The Cowboys defense since Parsons trade

[HungryLion]

I’m not defending the Joneses, but it’s an either/ or with Quinnen and Micah.

If they didn’t have the cap room, draft capital and draft picks, they don’t make the Williams trade.

Yes. By choice because of who they are as owners.

Not because they couldn’t.

 

[HungryLion]

Yes it was. Man, how do you not know about the salary cap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know about the salary cap, but the cowboys had the room for Micah, if they wanted.

They choose to be very conservative with cap usage.

They want fans to believe they’re cap strapped, but they aren’t.

 

[CowboysQC]

I’m as jaded and disillusioned as anyone when it comes to this team and the old clown in charge but this defense does sound very interesting. Don’t know if they’ll live up to the hype but I’m intrigued, for sure.

 

[kskboys]

I know about the salary cap, but the cowboys had the room for Micah, if they wanted.

They choose to be very conservative with cap usage.

They want fans to believe they’re cap strapped, but they aren’t.

Yes, but they didn't have the room for Micah and to make all the other moves you were suggesting.

 

[HungryLion]

Yes, but they didn't have the room for Micah and to make all the other moves you were suggesting.

They actually did. They could fit Micah’s contract right now just by doing a simple restructure on a number of players contracts.

 

[jazzcat22]

I'm just going to keep reiterating the fact that almost none of this had to be a product of trading Micah.

No, it was from Jerry being a visionary. To improve the team for a long term run.

 

[Pass2Run]

Not even close. Man, you got an obsession w/ Eber.

More like a repulsion

 

[gimmesix]

I’m not defending the Joneses, but it’s an either/ or with Quinnen and Micah.

If they didn’t have the cap room, draft capital and draft picks, they don’t make the Williams trade.

Micah cost the Packers $9.9 million last year. We could have afforded both him and Quinnen from a cap standpoint.

From a draft capital standpoint, if we had traded our second this year and our first next year for Quinnen, we could have still drafted Downs in the first round. We wouldn't have Lawrence but we would have Parsons instead.

The only other players we couldn't have gotten if we hadn't traded Parsons was Kenny Clark and whoever we get in the first round next year (since we would have traded that pick for Quinnen). And it's hard for me to say we couldn't have traded for Clark since the Packers were willing to move him. Not sure what he would have cost, but his cap hit for us was just a little over $2 million.

Now, the Joneses would not have made the trade for Quinnen if they had not traded Micah, but that's different than saying they didn't have the cap room, draft capital or draft picks.

 

[Kwyn]

Until one of those guys has a podcast similar to the Micah Parsons Project , we will still be behind in the trade

Loved his work during Bulls player intros.

 

[darealvelle]

Micah cost the Packers $9.9 million last year. We could have afforded both him and Quinnen from a cap standpoint.

From a draft capital standpoint, if we had traded our second this year and our first next year for Quinnen, we could have still drafted Downs in the first round. We wouldn't have Lawrence but we would have Parsons instead.

The only other players we couldn't have gotten if we hadn't traded Parsons was Kenny Clark and whoever we get in the first round next year (since we would have traded that pick for Quinnen). And it's hard for me to say we couldn't have traded for Clark since the Packers were willing to move him. Not sure what he would have cost, but his cap hit for us was just a little over $2 million.

Now, the Joneses would not have made the trade for Quinnen if they had not traded Micah, but that's different than saying they didn't have the cap room, draft capital or draft picks.

I thought Jerry was trying to trade for Quinnen before Micah got traded?

 

[gimmesix]

I thought Jerry was trying to trade for Quinnen before Micah got traded?

I believe he said that he tried to trade Parsons for Quinnen. Picks were also involved, but which ones and by what team seems to be a bit confusing.