Season Over Cap fixes?

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I did this over the caps calculator

We know Where Dallas will be drfting and we know who will be coaching the defense. We know what Stephen has said. The front 7 will be overhauled.

I know this wont come over lightly, i dont like it because he is one of my favorite Cowboys.

Cuts
Demarcus Ware
Miles Austin June 1
Jeremy Parnell
Justin Durant
Everrette Brown
Corey Irvin
Frank Kearse

Restructure
Tony Romo (If i was Jerry i would ask him to take a paycut instead of restructure)
Brandon Carr
Jasin Witten
Sean Lee
Orlando Scandrick
Doug Free

Tendering
Dan Bailey W/ a RD2 tender
Chris Jones Exclusive Rights Tender

Doing this will give Dallas 11.3 Mill in capspace Thats taking out being over the cap and including the dead money. Thats decent money but only 5.8 mil of that will be available to the Cowboys before June1(Austin cut).

If i was Jerry i would extend Orton and take his base and spread it out over the extention that would free up about 2 mil. Orton has to know he isnt going to be a starter anymore. He could have security and being in a state that is tax lenient. Taking Dallas back to 7.8 mil before June 1.

The good thing about this is Dallas will already be 20 mil under the cap in 2015, even with Romo's big salary.

So come freeagency i dont expect the Cowboys to do much of anything.

So Dallas goes into the draft with Selvie|Crawford|Hayden|Wilson on the DL. So naturally This draft will be a big DL draft for Dallas. Crawford should be ready to go come OTAs and Im sure Marinelli will make him a DT. He probably wouldve started next to Hatcher this yr anyways. Crawford is solid vs the run and can occupy blockers. So i think He would play the role that Hayden played this yr. The 1 tech. Selvie im sure theyd want him to be a rotation guy. But he did very good this yr. They should give him a shot.Hayden and Wilson should be depth. Ive heard Broaddus saying Marinelli really like Wilson.

DL isnt the only need though. Dallas needs to find a Safety or Wilcox or Heath need to speed up that development. Think Dallas found something in Wilber. The guy played really good the more he played OLB. And Hollomon found his nitch and thats in the middle. Good depth with him because while his best posistion will be inside he can play all 3 spots. On offense i really think Dallas needs to draft a QB. If one of the RD1 guys fell to him i wouldnt be mad if they jumped on him. Only way i think a QB has a chance to reach Dallas is if Hundley declares. Dallas needs depth at Guard, and WR.

So the Draft comes and with AdamJT prediction of 4 RD& comp picks will help because there isnt a team in the NFL that drafts better at the end of the draft.

RD1 Kony Ealy DE Missouri
Moving up draft boards from end of the 1st to Middle. Not out of the question that he could move up into the top 10. But he provides a whole lot of passrush for Dallas. But can play the run just as good. And has the size and speed to be a every down RDE.

RD2 Timmy Jernigan DT Florida State
Protypical DT that Marinelli target. Quick off the snap and the ability to split and shed blocks.

RD3 Dion Bailey S USC
Kiffin guy, S that understands and fits the tampa 2. Playmaker and type of safety with range that would allow Church to play up in the box when needed.

RD4 AJ McCarron QB Bama
Big QB with a big arm. But can play within the system. Can sit for 2 yrs and start 2016. Or until romos back finally gives out. Whichever comes first.

RD5 Josh Mauro DT/DE Stanford
A guy who can and has played inside and outside on the DL, Strong and smart with the ability to get pressure from inside or on the edge.

RD6 Jordan Zumwalt OLB UCLA
Plays strong against the run, depth but will develop and will start at some point within the next couple yrs.

RD7 Ben Gardner DE/DT Stanford
Another one of them players that played inside and outside. Played in 8 games before getting hurt but Had 7.5 sacks before he got hurt.

Comp Picks

Ken Bishop DT N Illinois
Lavelle Westbrooks CB Georgia Southern
Austin Wentworth T Fresno State
Silas Redd RD USC
 

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AJ mccarron doesnt do naything for me but we should definitely draft a QB.
 

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LM are you from Dallas? if not, just to let you know Ware is on all advertising/commercials for the Cowboys in the city. he's not going anywhere, not with this regime.
 
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If anyone should take a pay cut, it should be the defense. This year alone they were making just as much as our offense in salary cap, yet they performed much worse.
 

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The ridiculous Romo pay-cut aside, I agree with most on the list. Especially releasing Ware and Miles.
 

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Cuts
Jeremy Parnell
Justin Durant
Everrette Brown
Corey Irvin
Frank Kearse
What possible reason could there be to cut young players?

Cutting Parnell is the worse idea that I've seen on this board.
 

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I did this over the caps calculator

We know Where Dallas will be drfting and we know who will be coaching the defense. We know what Stephen has said. The front 7 will be overhauled.

I know this wont come over lightly, i dont like it because he is one of my favorite Cowboys.

Cuts
Demarcus Ware
Miles Austin June 1
Jeremy Parnell
Justin Durant
Everrette Brown
Corey Irvin
Frank Kearse

Restructure
Tony Romo (If i was Jerry i would ask him to take a paycut instead of restructure)
Brandon Carr
Jasin Witten
Sean Lee
Orlando Scandrick
Doug Free

Tendering
Dan Bailey W/ a RD2 tender
Chris Jones Exclusive Rights Tender

Doing this will give Dallas 11.3 Mill in capspace Thats taking out being over the cap and including the dead money. Thats decent money but only 5.8 mil of that will be available to the Cowboys before June1(Austin cut).

If i was Jerry i would extend Orton and take his base and spread it out over the extention that would free up about 2 mil. Orton has to know he isnt going to be a starter anymore. He could have security and being in a state that is tax lenient. Taking Dallas back to 7.8 mil before June 1.

The good thing about this is Dallas will already be 20 mil under the cap in 2015, even with Romo's big salary.

So come freeagency i dont expect the Cowboys to do much of anything.

So Dallas goes into the draft with Selvie|Crawford|Hayden|Wilson on the DL. So naturally This draft will be a big DL draft for Dallas. Crawford should be ready to go come OTAs and Im sure Marinelli will make him a DT. He probably wouldve started next to Hatcher this yr anyways. Crawford is solid vs the run and can occupy blockers. So i think He would play the role that Hayden played this yr. The 1 tech. Selvie im sure theyd want him to be a rotation guy. But he did very good this yr. They should give him a shot.Hayden and Wilson should be depth. Ive heard Broaddus saying Marinelli really like Wilson.

DL isnt the only need though. Dallas needs to find a Safety or Wilcox or Heath need to speed up that development. Think Dallas found something in Wilber. The guy played really good the more he played OLB. And Hollomon found his nitch and thats in the middle. Good depth with him because while his best posistion will be inside he can play all 3 spots. On offense i really think Dallas needs to draft a QB. If one of the RD1 guys fell to him i wouldnt be mad if they jumped on him. Only way i think a QB has a chance to reach Dallas is if Hundley declares. Dallas needs depth at Guard, and WR.

So the Draft comes and with AdamJT prediction of 4 RD& comp picks will help because there isnt a team in the NFL that drafts better at the end of the draft.

RD1 Kony Ealy DE Missouri
Moving up draft boards from end of the 1st to Middle. Not out of the question that he could move up into the top 10. But he provides a whole lot of passrush for Dallas. But can play the run just as good. And has the size and speed to be a every down RDE.

RD2 Timmy Jernigan DT Florida State
Protypical DT that Marinelli target. Quick off the snap and the ability to split and shed blocks.

RD3 Dion Bailey S USC
Kiffin guy, S that understands and fits the tampa 2. Playmaker and type of safety with range that would allow Church to play up in the box when needed.

RD4 AJ McCarron QB Bama
Big QB with a big arm. But can play within the system. Can sit for 2 yrs and start 2016. Or until romos back finally gives out. Whichever comes first.

RD5 Josh Mauro DT/DE Stanford
A guy who can and has played inside and outside on the DL, Strong and smart with the ability to get pressure from inside or on the edge.

RD6 Jordan Zumwalt OLB UCLA
Plays strong against the run, depth but will develop and will start at some point within the next couple yrs.

RD7 Ben Gardner DE/DT Stanford
Another one of them players that played inside and outside. Played in 8 games before getting hurt but Had 7.5 sacks before he got hurt.

Comp Picks

Ken Bishop DT N Illinois
Lavelle Westbrooks CB Georgia Southern
Austin Wentworth T Fresno State
Silas Redd RD USC

nice post.
 

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What possible reason could there be to cut young players?

Cutting Parnell is the worse idea that I've seen on this board.

We're a play away from Weems or Parnell so no I don't cut the guy. He's our swing tackle. I suppose they could like Weems enough to trade or cut him for salary reasons but I don't know if that is applicable. I don't care to look up their contracts.
 

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Not sure he would although he's someone you could probably deal with under the table.

Not sure if you are serious, but I would hope you aren't suggesting that we in any way try to cheat the cap.

I consider cheaters the low of the low and personally discount both San Francisco and Denver for purposely circumventing the cap during SB runs.

Jerry is a lot of things but if I ever thought he deliberately tried to cheat his fellow owners then after 43 years I am gone without a second thought.
 

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Not sure if you are serious, but I would hope you aren't suggesting that we in any way try to cheat the cap.

I consider cheaters the low of the low and personally discount both San Francisco and Denver for purposely circumventing the cap during SB runs.

Jerry is a lot of things but if I ever thought he deliberately tried to cheat his fellow owners then after 43 years I am gone without a second thought.

Well, I don't like it much either but then I don't run a billion dollar NFL club either. I suspect that sort of thing goes on thru promises on occasion somewhere in the league. I don't think for a minute anyone exchanges money.
 

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Well, I don't like it much either but then I don't run a billion dollar NFL club either. I suspect that sort of thing goes on thru promises on occasion somewhere in the league. I don't think for a minute anyone exchanges money.

I disagree, and if they are I'll be damned if I want my team involved.
 

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Pretty nice post.

I obviously disagree about the Romo pay cut. You want a guy who literally broke his back trying to get this dumpster fire of a roster chosen by the GM into the playoffs for the last 4 years to take a cut. I understand the concern with the age and if he'll be the same coming off the back injury but if I'm Tony I'm flashing the largest finger in the middle of the hand to the so called GM on that one.

The only other thing I think you missed...in your draft choices, you missed the draft pick from the small school and the Big Sky Conference we seem to stick in our choices every year lately. That's the annual JG getting cute with the RKG and convincing Jerruh to go with it.
 
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