The Cowboys can afford to re-sign their own but should they?

[Fastpitch Dad]

Yeah, its not realistic. The guys I would be looking to move would be Dak and Diggs. Just trade Diggs for picks and you don't touch Dak's contract as Stash said earlier. If he can't perform this year, cut him.

Gallup should be cut after this year if he can't get up to speed. DLaw is also probably gone after this year.

This isn't going to be popular but the guys who are value contracts in the prime of their careers tend to be offensive lineman. Since they don't depend on speed, they can be effective well into their 30's and frequently have long careers. If I was trying to figure out where to allocate cap money, a good chunk of it would go there.

Great post, should have a ton of likes.

 

[Fastpitch Dad]

The fatal flaw this front office has shown over and over is to think that the biggest talent pieces they have (which has combined for 2 WC wins in the last 7 seasons) cannot be broken up at any cost.

Micah Parsons is a special talent. But beyond him, there’s not a player on this team that should be untouchable or thought to be absolute cornerstones.

Agree Bob, but I would also include Martin. Even if he's gettin' a bit older, he's showing no signs of slowing down. He's reached Larry Allen status in my book.

 

[CowboyoWales]

2022 NFL Cap: 208M

2024 projected NFL Cap: 235M+

2026 projected NFL Cap: 300M possible

Timing is key. Contracts signed after any major increases in the cap will scale with that increase. Sign players just before agents know about a big cap increase.

Don't you think that Digg's and Micah's agents are fully aware of the CAP rise....they know that EVERY team has increased money and it only takes one team to blow up their contract.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

You don't move on from a 23 year old corner who is arguably the best in the league.

You just don't.

That's how you get to Super Bowls. Corner play is important.

thta's the point, he is not the best in the league. he is a risk and reward type player. he took a lot of risks, gave up a lot of big plays and got interceptions. not a shut down with that approach. then he played less aggressively, didn't get the interceptions, but wasn't shut down. he refuses, straight up refuses to tackle. you are a football player, your job is to tackle. CB is important, and paying 20M to a corner like him is a mistake.

 

[mardwin]

pay micah, move on from diggs, draft a WR just in case, extend dak for some immediate cap relief and ability to move on in year or two.

There's no ability to move away from Dak in the short term. An extension means we keep the sucker for another 5 years as the QB. This is why his current contract is so bad there's no outlet, the only way to move on from Dak is allowing him to play next season with a 50M cap hit, and release him the following season with a dead cap hit of 40M.

 

[mardwin]

Lamb is a glorified #1 WR for 20 million hmmm ya I don't think so.
Dak and Zeke put them on the same train and say GOODBYE!
Diggs same boat as Lamb (Not an island) but knowing our Jones boys they will be paid top-tier cap cash.

Pay Micah.

I keep Micah and Lamb, and move on from Dak and Diggs. Lamb is productive with other QBs.

 

[gtb1943]

2022 NFL Cap: 208M

2024 projected NFL Cap: 235M+

2026 projected NFL Cap: 300M possible

Timing is key. Contracts signed after any major increases in the cap will scale with that increase. Sign players just before agents know about a big cap increase.

and if something like Covid hits again which is possible for certain, what happens then?

ONLY a idiot would make plans on what MIGHT be coming.

I can see gambling that the cap will go up some; but that $300 million 2026 would be just plain DUMB to count on.

 

[Rayman70]

answer is we can do both, but don't need 2 resign all of them.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

There's no ability to move away from Dak in the short term. An extension means we keep the sucker for another 5 years as the QB. This is why his current contract is so bad there's no outlet, the only way to move on from Dak is allowing him to play next season with a 50M cap hit, and release him the following season with a dead cap hit of 40M.

well, its been done before, you pay up front, extend contract without really adding much to the contract. that reduces cap hit for this year, without adding a lot of money to the contract and then you can cut him in two years with a much reduced cap hit. if he is cut this year, the cap hit is 89M. cap hit this year is 50M. cut next year and its 40M dead money and his cap hit is 52M. extend for two years, with chump change money and make it mostly bonus paid up front and you can greatly reduce that.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I wonder why for everyone he did a flat number but for Treyvo he did 19-20

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

well, its been done before, you pay up front, extend contract without really adding much to the contract. that reduces cap hit for this year, without adding a lot of money to the contract and then you can cut him in two years with a much reduced cap hit. if he is cut this year, the cap hit is 89M. cap hit this year is 50M. cut next year and its 40M dead money and his cap hit is 52M. extend for two years, with chump change money and make it mostly bonus paid up front and you can greatly reduce that.

How do you guys know all this

 

[baltcowboy]

This board is going to meltdown in about a month when Dak gets extended.

 

[mardwin]

well, its been done before, you pay up front, extend contract without really adding much to the contract. that reduces cap hit for this year, without adding a lot of money to the contract and then you can cut him in two years with a much reduced cap hit. if he is cut this year, the cap hit is 89M. cap hit this year is 50M. cut next year and its 40M dead money and his cap hit is 52M. extend for two years, with chump change money and make it mostly bonus paid up front and you can greatly reduce that.

If you mean restructuring the contract that might be a option but doubt Dak wants to lose his leverage for a second extension.

 

[mardwin]

This board is going to meltdown in about a month when Dak gets extended.

If he gets extended means more of the same for the next 5 years. No expectation for a championship and McCarthy is the scape goat.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Now I'm not a numbers guy but this doesn't seem sustainable. This can not happen.

How do you handle this? Or do you think a competitive team can be put on the field with 4 players taking up over 40% of your cap space?

The numbers given would be annual salary, but that won't be the cap hits, due to salary cap wizardry, that every team, even the Cowboys do....

 

[LittleD]

I am more concerned over the marginal players they will keep at this point in time. Or the one year prove it injured players they continue to waste money on.

All that other stuff will work itself out.

The Cowboys should know their FA best and will probably sign the ones they have confidence in. They probably don't know the FA of other teams as well so the probabilities are
higher for a miss. Some FA will pan out and others will flop. If you spend way big on a flop, it costs you for years.

 

[baltcowboy]

If he gets extended means more of the same for the next 5 years. No expectation for a championship and McCarthy is the scape goat.

The Cowboys have won 25 games the last two seasons and is the most talked about team in the NFL. I think the Jones family is happy with that. Dak is the perfect spokesman for the Cowboys. Good enough to win games and divisions but not good enough to take the attention away from Jerrah. I think Jerry couldn’t be any happier. Profits are still growing. MM is the scapegoat if there is a problem.

 

[charron]

Like any free agent it all depends on how much. The Cowboys tend to overpay their own. Hell they tried to over pay randy but luckily he opted for denver.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

How do you guys know all this

what? go check out all the contracts that have been redone in the past. nothing new

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If you mean restructuring the contract that might be a option but doubt Dak wants to lose his leverage for a second extension.

well, dak and his agent will got a lot of upfront money and then are thinking either a big redo or getting out and getting a last large contract.

at 12-5 we have some big decisions, do we even think about getting rid of Dak now, because the dead cap will handicap the team to compete at all and probably end up with a top 5 pick. its a strategy, but a big decision for a team that was 12-5 and in the second round of playoffs.

reality, Jerry will probably redo contract, trying to find a way to get out of it in 2 years. then rebuild