The DLAW dilemma

He’s not even close to worth it. If the plan is to ever get better, you gotta find the same production cheaper. Take the hit and move on. I don’t see the dilemma! They sucked with him out there and can’t fill other needs because of the bloated contract!
 
Big_D said:
He’s not even close to worth it. If the plan is to ever get better, you gotta find the same production cheaper. Take the hit and move on. I don’t see the dilemma! They sucked with him out there and can’t fill other needs because of the bloated contract!
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I don't think its a dilemma for most cowboy fans. But Jerry likes his guys. He will try to keep him. The only certainty is that it won't be under this current contract. DLAW might just refuse and go the DWare route.

The real problem is that we aren't good at free agency and we have more guys leaving than we can replace in one draft cycle.
 
If DLaw is gone then Gregory becomes a bigger need to resign. I don't see Dallas losing both but would not be surprised to lose one or the other
 
It boggles my mind that any Cowboy fan can watch this team and think we can afford to get rid of Tank. There are other cap moves that can be done that won't weaken the team as much. Cooper vs Gallup. Jarwin vs Schultz. Brown. etc...
 
atlantacowboy said:
I don't think its a dilemma for most cowboy fans. But Jerry likes his guys. He will try to keep him. The only certainty is that it won't be under this current contract. DLAW might just refuse and go the DWare route.

The real problem is that we aren't good at free agency and we have more guys leaving than we can replace in one draft cycle.
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true.. but this team never seems to know when to move on. Which is why they’re in this position. At some point you have to make an attempt at fixing the cap situation or you’re just compounding the problem.
 
fivetwos said:
Hopefully restructure.

I mentioned this before the last draft hoping to be ahead of a problem for a change, but...
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Demarcus only has 1 real year left on his contract after 2022. He has a void year in 2024 that has a 3mil dead cap hit.

Any restructure will prorated his signing bonus over 2022,2023 and 2024(assuming no new void years or extension).
So, how much do you restructure now while not regretting the dead cap hits it'll bring the next 3 years?


For example:
19mil base, max restructure would be ~18mil, which would prorate to 6mil per year of added prorated bonus to his deal.
Would be 12mil savings this year. But his 2023 cap hit would be 35mil, with 14mil prorated bonus for accounting purposes and in 2024 it would be 9mil dead cap.
If cut next offseason for a pre June 1st move it would be an accelerated dead cap of 23 mil vs his cap hit of 35mil, for a net savings of 12mil.


*Not saying they/you said to restructure it to the max amount, but just an example.
 
Restructure seems to be the inevitable. This argument that he is a bad player is just wrong. Is he worth the $27MM cap hit? No, especially with the recent injury history, but you cut him and you have $8MM which in todays game isn’t a ton to work with. That’ll get you a couple guys like basham.

I just can’t see how cutting him really improves the roster unless it’s just absolutely needed to get under the cap. A restructure achieves the same goal though, just kicks some obligation down the road a bit which jerry has never hesitated to do in the past.
 
Lawrence had one great year. His walk year. That was 2017. 2018 was good. Last 3 seasons 14.5 sacks. I don’t want to hear about his run defense. He is paid to make big plays and sacks. He doesn’t. Too often he disappears. I definitely cut him.
 
John813 said:
Demarcus only has 1 real year left on his contract after 2022. He has a void year in 2024 that has a 3mil dead cap hit.

Any restructure will prorated his signing bonus over 2022,2023 and 2024(assuming no new void years or extension).
So, how much do you restructure now while not regretting the dead cap hits it'll bring the next 3 years?


For example:
19mil base, max restructure would be ~18mil, which would prorate to 6mil per year of added prorated bonus to his deal.
Would be 12mil savings this year. But his 2023 cap hit would be 35mil, with 14mil prorated bonus for accounting purposes and in 2024 it would be 9mil dead cap.
If cut next offseason for a pre June 1st move it would be an accelerated dead cap of 23 mil vs his cap hit of 35mil, for a net savings of 12mil.


*Not saying they/you said to restructure it to the max amount, but just an example.
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thanks for bringing up this side of the argument. So many guys like me just throw around the restructure without actually knowing the numbers.

I will argue though you are mentioning a worst case scenario and the 2024 cap hit is likely peanuts once we factor in what the cap should theoretically increase to by then. Still it’s good to actually see the numbers laid out.
 
John813 said:
Demarcus only has 1 real year left on his contract after 2022. He has a void year in 2024 that has a 3mil dead cap hit.

Any restructure will prorated his signing bonus over 2022,2023 and 2024(assuming no new void years or extension).
So, how much do you restructure now while not regretting the dead cap hits it'll bring the next 3 years?


For example:
19mil base, max restructure would be ~18mil, which would prorate to 6mil per year of added prorated bonus to his deal.
Would be 12mil savings this year. But his 2023 cap hit would be 35mil, with 14mil prorated bonus for accounting purposes and in 2024 it would be 9mil dead cap.
If cut next offseason for a pre June 1st move it would be an accelerated dead cap of 23 mil vs his cap hit of 35mil, for a net savings of 12mil.


*Not saying they/you said to restructure it to the max amount, but just an example.
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Maybe its a flat out cut and resign if he wants to be here.

That almost never happens anywhere around the league though.

Didn't he recently say he was fully committed to winning now (implying that he wasn't the rest of the time)?

Maybe he signs elsewhere.

We kinda need him, and I think things like that are what's really eating at Jerry.....he knows this was the best team we were going to field for a while and we blew it again.
 
There is absolutely no way a team that is serious about winning would pay D law 19 million in base salary next year. He takes a pay cut or he can walk. This can not live without player X is nonsense. The issue is that he is one of Jerrys HotBoyz so we may be stuck with him for a while longer. he paid Tyrone Crawford 10 million per year to do absolutely nothing. Compared to that D Law at 19 million is actually a good deal.
 
Whyjerry said:
Lawrence had one great year. His walk year. That was 2017. 2018 was good. Last 3 seasons 14.5 sacks. I don’t want to hear about his run defense. He is paid to make big plays and sacks. He doesn’t. Too often he disappears. I definitely cut him.
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