Too many holes on this team - 2025 and beyond

[Cowboys5217]

So here is a list of the top potential FA's next season (it's not very deep at all) - But we can pretend here for a sec that Jerry dips into FA early next season.

Jevon Holland - S - too expensive
Tee Higgins - WR - too expensive
Trey Smith - G - too expensive
Chris Godwin - WR - hurt, but still too expensive
DJ Reed - CB - too expensive
Amari Cooper - WR - not happening
Dre Greenlaw - LB - coming off achillies in SB but I would love it
Charvarius Ward - CB - too expensive
On list, it's 2 QBs, Z Martin and Tyron Smith next...
Stefon Diggs - WR - I could see Jerry doing this actually - but he's pretty washed
Haason Reddick - DE - who know what his market will be
Bobby Wagner LB- should have happened years ago - might be in Jerry price range now
Garett Bolles OT - could step in at LT and allow Guyton slide to RT - but likely too expensive
Levi Onwuzurike - DT - best available DT not named Osa
Calais Campbell - DT/DE - so old, but still productive


So an all in shopping trip for next season would look like:

Dre Greenlaw - LB - stud if healthy
Stefon Diggs - WR - the new Cooks
Calais Campbell - DT - vet to bridge rookie DTs
Garett Bolles OT - solid vet that fills big hole

Do those moves, along with a healthy Bland, Kneeland, Williams, Dak and the draft get them back in the playoff picture next year?

The glaring need is DT and there just isn't anything available - it's pretty much a must in the draft

That still leaves:
G, RB, S and DE as huge needs next season

The future is bleak...

The glaring need on the field is QB.

 

[DasTex]

I read an article awhile back. Most likely any new deal Micah gets won't increase his cap number until the new numbers kick in. With a few restructures we can easily have over $100m in free cap. So if we want to sign people, we can. Don't listen to anything Jerry might say about not being able to afford players. Now, that doesn't mean that some players won't still be too expensive. Some guys are just overvalued.

His 5th year option is $21 million - any new deal would be a much lower than that.

However, I'm not sure if I would. If they want to accelerate the rebuild - you trade him for multiple draft picks.

 

[Creeper]

We have to hit a couplw of players in the draft. If we are drafting top 5, as I expect, we should have a shot at two starters. Not nearly enough but then we need to rely on Guyton getting better and maybe a player or two in free agency. Otherwise it will take 3 years to rebuild this mess, and that assumes Jerry hires a quality HC who knows what he is doing.

 

[Big_D]

Expect about 3 crap FA signings all at the usual 1.2 million on a 1 year deal. One of those is likely to be a camp cut, cause that's when they do their best work. Maybe even bring Elliott back because he still has "IT".

 

[atlantacowboy]

I read an article awhile back. Most likely any new deal Micah gets won't increase his cap number until the new numbers kick in. With a few restructures we can easily have over $100m in free cap. So if we want to sign people, we can. Don't listen to anything Jerry might say about not being able to afford players. Now, that doesn't mean that some players won't still be too expensive. Some guys are just overvalued.

I don't understand this sentence.

 

[Cmac]

already there

.....and I'm not sure we beat the Panthers now. We might be there Homecoming game.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Can fix this in one season if you really wanted to

I'm not so sure you can fix a team that is getting blown out every week in one season, even if JJ went hog wild in FA and hit every draft pick.

 

[Whirlwin]

I'm not so sure you can fix a team that is getting blown out every week in one season, even if JJ went hog wild in FA and hit every draft pick.

The team isn’t that bad, we have talent. We don’t have any coaching.