Losing Beasley

[Kaiser]

To me is was about money
I liked Beasley but it’s always an advantage to churn players for cheaper, younger players when you can get the quality

Agree, and if you see a guy like Noah Brown or Cedric Wilson step up next year into the level of a starting WR3 (they won't be, but capable of it) then Cobb was a cheaper stopgap to get you to the younger guy. I was fine with Beasley coming back, but on the Cowboys terms and not what Buffalo paid him.

Clearly letting him walk worked out for the best.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Okie dokie.

All these guys...........

-Beasley, Jones, Collins, Heath, ect....ect...............all represent EXACTLY what has been wrong with the Cowboys over the last decade. NON PLAYMAKERS!!

Rarely made the big plays needed to win game and turn the tide.

Team is better off with all of them gone.

 

[conner01]

Agree, and if you see a guy like Noah Brown or Cedric Wilson step up next year into the level of a starting WR3 (they won't be, but capable of it) then Cobb was a cheaper stopgap to get you to the younger guy. I was fine with Beasley coming back, but on the Cowboys terms and not what Buffalo paid him.

Clearly letting him walk worked out for the best.

I like Wilson myself
If he can stay healthy I think he can play

 

[Ranched]

That said, we weren't going to pay him. I think we made a smart move.

The threats to Beasley’s job security were a twofold. His own contract and the presence of Switzer.

Beasley counted $4.25 million against Dallas’ salary cap in '18, the final year of his contract. That isn’t a bad number for a solid rotation player, but the Cowboys got back $3.25 of that by releasing him.

That’s $3.25 million that went into adding talent at other positions, and keeping Dlaw around. "A smart move" all the way around.

 

[OmerV]

We already replaced our winning QB with Dalton if they so choose..

Dak is not 32 million a year better than Dalton.. He’s just not.

If we were talking about a single season this would make sense, but what you seem to always miss is the fact the team is trying spot secure a long geeky solution at QB. You are looking at this in a very short sighted way, and the team is looking at both now and the future.

 

[CWR]

The threats to Beasley’s job security were a twofold. His own contract and the presence of Switzer.

Beasley counted $4.25 million against Dallas’ salary cap in '18, the final year of his contract. That isn’t a bad number for a solid rotation player, but the Cowboys got back $3.25 of that by releasing him.

That’s $3.25 million that went into adding talent at other positions, and keeping Dlaw around. "A smart move" all the way around.

Lol Switzer...he never recovered from the muffed punt. It's funny how many of us thought of him as Beasley 2.0.

 

[Kaiser]

Lol Switzer...he never recovered from the muffed punt. It's funny how many of us thought of him as Beasley 2.0.

Apparently the biggest problem was that Switzer believed he was Beasley 2.0.

 

[CWR]

Apparently the biggest problem was that Switzer believed he was Beasley 2.0.

Lol true

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Im not asking anyone to conform to my opinion. I don't want to hear somebodys opinion on a player, especially when they speak w such conviction, when they havent even seen the player play...where is the logic in that? So if somebody goes and watches the guy play, then tells me how they feel..I can at least respect that

I went and watched dalton play..so I'm not asking people to do anything I haven't done myself

Ah.....I see. Makes sense.

But my true point was watching him play in Cinci might not equate to watching him play in Dallas. The parameters are not equal, imvho. We'd have to watch some specific skill sets.....like the footwork, release, placement, decision making. Not just compare stats and win/loss records. Even then....we'll have to see on the field. I don;t believe any player should just be handed the job. All compete. I am unsure if that is actually happening...just my own perspective.

 

[JBS]

Ah.....I see. Makes sense.

But my true point was watching him play in Cinci might not equate to watching him play in Dallas. The parameters are not equal, imvho. We'd have to watch some specific skill sets.....like the footwork, release, placement, decision making. Not just compare stats and win/loss records. Even then....we'll have to see on the field. I don;t believe any player should just be handed the job. All compete. I am unsure if that is actually happening...just my own perspective.

What? You are making my point for me. Lol. Yes, I'm telling these people to watch him play and not to go off stats. See what skills will translate. He doesn't have many good ones. I watched. So I'm suggesting others do the same and report what they are seeing. But they aren't willing to put the work in.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

What? You are making my point for me. Lol. Yes, I'm telling these people to watch him play and not to go off stats. See what skills will translate. He doesn't have many good ones. I watched. So I'm suggesting others do the same and report what they are seeing. But they aren't willing to put the work in.

I think we agree on "go watch for yourself"...but I think it's important to watch certain things. An example? People who think if the ball is in the "catch radius" of the receiver, then that ball is "catch-able" and a drop is all on the WR. People are watching it, but not watching the details. Things like velocity, touch and arc make that more of a catch-able ball than just "in the radius".

If we agree on that then COOL!