Many UDFA's will make this roster

[stilltheguru]

I like Wilson a lot, and I'd regret seeing him go. Business decisions are lousy.... I wish there were no salary cap honestly. Then player who achieves their potential with the Cowboys could stay and provide continuity, and better team chemistry.

The Malik hooker love is what's funny to me. Wilson has a more recent history of plus play but since hooker was a former 1st rounder he's a supposed lock for some. Fans are no different than Jerry. They only care about draft position

 

[ESisback]

These 4 will definitley make the 2022 roster.
Bell
Lindstrom
Garibay
Drummond

I agree, with this caveat:

IMHO, any UDFA that’s any good will get poached from the PS.

 

[reddyuta]

i will go with 4 of them making it,our bottom of the roster is real thin.

 

[john van brocklin]

I'm wondering out loud here... considering the financial implications of veterans with solid production vs head to head competition with promising rookies, who wins out and takes a roster spot?

A couple of factors here.

COVID restrictions created a boom in terms of quality amongst undrafted free agents.
The Cowboys were able to secure many of the talented, "should have been drafted" players from those UDFA's.

The time is approaching quickly to pay the piper for the premium contracts of
CeeDee Lamb,
Trevon Diggs,
eventually Micah Parsons
and others.

So... does that lower the threshold for a rookie to make the team? Saving money for superstars, while rookies prove themselves on a comparably inexpensive contract... I'd say that if the performance is 90% of what an established veteran gives you, with the upside of growth to possibly be better in a year or 2... makes it very likely that players like

S Marquise Bell
OL Alec Lindstrom
LB Storey Jackson
S Juanyeh Thomas
RB Aaron Shampklin
K Jonathan Garibay
and others could very likely make this team, and the Cowboys let an established veteran go. What do you think, do you see a wave of rookies making the team??

I would love some of these guys to earn spots.
But we won't know until camp what we really got with these guys.
If 3 or 4 make the team that would exceed expectations.

 

[tyke1doe]

Donovan Wilson is a thumper. He brings a toughness to the secondary. If he remains healthy, he's not going anywhere.
If he's cut, it's because the team doesn't think he can stay healthy over the course of the season.

It's about time for Noah Brown to find another place to work.

 

[RandyOh]

nah ill say 3 at most make it. Bell because i think he gets poached if send to practice squad, the kicker, and one of the WRs. I do think our practice squad will be stacked if other teams dont raid it.

 

[Havic]

The Malik hooker love is what's funny to me. Wilson has a more recent history of plus play but since hooker was a former 1st rounder he's a supposed lock for some. Fans are no different than Jerry. They only care about draft position

I'm not so sure about that. Wilson has had very limited work and showed flashes but he was hurt for pretty much all of last year. We will see what this year brings!

 

[stilltheguru]

I'm not so sure about that. Wilson has had very limited work and showed flashes but he was hurt for pretty much all of last year. We will see what this year brings!

Wilson's 2020 was better than Malik hookers 2019,2020 or 2021. Wilson had the best recent season. Not debatable. Hooker hasn't been good since his rookie year but yall don't want to discuss that

 

[Coogiguy03]

We even undraft really well all of the time.

But we don't win well!!

 

[GMO415]

This is not a confidence booster.....

 

[nathanlt]

This is not a confidence booster.....

Retaining enough cap space to keep Parsons and Lamb and Diggs.... that doesn't boost confidence? On the other hand business decisions are depressing, I get it.