Some Very Vague Offseaon Predictions

[xwalker]

-I think we will bring back either Carr or Claiborne. Most likely Claiborne as he will only get a 1 year deal.

-I think we will bring Wilcox back and let Church walk. Wilcox looks like a 2 or 3 year deal guy right now.

- Williams is 50/50 IMO. There is a possibility a team will over pay him. If so, he will walk. I dont see Butler back.

- 3 names to remember during FA Jarvis Jones, Cordarelle Patterson and Barkavious Mingo. Failed first rounders Dallas may kick the tires on. I could see one or two of the three in camp next season. I think Patterson would be the only one that makes it out of camp a Dallas Cowboy

- A larger signing then normal could occur. Nothing like Oliver, but I could see Dre Kirkpatrick or Jabaal Sheard.

-I think we will get a day 2 pick for Romo. Im banking on a 3rd, but a 2nd is possible IMO

- I think our predraft visits will stack 1st round DEs, 1st round CBs, and 1st round WR with some rando's. This could be a year we take one of those rando's (Martin, Zach). 2nd round prospects I think you will see a stack of TE's and more DE, WR, CB. 3rd to 5th, I think you will see more OT's, LBs and Safeties.

-If im correct in my Romo trade, you could see a trade up for a coveted DE. Adding another day 2 pick would give them the ammo needed to movr and not compromise the rest of the draft. However, I don't think they would do that for any other position.

- Two names to remember for the draft. Adoree Jackson, Dawaune Smoot. They love elite athletes at the CB position and Smoot is scheme fot at RDE and Marinelli has alot of ties to the Illini staff. They can get more info on Smoot then any other DE in the class

My feeling is that they re-sign both Carr and Claiborne. I would prefer they use the money on 1 top CB, but they seem to like Carr's leadership and ability to stay healthy.

Church is another player the coaches seem to like more than the fans. Wilcox might get an offer somewhere that is too much to match. Some team will see his physical ability and think they can get more out of him than the Cowboys have gotten from him.

TWill could be expensive. Some team might look more at his highlights and overlook his shortcomings. No idea on Butler. He won't get any significant offers, IMO.

Jarvis Jones: Pre-draft, 6-2, 245, 4.88 forty, slow 3-cone and shuttle, poor vert (i.e. Small and slow)
Cordarelle Patterson: Top Kick returner but does not return Punts. Same number of catches in 2016 as TWill had in 2015 but Patterson had half the yards. Known to struggle learning the scheme.

Barkavious Mingo: He is playing as a 4-3 LB with the Patriots. He has been active all season with zero starts.
Dre Kirkpatrick: Solid CB. One report expects him to get 10M per. If they are going to pay 10M per, I hope they look at Trumaine Johnson if he is only a couple of million more than Kirkpatrick.

Romo: Anything could happen with him. It would be great to get a premium pick for him. I don't know for certain if he will want to continue playing.

Adoree Jackson: It will be interesting to see where he checks in height wise. He is around 5-10 to 5-11. The Cowboys seem to want CBs to be over 5-11.
Dawaune Smoot: He gets into the backfield often but tends to miss a lot of tackles on QBs and RBs. Some say he struggles against the run but he looked OK taking on blockers to me. He makes me thinks of some guys that have been 2nd round picks in previous years, but I guess the Cowboys 1st round pick is almost a 2nd rounder.

There should be less focus on QB and RB in the pre-draft visits as compared to last year. Look at last year, they appeared to be interesting in WRs to some extent. I think they could end up taking a WR in the 1st.

Pre-Draft Visits from 2016:
Official Visits:
CB Jalen Ramsey
CB Vernon Hargreaves
DE Joey Bosa
DE Deforest Buckner
DE Shaq Lawson
DE Kevin Dodd
DT Sheldon Rankins
DT Kenny Clark
DT Rodney Coe
LB Deon King
LB/S Cory James
OG Isaac Seumalo
OG Connor McGovern
QB Jared Goff
QB Carson Wentz
QB Paxton Lynch
QB Connor Cook
QB Christian Hackenberg
QB Dak Prescott
QB Jacoby Brissett
RB Ezekiel Elliott
RB Derrick Henry
RB C.J. Prosise
RB Kenyan Drake
RB Paul Perkins
SS Karl Joseph
WR Laquon Treadwell
WR Will Fuller
WR Tyler Boyd


Dallas Day Visits:
CB De'Vante Harris
DE Mike Tuaua
DT A'Shawn Robinson
DT Davion Pierson
FB Kenneth farrow
FB Jarrod Lynn
FS Jalen Mills
FS LaDarell McNeill
FS Shakiel Randolph
ILB Frank Shannon
K Jaden Oberkrom
K Chris Moore
K Chad Hedlund
LS Brent Nicholson
OG Nila Kasitati
OG Oni Omoile
OG Jamelle Naff
OL William McGehee
OL Kris Weeks
OT Marcus Hutchins
QB/WR Trevone Boykin
RB Jonathan Williams
RB Aaron Green
RB James Banks
S Derrick Kindred
TE M.J. McFarland
TE Mandel Dixon
TE Jason Neill
WR Rashard Higgins
WR Demarcus Ayers
WR Jay Lee
WR Cedric Gilbert
WR Jakeem Grant

 

[Hardline]

We need a vertical threat Tight End. We need to replace Witten and give Dak his Novacek.

Witten is a reliable offensive weapon. He's not being replaced. I do agree we do need to add another TE that is a vertical threat like you say.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

We can be big spenders pretty much any time we want. Its never the cap as of now that holds you back, its the cap in future years that does and how it can restrain you from keeping players you want to keep (Demarcus Ware)

JMO, but we'd have to restructure a lot of deals to land a big free agent, thus pushing money into those future seasons. If we move on from Romo, via trade, we're still not under the cap and will have to restructure a few vets. Tyron and Frederick are the two safest best, but guys like Dez and Lee are dangerous because of their injury history, so I'd be reluctant to restructure them and raise their cost in subsequent seasons. The money we get from Romo, Smith and Frederick (around $17 million under) will likely be used more or less to resign our guys. We'll need a back up QB, so whether it's Sanchez or not, that's roughly $2 million (Sanchez's current cost) and it seems the team likes McFadden as the back up RB, so let's just say that's $1.5 for him (they could take another late round guy, but considering they let Jackson go, I doubt they do unless it's a great value) or they resign Dunbar for the same amount. I project that some team will pay TWilliams at minimum $7 million, so we let him walk, and instead resign Brice Butler for let's say, a first year cap hit of $3.5 million. On defense, I think we'll definitely resign either Church or Wilcox, which will cost between $4-$5 million annually, but let's say the first year cap hit is $3.5 million. That leaves us with $9.5 million, which would gives us enough room to make a splash, but any subsequent moves would need additional space. Instead of spending the whole amount on one guy, I'd resign Claiborne and sign maybe a veteran o-lineman and d-lineman.

In 2018, we'd be in a much better position to make a big splash since we'd have Romo's salary off the books and at least 1 more season before we can extend Dak.

 

[xwalker]

I've been championing Cordarelle for a while and think he'd be an excellent pickup for what he brings to ST alone.

I also think Mo is locked up multi year for a reasonable amount.

Ware would be a feel good story, but I'm not sure it's in the cards.

And this is my personal wish but target Terrel Pryor haaaaaaard

The downside with Cordarelle Patterson is that he does not return Punts. He only returns Kickoffs. That keeps him from being a direct replacement for Lucky.

I expect Claiborne to sign another 1 year deal.

If Ware didn't have injury issues this year, then I could see a better chance of him returning as a pass rush specialist.

Terrelle Pryor is my pet cat free agent (6-5, 232, 4.38 forty). This was his first full year as a WR and he looked decent in the games I reviewed. His upside is exciting. I don't think he has proven enough to get huge money, but who knows. I think he would be really good in the Cowboys offense, but it might be hard to make him the #2 WR from day one because they like a refined route runner to go with Dez and his erratic route running. I've heard some claims that he might have attitude issues but I have not seen anything concrete on that.

IMO: Terrelle Pryor >>> Cordarelle Patterson

 

[Elusive6thRing]

Ware will be back next year.

More like Ware's back will be putting him into retirement next year.

 

[links18]

Man, I so don't care about the offseason right now, what with the playoffs still going on and us in them and everything....

 

[jamesdojr]

what we need at Wr in some run after the catch like Odell Becham and we dont have that on our offense,the draft is the only way to help Dak with that because we dont run deep routes anyway.

So many of our routes require stopping to catch the ball. Dez is good after the catch, but doesn't get the.chance to show that off much. Think about the few times you have seen Dez catch the ball in full stride. He is a beast to catch and bring down.

 

[WillieBeamen]

-I dont think we will bring back T.McClain so I hope we got after Benny Logan to be out 1-tech.

-Re-Sign Twill and draft a WR in one of the top 3 rounds (a WR that is speedy and can PR. Make Lucky expendable)

-Sign a big time DE. JPP, Calais Campbell, Melvin Ingram. I hope we call the Jets and see what they want for Sheldon Richardson

-Sign Carr and let Mo walk. He cant stay healthy

 

[phildadon86]

And I have no idea why. He might be the worst route runner in the game.

Nope thats Dez. I heard it here.

 

[slomoxn]

Ware will be back next year.

To retire? He is hurt again needing back surgery if I read correctly.

 

[yimyammer]

"Vauge"?

 

[noyatta21]

-I think we will bring back either Carr or Claiborne. Most likely Claiborne as he will only get a 1 year deal.

-I think we will bring Wilcox back and let Church walk. Wilcox looks like a 2 or 3 year deal guy right now.

- Williams is 50/50 IMO. There is a possibility a team will over pay him. If so, he will walk. I dont see Butler back.

- 3 names to remember during FA Jarvis Jones, Cordarelle Patterson and Barkavious Mingo. Failed first rounders Dallas may kick the tires on. I could see one or two of the three in camp next season. I think Patterson would be the only one that makes it out of camp a Dallas Cowboy

- A larger signing then normal could occur. Nothing like Oliver, but I could see Dre Kirkpatrick or Jabaal Sheard.

-I think we will get a day 2 pick for Romo. Im banking on a 3rd, but a 2nd is possible IMO

- I think our predraft visits will stack 1st round DEs, 1st round CBs, and 1st round WR with some rando's. This could be a year we take one of those rando's (Martin, Zach). 2nd round prospects I think you will see a stack of TE's and more DE, WR, CB. 3rd to 5th, I think you will see more OT's, LBs and Safeties.

-If im correct in my Romo trade, you could see a trade up for a coveted DE. Adding another day 2 pick would give them the ammo needed to movr and not compromise the rest of the draft. However, I don't think they would do that for any other position.

- Two names to remember for the draft. Adoree Jackson, Dawaune Smoot. They love elite athletes at the CB position and Smoot is scheme fot at RDE and Marinelli has alot of ties to the Illini staff. They can get more info on Smoot then any other DE in the class

Adore Jackson would be a great pick up!! He has elite speed and he is a great return man!!!!!

 

[Silverstar]

"Vauge"?

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[Proof]

The downside with Cordarelle Patterson is that he does not return Punts. He only returns Kickoffs. That keeps him from being a direct replacement for Lucky.

I expect Claiborne to sign another 1 year deal.

If Ware didn't have injury issues this year, then I could see a better chance of him returning as a pass rush specialist.

Terrelle Pryor is my pet cat free agent (6-5, 232, 4.38 forty). This was his first full year as a WR and he looked decent in the games I reviewed. His upside is exciting. I don't think he has proven enough to get huge money, but who knows. I think he would be really good in the Cowboys offense, but it might be hard to make him the #2 WR from day one because they like a refined route runner to go with Dez and his erratic route running. I've heard some claims that he might have attitude issues but I have not seen anything concrete on that.

IMO: Terrelle Pryor >>> Cordarelle Patterson

Maybe I'm overlooking some significant aspect, but just because he doesn't, what would prevent cordarelle from returning punts as well if asked?

And I heard Terrelle had issues with his attitude in school but by all accounts he's the model teammate now and humbled himself when he made the position switch. He's had a handful of jaw dropping games this year

 

[basstapp]

I would love to see Patterson in a Lucky Whitehead Roll

 

[CowboyStar88]

I don't seem them trading Romo not at this stage in his career they will most likely make him a June designation. They're loyal to him.

Wilcox I think is brought back

Mo I think will be back he loves Dallas

Williams will get a contract offer from Dallas and I'm not sure on Butler.

I would totally kick the tires on Patterson as he fills a couple of roles.

They will spend money on mid-level FA I have looked to see who would be available.

I think Green challenges Free for the RT spot

I think they bring in a FA corner as I don't think Carr will be back

 

[xwalker]

Maybe I'm overlooking some significant aspect, but just because he doesn't, what would prevent cordarelle from returning punts as well if asked?

And I heard Terrelle had issues with his attitude in school but by all accounts he's the model teammate now and humbled himself when he made the position switch. He's had a handful of jaw dropping games this year

He has 1 PR in 4 years. If a top rated KR has 1 PR that probably means he can't do it.

Catching Punts is much more difficult than catching Kicks.

 

[LocimusPrime]

-I dont think we will bring back T.McClain so I hope we got after Benny Logan to be out 1-tech.

-Re-Sign Twill and draft a WR in one of the top 3 rounds (a WR that is speedy and can PR. Make Lucky expendable)

-Sign a big time DE. JPP, Calais Campbell, Melvin Ingram. I hope we call the Jets and see what they want for Sheldon Richardson

-Sign Carr and let Mo walk. He cant stay healthy

Good moves!

 

[chagus]

And I have no idea why. He might be the worst route runner in the game.

Special teams.

 

[erod]

Because he is a game changer in the return game so some team will give him more money than he is worth.

But that's like 2-3 returns a game. No thanks.