KingintheNorth
Chris in Arizona
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If we aren't players in free agency, we won't be players in January.
I would love to see a deal worked out to bring Thomas here.Would Earl Thomas take a little less to play here then more to play elsewhere?
Let's just see how bad he really wants to play here. Would he give Dallas the right to match any offers?
Does this FO have the smarts to bring him here?
Or do they just out dumb themselves again?
I like Hitchens too............ for what he is.
But if someone wants to give him starting ILB money which could be anywhere from $5-7MM a year, I am not getting in a bidding war for that. He's not that good. I'll go find a cheaper LB or two in FA and then look at the draft for help as well.
He blossomed into a decent LB. Nothing more.
There are other vet LBs out there who will be cheaper. It's a waste of cap space to put a long term deal for pretty sizeable money in front of Hitchens.
That's the exact kind of move a team looking to screw up their cap after finally fixing it, makes.
Yea cheaper and not nearly as good.
If this team wants to actually get better then we need to start retaining good players like Hitchens who is versatile and actually good too.
We've too many holes where we need to get good players in the draft without adding to the list by letting the likes of Hitchens go.
For sure. The philosophy has been to save cap space for our own guys. That will get tested this year with D Law and Hitchens set to hit the market. Martin is set to get paid too. IMO-- they need to keep all 3 guys and then continue to draft well. After next year we can clear Romo (and probably Witten and Dez) off the books and have some decisions to make about Dak/Zeke long term.
IMO-- for 2018, we need to protect ourselves at OT, LBer, S, and get some new blood in at WR. We can accomplish doing that without over-paying for a high priced FA. The two positions I would consider spending on would be a quality vet OT or a legit speed #2 WR.
Then give me a list of starting MLB's that are FA's. That doesn't even include WLB if Lee gets hurt again. I want solutions. If you think it's a bad idea to sign Hitch what's your solution?
If I were a team I would snatch Irving up in a NY minute for a 2nd round pick! I totally agree on that. I could see Belicheck offering a 2nd with no issue in fact.
Same here. Why wouldn't you? The 64th pick in the draft for a disruptive lineman you can play anywhere along your defensive front? No-brainer. And if Dallas allows it, they have no brains.
Roy Williams was traded to Us by Detroit, cost Us a 1st and 3rd if I recall correctly, as well as a huge contract.I agree. It wasn't that long ago that this site as well as the media were gnashing their teeth over splashy FA signings ( Roy Williams the WR).
Personally, I like the current approach of building through the draft and filling gaps with FA. However, I do think the pendulum has swung a bit too far with FA signings; a little too much of looking for the bargain basement, diamond in the rough player.
Just saw our draft picks this year 3-4th's and 3-5th's. No way we do anything in FA IMO. Expect more bottom feeding.
Not even Demarcus Lawrence?Just saw our draft picks this year 3-4th's and 3-5th's. No way we do anything in FA IMO. Expect more bottom feeding.
Sooner or later we have to bring in some FA's that have won something IMO. As we sit today we do not have one player on this roster that has won anything. Witt is our longest tenured player and he's never even gone to the NFCCG.
We are young but sometimes you need guys to show and lead what it takes to win. Our coaches don't know how to do this. Neither do any of our players outside of winning in college.
If we aren't players in free agency, we won't be players in January.
I'd be fine giving him 5 mil a year. You know he's going to be on the field for either Lee or Jaylon this year and he has the position flex and system knowledge to help the whole unit. More than 5 mil and I would have to think long and hard about where he fits on this team in 2-3 years.
The short-term need at LBer is massive. Hitch is the best FA LBer on the market since he already knows this system and has been really productive. You may be able to find a more athletic LBer in FA-- but that doesn't mean he will be as productive in a new scheme-- and you're going pay a premium for him.
I'd sign Hitch to a 1-2 year deal that is competitive and then draft a stud and add some more developmental guys as well. I think you can reward Hitch for his production to this point, protective yourself in the short term and buy Jaylon some time to develop, and you still give Hitch another crack at a long term deal down the line if he continues to play at the level he's playing at.
We will shop for 2nd tier players who fill holes