No FA signing by JJ would've made the Cowboys appreciably better in 2024

[kskboys]

You specifically said his production in 2023 wouldn't be game changing. To suggest a back like Henry wouldn't be game changing, again, it's really just ridiculous. We were in multiple close games this year and an RB putting defenses on notice absolutely would have helped.

There is a difference with saying a player wouldn't be game changing or if it would have changed the entire season. Henry would have helped us win games....and that is why you sign players. Plus, for his production, he's dirt cheap.

To suggest 4.2 YPC would be game changing is even more ridiculous. He's a game changer on a good team. No RB is a game changer on a bad team. You said yourself that he'd have added, say, 2 wins. And what difference does that make? So we can pick 18th instead of 12th?

If Henry doesn't make us super bowl contenders, then it's better to save that 23 mil for the upcoming Parsons' contract, among others that we desperately need in FA. I think it's foolish to play the small game in FA. You sign players to put you over the top, you don't sign players to help you win 8-9 games instead of 6-7.

 

[kskboys]

Could well (probably would) of improved, but it would of been a sticking plaster method, just to reach mediocrity/relevance. Short term improvement, to maybe get a One and Done Play-off run, isnt what's needed. We need some sort of sustainable strategy, where we target/build (preferably strong Lines) a strong core and then sign big money in FA to finalize the push.

Jinx!!!!

I don't see anyone saying Henry wouldn't have made us better.

Henry got signed to one of the best OLines in the game, and to a team that knows how to use him. His effectiveness here would not have even been close to what it was in BALT.