My Ugly Rebuild

[Reverend Conehead]

I would have Costa evaluated, he's had some good games and was thrown into the fire. He might look allot better with improvements beside him. If he's any good someone can cough up a draft pick for him the way we did Cook and if he is decent this is a chance to have good depth for a change. I think Bryant is gonna have some back issues that could affect his contract or not since Lee got his. I wouldn't be mad if they let Bryant go but they get too much development time invested and I'm a lil worried he may be given triplet status.

I was just wondering the same thing. Costa has shown promise. I'd like to keep him around if he money works. If the money doesn't work and he has to go, then maybe we can get a 6th or a 7th for him, or possibly a backup D-lineman?

 

[CrownCowboy]

What do you want to do for a backup center? The big plus of having Costa is knowing we have a highly capable backup in the event that Frederick goes down. I'm not saying you're wrong about Costa. Your reasoning is sound. I'm only saying if he leaves, there must be someone ready to play center if Frederick gets hurt, and that person can't be someone not ready.

Bernadeau can slide over and play center if Frederick went down. It might not be the ideal scenario, but he could fill in.

Credit to the OP here. I actually like the plan. We need to make moves like that, something we haven't done in almost 20 years and a mentality that left with Jimmy.

I've always felt that the game was won in the trenches and it starts there and works it way out. I'd be all for trading Dez and using those resources from that to make this football team one of depth and blue chip talent in the trenches.

With that being said, I like the Tyron and Frederick picks alot and wouldn't mind us getting an above average guard. If we did that I believe our Offensive line could be one of the best.

 

[diehard2294]

You don't trade a stud WR in his prime, one who exudes the pride of wearing a star on his helmet. You build around his passion and hope it rubs off on the rest

 

[bysbox1]

You make the room by restructuring Witten, Carr, Scandrick and Free. There is no harm in restructuring, especially when the cap keeps going up. Trading Dez is a bad idea. It leaves TWill as the main WR and that is not close to enough.

While I don't agree with cutting Dez, I also don't agree with that much restructuring. Restructuring IS part of the problem. It commits you to keeping players like Witten, Carr, Scandrick and Free way after their usefulness with drawn out contracts.

The NFL is a young man's game now. You have to keep young and keep depth. And unless you have a player with lot of playoff skins on the wall, or you have a current HOF player (and there are only a handful of those players in the league), you can't afford to pay a huge amount of your cap to a small amount of players, or keep restructuring a core set of players that have not gotten you deep into the playoffs or to the Super Bowl promise land.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Trading a proven star to draft a unproven rookie despite what Kiper and Mayock think of him is a terrible idea. Dez is the heart and soul of this team and trading him would top the list of all the ignorant moves this organization has made in the last 18 years

Dez is not the heart and soul of this team!!! he is passionate, if that's what you mean.

 

[bysbox1]

What does the heart & soul do then? Get hurt every year and miss time when his team needs him most(Lee, Ware, Romo, Murray, Austin, Claiborne, Spencer) or does he drop catches into defenders hands for picks (Witten) or does he pretend to be an elite corner and get torched for 320 yards (Carr). Dez is the best player on this team and without him there is no one on this roster who can account for his 25 td's the last 2 seasons, Terrence Williams will never be anymore than what Alvin Harper was when he was here. No rookie can step in and fill the void and the window of opportunity is closing fast on the Romo train.

I know I won't be praised for saying this, but I think the Romo train has already passed by. In today's NFL culture, if you have not consistently played in the playoffs or have not made to a Championship game by the age of 30, you are probably not going to do it.

The same can be said for Witten, Ware, Miles Austin, Jason Hatcher, Anthony Spencer, etc. This is where you look at trimming your fat. I think Dez is young enough that with a new coaching regime he can be turned around. It's a bad idea cutting Dez.

You can fix the cap problems without restructuring (or restructuring minimally) and you can keep Dez.

 

[Nightman]

While I don't agree with cutting Dez, I also don't agree with that much restructuring. Restructuring IS part of the problem. It commits you to keeping players like Witten, Carr, Scandrick and Free way after their usefulness with drawn out contracts.

The NFL is a young man's game now. You have to keep young and keep depth. And unless you have a player with lot of playoff skins on the wall, or you have a current HOF player (and there are only a handful of those players in the league), you can't afford to pay a huge amount of your cap to a small amount of players, or keep restructuring a core set of players that have not gotten you deep into the playoffs or to the Super Bowl promise land.

Restructuring doesn't make it harder to cut someone later. If you are going to keep a player in 2014, there is no harm in restructuring. The cap keeps going up and you can roll over any excess cap space. It is better to have the space and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

 

[Nightman]

They also had the benefit of paying a quarterback 680K and a defense mainly on rookie contracts, which would be the exercise we are looking to do here (Get a young, good, cheap defense)

You guys are missing the point. They WASTED 25m on those players and paid big money to their DL. The cap hit for a Top QB is still only 12-18m. You can pay 4-5 big stars and still put together a playoff team. Trading Dez would be a terrible mistake. We got him as a steal in the draft and his immediate replacement would cost a high 1st or a ton of money. Creating a huge hole for no reason, they have up to 12 draft picks, UDFAs and Free Agency to fill holes and create depth.

 

[Nation]

You guys are missing the point. They WASTED 25m on those players and paid big money to their DL. The cap hit for a Top QB is still only 12-18m. You can pay 4-5 big stars and still put together a playoff team. Trading Dez would be a terrible mistake. We got him as a steal in the draft and his immediate replacement would cost a high 1st or a ton of money. Creating a huge hole for no reason, they have up to 12 draft picks, UDFAs and Free Agency to fill holes and create depth.

Who is the last Super Bowl team that had/needed a receiver as good as Dez Bryant on their team? Receivers are not the motor to championship teams, and you should only pay giant money to motors of championship teams.

 

[theSHOW]

Who is the last Super Bowl team that had/needed a receiver as good as Dez Bryant on their team? Receivers are not the motor to championship teams, and you should only pay giant money to motors of championship teams.

but the fans love Dez. They want Dez and more 1st round WRs. That is the plan.