Nightman
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I've been reading a ton of comments this past week saying the team can't afford Murray or Suh. This just isn't the truth. Dallas is 13m under the cap right now and with a few cuts(Carr, Melton, Free) and restructures(Romo, TSmith) they can get to 50m under the cap.
As fans we have become fooled into thinking the salary cap is some sort of monster and we should always be in fear of waking it up. But it's never been the problem it has been made out to be and will not be a problem in the near future. It's just numbers and accounting that can manipulated to serve any purpose the team wants. If it wants to look like they are tight against the cap they won't restructure Romo or TSmith.
They have a bunch of FAs to resign with Dez, Murray and the LBers being the most important. But they will have plenty of money to sign anyone that they want. JJones was playing coy last week when he said it would be difficult to resign Dez and Murray. That's just negotiating in the press because it would be simple to sign them both.
The team has drafted a lot better recently and that is the main reason for the 13-5 record. But the team doesn't have to sacrifice talent to stay under the salary cap. They can spend freely just like every other team. Just because they have been burned in the past by FAs that is a terrible reason not to sign one in the future. Bad draft classes have been just as much a reason for lack of playoff appearances over the years as bad FAs and extensions. People like to use the salary cap as the boogeyman, but it was a few bad trades and signings that did the damage.
My main point is that it would be to the teams advantage to spend up to the cap as much possible. Using restructures with large signing bonuses that can be spread out and amortized over 5 years is a way to spend OVER the cap every year. Other teams are too cheap to do this, so that creates a big opportunity to sign players they won't. The cap is going up every year with all the TV deals that are signed, so now is the time to act. Romo isn't getting younger.
As fans we have become fooled into thinking the salary cap is some sort of monster and we should always be in fear of waking it up. But it's never been the problem it has been made out to be and will not be a problem in the near future. It's just numbers and accounting that can manipulated to serve any purpose the team wants. If it wants to look like they are tight against the cap they won't restructure Romo or TSmith.
They have a bunch of FAs to resign with Dez, Murray and the LBers being the most important. But they will have plenty of money to sign anyone that they want. JJones was playing coy last week when he said it would be difficult to resign Dez and Murray. That's just negotiating in the press because it would be simple to sign them both.
The team has drafted a lot better recently and that is the main reason for the 13-5 record. But the team doesn't have to sacrifice talent to stay under the salary cap. They can spend freely just like every other team. Just because they have been burned in the past by FAs that is a terrible reason not to sign one in the future. Bad draft classes have been just as much a reason for lack of playoff appearances over the years as bad FAs and extensions. People like to use the salary cap as the boogeyman, but it was a few bad trades and signings that did the damage.
My main point is that it would be to the teams advantage to spend up to the cap as much possible. Using restructures with large signing bonuses that can be spread out and amortized over 5 years is a way to spend OVER the cap every year. Other teams are too cheap to do this, so that creates a big opportunity to sign players they won't. The cap is going up every year with all the TV deals that are signed, so now is the time to act. Romo isn't getting younger.
