Per Archer - Romo restructures today...Saves $10 mil

[DFWJC]

Manziel to Dallas just became almost guaranteed not to happen.

Good!

 

[noshame]

Well, hopefully when romo cannot perform he'll retire and return a portion of his bonus.

 

[BlindFaith]

Yes. And clearly that is appearing a smarter and smarter thing. Cap keeps rising. We spend a smaller % of cap $ by pushing deals out.

Look at what we pushed last year. Is it smarter to pay 30 mill on a 120 mill cap or the same 30 mill on s 133 mill cap?

How smart did it look when Ratliff decided he didn't want to play anymore?

How smart will it be if Romo decides to retire after this year?

What if Scandrick figures he can just put it on cruise control now that he's got an extra pay day? Or maybe he too will find himself hurt with some mysterious injury.

I guess I'm just a little bit more old school. You get paid for what you've done, not we'll pay you now for what you may or may not do in three, four or five years.

 

[WoodysGirl]

The Cowboys will turn $12.5 million of Romo's guaranteed $13.5 million base salary into a signing bonus. It dropped his salary-cap figure from $21.773 million to $11.773 million, creating the $10 million in salary space.
The offshoot of Tuesday's move is that cause Romo's 2015 cap number to rise to $27.8 million, likely forcing the Cowboys to make another decision on the contract.


Read more here: http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.co...n-reach-of-2014-salary-cap.html#storylink=cpy

 

[theebs]

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[tm1119]

Getting under it? No, not a big deal. Pushing out contracts so we end up paying out a lot of dead money, kind of a big deal.

Its a win now league driven by QB's. If you have a good QB under contract you do everything you can to win in the present. When the window closes on that QB you take the cap hits all in 1 year, suck for a season, and then restart the process with a top pick QB and a boat load of cap space the following year. Now whether you think we can win now or is different discussion.....Jerry made his mind up on that already though so its irrelevant/

 

[TheDude]

Yes and no, teams who are well under the cap will be able to go after top FA more so than teams who are currently over or right up aginst it. I'm sure Dallas will make moves in FA but highly doubt any big name FA will be part of it.

To a degree. Many teams simply can't afford the cash outlays. Jax isn't giving 3-$30m signing bonus deals

Dallas, wash, NE, will always maintain that advantage

 

[Frosty]

Again, pay a guy 10% of your cap $ now vs. Pushing out that cap charge such that it eats 8-9% of cap in subsequent years.

Basic math suggests with rising caps that this is a smart approach.

People get confused between this approach and having bad deals like Rat and Livings.

The smart approach might work for other teams that have adapted to the salary cap era. They have figured out how to thrive and WIN in the salary cap era. Jerry Jones business methods does not work in the salary cap era....he has failed to adapt to the changing times in the NFL and has won NOTHING in the salary cap era...and his teams have been a mess ever since it was instituted. Extending Romo means more of the same for Cowboy fans 8-8 and putting on show not winning championships. Then again so did signing a aging Romo to such a big contract last year.....it's the Dallas Cowboys its about entertainment not championships... it is irrelevant as long as the Jones run the show.

 

[Little Jr]

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I had that shirt in 2007. Don't know where it went. Forgot all about until now.

 

[theebs]

I had that shirt in 2007. Don't know where it went. Forgot all about until now.

still wear mine

 

[Zordon]

sigh....

 

[OhSnap]

I know. I just wanted to put the final box of nails in that coffin.

Nails are sold by the pound.

 

[Risen Star]

You should be grateful. One year we will win that final game to make the playoffs and go on that incredible run, you'll see.

Whether we do or not, the stadium we play in makes it all worth it.

 

[DFWJC]

Oh well, no Super Bowl for this team as long as this guy is QB

Pretty easy statement to make for nearly all (or completely all) QBs that ever played when the team trotts out the 32nd rated defense.
Even with a regular defense, the odds are very slim that a team would win a title. As you know, only one each year out of 32 can do it.

 

[OhSnap]

The Cowboys carried over 1.55 million from last year. Smooth operators.

 

[Zordon]

Pretty easy statement to make for nearly all (or completely all) QBs that ever played when the team trotts out the 32nd rated defense.
Even with a regular defense, the odds are very slim that a team would win a title. As you know, only one each year out of 32 can do it.

Bad defense, great defense...it doesn't matter. Both Eli and Flacco benefited from playing with good/great defenses. But even they had a moment or two in the playoffs where it was solely on their shoulders to win the game and they came through for their teams. Flacco vs Denver. Eli's magnificent 4th quarter vs San Fran. Both games on the road in hostile environments and in extremely high-pressure situations. Romo is incapable of making the play in the playoffs. The guy will throw an interception before a game-winning TD in the playoffs. That's just who he is.

 

[TheCount]

No. It pays him a lot now and just accounts for it during later years. Reduces future cap space but hasn't added any talent to the team. Hasn't even put them in a position to do so yet.

It also means they'll restructure him next year.

So yes, it does push more money into later years. The cap is what matters, not when the money gets to Romo's bank account, no one is really concerned about when these guys get to cash their checks.

 

[jrumann59]

I know. I just wanted to put the final box of nails in that coffin.

You forgot the screws too no need for that coffin to pop open in the future.

 

[TonyRomo17]

Adding the $750K to Scandrick for the next five years is rather inventive. Never seen a third cornerback get used like this. I bet he is happy.

hes better than carr and claiborne.

 

[dstovall5]

Romo was impossible to trade before this little restructure whether ya'll want to acknowledge it or not...

Oh well, no Super Bowl for this team as long as this guy is QB

Right, because MR. Johnny Football would've brought us to the Super Bowl ... Fact is, it doesn't matter who our QB is, Aikman, Staubach, Romo, Brees, Rodgers, Manning, Brady, or (insert QB here), as long as we have a bottom of the barrel defense we aren't going anywhere. Romo or not, this team will never be a contender unless it fields a top 15 defense at least.