The Cowboys are on the precipice of doing what no team has done in the cap era, having 4 players in the top 5 in salary and 3 of them offensive skill positions, the highest paid triplets in NFL history are on the horizon and what makes that even worse is that the owner will be proud of that. Loves those stars in his eyes.
What happened in 2015 when the QB went down? 4-12 What happened when the RB was out? 9-7 What happened when they didn't have a WR1? 3-5.
This coaching staff and team have proven they struggle to overcome just one key player and this team is getting ready to be the poster child for the Too Much to Too Few team.
If you've played Fantasy Football, you know the value of the injury report. And any FF player will tell you the two positions that are on there the most are the RB's and WR's. And using Elliott's lack of injury history as the case to extend is foolhardy.
I do not see any way around not extending the QB because of the lack of options and the same can be said for the WR position, we've seen the team without one. But sign all 3 and this team, with this coaching staff not good at overcoming injuries, and the Cowboys are playing Injury Roulette. They're already spinning that wheel with the DE.
QB injury is an issue for most teams most years. I prefer keeping developmental types like they've done the past couple of years over keeping stop gap veterans that probably won't win much anyway.
The Cowboys didn't really have replacements for Aikman, Emmitt or Irvin back when they won 3 Super Bowls.
Developing quality depth is critical.
That might mean keeping more developmental players and less stop gap veterans.
That could mean keeping a young developing player at WR over a stop gap like Hurns.
If Cooper misses significant time, having Hurns is not going to matter; however, next season if they've developed a young WR into a player that really could play like a legit starter for a few games then that's real depth.
They drafted OG McGovern which probably means Connor Williams plays RT in 2020 and they don't pay La'el.
The Pats have 13M of cap space devoted to RBs.
The Cowboys have Zeke under contract for 2 more years. They need to make certain to build depth behind Zeke with draft picks.
It all comes back to drafting well. If they draft well then the depth and future starters will come from the draft which means they'll be low cost players for 4 years.
The Seahawks gave big contracts to both Safeties a few years back. They Cowboys are unlikely to spend big money there.
