Galian Beast
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If there was serious thought about drafting Manziel in the first round, the team would almost certainly have to make Romo a June 1st cut this year. Before you respond, let me go further. By drafting Manziel you are already effectively giving up on making this team competitive with Romo. That means there is very little reason to carry Romo's contract any longer than you have to. You aren't planning on winning this year with Romo, and you wouldn't be next year.
Making Romo a June 1st cut effectively does nothing to this year's salary cap figure, and gives us a 9 million dollar cap hit next year, which would put us about a million over a projected 140 million dollar salary cap, but more importantly it frees up 2016 and 2017 (~20 million per year).
Rebuilding of this nature simply doesn't make any sense. There is very little reason to believe that Manziel would be more effective than Romo with the current team, and by the team the team is rebuilt around Manziel, you're looking at some pretty expensive contracts all around.
The most prudent action to take is not investing in a first round quarterback at the moment, and continuing to build up the defense. The correct time to draft a replacement for Romo is around the time in which this team is rebuilt in other areas through the draft. This maximizes the ability of a young QB to step into an already decent team, as opposed to a team that struggles and goes 8-8 with an already top 5 QB.
The biggest worry is Romo's back, but I'd like to make the argument that betting on Romo and his health is a much more sensible bet than rebuilding this team and giving up on Romo.
For those who will try to make the argument (who probably didn't read this whole post) that we should keep Romo and draft Manziel. My counter to that idea is how much do you think Manziel will cost as a top 16 pick, yet not directly contribute towards any short term success. You are now taking up salary cap space and using valuable cap resources for someone sitting on the bench. On top of that how many years are you going to pay Romo while Manziel sits? You've got 4 years, with a 5 year option, and then you have to start paying pretty big money (assuming he even works out). In the mean while, you have no money to help build a team around Manziel, and all the core players he would be playing with will also become older and more expensive. It's simply not sensible.
Making Romo a June 1st cut effectively does nothing to this year's salary cap figure, and gives us a 9 million dollar cap hit next year, which would put us about a million over a projected 140 million dollar salary cap, but more importantly it frees up 2016 and 2017 (~20 million per year).
Rebuilding of this nature simply doesn't make any sense. There is very little reason to believe that Manziel would be more effective than Romo with the current team, and by the team the team is rebuilt around Manziel, you're looking at some pretty expensive contracts all around.
The most prudent action to take is not investing in a first round quarterback at the moment, and continuing to build up the defense. The correct time to draft a replacement for Romo is around the time in which this team is rebuilt in other areas through the draft. This maximizes the ability of a young QB to step into an already decent team, as opposed to a team that struggles and goes 8-8 with an already top 5 QB.
The biggest worry is Romo's back, but I'd like to make the argument that betting on Romo and his health is a much more sensible bet than rebuilding this team and giving up on Romo.
For those who will try to make the argument (who probably didn't read this whole post) that we should keep Romo and draft Manziel. My counter to that idea is how much do you think Manziel will cost as a top 16 pick, yet not directly contribute towards any short term success. You are now taking up salary cap space and using valuable cap resources for someone sitting on the bench. On top of that how many years are you going to pay Romo while Manziel sits? You've got 4 years, with a 5 year option, and then you have to start paying pretty big money (assuming he even works out). In the mean while, you have no money to help build a team around Manziel, and all the core players he would be playing with will also become older and more expensive. It's simply not sensible.
