Salary Cap

[FanofJerry]

The cap is tough to manage when all you have are a bunch of dudes looking to get paid and not win championships. It's clear to me, go to Dallas to get paid and pad your social media following.

Dont try and fool people with trophies....they dont pay the bills.

The anti-pay players propaganda that seems to oddly infect EVERY SINGLE sports forum I go to sure does come across as not humans but bots trying to trick you into some kind of mindset. Trophies dont pay bills...its not that hard of a concept to figure out.

 

[ColoradoCowboy]

How does that compare to the rest of the league? Give some context.

Eleventh most in the League.

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap-space

 

[baltcowboy]

The cap is tough to manage when all you have are a bunch of dudes looking to get paid and not win championships. It's clear to me, go to Dallas to get paid and pad your social media following.

I would make Diggs and CeeDee play out their contracts. You not getting paid for no playoff wins.

 

[FanofJerry]

I would make Diggs and CeeDee play out their contracts. You not getting paid for no playoff wins.

Not paying individual players because the team doesnt win a playoff game? Seems a bit out of touch

 

[ColoradoCowboy]

The whole mishandling of the QB conract haunts this team now and going forward. If they were to trust their first thought which was this guy is a mirage and don't pay him, things would look a lot different. The moral of the story being: bus drivers are OK as long as it is on a rookie deal.

About that.

Facts are stubborn things and the facts say that Dak's total cap number this year is a smidge under $20 million. Let's compare that a bit...

Jared Goff Just over $31 million.
Kirk Cousins about $31.5 million
Carson Wentz $28.3 million
Ryan Tannehill $38.6 million

I'm not saying that Dak is the greatest QB ev-AR or that his contract is stellar or anything of that type. All that I'm saying is that your statement about how his contract is somehow hamstringing the current team is simply false.

NEXT year, it gets grim, but this year it is very manageable.

Also, can't cut him after this year either as that would cause $89 million of dead cap next year. His $31,000,000 salary for next year is already fully guaranteed, but he is cutable AFTER next year if we can't stomach the $52 million cap number for 2024. He has both a no trade and a no tag clause in his contract.

 

[baltcowboy]

Not paying individual players because the team doesnt win a playoff game? Seems a bit out of touch

Not paying top dollar for no playoff wins. Earn your money by playing deep in the playoffs. Believe me CeeDee wants to paid like the best wide receiver and Diggs will want to be paid as a top cornerback.

 

[FanofJerry]

Take aim at the market...not individual performers whose play usually justifies their pay.

 

[ColoradoCowboy]

"Salary cap floor" learn it. The money HAS to be spent, so you have to pay SOMEONE.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

According to overthecap.com, the Cowboys have just under $12 million of available cap space. They have over $26 million of dead money.

Over 50% of the dead money is on Jaylon, Amari, and Collins.

What's funny is the dead space came with savings against their actual cap hits as well. So the original poster ignored where that sits compared to the league and the fact that cutting those guys actually gave us room.

Cooper was on the books for 20 million....by getting rid of him we gained space.