If we draft a player like Bosa who might go 1st overall but will add to the pass rush.
Then the deal thing to do with Carr is re-negotiate his salary, because he is solid, just not a top 5-10 CB like he's getting paid. Adding to the dline will add effectiveness to our DB's.
We get savings and don't have to pay another starter. Use that $ on the DL, LB and/or SS positions. Draft a couple corners like suggested.
Claiborne won't get much on the open market and may actually get signed to a cost effective deal. New DB coach
Church can go and Wilcox can be a cost effective backup who can swing at FS and SS if needed in case of injury.
My only fear with renegotiating Carr's contract is that he only has one year left on his deal. You would have to extend him even longer, and I'd really rather not do that, unless it was for significant cap savings.
Totally agree, Cowboys should spend a 2nd rounder on this dynamic player just begging to be picked. What could possibly go wrong?
Tight ends coming in the league now are far more dynamic than Jason Witten is at the moment. It's simply a fact of life.
That's what's known as burying the lede.
At what point do you cut Witten? Would you re-sign him? And if you wouldn't re-sign him to what he is making now, why would you keep him for what he is making now? Doesn't make sense.
"Only save 6 million"
That's a good amount of dough.
Unless he renegotiated his contract significantly, he won't be here next season.
It isn't a lot when you consider the cost of replacing him. Even if you get a corner in the first round, there is no guarantee that they will be ready to start day one for you and be as good or better than Carr, so you really have to go with a free agent or a trade, both come with considerable cost.
Carr and Free roster decisions shouldn't be based on how much you would or wouldn't save on the salary cap. Why don't we try this weird concept of competition by bringing in better players at their positions? We may already have a replacement for Free in Green.
If you read what I said in the OP, you would see that I said that very thing. I would keep Carr and Free because at worst they are veteran depth, but I would look for players on and off the roster to replace them next year.
I see no reason to keep Carr. He is paid as an elite CB and plays poorly. I would put a PS player out there before I would continue to pay Carr 1 red cent.
As bad as Carr's contract is, there are much worse players on this team than him and certainly in the league. Finding a replacement for him would prove costly.
I've personally had enough of trying to fit round pegs in square holes. This team made a huge investment in man-to-man cornerbacks in Carr and Claiborne and then made the decision to switch to a scheme that uses a lot of zone coverage. How can anyone be naive enough to be surprised when there a problem?
It's time to get some cornerbacks who fit your scheme. Otherwise, dump your current defense for one that fits what your players do best. 'Patchwork' is obviously not working.
I agree, but I think you can't do everything we probably need to do in one off-season, especially with a really weak free agent class this year.
I think if we can get a #2 WR in free agency though, it would really open up what we can do on defense in the draft.
I'm only getting rid of Carr if a suitable candidate is signed in free agency. He is a sub-par play with a heavy price tab but they have to keep him until they no longer need him.
DT and CB would be my priorities on defense (if I was Jerry) going into free agency. I would look to draft a d-line player, LB, or safety high in the draft.
I Agree completely. I think we can get that defensive tackle pretty easily with Tony McDaniel. Free Agency is another story though for cornerbacks. Not much out there this year.
