Restructuring Contracts

[Coogiguy03]

Which players do you feel will be up for a restructure, and when we gain this money, will it be used in a manner to better this team than in previous off seasons?? Please give your thoughts

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Independent of what happens with Dak, Zack Martin and Trevon Diggs will almost certainly be restructured, saving about $20m.

Who knows if/how they'll use it. They should.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Restructure cap hit savings (roughly):

Zach Martin 13m$

Trevon Diggs 9m$

Dak Prescott 17m$ (New Contract would be a different number, probably better than this one)

Demarcus Lawrence 5m$

CeeDee Lamb Extenion 5-10m$

Michael Gallup 6m$

Brandin Cooks 5m$

Micah Parsons Extension No savings or additional cap hits




They can still add void years on some of these contracts to make the number slightly better, but it’ll put Dallas in a an even worse dead cap situation. Thats typically saved for contracts with insane cap hits.

 

[Coogiguy03]

Restructure cap hit savings (roughly):

Zach Martin 13m$

Trevon Diggs 9m$

Dak Prescott 17m$ (New Contract would be a different number, probably better than this one)

Demarcus Lawrence 5m$

CeeDee Lamb Extenion 5-10m$

Michael Gallup 6m$

Brandin Cooks 5m$

Micah Parsons Extension No savings or additional cap hits




They can still add void years on some of these contracts to make the number slightly better, but it’ll put Dallas in a an even worse dead cap situation. Thats typically saved for contracts with insane cap hits.

Would there be any June first destinations that would be beneficial?

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Would there be any June first destinations that would be beneficial?

IMO cutting players isn’t typically beneficial as they’ll all have major cap implications. So the question is, “Are there any players on the Dallas Cowboys that are a net gain if they’re removed from the Dallas Cowboys… regardless of cap implications?”

You could June 1st Michael Gallup and save 9m$, but you take that 9m$ next year in dead cap when he’s not even on the team. Or you could just keep Michael Gallup because you’re unlikely to find a better WR for under 9m$.

 

[Coogiguy03]

IMO cutting players isn’t typically beneficial as they’ll all have major cap implications. So the question is, “Are there any players on the Dallas Cowboys that are a net gain if they’re removed from the Dallas Cowboys… regardless of cap implications?”

You could June 1st Michael Gallup and save 9m$, but you take another 4m$ next year in dead cap when he’s not even on the team. Or you could just keep Michael Gallup because you’re unlikely to find a better WR for under 9m$.

Did he play well enough to take up a roster spot from someone else who is cheaper and maybe more effective!

I hear you loud and clear though

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Did he play well enough to take up a roster spot from someone else who is cheaper and maybe more effective!

I hear you loud and clear though

Cheaper though is an illusion. Gallup will cost you 13m$ in 2024 if you keep him, or 13m$ spread over 2 years if you cut him.

 

[Tussinman]

IMO cutting players isn’t typically beneficial as they’ll all have major cap implications. So the question is, “Are there any players on the Dallas Cowboys that are a net gain if they’re removed from the Dallas Cowboys… regardless of cap implications?”

You could June 1st Michael Gallup and save 9m$, but you take that 9m$ next year in dead cap when he’s not even on the team. Or you could just keep Michael Gallup because you’re unlikely to find a better WR for under 9m$.

Yes and no. The 9 million dead cap would push into 2025 but for 2025 you wouldn't have to pay his 10.5 million base rate (or his 8.5 million base 2024) so your still saving alot vs keeping him (keep him you pay both dead cap and base rate)

 

[Rayman70]

Trade Martin and Micah. Find a suitor for trading Dak. Atlanta comes to mind. Love Martin but he's starting to fall off. Let Tyron retire now. Dude is done. Time to reset the line. Free up some cap.

 

[Ring6]

Which players do you feel will be up for a restructure, and when we gain this money, will it be used in a manner to better this team than in previous off seasons?? Please give your thoughts

The first domino to fall may just be the elephant in the room.

I'm sure there are a couple players that were going to be restructured as planned all along. But the rest depend on what happens to the most important position on the team.

It is strange how quiet it has been on social media from team or front office as far as support for the current QB. Out of character even.

 

[kevinhickey]

Which players do you feel will be up for a restructure, and when we gain this money, will it be used in a manner to better this team than in previous off seasons?? Please give your thoughts

If we restructure contracts it is form Lamb and Parsons. They need to be resigned.

 

[Jfconrow]

I think they get rid of Gallup. I hope they can bring in some new WRs too. I guess you keep Diggs and Bland. Dak and Martin for sure.

 

[Shannon1]

Trade Martin and Micah. Find a suitor for trading Dak. Atlanta comes to mind. Love Martin but he's starting to fall off. Let Tyron retire now. Dude is done. Time to reset the line. Free up some cap.

Even when you trade players you still have cap hits it doesn’t take there contract with them

 

[Creeper]

Zack Martin and DLaw are in the last years of their contracts. Restructuring them mean pushing money into 2025 when they will no longer be under contract. I would not do that unless I had a full picture of the cowboys CAP situation in 2025, which means, knowing what they are doing with Dak. Dak already has $32 million pushed out into 2025 and 2026, voidable years in his contract. DLaw and Martin already have another $20 million pushed into 2025. Restructuring them only makes that number bigger. If they leave in 2025, the Cowboys would have over $60 million in dead money, and they would not have Dak, Zack or DLaw on the roster.

CAP planning is not a year to year activity, or it shouldn't be. The Cowboys have to have a plan looking out a few years knowing where they will be, with contingencies. If they want CAP saves from DLaw and Zack Martin thy will probably extend them a couple of years.

 

[John813]

For Zach Martin, IMO they will need to extend him over those void years.

Give him a 3 yr, 54mil contract, for example, with 2 voids at the end of it.
Spreads out whatever signing bonus there is from the new deal over 5 years.
Part of the extension should convert his base salary which is fully guaranteed, into bonuses to drop the 2024 cap hit. Still gets the 18mil, but most of it up front, instead of over 18 weeks.

If the 18mil is used to be converted to the new signing bonus and the overall deal is 5 years his cap hit goes to:

1.25mil base salary + 10.5mil exist SB proration + 3.6mil new SB proration = 15.35mil 2024 cap hit. or 13.5mil cap savings.
That alone will get them close to out of the red for 2024.

Edit: OTC is factoring in 60 contracts right now. By March it'll go to the top 51 contracts which should put the negative cap space at 14mil.


The remaining restructuring can be used for cap space breathing room, new deals to their FAs and eventually a rookie FA pool.

 

[fivetwos]

Zack Martin and DLaw are in the last years of their contracts. Restructuring them mean pushing money into 2025 when they will no longer be under contract. I would not do that unless I had a full picture of the cowboys CAP situation in 2025, which means, knowing what they are doing with Dak. Dak already has $32 million pushed out into 2025 and 2026, voidable years in his contract. DLaw and Martin already have another $20 million pushed into 2025. Restructuring them only makes that number bigger. If they leave in 2025, the Cowboys would have over $60 million in dead money, and they would not have Dak, Zack or DLaw on the roster.

CAP planning is not a year to year activity, or it shouldn't be. The Cowboys have to have a plan looking out a few years knowing where they will be, with contingencies. If they want CAP saves from DLaw and Zack Martin thy will probably extend them a couple of years.

This is exactly why teams should plan to win within certain windows, then suck it up for a couple years with the dead money while adding high draft picks.

These two somehow think they can defy that and contend constantly. Meanwhile all they end up doing is leaving themselves short when they had an optimal chance with another key addition or two.

The last three years provided a real chance to win. Watch and see if things don’t decline from here. Still gonna have to pay the dead money piper, and won nearly nothing of note.

 

[bigE79]

Which players do you feel will be up for a restructure, and when we gain this money, will it be used in a manner to better this team than in previous off seasons?? Please give your thoughts

Diggs will definitely be restructuring

 

[Captain-Crash]

Martin is going nowhere. He holds down the right side of the line.

 

[FVSTONE]

Which players do you feel will be up for a restructure, and when we gain this money, will it be used in a manner to better this team than in previous off seasons?? Please give your thoughts

I know I'm dreaming outside the box, but IF and that's a BIG IF JJ decides to keep all the high earners then each player should request a pay cut and remove the NO TRADE clause for the betterment of the team........ The only way the Boys are going to be competitive is to increase it's CAP SPACE to sign desperately needed FA's that aren't currently on this team.

 

[Rayman70]

Even when you trade players you still have cap hits it doesn’t take there contract with them

But sometimes a team will eat part of the contract. You can maneuver it.