Three year window means we must spend in FA

[LocimusPrime]

The goal should be how to make this current team better!

 

[SDCowboy]

So we're cutting Tony Romo? And taking on that dead money for two years? Ok.

But then. Who is going to be the backup QB? Sanchez? Somebody worse?

And the FA market is a crap shoot, too. That's where folks like Carr and Hardy came from.

Not saying don't do any of that. But be careful what you wish for. No guarantee it will work out.

IMO. Keep Romo if you can and build through the draft. Defense next, please.

How do some folks still not understand that Romo is still going to want to start somewhere?

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

I would like to sign Desean Jackson. I think he'd be a real game breaker in this offense. Dez would require being doubled and Jackson showed me he still has it in the last 2 months of the year.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

JPP wants to stay in NY, so you can scratch him off your list.

Ingram isn't a 4-3 DE... Won't happen.

Sheard? Could be. But he was benched in New England.

 

[beacamdim]

The goal should be how to make this current team better!

I'd rather have a decade of plausible championship contention rather than no more than three or four years of marginally better chances (which assumes you just NAIL free agency, which we all know is no guarantee).

I think that's the tradeoff if you spend like a drunken sailor and kill your cap just to try and quick-fix the D through FA.

 

[Deep_South]

Probably best to draft defensive players like we did in 2005 and hope we hit on a few of them. Then do it again next year.

 

[bark]

Second tierFA's with bargain/prove it contracts. That's the model. Stevey has said it many times.
Not saying I agree, just saying that's the model

 

[cowboys1985]

Ya, Dallas is in a tough spot regarding FA. You don't want to spend for the sake of getting a name, but I think from the 2014 and 2016 playoff runs, it's clear Dallas does not have that go to pass rusher on defense that can wreck a game. The problem is, I don't see that player on the Cowboys roster. Lawrence, Mayowa, Irving, Crawford etc. etc. are nice rotational players, but not a game wrecker nor do I think they can develop into one.

That means they have to find one that can do that next year either through the draft or FA. I don't see one at the end of RD1 that can do that, so to me you have to look at FA. And like many posters have said...FA is risky. It didn't work out with Carr, nor Hardy however, it did pay off for the NYG. It's a tough call but players that I see in FA that could be that game wrecker NEXT YEAR are going to be expensive and have question marks. I'm a fan of Cowboys DT's so DEs and OLBs I'm looking at are:

Chandler Jones - 11 sacks last year and in his prime, however is he a scheme fit?
JPP - 7 sacks last year, a bit older but still in his prime. A perfect scheme fit, however, was banged up a lot (outside of the obvious thumb).
Nick Perry - 11 sacks last year and in his prime and to me my top target. If you're a fan of Broaddus' player evaluation, he absolutely loves him too. Seems like he has the body that could easily switch from 3-4 OLB to 4-3 DE. Will GB let him get away?

Those are the only real stud pass rushes that I can think of that I would want to pay. There are some other good pass rushers (Donta' Hightower, Melvin Ingram, Mario Addison) but no one that has the potential to wreck games. If I'm going to pay for a FA, I'm trying to get a difference maker and not another nice rotational guy. That's just my 2 cents.

 

[NorthwestDallas40]

I'd rather have a decade of plausible championship contention rather than no more than three or four years of marginally better chances (which assumes you just NAIL free agency, which we all know is no guarantee).

I think that's the tradeoff if you spend like a drunken sailor and kill your cap just to try and quick-fix the D through FA.

You missed the point of the post. We have three years to spend like a drunken sailor if we cut Romo and have a window not to have to pay franchise money to Dak at QB. This is what Seattle did with Wilson on his rookie deal and Denver did with Manning at the end of his manageable deal. Look what the Giants did in one year. Went from bottom 5 to top 5 defense by spending big. It can, and SHOULD, be done.

 

[NorthwestDallas40]

Ya, Dallas is in a tough spot regarding FA. You don't want to spend for the sake of getting a name, but I think from the 2014 and 2016 playoff runs, it's clear Dallas does not have that go to pass rusher on defense that can wreck a game. The problem is, I don't see that player on the Cowboys roster. Lawrence, Mayowa, Irving, Crawford etc. etc. are nice rotational players, but not a game wrecker nor do I think they can develop into one.

That means they have to find one that can do that next year either through the draft or FA. I don't see one at the end of RD1 that can do that, so to me you have to look at FA. And like many posters have said...FA is risky. It didn't work out with Carr, nor Hardy however, it did pay off for the NYG. It's a tough call but players that I see in FA that could be that game wrecker NEXT YEAR are going to be expensive and have question marks. I'm a fan of Cowboys DT's so DEs and OLBs I'm looking at are:

Chandler Jones - 11 sacks last year and in his prime, however is he a scheme fit?
JPP - 7 sacks last year, a bit older but still in his prime. A perfect scheme fit, however, was banged up a lot (outside of the obvious thumb).
Nick Perry - 11 sacks last year and in his prime and to me my top target. If you're a fan of Broaddus' player evaluation, he absolutely loves him too. Seems like he has the body that could easily switch from 3-4 OLB to 4-3 DE. Will GB let him get away?

Those are the only real stud pass rushes that I can think of that I would want to pay. There are some other good pass rushers (Donta' Hightower, Melvin Ingram, Mario Addison) but no one that has the potential to wreck games. If I'm going to pay for a FA, I'm trying to get a difference maker and not another nice rotational guy. That's just my 2 cents.

Again, Chandler Jones will not make it to FA. Although I agree he'd be my number 1 priority.

 

[willia451]

How do some folks still not understand that Romo wants to start somewhere?

Enlighten me, then. Where has he said that he wants to start for another team? And what team if any? Or said he wants to compete to take Dak's job?

I have not heard him say any of that. I heard his concession speech about Dak. And that's it.

Not trying to be difficult. I would just really like to know how he is feeling about all this definitively.

 

[Doomsday]

I would like to sign Desean Jackson. I think he'd be a real game breaker in this offense. Dez would require being doubled and Jackson showed me he still has it in the last 2 months of the year.

We don't need game changers on offense, we need some players who can get off the field from time to time on defense. Having some defensive play makers would be a nice switch to the last decade.

 

[TNCowboy]

or designate him as a June 1st cut and spread out his contracts dead money over two years.......and that's what I think Dallas will do

That's almost certainly what's going to happen.

 

[gmoney112]

I don't know if it's even going to matter, he'll just get triangle choked and tackled when it matters anyway.

 

[Proximo]

No doubt. But the same can be said for resigning your own guys. A lot of them aren't worth the second contracts they receive. I prefer building through the draft, but if you need to fill a hole, get the best veteran you can afford, either internally or externally.

And therein is the reason why it's so difficult to be a contender year in and year out in today's NFL.

The great part apart our squad though, is that our success is not predicated on the success of a single elite player. If we can just get a couple of real players on defense, specifically the line, we will be "over the hump", so to speak.

I am more confident going into next year than I was going into '08, or '15.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I would like to see how much aboue will cost from the Texas MO and care are fa's

 

[cowboys1985]

Again, Chandler Jones will not make it to FA. Although I agree he'd be my number 1 priority.

Yeah, I don't think he's leaving ARZ, but then again, I never thought Josh Norman would leave CAR. My actual top target is Nick Perry. He has the best combination of age, burst, size and also GB has been notorious in not paying top dollar to FAs (their FAs included). So he has a chance on being on the market.

 

[TNCowboy]

The Cowboys aren't going to pay Romo $14 million to be a backup. I can't envision a scenario where Romo is still here next season. He'll be designated as a June 1 cut and off to Houston or NY or someplace.

Someone mentioned having to get a backup, that's just life in the nfl. Most of the cap saved on Romo is probably spent on Dak's backup. Although, I think Jerry Jones loves Kellen Moore and would love for him to take the job.

 

[waldoputty]

I would like to sign Desean Jackson. I think he'd be a real game breaker in this offense. Dez would require being doubled and Jackson showed me he still has it in the last 2 months of the year.

This is not a bad idea.
2 more game changers should make us prohibitive favorites.
Jackson would be a definite game changer to make the offense absolutely unstoppable.

In defense, 1 more game changer (ideally more) may be enough this year.

Hypothetically, let's say Jaylon has a 60% chance to be that.
We sign a FA RDE who has a 70% chance to be that.
We draft #1 and #2 to be that - let say that gives us a 25% for a game changer between those 2.
If we cannot get Jackson then spend it on a # 1 CB that gives us a 60% chance for a game changer.

So you calculate this:

1) with Jackson - 100% for getting offensive game changer. at least 70% in getting 1 defensive game changer. 50% odds in getting 2 defensive game changes.

2) without Jackson but add CB - at least 90% chance in getting 1 defensive game changers, at least 70% chance in getting 2 defensive game changers, 30% chance in getting 3 defensive game changers.

 

[willia451]

And therein is the reason why it's so difficult to be a contender year in and year out in today's NFL.

The great part apart our squad though, is that our success is not predicated on the success of a single elite player. If we can just get a couple of real players on defense, specifically the line, we will be "over the hump", so to speak.

I am more confident going into next year than I was going into '08, or '15.

Only because nobody on our OL is coming due. Trying to keep that OL together is going to be expensive indeed. They need to start working on that like, right now!! LOL!!!