The Window Has Partially Closed On One Thing...

[Verdict]

In my humble opinion, I think the Cowboys let an opportunity slip through their fingers, and let a window largely close without taking advantage of that opportunity. Most teams have had a huge percentage of their salary cap tied up in their franchise QB, while the Cowboys have had Romo at a very friendly cap number. I think this is also true with Austin prior to his resigning. The cap savings from those two positions (which are normally a huge chunk of cap) could have been used to put us over the top. That advantage is gone with Austin, and has diminished with respect to Romo. It's a shame that we found a top 5 QB UNDRAFTED off of the scrap heap, and haven't parlayed that into a super bowl victory by now.

 

[CyberB0b]

Jerry definitely went cheap last year, especially on the offensive line. He may be more extended than we think, financially.

 

[lwehlers]

alot of the cap is tied up in the defense that has been below average at best. he just spent more money on corner without doing anything to help the pass rush.

 

[FiveRings]

alot of the cap is tied up in the defense that has been below average at best. he just spent more money on corner without doing anything to help the pass rush.

Especially that Sensabaugh contract

 

[Fletch]

:storm:

 

[Verdict]

:storm:

I'm not saying the sky is falling. LOL. But isn't my original post an accurate statement? We have failed to take advantage of finding a needle in the haystack in Romo.

 

[DFWJC]

Jerry definitely went cheap last year, especially on the offensive line. He may be more extended than we think, financially.

Jerry and he Cowboys are loaded.
Regardless of how much money you have, the NFL has fairly hard cap

As for the OP; winning a SB is impossible to predict? But yes, a deep run or two would be nice.
There is still time

 

[Kristen82]

alot of the cap is tied up in the defense that has been below average at best. he just spent more money on corner without doing anything to help the pass rush.

Funny, I always thought improving at corner helped the pass rush...

 

[FiveRings]

Funny, I always thought improving at corner helped the pass rush...

It works both ways, but you have to dedicate your improvement to only one IMO. Look at the Giants, people thought they were crazy while every year they drafted a D-End until that pass rush led them to two super bowls in four years.

 

[Kristen82]

It works both ways, but you have to dedicate your improvement to only one IMO. Look at the Giants, people thought they were crazy while every year they drafted a D-End until that pass rush led them to two super bowls in four years.

Despite having the 29th ranked pass D. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[FiveRings]

Despite having the 29th ranked pass D. Maybe I'm wrong.

Yeah I mean you just proved my point, even with a shoddy at best secondary they could still bring home two Lombardi trophies