Where is cap right now?

[coult44]

Is there a date where all the cap issues have to be 100% done? Where are we right now? I heard SJ say we would use every penny allowed to make the roster better? With that statement, what else could they have planned?

 

[Nightman]

Is there a date where all the cap issues have to be 100% done? Where are we right now? I heard SJ say we would use every penny allowed to make the roster better? With that statement, what else could they have planned?

Dallas is around 17.5m under the cap
They owe another 5.6m to Hardy if it stays at a 4 game suspension

Dallas has to count the entire 53 man roster, IR, practice squad once the season starts
That would leave them around 10m under with no more additions

They say they want to do something with Carr, but with that much cap space they don't have the urgency to force the issue
There is plenty of room to trade for a RB if one becomes available or our stable falls behind
They could also sign a 1T, FS or KR

Any cap space can be rolled over to next year, so they don't have to spend it. Hardy and TCrawford are the big FAs.

 

[AdamJT13]

The NFLPA has us $17,132,458 under the cap right now.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Looks like plenty of play money in case there are some unexpected cuts from other teams that the FO feels may could help us.

 

[cds99]

I would love for us to make a move after lamaar miller. I think he would be an great addition. But I think we will go to the season with what we have.

 

[cmoney23]

Re redo Romos deal and give him the money.

 

[waving monkey]

pushing money into the future is bad management and yes I know the counter argument

 

[Garrettop]

I don't expect much of that money to get spent on any new additions minus some absurd cut by another team at a position of need. We have a lot FAs coming up.

 

[ragman]

Hmm. Mike Fisher of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas said last week $11.9 million under.

 

[Silverstar]

 

[CashMan]

Hmm. Mike Fisher of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas said last week $11.9 million under.

That would be with the reduction in suspension for hardy, I believe.

 

[big dog cowboy]

What would be Minnesota's motivation for that?

 

[StarBoyz83]

What would be Minnesota's motivation for that?

None they know they can possibly be a playoff team with him now. He's not going anywhere.

 

[joseephuss]

What would be Minnesota's motivation for that?

Good question. I don't see the Cowboys wanting to spend $13 million on a player for just one year and then having to make an early decision next season on Peterson's large roster bonus.

 

[conner01]

Hmm. Mike Fisher of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas said last week $11.9 million under.

Probably assuming the money for hardy
Looks like when it's all said and done we will be around 10 mil

 

[Nightman]

Probably assuming the money for hardy
Looks like when it's all said and done we will be around 10 mil

Right on, around 10m if the season started today, accounting for Hardy's money.

They may get some back from RoMcClain's contract since he got the second suspension.

 

[viman96]

That would be with the reduction in suspension for hardy, I believe.

Looks like what it was before Dez signed his contract which gave the team approx. another $5.8M in cap

 

[Nightman]

Looks like what it was before Dez signed his contract which gave the team approx. another $5.8M in cap

The Hardy money 5.6m and the Dez savings 5.8 are almost equal, so it could be reported as pre-Dez savings or post-Hardy accounting. The official number is 17m+ because the Hardy money won't count until he actually plays all those games.

Essentially DAL has around 11-12m in usable cap space right now.

 

[Staubacher]

Gotta give major props to Cowboys mgmt for the cap turnaround.

 

[Nightman]

Gotta give major props to Cowboys mgmt for the cap turnaround.

The cap rising 20m in 2 years helped a lot as well.

People forget that with the lockout the cap remained flat from 2009 to 2013 at 122m. That was 4 years with 0 growth because the owners wanted to teach the NFLPA a lesson. Add the 10m penalty and a few unfortunate veteran contracts and things were a lot tighter than they had to be.