Season Over Cap fixes?

[Hoofbite]

IDK if he was all about the team then he would.

You can't ask someone to take a pay cut just because you suck at managing the cap.

I'm not even sure it would be possible because 2014 has already been guaranteed.

 

[xwalker]

I don't know who was doing what but I know we both liked what we saw from Parnell last year. I have no idea what went south. I do know that at times he just appeared to be asleep at the wheel. I'm sure he's engaged but he just didn't move when he needed to last year....at times.

I wish they would keep the preseason games available on the Coaches film, but they take it down when the season starts. He was pummeling people in the 1 preseason game that he played. It was fun to watch. He drove one DL all the way to the sideline. He blew up All-Pro Geno Atkins. He did all of that despite limping back to the huddle between plays.

You can see him occasionally during the season as a blocking TE. The guy is strong as a ox. It's very obvious when he lines up next to Free. Free usually gets pushed back while Parnell is driving his man the other direction. Parnell's man seems to end up on the ground on the majority of plays.

I also like that if there is ever any type of skirmish, he seems to show up. He came off the sideline and was wound up when they were getting into it with the Skins, near the end of the game. All of the starting OL were also in on that skirmish except you could see Free walking away. There was a play against the Eagles where I think it was Murray getting into it with an Eagles DL and you see #78 flash past the camera. He is a blocker on field goals and extra points. There was a game last year where the other team came through and had a late hit on either the kicker or the holder. Parnell was mad as heck about it and was ready to kill somebody but Tyron held him back.

If they would start him, I believe that his path would be similar to Ron Leary. Leary started the season having zero prior snaps in real NFL games. You could see his physical ability right away but he made mistakes. As the season progressed, he made less and less mistakes. In the 2nd Skins game he had only 2 less than ideal snaps in the entire game and even those 2 where not totally his fault. He allowed penetration on on of the goal line runs but Fred's man had burst through and tripped Leary. Leary still pinned his man to the ground. On the other play, he was starting to lose his block after Romo held the ball for 4 seconds. I don't really consider it a bad block if the QB holds the ball for more than 3 seconds.

I saw posts early in the season that Leary was horrible. Now Leary was named to the All NFC East team.

 

[FLCowboyFan]

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

No matter if I agree with everything in here or not, this is took a lot of thought! Thanks for putting out some ideas to chew on. I would like to see us get our of salary cap hell by potentially letting go some big money guys. We need a number of quality young guys on this team! If we could do anything to get some extra draft picks this year to increase the influx of guys in camp, I think it would be a really good thing.

 

[xwalker]

If Parnell was anything Free would not be a Cowboy right now.

Wrong. If Free didn't take the pay cut, then they would have had to scramble to find a backup swing tackle. Even when Free took the pay cut, the money was not guaranteed. Normally, when teams get a player to take a pay cut, they guarantee his salary for the upcoming season because the player does not want a possibility of being cut during training camp. The fact that they didn't guarantee the money for Free indicates that they were going to let Parnell compete for the job. Parnell was then injured and missed almost all of the preseason. They could not go into the season with Parnell as a starter while he was still limping around. Once Free was on the roster for game 1, his salary was then guaranteed.

The only purely developmental player (always inactive) that they kept on the 53 man roster was OT Darrion Weems. This is the 1st time in a few years that they carried more then 3 OTs on the roster. It's a good indication that they are trying to develop a player that could be the backup if Free is cut in 2014 and Parnell becomes the starter.

 

[bark]

I think if free hadn't got off to a Better start this yr, Parnell would have moved into his place. I really like this guy ( Parnell ) I'm hoping he gets right physically And sub plants free next yr.
I think this kid could be a road grader.

 

[Alexander]

Just looking at some things on Sportrac and realized to my horror that Phil Costa has a $1.7 million dollar cap hit next year if I am reading it right.

 

[LatinMind]

Just looking at some things on Sportrac and realized to my horror that Phil Costa has a $1.7 million dollar cap hit next year if I am reading it right.

I could see him getting cut too.

 

[Fredd]

No way Romo takes a cut...he didn't do anything wrong (Actually had a nice season going until the injury). Romo see's the Cowboys netting $300m this season, he didn't do anything but give a stellar performance, and it is not his fault at the contract that was given to him

Cuts: I can't see Ware getting cut by Jones, although, take the homer out of me and I buy into it. Austin? gone...but, Parnell puzzles me. I know others have commented on this already, but the guy almost won the starting gig as it was and if he weren't so raw, his athleticism could have won him the job already...paint him in the Leary category of "good things could come of this if given the chance"

Restructures: I only restructure what is needed to get the team under the cap and set us up to be minor players in FA. They need to get their cap back in line and not always have to use the restructures out of need to get under the cap...it would be nice to use one once in while to go out and grab a prized FA

Depending on whichever new faces are on the roster prior to the draft, that would help to solidify the direction of the draft - will it be trenches starting with DL? I would hope so....my fear is that jones feels comfortable after a few FA signings (minor) that he doesn't feel the need to continue building the lines...I fear that he goes hollywood and tries to get someone like manziel....

 

[Alexander]

I could see him getting cut too.

Still would get a dead money hit of $225K. We even screw up middling type contracts. Why on earth we signed Costa to that deal I have no idea.

 

[LatinMind]

Still would get a dead money hit of $225K. We even screw up middling type contracts. Why on earth we signed Costa to that deal I have no idea.

because they didnt know they were going to draft fredrick. They had to have a center.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

because they didnt know they were going to draft fredrick. They had to have a center.

Exactly.

And who could have known how good or able Frederick would be.

On top of that the Cowboys went through centers by the gross in 2012.

 

[jobberone]

I wish they would keep the preseason games available on the Coaches film, but they take it down when the season starts. He was pummeling people in the 1 preseason game that he played. It was fun to watch. He drove one DL all the way to the sideline. He blew up All-Pro Geno Atkins. He did all of that despite limping back to the huddle between plays.

You can see him occasionally during the season as a blocking TE. The guy is strong as a ox. It's very obvious when he lines up next to Free. Free usually gets pushed back while Parnell is driving his man the other direction. Parnell's man seems to end up on the ground on the majority of plays.

I also like that if there is ever any type of skirmish, he seems to show up. He came off the sideline and was wound up when they were getting into it with the Skins, near the end of the game. All of the starting OL were also in on that skirmish except you could see Free walking away. There was a play against the Eagles where I think it was Murray getting into it with an Eagles DL and you see #78 flash past the camera. He is a blocker on field goals and extra points. There was a game last year where the other team came through and had a late hit on either the kicker or the holder. Parnell was mad as heck about it and was ready to kill somebody but Tyron held him back.

If they would start him, I believe that his path would be similar to Ron Leary. Leary started the season having zero prior snaps in real NFL games. You could see his physical ability right away but he made mistakes. As the season progressed, he made less and less mistakes. In the 2nd Skins game he had only 2 less than ideal snaps in the entire game and even those 2 where not totally his fault. He allowed penetration on on of the goal line runs but Fred's man had burst through and tripped Leary. Leary still pinned his man to the ground. On the other play, he was starting to lose his block after Romo held the ball for 4 seconds. I don't really consider it a bad block if the QB holds the ball for more than 3 seconds.

I saw posts early in the season that Leary was horrible. Now Leary was named to the All NFC East team.

We agree. I'm hoping he will get a chance to play this year. That gives us 3 capable starters and some flexibility in resigning people.

 

[Nightman]

Still would get a dead money hit of $225K. We even screw up middling type contracts. Why on earth we signed Costa to that deal I have no idea.

That's 0.17% of the cap

 

[Alexander]

That's 0.0017% of the cap

Sorry, I chose to focus on the not 99 billion percent that is chewed up by the bad contracts we have handed out to age. Many apologies.

 

[Nightman]

Sorry, I chose to focus on the not 99 billion percent that is chewed up by the bad contracts we have handed out to age. Many apologies.

You brought it up

 

[1LoyalCowboyFan]

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

I love the draft picks. Getting rid of Austin and ware works for me. Need to give young players a shot though.

 

[AdamJT13]

Still would get a dead money hit of $225K. We even ***** up middling type contracts. Why on earth we signed Costa to that deal I have no idea.

There was nothing wrong with that deal, if you wanted Costa on the roster at all for 2013. It used less cap room than his RFA tender would have, even if you add the $225,000 in dead money if he gets cut this offseason.

 

[Ratmatt]

Everyone is so quick to right off Ware.I may be wrong,but I'm not quiet there yet.