Sturm on why the Cowboys sit out free agency

[Coogiguy03]

Neither he nor his son have plans to go anytime soon. Well one won't have a choice soon but ..... ya know.

TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYERS LISTED

 

[Coogiguy03]

Bob, you know it. If you get drafted by this team and make some plays you are a made man. No team in the league will have a higher opinion of you.

Loooool well said

 

[Bobhaze]

Bob, you know it. If you get drafted by this team and make some plays you are a made man. No team in the league will have a higher opinion of you.

Never has a collection of good but not great players, who have accomplished almost nothing, been given so much in return. It’s stupid.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Bob, you know it. If you get drafted by this team and make some plays you are a made man. No team in the league will have a higher opinion of you.

Zeke will take a pay cut and still be paid more from that pay cut then he would get in free agency.

I also wouldn't be shocked if LVE got more money from us than Bobby Wagner gets from somebody.

It's the Cowboys way. As you said. As long as you make a few plays you've got it as long as you were drafted by the Cowboys.

 

[Bigtex67]

Here’s my problem with the assumption about all those guys (except Micah)- what has this team accomplished WITH them? Answer: Not much.

Diggs is good but great? No. Lamb? Good. Not great. Dak? Good, not great. Parsons? Great. So why is having 3 of those guys critical? Answer: Because the FO doesn’t know what they’re doing.

I agree with your line of think Bob. I would actually look at trading Diggs this year and draft his replacement. He is good, not great.

 

[Risen Star]

Zeke will take a pay cut and still be paid more from that pay cut then he would get in free agency.

I also wouldn't be shocked if LVE got more money from us than Bobby Wagner gets from somebody.

It's the Cowboys way. As you said. As long as you make a few plays you've got it as long as you were drafted by the Cowboys.

It's scary that nothing has been done with Zeke yet.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

It's scary that nothing has been done with Zeke yet.

Because they're waiting to see what much more productive backs get from teams and they're going to see if Zeke will take a pay cut somewhere in their range.

If Zeke would get 4 million a year on the open market then you best believe he'll end up getting 8 from the Cowboys. Because they're clueless and overvalue everyone on this team.

 

[Risen Star]

Because they're waiting to see what much more productive backs get from teams and they're going to see if Zeke will take a pay cut somewhere in their range.

If Zeke would get 4 million a year on the open market then you best believe he'll end up getting 8 from the Cowboys. Because they're clueless and overvalue everyone on this team.

But that's what is scary. He should be outright released. They obviously really do want him back to waste another 10-15 touches a game.

 

[bottleKids]

I am not paying Diggs 20 per year, and the way Parson's has been vocal, will he even want to sign here? I hope so, but we will have to wait and find out. When the Rams won the SB, they had like the 15-16 ranked defense. Where was KC defense ranked last season, something like 9th? We don't need a top 3 defense to get us far, just be consistent on the offensive side of the ball. Get another WR, pay Ceedee, focus on extending Parsons, and invest in the trenches. All that would remain is for our 40 million dollar man to execute consistently.

All this is easy right?

 

[cnuball21]

The thinking is flawed though. Teams should take advantage of their roster exactly when they have young stars on rookie deals like Micah, CeeDee and Diggs. That's when you have cap space to make moves that move the needle. We've seen teams can manipulate the cap and restructure deals when they need to do so.

This team can contend right now if the front office made moves. And they have the cap space to do it. But they won't.

100%…taking advantage of those young stars on rookie deals is the same thing as a QB on a rookie deal.

Jerry just wants to feed us excuses.

 

[zrinkill]

Awwww the old "we are handicapped by the salary cap that we created" excuse from these billionaire owners.

 

[Bobhaze]

Because they're waiting to see what much more productive backs get from teams and they're going to see if Zeke will take a pay cut somewhere in their range.

If Zeke would get 4 million a year on the open market then you best believe he'll end up getting 8 from the Cowboys. Because they're clueless and overvalue everyone on this team.

I would be genuinely surprised if Zeke could get even $4 mil a season on the open market. He’s about 40-50% of what he once was.Here of course, he’s considered part of the “Jones family”.

 

[DasTex]

Parsons
Lamb
Diggs
Dak

Order of importance vs their future cap figure

 

[Risen Star]

Like I don't even care about Zeke's cap hit at this point. I care that he's on the team.

If he's there they will use him and using him holds back this offense significantly.

 

[ShortRound]

They don’t trust their own talent evaluation basically lol

 

[fivetwos]

I don’t know what people generally think of Sturm, but I must be missing something, so please help….

The yearly cap hits are always lower than the annual average of the original contract….and in the case of the players he mentioned, this doesn’t happen for at least a couple of years.

I understand that they want to be in position to keep these guys, but if they can’t win with them now, it’s clear they need more help.

Aren’t they more able to do so BEFORE they pay these guys than after??

And at that point, if you didn’t win between now and then, what are you telling the fans…well, we didn’t win with this group as it was, and now we aren’t able to support around them as well either…..but hey get your jerseys!

 

[thunderpimp91]

This is where I disagree with Jerry/Stephen completely. I can agree with what Sturm is saying, but it doesn't mean it's the right way to go. This is the perfect opportunity to sell high on a guys value like Lamb or Diggs. Pick up an extra 1st round pick and and the ability to go sign one of the big name free agents.

I love having Diggs on the roster, but what would you rather have another high draft pick and Trumain Edmonds at 4/ $18M per or Diggs at $20M per?

 

[Kwyn]

Its an excuse nothing more

bottom line is the bottom line to the clown show

They are making money hand over fist with the status quo; why change it?

Let’s hear your genius solution.

Are you suggesting we don’t re-sign Parsons, Lamb and Diggs?

Cause that’s the “excuse” you are accusing them of.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Let’s project this out: Diggs (five years, $100 million, $20 million per), Lamb (five years, $125 million, $25 million per) and Parsons conservatively at five years for $150 million ($30 million per), and you hope Dak Prescott remains at around $40 million per year. Now, you understand the Cowboys’ roster has four guys at $115 million per season and that is their core for now. They should have roughly that total again to fill out the other 50 guys on the roster. Now you know the Cowboys aren’t chasing too many things in free agency.

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There just isn't enough pie when in the next couple of years you may be giving half of it to 4 players.

But we should be quite used to this....

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Since Carr in 2012? The five biggest free-agent signings are all small with no impact: Henry Melton, Benson Mayowa, Cedric Thornton, Nolan Carroll and Gerald McCoy … I guess? Five biggest impacts? Robert Quinn has to count, technically a trade. Jeremy Mincey? Jayron Kearse? We really cannot come up with five. They have literally stopped shopping in free agency beyond one-year deals almost at all. Maybe they have something planned this year. Don’t cross your fingers.

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That is a scary list. We just don't do free agency. Free agency bad. Add to that the impending deals for Diggs, Lamb and Micah that they have to budget for and you can see why any hopes for a Wagner or Hopkins or even OBJ are probably just a pipe dream.

In other words, they are complete morons and are saving themselves from themselves.

Which all goes back to that they suck at their job.

 

[Davidlee1973]

Yeah Diggs, Lamb and Parsons make it precarious giving away any big deals. The team doesn’t want to risk losing those guys. I think they’ll sign a free agent receiver to a moderate contract but nothing over 8-10 million per.

Why worry about that. Hell diggs , lamb , Micah could all have career ending injuries next year.