I'm not sure how any of that works but the fact that he was a raider first I don't see how we have any responsibility unless there's some kind of dead cap that can't be removed which I doubt there's a lot of that left.. He basically retired as a as a raider unretired and they must have let his rights go or something but I'm pretty sure the Raiders have some responsibility to some of the money...
also Have Nate Thomas from last year's draft to add to the competition along with Richards , Waletzko etc...big camp battles with Steele and Guyton trying to stay starters, while the others fight to take it away.,.
We released him with a June 1st destination and 3 years left on his contract! We are still responsible for the guaranteed money proration that was paid as bonus.
Thomas is a guard and looks to lack the athleticism to even play there. I don’t even think they bothered with the delusion he could play tackle!
It wouldn't but the issue is I wasn't aware of his contract ramifications as i pay little attention to that aspect of things. I dont work in the FO so Im more locked in to on field performance stuff versus contracts and financials
He's a tackle no one's delusional he's listened at the tackle he was a tackle so I'm assuming he'll get a chance to fight a tackle and compete that's what you do that's what really these OT A's mini camps training camp and pre seasons all about it's not about the veterans it's about this you have positions that needs to be solidified and you let the best man win and in this case it may be for the backup spots but you never know one can step up I don't see how you don't think the guys is 6'4 330 can play tackle you think he's too big?
First of all what I'm saying is how are we talking about Michael Gallup why does it matter every team has these type of players that have dead cap money attached to them that's the problem with kicking money down the road with the salary cap they're all going to pay the Piper eventually but it can't be that much that we're talking about him I don't even know why Michael Gallup's name is being mentioned in here maybe that's where I'm lost but I really don't care because it's minimal there's no way that it could be that big yes Ezekiel Elliott I was very aware he still had six million in dead cat money but it is nowhere near that with Michael Gallup...
The original question was why they didn’t designate Steele as June first cut. They used their allotted two for this season.
They stuck him at guard. All the training camp reports on him last season were at guard. Even the initial draft report on draft day stated he was going to be moved to guard due to athletic limitations!
I bet they look at him at T this camp given they signed Jones and Charles on the interior, but honestly I dont see a very good path for him to make the team either way unless the injury bug hits. You're right that his best position is G, but Dallas can only keep so many players and Smith/Hoffman/Beebe/Jones/Charles/Bass should have those spots locked down on the interior, and even of that group one may have to go if they choose to keep 4 Tackles.
He did pretty well run blocking. His pass blocking has struggled but a good run game helps everyone’s pass blocking. If we defense has to respect the run it makes them just a tick slower.
The way to have addressed that was get a LT and move Guyton to RT. Now they have no choice but keep Steele
Eh, he’s either 6th on the depth chart at guard or 6th on the depth chart as tackle.
Exactly. Thats the bigger issue with Thomas, regardless of what position they try and stick him at the guy is not serious competition going into camp for either G or T as far as making the final roster goes.
gotcha!
I'm just saying at some point you probably just need to throw out anything you heard or saw from the old coaching staff.. They literally will have a different perspective on each and every one of these players and we'll see how it plays out in training camp that's my point....
If Thomas was a poor fit athletically for Salari’s mostly man scheme at tackle, as the team seemed to think, he’s going to be a much poorer fit in the inside/outside zone scheme they have hinted at Riley running!
Good post and nice work actually digging deeper than the "its a new OL coach so things will be better, trust me bro" arguments. The physical limitations of certain players are still there regardless of the coaching staff. Some guys may benefit from a change, some might regress. I wish more people would look at what the Cowboys are actually trying to implement here and be open to educated guesses from the pros and cons of each individual players abilities.
