Sydla
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The 2019 cap is not important. They can restructure other contracts to make 2019 work.
There will be 9 big contracts once Dak and Cooper are re-signed.
- Dak Prescott
- Demarcus Lawrence
- Amari Cooper
- Ezekiel Elliott
- Zack Martin
- Jaylon Smith
- Tyron Smith
- La'el Collins
- Travis Frederick
If all of the players below can be replaced with young players, then the cap should be OK for the next few years.
If they give big contracts to B.Jones or M.Collins then the cap situation gets really tight over the next few years.
- Byron Jones
- Maliek Collins
- Anthony Brown
- Tyrone Crawford
- Robert Quinn
- Randall Cobb
- Jason Witten
- Sean Lee
Lee is probably not long for this world. Neither is Witten. Crawford is likely done soon too.
I think Jones is gone. If he has a big year again, he's going to ask for elite CB money and this team simply won't have the cap capital to do that unless they start restructuring.
The two names that interest me are M Collins and Quinn. The logic has always been that Hill was drafted to take over for Collins. But if Collins has a big year and Hill struggles adapting as a rookie, what are you going to do at the 3T? Let Collins walk over money and keep your fingers crossed Hill can figure it out in Year 2? And if Quinn has a big year, it's going to be tough to just let him walk as well.
Look at your list of 9 biggest contracts............... 7 would be on offense. Imbalance reigns and the reality is this team may have to once again skimp on defense to handled the bloated offensive contracts on their books.