Next year is a rebuilding year

[big dog cowboy]

Rebuilding year? Wow, genius.

 

[Chasing6]

Teams rebuild when they cut a slew of veteran players at key positions due to age or declining performance or what have you.

The Cowboys just signed a bunch of veteran players to longterm deals with more upcoming. They couldn’t cut them if they wanted to.

What exactly are they rebuilding?

I believe we have 30 Free Agents heading into the off season, that is without cutting anyone and or injured players not returning next season.

We will definitely be rebuilding.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

With who we have lost and so many young players we will be counting on to step up, there simply will not be enough talent to seriously contend.

we could get lucky and make it into the playoffs but we would be one and done again

Overshown and Diggs are going to be gone next year; and might never make it back to what they were

Martin was going downhill and will be gone

On the O line we have to hope our young players step up and get better but that is going to take more than one season

The holes are numerous: we will need two DL, and probably at least one Quality O line since Steele seems like he will never be back to what he was
Rico has looked good; but can we count on him to be a bell cow? unlikely so we need a RB
WR after Lamb is meh at best; so we need at least one quality WR

LB we do not know how much Kendricks has left in the tank and Overshown is gone for next season and possibly for good. Marist is flashing but that is pretty much it. so we need TWO LBs

We need to upgrade our Safeties and the need at CB is obvious so we need at least one of each.

That is NINE upgrades at least and you will not get that in one season.

and this is predicated on a number of our young players, especially on the O line, stepping up big time

Not to get on another subject, but after reading your post, what Looney Toons HC would want this hot mess?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

As a mod you should be encouraging discussion, not thwarting it

 

[Flamma]

I will never understand the raging narcissists here who act like they know how next season will or will not play out.

LOL raging!!! It's not quite like that. It's educated opinions based on certain factors. Dak being 33% against the cap is the biggest indicator. It's just putting 2 and 2 together.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I believe we have 30 Free Agents heading into the off season, that is without cutting anyone and or injured players not returning next season.

We will definitely be rebuilding.

What will be rebuilt? The starters will largely be the same. In salary cap league, every team has low level free agents that cycle in each year.

 

[ShiningStar]

well that was a great laugh.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Quick, let's give away a few 4th rounders. That'll make it better.

Edit add: Fun fact, if the Cowboys hadn't extended Dak, they would have something like $90m in capspace for this rebuild before they started any restructures.

They’d have a worse quarterback, the same piece of garbage owner, and a head coach no other team was interested in hiring. Next season’s only goal is winning more games than the New York Giants. Not likely.

 

[Mannix]

You didn't address a couple of the biggest issues - HC and QB.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Last minute candidate for post of the year.

 

[Passepartout]

Not just rebuilding but cleaning house possibly from coaching to management to players.

 

[gtb1943]

Not just rebuilding but cleaning house possibly from coaching to management to players.

Right.
by the way Love your screen name

 

[windward]

How bout the raging narcissist that won't admit defeat and actually hire a real GM like the other 31 teams do?

Non sequitur.

 

[windward]

Many of us said this year was going to be bad or at the best a lot worse then last year and we were right
Let me guess? you drank the Jethro Koolaid.

Nope. I just wait to see what happens.

 

[windward]

LOL raging!!! It's not quite like that. It's educated opinions based on certain factors. Dak being 33% against the cap is the biggest indicator. It's just putting 2 and 2 together.

lol this forum is 98 percent rage.

 

[CowboysJames69]

Teams rebuild when they cut a slew of veteran players at key positions due to age or declining performance or what have you.

The Cowboys just signed a bunch of veteran players to longterm deals with more upcoming. They couldn’t cut them if they wanted to.

What exactly are they rebuilding?

Yeah we needed to do a teardown but signing a Qb to 60m a year and a WR to 34m a year put that out of reach.

 

[MyFairLady]

Highest paid QB ever. Highest paid WR ever. Highest paid defensive player ever. Yup sounds like a rebuilding year in Dallas to me.

 

[Chasing6]

What will be rebuilt? The starters will largely be the same. In salary cap league, every team has low level free agents that cycle in each year.

I am sure some will get resigned, however several are starters or get significant play time.

• QB Cooper Rush
• RB Rico Dowdle
• WR Brandin Cooks
• WR KaVontae Turpin
• RG Zack Martin
• DT Osa Odighizuwa
• DE DeMarcus Lawrence
• LB Eric Kendricks
• CB Jourdan Lewis
• S Juanyeh Thomas
• P Bryan Anger
• LS Trent Sieg

I believe there are 9 starters on this list. Again this does not even factor in injured players like Diggs, Overshown and players they may get cut like Steele.