Off-season Scattershooting part 2

[jterrell]

I think Tony Romo will make a fine broadcaster. Bonnie may not understand this but NFL starting QBs in major media markets get training for this job whether they want it or not. Huge advantage to know the game and players in it. Waiting 5 years would have taken away much of the advantage. CBS wins this round.

BTW, time to pat Jerry on the back for this Romo deal. He handled it perfectly and is still Grampa Jerry to Tony's kids without having to compete against Romo for TV views as he plays for a quality Texans team. If you were one of the people crowing about hurt feelings and bad relationships then do not pat yourself on the back for also saying he'd retire. If you come at it form all angles of course you eventually get one of them correct.

Speaking of the Texans and grandstanders, how stupid can a franchise front office be? Probably could have gotten Romo for a conditional 4th-6th round pick and then restructured him down to about a 3m cap hit with only 14m ever guaranteed and a built in insurance policy that covered the bulk of that were he hurt. Houston deserves to fall short for being stupid.

Draft is loaded and it's exciting to trust Dallas will evaluate and draft as well as anyone because they have the last 5+ seasons. So everyone can have pet cats but my pet cat is Will McClay.

Personnel. Again I trust this Dallas front office. We are young and ascending. That is the proper way to build and maintain a football team. We no longer have a 30+ year old QB on borrowed time. This team can be patient and compete for a decade. We shouldn't play crazy cap games to gain additional space or jump on aging vets on the downside that are paid like they are the league's best.

Which is why Richard Sherman is not on the radar for me. 22.5m for 2 years? I'll pass. We just let Mo and Carr BOTH walk for what we would have to hand RS this year in cash not to mention the player we'd select at 60.

But our roster sucks?!? Talk to me about the roster come week 1. Lots of time to make moves and there's no prize for filling out your roster early other than fan sanity. Draft, get to OTAs, fill holes with cheap vets.

Draft moves I'd make. Dallas should look to trade a 2018 4th and 6th for a 4th rounder this year. Dallas will have a lot of supplemental picks next year and this is a tremendous draft.

 

[visionary]

Good post
Agree with most of it
Let's wait and see how things shake out
Just hope we are able to get quality play from front 7 and safety

 

[jazzcat22]

Good post, and at this time last year, actually every year, most are whining about how the FO sucks and the team sucks all the way through TC....then what do they do, they actually have a pretty decent team.
Yes, injuries derailed a promising 2015 season. But things were in place.
Yes, defense needed to be addressed better, that was a FO goof, even though it didn't fall their way, they claim, but it set up the offense.
Now lets see if they finally, truly will make that effort to fix this defense.
However, I look to see a good team ready to go the 1st regular season game, ready to play and make another run.

 

[Alexander]

Draft moves I'd make. Dallas should look to trade a 2018 4th and 6th for a 4th rounder this year. Dallas will have a lot of supplemental picks next year and this is a tremendous draft.

Why would a team just bail on the 4th round this year for two picks next year? If this draft is as strong as some believe, trading for 2018 picks probably won't be all that appealing.

 

[Alexander]

Which is why Richard Sherman is not on the radar for me. 22.5m for 2 years? I'll pass. We just let Mo and Carr BOTH walk for what we would have to hand RS this year in cash not to mention the player we'd select at 60.

That all depends on if you think the player (corner presumably) that you could get a 60 this year is going to be as good as Sherman is for the next two-three years.

The question becomes, is that corner you pick at 28 or 60 going to be able to start right away at a high level like Sherman will?

He is far from washed up, just very expensive. Especially this year, which will require some cap restructuring if you want him and to extend Martin.

 

[Kaiser]

Totally agree on Houston being morons. They could have done something a 5th plus a conditional pick and had zero downside. They would take on Romo's salary but make more than that in increased ticket sales, jerseys, etc.

 

[jazzcat22]

Totally agree on Houston being morons. They could have done something a 5th plus a conditional pick and had zero downside. They would take on Romo's salary but make more than that in increased ticket sales, jerseys, etc.

I wonder what Houston fans are saying, and have been saying about the Texans FO.....

 

[jterrell]

Why would a team just bail on the 4th round this year for two picks next year? If this draft is as strong as some believe, trading for 2018 picks probably won't be all that appealing.

I'd guess your best bet would be a team with a supplemental 4th that already picked in the round.
Or a team like NE that picks very late and just values picks so much they accrue them as much as possible.
I'd assume Dallas in 2018 would have no qualms about trading a 2018 4th for a 2019 4th and 6th.
But note I said we should look to do it. As with all trades, it takes two sides.

 

[jterrell]

That all depends on if you think the player (corner presumably) that you could get a 60 this year is going to be as good as Sherman is for the next two-three years.

The question becomes, is that corner you pick at 28 or 60 going to be able to start right away at a high level like Sherman will?

He is far from washed up, just very expensive. Especially this year, which will require some cap restructuring if you want him and to extend Martin.

No. This is where teams and cap managers get it very wrong.
The equation is RS at 22.5m over next two years versus pick 60 at ~1m over same period.
We don't know better or worse really because guys get injured, pick 60 is a rookie et al... but we do know costs.

RS would gladly extend to help cap accounting but you can bet he wants that 22.5 guaranteed to do so.
You can get him down to about 3.5m in cap this year but only by pushing PAID money into the future.
Seattle isn't begging teams to trade for him for no reason.

These are not the types of deals the Dallas Cowboys should be doing.
NE makes far more sense.