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

[Stash]

Yup……if a giant turd in gonna pass through the colon it’s best to just let it go and be done with it asap.

 

[garyv]

For starters, I don’t touch Dak Prescott’s contract. Leave bad enough alone and reserve the option to get out of it in 2025. That gives me some wiggle room for huge deals like Micah’s.

Secondly, it’s not a foregone conclusion for me that I’m absolutely paying to keep Diggs. His end of the season and offseason news are giving me doubts that he’s the safest of investments.

Thirdly, while I tend to think we will re-sign Lamb, it’s also not a lock for me, given trends and a steady influx of talent at that position.

This will be one if the first contracts they extend and the reason cap space in 2023 to be able to sign others as well as a free agent or two

 

[Flamma]

This will be one if the first contracts they extend and the reason cap space in 2023 to be able to sign others as well as a free agent or two

I think they will too. But they don't have to if they don't want to. Their usual offseason consists of signing their own players, the draft, and fill holes through FA. They don't need much room.

 

[Pass2Run]

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.

There are three. Parsons, Diggs, Lamb....

 

[Setackin]

For starters, I don’t touch Dak Prescott’s contract. Leave bad enough alone and reserve the option to get out of it in 2025. That gives me some wiggle room for huge deals like Micah’s.

Secondly, it’s not a foregone conclusion for me that I’m absolutely paying to keep Diggs. His end of the season and offseason news are giving me doubts that he’s the safest of investments.

Thirdly, while I tend to think we will re-sign Lamb, it’s also not a lock for me, given trends and a steady influx of talent at that position.

What have u been hearing?

 

[CowboyoWales]

They don't have to do that. They can extend him after next year. Any big cap hit from him won't happen until 2027. So it's better to extend him as soon as possible at the current rate. The cap should be much higher by 2027.

Yep, the benefits we have with Micah is that playing under the Franchise Tag would mean he would be playing for under his market value, which may convince him to sign a position setting contract.

 

[Stash]

This will be one if the first contracts they extend and the reason cap space in 2023 to be able to sign others as well as a free agent or two

In all likelihood, yes. A mistake in my opinion.

 

[RonWashington]

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.

I keep McGovern at G and draft a RT to have bookend at T with last yrs # 1 LT. The C seems to be improving and hopefully you have # 70 at RG for several more seasons . Build and maintain this OL .

Draft a RB mid rounds go committee with Davis and possibly one other . When McCaffrey went out in playoffs the 49ers shoved a 6th round pick down the D’s throats to stretch the Chains ice the game . .

 

[Stash]

What have u been hearing?

I was referring to his case with unpaid rent and property damage. Hearing things like that lead me to feel that he’s irresponsible, disrespectful, and a questionable long term investment.

 

[Carson]

I was referring to his case with unpaid rent and property damage. Hearing things like that lead me to feel that he’s irresponsible, disrespectful, and a questionable long term investment.

He’s just an immature kid with money now as they never had it growing up. Stefon is mature beyond years as he raised his two younger brothers from a young age. This is likely his first or second property post college for Trevon.

This doesn’t make him a bad person. Just stupid and thinking you’re invincible. He didn’t pull a Ruggs, Kamara, hell even Sam Williams. Buy your next house and pay the bills man

 

[Stash]

He’s just an immature kid with money now as they never had it growing up. Stefon is mature beyond years as he raised his two younger brothers from a young age. This is likely his first or second property post college for Trevon.

This doesn’t make him a bad person. Just stupid and thinking you’re invincible. He didn’t pull a Ruggs, Kamara, hell even Sam Williams. Buy your next house and pay the bills man

No. I didn’t say bad person, I said questionable investment. It’s one thing to overlook something. It’s another to totally blow it off to the point that you’re taken to court and your issues made public. That’s egregious.

Between the way he finished the season and this rent situation, it gives me the impression of someone reckless with their finances. And that adds up to an unsafe investment to me at this point in time.

 

[Verdict]

Exactly.

Players are tearing their bodies up, hoping for that big 2nd contract.

I’m all for players getting paid on a second contract, just not necessarily by the Cowboys.

 

[CowboyFrog]

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.

Your playing right into JJ hands "I have to be carefull with the furtures as COVID might come back" meanwhile SF and Beagles are going all in. If the NFL takes a down turn then they deal with it just like every other team will have to.

 

[Cowfan75]

I seriously don't see Micah being here for long, and I don't think Jerry will want him here. He's too outspoken about wanting to win, and another season of Dak is gonna have him talking even more. And Jerry isn't turning on fam.

 

[mardwin]

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

Jerry hasn't attempted to rebuild I'm the past 25 years. This team just draft players hoping something sticks without a true strategy, look how many prime picks with have wasted in projects, injured players, and raw players making position changes.

 

[Chuck 54]

Those are APY numbers and are not representative of the actual cap hits each year.

Additionally, each of those players are among the best at their position and should be retained if the Cowboys want to remain competitive.

Agreed, that guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I’ll bet not a single one of them will have that cap hit for the 23-24 season.

 

[Nova]

Lamb is probably your safest player to pay from a longevity standpoint.

But they should absolutely trade either Micah or Diggs before their contract is up… whoever they know they aren’t going to keep.

Also I hope these idiots need to avoid early contract negotiations and overpaying jags like Tyrone Crawford, Jaylon Smith, etc.

Everything else will work itself out

 

[DandyDon52]

I still blame Stephen for that. They dragged it out and it cost them. Could have had him for 27 million once, and 32 the next. Passed on both and now here we are….

not really, I read back then that dak turned those offers down.
They made dak a lowball offer, and it pissed him off and he turned down the offers made after that , till the current contract.
you can thank ol stevey for the low ball one lol.

 

[Beast_from_East]

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?

Dak is way over paid but it is what it is at this point, cant change that .

Lamb looks like a legit #1 so I am ok with paying him.

Parsons is a DPOY candidate every season, you got to pay him its a no brainer.

Diggs.............????????..............For $20 mill a year, he dam well better be giving me a pick a game if he aint gonna tackle nobody.

 

[CowboyoWales]

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

....do you mean restructure or extend? We can (and probably will) prorate some of the salary into bonus into 2024 and the two Void years.

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.

That's the problem with stats, they dont tell the whole story....under analysis the second half and ending to the season brought up more questions, especially about Dak's ability to lead and take this team forward....his CAP Hit is doubling and therefore you'd expect, if everything were linear, that his production would need to double just to get us to where we were.

This is a similar argument to: cutting Zeke, Tyron and not resigning LVE....it's not (as you repeatedly say, who's replacing them), it's that can you utilize the CAP saving to bolster the roster.

So many fans are still moaning about losing Coop, but the reinvestment of that CAP (thanks to Gregory) helped get a roster that was LIMITED ON PAPER to the second round of the play-offs.