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Six Cap Moves The Cowboys Will Make In The 2017 Offseason

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2017...17-offseason-tony-romo-jason-witten-doug-free


Salary Cap Hell. As Dallas fans we have gotten inured to hearing those words and they no longer induce the panic, or even discussion, they once did. Nonetheless Dallas finds themselves with a pretty good shortfall at the moment, for the 2017 salary cap. Spotrac and Over the Cap disagree by about $1 million dollars but both have the Cowboys eight figures over for 2017. That is not chump change. In fact, it’s the worst number in the league.

But all that actually means is that Dallas has a large amount of its resources concentrated into next (this) year’s cap. And this should come as no surprise to anyone, with the big recent contracts for Travis Frederick and Dez Bryant, along with the the extensions and restructures of Brandon Carr, Jason Witten, and, of course, Tony Romo’s money as the team worked hard to keep core older talent while rewarding core newer talent. Dallas clearly has a plan for dealing with the situation through a variety of cap manipulations. Now, these moves do cost the Cowboys some small amount of 2018 cap space, so we will track that as well. This is particularly important as Zack Martin and La’el Collins are both up for new contracts in 2018, along with a few others, and keeping the powder dry for those guys is important.

Here are the six biggest moves I expect Dallas to make for their salary cap.

Starting point:

2017 — $11.3 million over

2018 — $34.9 million under...

 

[gmoney112]

Yeah, if Romo is gone then that gives us like 60mill under the cap in 2018. We have a ton of room that year and beyond. We can really do what we want, just depends who we want to sign and restructure this year.

Collins is also a RFA in 2018. So he won't be a significant cap hit until 2019, unless we go ahead and extend him and frontload with all the space in 2018.

We have plenty of space to resign our young guys next year, resign the stopgaps this year, and make a big splash FA signing or two decent signings.

Cap isn't an issue.

 

[AzorAhai]

This is going to come to a head soon. If the Cowboys aren't active in FA this year they are going to have a massive surplus of cap space next year. Looking at the roster, there's not a lot of players who are going to be candidates for extensions either. So are the Cowboys going to just be one of those teams who carries 30 million in space just for the hell of it? The restructuring will push some forward into next years cap, but not enough where they don't have a huge surplus that they don't feel inclined to spend on anybody they didn't draft.

 

[ghst187]

I still scratch my head at cutting RB Jackson less than a year after using a draft pick on him but keeping not one but two largely washed up RBs on the roster that cost twice as much plus Dunbar who we also didn't end up using anyway. Seems like it would've made tons more sense to go with the younger cheaper option for at least one of those four RB spots. Maybe the guy was a turd or something but I never understood it.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I still scratch my head at cutting RB Jackson less than a year after using a draft pick on him but keeping not one but two largely washed up RBs on the roster that cost twice as much plus Dunbar who we also didn't end up using anyway. Seems like it would've made tons more sense to go with the younger cheaper option for at least one of those four RB spots. Maybe the guy was a turd or something but I never understood it.

I wasn't big on releasing Jackson either, but back-up RB is arguably the easiest spot to fill on the roster.

 

[Stash]

I still scratch my head at cutting RB Jackson less than a year after using a draft pick on him but keeping not one but two largely washed up RBs on the roster that cost twice as much plus Dunbar who we also didn't end up using anyway. Seems like it would've made tons more sense to go with the younger cheaper option for at least one of those four RB spots. Maybe the guy was a turd or something but I never understood it.

It was a bad decision, plain and simple.

 

[Stash]

I always see the term "smart accounting" used when talking about these restructures, but in my opinion, that doesn't show the total picture. Restructures also tie you in to these players and contracts where you otherwise have the option to get out of a deal. You gain short term cap flexibility and sacrifice that flexibility for the long term. There are two sides to that coin and too often, only one side is talked about.

 

[physeter]

I still scratch my head at cutting RB Jackson less than a year after using a draft pick on him but keeping not one but two largely washed up RBs on the roster that cost twice as much plus Dunbar who we also didn't end up using anyway. Seems like it would've made tons more sense to go with the younger cheaper option for at least one of those four RB spots. Maybe the guy was a turd or something but I never understood it.

I am with you on this one, and I am sure the FO regrets it. Perhaps they believed no one wil claim him.

 

[AbeBeta]

Oh boy, the old "salary cap hell" nonsense.

People on this board explain the cap situation regularly and with considerable clarity.

But y'all gotta wait for an "article" from BTB to believe it?

Do they no longer teach information literacy in school?

 

[Stash]

Oh boy, the old "salary cap hell" nonsense.

People on this board explain the cap situation regularly and with considerable clarity.

But y'all gotta wait for an "article" from BTB to believe it?

Do they no longer teach information literacy in school?

Where did anybody use "salary cap hell" here? Your post is the first one I'm seeing the term used in.

 

[AbeBeta]

Yeah, if Romo is gone then that gives us like 60mill under the cap in 2018. We have a ton of room that year and beyond. We can really do what we want, just depends who we want to sign and restructure this year.

Collins is also a RFA in 2018. So he won't be a significant cap hit until 2019, unless we go ahead and extend him and frontload with all the space in 2018.

We have plenty of space to resign our young guys next year, resign the stopgaps this year, and make a big splash FA signing or two decent signings.

Cap isn't an issue.

Wrong on how we handle Collins. He should have gotten first round money. Jerry is likely to give that to him moving forward as he can receive a new deal at this point.

We don't have to do that but it is the right thing to do.

 

[AbeBeta]

Where did anybody use "salary cap hell" here? Your post is the first one I'm seeing the term used in.

Just the first line in the blog post.

 

[Stash]

Just the first line in the blog post.

So, none of the posters that you're scolding or questioning their literacy?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Travis Frederick
Frederick’s $14.2 million base salary next year is the largest on the team.

That is pretty hard to believe. Fredbeard? He wouldn't have been my first guess.

 

[BAZ]

I still scratch my head at cutting RB Jackson less than a year after using a draft pick on him but keeping not one but two largely washed up RBs on the roster that cost twice as much plus Dunbar who we also didn't end up using anyway. Seems like it would've made tons more sense to go with the younger cheaper option for at least one of those four RB spots. Maybe the guy was a turd or something but I never understood it.

Cleveland didn't give him a carry either. He might just not be as good as people expect.

 

[AbeBeta]

So, none of the posters that you're scolding or questioning their literacy?

I clearly questioned why people blindly accept information coming from a blog but resist the same conclusions when put forth repeatedly by other posters

 

[AbeBeta]

That is pretty hard to believe. Fredbeard? He wouldn't have been my first guess.

Typical for any new deal. Without looking, I can be pretty sure thats all guaranteed. Guaranteed money like that always means a planned restructure

 

[Stash]

I clearly questioned why people blindly accept information coming from a blog but resist the same conclusions when put forth repeatedly by other posters

Which nobody here was doing. You introduced a negative, 'low road' dynamic where none existed.

 

[Teague31]

Sounds like we have one more tough year and then we should be fine moving forward

 

[Stash]

Sounds like we have one more tough year and then we should be fine moving forward

And I think they can leverage that flexibility from the future years - to some degree - to help deal with some issues today.