All these one year deals are basically firewood under Garrett’s seat... either he wins and we sign who we want long term, or he chokes and we are not on the hook for many huge deals that limit the new admInistrations flexibility to address the roater
Like that we aren't hamstringing ourselves into big money deals but what do we do this time next year if CBA is reached obviously.
Like that we aren't hamstringing ourselves into big money deals but what do we do this time next year if CBA is reached obviously.
Wouldn't surprise me if the looming CBA negotiations are affecting some of the decision making also.I think there are a number of reasons for it:
There are probably several more reasons as well.
- As you said, it doesn't hamstring the team locking them in long term
- It gets you a motivated player looking to stick around or looking to bolster their asking price next year
- It allows the team flexibility if a new coach is hired next year
- It buys the team a year to allow a draft pick to gain and experience and step into the role next year
- It doesn't cost a lot and leaves a lot of cap room toward keeping your key players
We're on the same wavelength.Most likely the biggest reason for limited time deals is the end of the Owner/Players contract which is ending soon.
We are likely to have a strike and then another lockout during the unrest. Why put yourself into contracts that
may have dead money issues going forward in time.
Wouldn't surprise me if the looming CBA negotiations are affecting some of the decision making also.
Dallas employs a stopgap strategy in free agency, filling in needs with players who have NFL experience in order to stay competitive. The goal of the front office is to not pay much for these stopgap players while looking to ultimately replace them through the draft or for them to prove worthy of a long-term deal.
This is not a terrible strategy overall. Free agency is hit and miss, so if you are going to miss, you'd rather miss with the least amount of damage to your cap. The problem is that most of the time you are not going to hit big when using this strategy because there is a reason these players come cheap on one-year prove-it deals. So you are mainly just maintaining the status quo, which is great if you are a Super Bowl team but not so good if you're doing nothing to gain ground on several teams that are better than you.
Like that we aren't hamstringing ourselves into big money deals but what do we do this time next year if CBA is reached obviously.
At this time next year the team can:Like that we aren't hamstringing ourselves into big money deals but what do we do this time next year if CBA is reached obviously.
Most likely the biggest reason for limited time deals is the end of the Owner/Players contract which is ending soon.
We are likely to have a strike and then another lockout during the unrest. Why put yourself into contracts that
may have dead money issues going forward in time.