Off Season 2025 - my take

[Sandyf]

I realize that things never go as we fans want in the offseason but none the less here goes. Think McCarthy and Zimmer return which won't be popular.

1. We resign a few guys such as Lewis CB, Sieg LS, Anger P, Dowdle RB, Kendricks LB, Lawson DE/DT, Turpin WR, and all of the RFA and ERFA guys. Possibly a couple of others at minimum deals.

2. Not sure at QB but if Lance it will be minimum type deal or Grier possibly. Do believe that Cooper moves on.

3. We extend Parsons on a 5 year deal.

4. What we should do and it likely will not happen to make Dallas a contender again is make one big free agent signing and one major trade. Signing a WR that would be a compliment to Lamb is priority one. Tee Higgins would be the perfect choice but probably going to take a 4 year deal at around 120 million. Priority two is a DL that would make a huge difference to help, and for that I would trade for Myles Garrett DE from Cleveland and probably extend him a couple of years to make the cap work better.

4a. In the trade for Garrett, I would give up Steele at RT, Tolbert WR, Ferguson TE and Clark LB plus our 2nd round pick. Cleveland is currently over the the projected salary cap by some 25 million so numbers would work out for a trade that wouldn't officially happen until after June 1st, so the pick would be a 2026 pick.

5. Would sign Javon Kinlaw DT, Clelin Ferrel DT, and DE Chase Young to make or break one year deals

This makes our offense and defense much better and competitive at least for the division.

I do think Dallas will trade down in the 1st round or out of the 1st round altogether unless by some stretch of the imagination Hunter is available. Otherwise I do think the plan for Jerry and company is to accumulate as many top picks over the next two years as possible because I believe they will go all in to get Manning in the 2027 draft. Yes, Manning could be available in the 2026 draft but the Manning way is to play all 4 years of college. And if we get Manning, bet he sits behind Dak for a year as Dak's contract runs to the point of releasing/trading him without a bunch of cap ramifications.

As to the OL, if the trade is made would be to put Guyton at RT where he feels more comfortable and start Richards at LT or move Smith from LG to LT and start Richards at LG or Bass at LG if Martin decides to wait a year to retire.

So the offense would be better with WR of Lamb, Higgins, Mingo, Turpin, and Fluornoy. We would have Dowdle at RB and could draft a decent one in 3rd or 4th round like say Cam Skattebo or Dylan Sampson or Treyvon Henderson. Could draft Tyler Booker in 2nd to play LT in a year or less.

The defense would be much better with Williams back and especially with Parsons and Garrett together. Still need help at LB which will be a need in the draft probably late rounds.

Will any of this happen, probably not but one can dream.

 

[diamonddelts]

Stopped reading at "make Dallas a contender again."

 

[John813]

4a. In the trade for Garrett, I would give up Steele at RT, Tolbert WR, Ferguson TE and Clark LB plus our 2nd round pick. Cleveland is currently over the the projected salary cap by some 25 million so numbers would work out for a trade that wouldn't officially happen until after June 1st, so the pick would be a 2026 pick.

Cleveland really can't take back any cap for a potential trade.

Watson is the rapist in the room with a 72.9mil cap hit. He's going to be out for the 2025 season.
They are projected to be 23.4mil over the cap, which is still TBD.
To get under the cap, and not touch that awful contract, they would have to restructure Ward, Conklin, Teller and Bitonio.

Once they restructure Conklin, or even if they restructure Watson, they have no need for Steele.

Conklin is their ROT.

Steele has a 13.25mil base cap hit. Which becomes fully guaranteed on 3/16.
Cleveland would then have to restructure or extend Steele to make him fit.
Tolbert is meh, they have Njoku, and Clark sucks.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Trade a 2nd and Diggs for Garrett! Not trading a 12th pick in the first round for a younger Garrett we could possibly get

 

[Rayman70]

Browns COULD trade Garrett for Dak with picks being swapped. Browns need a QB and we frankly, need to start fresh at QB. Browns are in deep doo doo now because Watson's career is over. Just tore his Achilles yet again. They have the draft capital. We need draft capital and they need to shed a player. Garrett makes sense for us. We can pair him with Micah

 

[ICP]

I realize that things never go as we fans want in the offseason but none the less here goes. Think McCarthy and Zimmer return which won't be popular.

1. We resign a few guys such as Lewis CB, Sieg LS, Anger P, Dowdle RB, Kendricks LB, Lawson DE/DT, Turpin WR, and all of the RFA and ERFA guys. Possibly a couple of others at minimum deals.

2. Not sure at QB but if Lance it will be minimum type deal or Grier possibly. Do believe that Cooper moves on.

3. We extend Parsons on a 5 year deal.

4. What we should do and it likely will not happen to make Dallas a contender again is make one big free agent signing and one major trade. Signing a WR that would be a compliment to Lamb is priority one. Tee Higgins would be the perfect choice but probably going to take a 4 year deal at around 120 million. Priority two is a DL that would make a huge difference to help, and for that I would trade for Myles Garrett DE from Cleveland and probably extend him a couple of years to make the cap work better.

4a. In the trade for Garrett, I would give up Steele at RT, Tolbert WR, Ferguson TE and Clark LB plus our 2nd round pick. Cleveland is currently over the the projected salary cap by some 25 million so numbers would work out for a trade that wouldn't officially happen until after June 1st, so the pick would be a 2026 pick.

5. Would sign Javon Kinlaw DT, Clelin Ferrel DT, and DE Chase Young to make or break one year deals

This makes our offense and defense much better and competitive at least for the division.

I do think Dallas will trade down in the 1st round or out of the 1st round altogether unless by some stretch of the imagination Hunter is available. Otherwise I do think the plan for Jerry and company is to accumulate as many top picks over the next two years as possible because I believe they will go all in to get Manning in the 2027 draft. Yes, Manning could be available in the 2026 draft but the Manning way is to play all 4 years of college. And if we get Manning, bet he sits behind Dak for a year as Dak's contract runs to the point of releasing/trading him without a bunch of cap ramifications.

As to the OL, if the trade is made would be to put Guyton at RT where he feels more comfortable and start Richards at LT or move Smith from LG to LT and start Richards at LG or Bass at LG if Martin decides to wait a year to retire.

So the offense would be better with WR of Lamb, Higgins, Mingo, Turpin, and Fluornoy. We would have Dowdle at RB and could draft a decent one in 3rd or 4th round like say Cam Skattebo or Dylan Sampson or Treyvon Henderson. Could draft Tyler Booker in 2nd to play LT in a year or less.

The defense would be much better with Williams back and especially with Parsons and Garrett together. Still need help at LB which will be a need in the draft probably late rounds.

Will any of this happen, probably not but one can dream.

#4 down are fantasies that will never happen in Jerry's World

 

[Aven8]

I think their off-season priority is two players. Micah and Osa. I can’t see them letting Osa go. He’s home grown and has turned into a heck of a player. We can’t go into next season with No true DT’s….

 

[john van brocklin]

I realize that things never go as we fans want in the offseason but none the less here goes. Think McCarthy and Zimmer return which won't be popular.

1. We resign a few guys such as Lewis CB, Sieg LS, Anger P, Dowdle RB, Kendricks LB, Lawson DE/DT, Turpin WR, and all of the RFA and ERFA guys. Possibly a couple of others at minimum deals.

2. Not sure at QB but if Lance it will be minimum type deal or Grier possibly. Do believe that Cooper moves on.

3. We extend Parsons on a 5 year deal.

4. What we should do and it likely will not happen to make Dallas a contender again is make one big free agent signing and one major trade. Signing a WR that would be a compliment to Lamb is priority one. Tee Higgins would be the perfect choice but probably going to take a 4 year deal at around 120 million. Priority two is a DL that would make a huge difference to help, and for that I would trade for Myles Garrett DE from Cleveland and probably extend him a couple of years to make the cap work better.

4a. In the trade for Garrett, I would give up Steele at RT, Tolbert WR, Ferguson TE and Clark LB plus our 2nd round pick. Cleveland is currently over the the projected salary cap by some 25 million so numbers would work out for a trade that wouldn't officially happen until after June 1st, so the pick would be a 2026 pick.

5. Would sign Javon Kinlaw DT, Clelin Ferrel DT, and DE Chase Young to make or break one year deals

This makes our offense and defense much better and competitive at least for the division.

I do think Dallas will trade down in the 1st round or out of the 1st round altogether unless by some stretch of the imagination Hunter is available. Otherwise I do think the plan for Jerry and company is to accumulate as many top picks over the next two years as possible because I believe they will go all in to get Manning in the 2027 draft. Yes, Manning could be available in the 2026 draft but the Manning way is to play all 4 years of college. And if we get Manning, bet he sits behind Dak for a year as Dak's contract runs to the point of releasing/trading him without a bunch of cap ramifications.

As to the OL, if the trade is made would be to put Guyton at RT where he feels more comfortable and start Richards at LT or move Smith from LG to LT and start Richards at LG or Bass at LG if Martin decides to wait a year to retire.

So the offense would be better with WR of Lamb, Higgins, Mingo, Turpin, and Fluornoy. We would have Dowdle at RB and could draft a decent one in 3rd or 4th round like say Cam Skattebo or Dylan Sampson or Treyvon Henderson. Could draft Tyler Booker in 2nd to play LT in a year or less.

The defense would be much better with Williams back and especially with Parsons and Garrett together. Still need help at LB which will be a need in the draft probably late rounds.

Will any of this happen, probably not but one can dream.

Jerry will ride Dak until he is either too old to play or too injured and retires.
Jerry has a tough time saying good by to his super star QBs.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I do think Dallas will trade down in the 1st round or out of the 1st round altogether unless by some stretch of the imagination Hunter is available.

He won't be. Not by a longshot.

 

[slick325]

The need for a bona fide WR2 is a real one.

Tee Higgins will command WAY more than what Stephen Jones would ever commit. I can see him back in Cincinnati or headed to KC or Washington.

But, I do hope they address it. As much as I know defense tackle needs to be addressed, but, I would be ok if Luther Burden III was the pick in the 1st with a slight trade down.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I'm worried that they will prioritize trying to be right over trying to be good (yet again). Despite not being right about anything football-related for several decades now.

Stephen can't perform the duties of his job and has been pretending the cap limits them for so long, I don't see them suddenly looking at how the other 31 teams maneuver around the cap. They've also pretended that they don't want free agents when the reality is that Stephen's cheap approach won't land anyone who can significantly improve the team.

They will double down on McCarthy's SB win from 15 years ago and ignore his record the past 7 seasons against playoff teams, and they will double down on Dak and Lamb taking up too much pie.

 

[jterrell]

It is REALLY HARD to nail a faux off-season.
But you gotta start with realism in any FA or trade stuff and this simply doesn't.
CLE isn't trading Myles Garrett for trash. And Dallas isn't looking to add a contract that big.
Any trade for Garrett starts with Micah Parsons, plain and simple.

Also, Cooper Rush is VERY likely to return. He is great friends with Dak and understands his role as a backup. He stays prepared but isn't bitter or looking outside for better opps. He has left and returned.
Can ride this job til the wheels fall off and then go coach.

Trey Lance is the young guy who wants to play at all costs. He'd rather go 6-11 as a starter than be a backup on a title team. Chances of him returning seem very, very slim.
Dallas is just hoping he brings a solid comp pick.

What Dallas adds in fringe FA will depend much on the coordinator choices they make.
But unlikely to spend any real cash for big names.

Trading down out of the R1 grade guys to land what you got here in the first place?? You miss the true top tier talent to go guess at which R2 rated guys will hit. Dallas R2 has been abysmal.
Makes zero sense. The best players on your roster are guy taken at 12(Micah) and I think 16(CeeDee). Stay where you are and draft unless you love a guy that is falling a few spots below you. Trading out of R1 is insanity for a team with a very real need for top tier talent.