Twitter: Stephen Jones: "The cap is a real thing."

[Cowfan75]

The only thing that makes me want Jerry to live forever is hearing Stephen talking, about anything. Seriously...things will be so much worse with Stephen in charge. He doesn't even give off the vibe that he cares if we're relevant or not. At least Jerry wants to win at least 8 games a year to get ratings.

 

[Adiba1977]

The only thing that makes me want Jerry to live forever is hearing Stephen talking, about anything. Seriously...things will be so much worse with Stephen in charge. He doesn't even give off the vibe that he cares if we're relevant or not. At least Jerry wants to win at least 8 games a year to get ratings.

very true. Stephen doesn’t care about football or winning. Just a business for him.

 

[Stash]

It appears there are cap casualties coming. Who might they be?

Start with the 2018 draft class.

 

[Fletch]

It appears there are cap casualties coming. Who might they be?

It’s only real to the Cowboys. Seems other teams ignore it fairly well and push through it. We’re so dang scared of free agency because we strictly build thru the draft, field a team with some talent, but not enough talent to push us over the top to sniff an NFC Championship game.

Over a quarter of a century has passed since our last Super Bowl appearance and Jerry still wishes he had built a better team around Romo, Witten, and Ware.

Now it’s Zack Martin’s, Tyron’s, Dak’s and Amari’s turn to run out of time.

 

[Stash]

Did anyone actually think we wasn’t losing Schultz, Gregory, CW, Armstrong and more
No new news here
Just reinforces what was obvious

So you haven’t seen fans saying “we can keep anyone we want to”?

I’ve seen it enough to be sick.

 

[gimmesix]

I thought Steven laughed when someone mentioned the cap? Someone has a signature on here to that effect.

Mine. He only talks about the cap being "real" when it's convenient. There are plenty of other instances where he has talked about the ability to manipulate it.

 

[Rogerthat12]

The more Stephen talks, the more I realize there is no hope. He's gonna be worse than Jerry.

Yep, worse than Jerry, think that one through…

 

[Cmac]

Shultz is gonna walk
Gallup probably walks
Amari could be traded

.......and Zeke released? Send him to KC or Ravens
Heading to a 9-8 season, brace yourselves.

 

[KingintheNorth]

It appears there are cap casualties coming. Who might they be?

A few years back he said he could do whatever needed to create cap room.

He's just lazy. Worse than that, he's bad at football.

I'm still convinced he believes any unused cap room goes directly to his inheritance.

How about just winning Stephen? Can we focus on that?

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

but some of the posters on here made us believe the cap was no big deal. that all you do is play a shell game and sprinkle some pixie dust and it will go away.

 

[BleedinBlue]

Mine. He only talks about the cap being "real" when it's convenient. There are plenty of other instances where he has talked about the ability to manipulate it.

Looks like he's doing a bang up job with how he's handling D-law , Zeek and Cooper's cap hits. We need some more of that. I think making "room" is one thing and sound cap management another.

 

[baltcowboy]

It appears there are cap casualties coming. Who might they be?

That’s what happens when you sign a top 10-12 quarterback to the best contract in NFL history. You sign a running back that has two years left on his contract to the richest running back contract in NFL history. You then sign a top 12-15 Wide receiver to a top 3 salary for receivers. You sign a gimp to a top 5 linebacker salary. But it all started when the Cowboys gave a defensive end that needed shoulder surgery, already had a bad back, and had one good sack season 60 million guaranteed. The biggest issue I have is with Stephen “Cap Boy”Jones, giving these guys big contracts for winning nothing. Win me something and then I will pay you. The Cowboys have developed a since of entitlement that has set this team back for 26 years.

 

[Blast From The Past]

Here we go...
Dumpster diving anyone???

The yearly dumpster dive. We find value for cheap money and 1 year contracts in Dallas. No high dollar salary cap munching studs for us.

 

[Jake]

A few years back he said he could do whatever needed to create cap room.

He's just lazy. Worse than that, he's bad at football.

It's almost as if the only NFL experience he has is working for his dad, who owns the team, or something.

 

[buddieluver]

People hate on SJ but have you seen the seen the cap problems the Saints have this season.

 

[Walker]

This is talk for, so we couldn't win this past year, so were downgrading the team and as the season gets near they are going to hype it up so to sell tickets and merchandise.

 

[charron]

They can do what they want with the cap problem is they don't want to build the best team. They want to build in excuses.

 

[visionary]

The more Stephen talks, the more I realize there is no hope. He's gonna be worse than Jerry.

going to be? LOL

 

[gimmesix]

Looks like he's doing a bang up job with how he's handling D-law , Zeek and Cooper's cap hits. We need some more of that. I think making "room" is one thing and sound cap management another.

Not sure that I agree with you. The key is generally who do you want to pay and how much. Most teams figure out which players they believe are going to be worth the big price and which ones are not. For instance, we let Byron Jones go because he was going to be one of the more sought-after FAs and his cost wasn't going to equal his production. Obviously, the front office believed differently about Lawrence, Elliott and Cooper.

The tough decisions are determining whether the FAs we have are worth the going rate. If Schultz, for example, is considered one of the top TEs on the market, he may be too costly to retain compared to expected production.

 

[Jake]

People hate on SJ but have you seen the seen the cap problems the Saints have this season.

Who cares?

SJ has been Director of Player Personnel for the last 25 years and has 3 wild card round playoff wins to show for it.