can we look at how many more tds Dez has than Julio ? Even when he’s struggling?

Dez is much better than Julio in the red zone
Dez drops are not as big an issue as the lack of separation and some of that, too me is the routes he runs
Dez is not going anywhere unless we have an option to replace him
That said like every other player in big contracts I would be looking to find that replacement before you actually need it, if for no other reason it gives you options

 

[Proof]

Dez is much better than Julio in the red zone
Dez drops are not as big an issue as the lack of separation and some of that, too me is the routes he runs
Dez is not going anywhere unless we have an option to replace him
That said like every other player in big contracts I would be looking to find that replacement before you actually need it, if for no other reason it gives you options

I agree for the most part aside from the separation issue as it’s bed. Proven demonstrably false. It’s a routes issue as you said, but I still find it incredibly difficult to buy in that he “can’t” run many routes so much as they use him for a specific purpose based on the bunk offensive philosophy. He’s not taking the top off of a defense, so separation issues will obviously be an issue on go routes or long developing routes. Just like him up all over the field, I still don’t understand why that’s not a priority. Slants and digs are his wheelhouse, he’s physical enough to box guys out on shorter routes, he’s a big target and he’s a YAC monster. I just don’t get it. Seems like he and Dak would be much better suited on a shorter quicker attack with guys like butler and t will providing the occasional deep attack based off play action etc

 

[conner01]

I agree for the most part aside from the separation issue as it’s bed. Proven demonstrably false. It’s a routes issue as you said, but I still find it incredibly difficult to buy in that he “can’t” run many routes so much as they use him for a specific purpose based on the bunk offensive philosophy. He’s not taking the top off of a defense, so separation issues will obviously be an issue on go routes or long developing routes. Just like him up all over the field, I still don’t understand why that’s not a priority. Slants and digs are his wheelhouse, he’s physical enough to box guys out on shorter routes, he’s a big target and he’s a YAC monster. I just don’t get it. Seems like he and Dak would be much better suited on a shorter quicker attack with guys like butler and t will providing the occasional deep attack based off play action etc

I agree he is running the routes called
My point is those routes doesn’t lend itself to getting separation
My complaint is not that he can’t run other routes but that we aren’t giving him other routes to run

 

[tyke1doe]

LOL..........were sitting here because no one listens to Garrett? OMG...........talk about lost.

I think you missed the point.