Stephen on "All-In" - "We spend max, max money year in and year out

[Hawkeye0202]

This is the smoke screen the try to use.

I have 50k to spend so I buy 1 car. I spent the whole 50k. Or I can put down 25k and finance the rest and have 2 cars. Or put 10k down and finance 5 cars. Spending the max in each case. Stepen only buys the 1 car and says look, we're maxed out.

So true..........how the hell can he explain the Eagles have signed damn near their entire offense to new deals with almost the same amount of money but Stephen is struggling to sign 3 players.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

So true..........how the hell can he explain the Eagles have signed damn near their entire offense to new deals with almost the same amount of money but Stephen is struggling to sign 3 players.

It's been explained in this thread.

The Eagles had $2M in dead money coming in and restructured everyone they could and generated $37M in dead money.

The Cowboys had $27M in dead money from Dak alone.

It's really not hard to figure out.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles/cap/

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Under no circumstances should they make the same mistake twice.

This is my thing.....if both sides KNOW there are some dealer killers at issue, why not move on? It appears there is a stare down and each side waiting to see who folds.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Yes, offspring we know you spend “max” on players who don’t show up when it matters most.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

This is the smoke screen the try to use.

I have 50k to spend so I buy 1 car. I spent the whole 50k. Or I can put down 25k and finance the rest and have 2 cars. Or put 10k down and finance 5 cars. Spending the max in each case. Stepen only buys the 1 car and says look, we're maxed out.

Sure and after interest you are going to end up paying WAY over $100k for both cars.

The thing you are missing is that the Cowboys came into the offseason with pre-existing debt.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

This is my thing.....if both sides KNOW there are some dealer killers at issue, why not move on? It appears there is a stare down and each side waiting to see who folds.

Why cut him? Having him play at is salary is worth more than just cutting him.

If he doesn't move he can be the walking dead on the way out and he has incentive to play as well as possible that way too. Contract year FTW.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Post 7001 of who everyone who hates the front office needs to keep complaining on a daily basis since the loss of the Packers kudos to you for being miserable good for you!!! Debbie Downers welcome to the new normal...

The irony lol

 

[Alexander]

He's less of a football man than his old man.

I remember the good old days when people thought it would be better when he had more influence than his father.

Welcome.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

The Cowboys had $27M in dead money from Dak alone

It's no secret Dak's contract was structured with the same concept as Aikman and Romo. Why are we having issues with Dak that we never had with Aikman and Romo getting their extension or new money?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The irony lol

Not really. the behavior he is describing is extremely unappealing.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Why cut him? Having him play at is salary is worth more than just cutting him.

I was thinking of trade but I see your point.

 

[CTcowboy203]

Just done with listening to these guys this off season and fundamentally disagree with their rationale on this

 

[Alexander]

TJ Bass looks like a player.

He looks like a UDFA that we might have done well with.

There is no reason to bank on him as a bridge starter.

Good teams have depth players like him. They do not have starters like him.

This optimism for our own is quite troublesome to our success.

It reeks of arrogance and it not an intelligent design at all.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's no secret Dak's contract was structured with the same concept as Aikman and Romo. Why are we having issues with Dak that we never had with Aikman and Romo getting their extension or new money?

How was Dak contract "structured with the same concept as Aikman and Romo?"

Prima facie, the club used to exploit NLTBE bonuses back when those two were around and that is now gone.

They made a mistake with the last contract. I don't think the envisioned him crapping the bed in the playoffs spectacularly but who really knows and what difference does it make unless you have an axe to grind?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I was thinking of trade but I see your point.

again he has a no trade clause.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

He looks like a UDFA that we might have done well with.

There is no reason to bank on him as a bridge starter.

Good teams have depth players like him. They do not have starters like him.

This optimism for our own is quite troublesome to our success.

It reeks of arrogance and it not an intelligent design at all.

good teams and real scotsman

 

[LonnieElam]

Stephen makes it really hard to be a fan sometimes...

Man, I'm starting to hate him as much as Jerry. Honestly, screw that whole family. They're POS's.

 

[Big_D]

Man, I'm starting to hate him as much as Jerry. Honestly, screw that whole family. They're POS's.

You're not kidding, I despise both of them. They're equally painful to listen to, and equally foolish running the team. Sucks to have lost complete hope in a team that used to be successful once upon a time. It's just a clown show at this point.

 

[Flamma]

So true..........how the hell can he explain the Eagles have signed damn near their entire offense to new deals with almost the same amount of money but Stephen is struggling to sign 3 players.

The Eagles mortgage the future to win today. The Cowboys don't. That can lead to lean years. But teams bounce back quick. The Cowboys don't want to have any of those years. When was the last time the Cowboys were under .500 with a healthy starting QB? You have to go back to 2004. But what does that approach get us? Almost contenders?

Stephen forgets we can now look at sites like Spotrac and over the cap to see what they are doing.

 

[Sydla]

Teams are required by rule to spend 89% of the cap over a 4 year period. Dallas certainly meets this. The cash may differ in the short run, but not in the long run. I do not believe Dallas is skimping to save 11% (100% - 89%). That makes no sense.

Dallas is facing a potential mountain of dead money- and there's no manipulating that. That's a dollar for dollar reduction in the available cap. This is why you see the inaction by management right now, in combination with the large contract demands of its stars.

We don't have to "think" or "guess" or "believe".

We can look at the actual data. Blogging the Boys put some of the data together, looking at various time periods over the last decade.

The NFLPA released data from 2013-2016. The Cowboys were 25th in cash spent over that four year period (and that includes big FA signings like Carr as well as Romo's big extension).

Jason La Canfora released an analysis of team salaries showing the period from 2016-2019. Dallas was DEAD LAST in cash spent over that period.

There was no 2020 data available but the NFLPA released a study of the period from 2021-2023. The Cowboys were 30th in cash spent.

These are just facts. The Cowboys, over the last decade, have literally been one of the "cheapest" teams, for lack of a better term, when it comes to investing in the roster.