What in the world will they do with Jaylon Smith?

[MyFairLady]

The only sensible thing to do is to suck it up, swallow your pride and kick him out the door. Unfortunately that will never happen.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

The hate on Jaylon is absurd. He is better than Leighton and you guys praise him, and he can't even stay healthy. Not saying Jaylon is all-pro but he is completely not trash like some you guys say.

It's just he is the next whipping boy that some of you love to bash.

 

[Stash]

The hate on Jaylon is absurd. He is better than Leighton and you guys praise him, and he can't even stay healthy. Not saying Jaylon is all-pro but he is completely not trash like some you guys say.

It's just he is the next whipping boy that some of you love to bash.

Not true.

 

[Blake]

The hate on Jaylon is absurd. He is better than Leighton and you guys praise him, and he can't even stay healthy. Not saying Jaylon is all-pro but he is completely not trash like some you guys say.

It's just he is the next whipping boy that some of you love to bash.

He’s trash fam.

 

[kskboys]

The hate on Jaylon is absurd. He is better than Leighton and you guys praise him, and he can't even stay healthy. Not saying Jaylon is all-pro but he is completely not trash like some you guys say.

It's just he is the next whipping boy that some of you love to bash.

When he can actually play, LVE is better than Jaylon.

 

[Ranched]

Dallas foolishly allowed a spring deadline to pass, so his full $7.2 million base salary is guaranteed & even if there is an offset clause in his contract, a new team would sign him for vet minimum, leaving Dallas on the hook for over $6 million.

Will Jerry eat that now, or wait till his contract expires next season?! It's a catch 22 for ole Jerry.

 

[Jarntt]

The hate on Jaylon is absurd. He is better than Leighton and you guys praise him, and he can't even stay healthy. Not saying Jaylon is all-pro but he is completely not trash like some you guys say.

It's just he is the next whipping boy that some of you love to bash.

They were both horrible last year and poor the year before. Jaylon played more so he was horrible longer. The hope is LVE will be healthy and better and the reports out of camp (not from people on this board) are that he does look better and thus the feeling is that he will play much better this season than he has lately. Jaylon looks worse than ever before. Even in preseason he is hesitant, shows no burst and the speed he had a couple of years ago looks gone and all of the reports from practice seem to agree with this as well. Jaylon just looks done and will not likely be a Cowboy nor a starter for any other NFL team next year. LVE has this year to prove he is a good player. Personally I think he is and will, but I respect your decision to have written him off based on his play and injuries of the last two seasons even if I think it is wrong. The jury is still out on LVE, but on Jaylon there sadly just is little doubt what he now is

 

[buybuydandavis]

They can cut him but it saves no money.
https://overthecap.com/player/jaylon-smith/4747/

Saves a roster spot and avoids a lot of poor play.

But I think they committed to keep him in March when they let his salary guarantee whether or not his play justifies *any* snaps.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

When he can actually play, LVE is better than Jaylon.

No he isn't. That's a myth

 

[Irvin88_4life]

They were both horrible last year and poor the year before. Jaylon played more so he was horrible longer. The hope is LVE will be healthy and better and the reports out of camp (not from people on this board) are that he does look better and thus the feeling is that he will play much better this season than he has lately. Jaylon looks worse than ever before. Even in preseason he is hesitant, shows no burst and the speed he had a couple of years ago looks gone and all of the reports from practice seem to agree with this as well. Jaylon just looks done and will not likely be a Cowboy nor a starter for any other NFL team next year. LVE has this year to prove he is a good player. Personally I think he is and will, but I respect your decision to have written him off based on his play and injuries of the last two seasons even if I think it is wrong. The jury is still out on LVE, but on Jaylon there sadly just is little doubt what he now is

I haven't wrote Leighton or Jaylon off so stop making stuff up. All i said was a factual statement that Leighton hasn't been better than Jaylon, period. That's a fact that you can't dispute

 

[Jfconrow]

Keep him for depth this year, maybe even start him at the beginning of the season while the rookies develop. Then you hope for a comp pick ala some team signs him next year…possibly based on jaylon coming in off the bench for an injury to LVE, Cox, or whoever.

 

[kskboys]

No he isn't. That's a myth

Yes he is. Yours is the myth.

 

[kskboys]

I haven't wrote Leighton or Jaylon off so stop making stuff up. All i said was a factual statement that Leighton hasn't been better than Jaylon, period. That's a fact that you can't dispute

It's not a fact and I do dispute it.

That is when LVE has been able to play, which hasn't been often.

 

[sbark]

Randy White comes to mind
Out of Maryland As a mlb......didn't cut it

Converted to dt, bulked up
Became "decent".

Jaylon option?

 

[Joe Realist]

Special teams

 

[Irvin88_4life]

It's not a fact and I do dispute it.

That is when LVE has been able to play, which hasn't been often.

It's a fact. Stats back it up and so does the film. People give Leighton a pass because of his rookie year. He isn't a better tackler, in fact Leighton misses at a very high percent compared to Jaylon. Jaylon the better block shed, better in coverage, better pass rusher and better tackler.

 

[Cowpolk]

Play him that is why we have him and he does not suck unless our other Linebackers really suck Cause he is the best we have right now.

 

[Sydla]

FWIW, and I don't put a ton of stock in PFF grades, but Smith graded out slightly higher than LVE, but both grades were pretty abysmal - 50.6 versus 54.2.

 

[Kwyn]

Parsons, Neal, LVE, and Cox are an outstanding group. If Smith was an undrafted free agent, he would be cut.

They will play him in football games

He’s overpaid but he’s a serviceable player and this is the last year where they have no viable option to dump him.

best case scenario is that he’s a good nfl linebacker

worst case is he’s a dependable, veteran backup who can play a bunch of snaps

 

[jaythecowboy]

That's totally incorrect. It absolutely saves them money. If Jaylon is cut before the 5th league day next year his dead money is $6.8M because his base salary won't be paid . If designated a post 6/1 cut his 2022 cap hit will only be $2.6M (plus another $4.2M in 2023)

If they don't cut him his 2022 cap hit is $11.8M and on top of that there is still another $4.2M from bonuses to hit the cap in future years.

2022 cap savings by cutting Jaylon can be as high as $9.2M if a post 6/1 designation or a savings of $5M if he is just cut with no designation. Either way they save a lot by cutting Jaylon next year

I am not talking about next year. I'm talking about this year, for this season. The money is already committed.