Why not go into full rebuild mode

[CowboyChris]

First off we are not a player or 2 away from winning a championship, maybe last years team had a chance, but from the looks of things, this year's team has along way to go....so with all the current free agents we have, and the limited cap space, not too mention the division is weak as hell at this time...why not trade off some assets and begin rebuilding this team from the inside out?

If that means trading away players like Tyron Smith, Lael Collins, Cooper, Lawrence, maybe even Zack Martin if the price is right, and making certain cuts here and there to free up some cap space for future years...isn't that a better plan than trying to patch all the holes from last years team?

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Yep totally agree but then again let's not forget who runs this circus......

 

[Bobhaze]

Jerry never rebuilds. Hubris is a really bad thing. It doesn’t allow you to see things as they really are. He doesn’t accept reality very well and he is surrounded by people who tell him what he wants to hear.

 

[CWR]

First off we are not a player or 2 away from winning a championship, maybe last years team had a chance, but from the looks of things, this year's team has along way to go....so with all the current free agents we have, and the limited cap space, not too mention the division is weak as hell at this time...why not trade off some assets and begin rebuilding this team from the inside out?

If that means trading away players like Tyron Smith, Lael Collins, Cooper, Lawrence, maybe even Zack Martin if the price is right, and making certain cuts here and there to free up some cap space for future years...isn't that a better plan than trying to patch all the holes from last years team?

Coming off 12-5 with a plethora of restructures at our disposal we certainly could've made a push and signed a player or 3. The team they had last year was a good team to go all in with.

Jerry won't rebuild and he won't take a shot, hence the pattern of disappointment.

 

[thunderpimp91]

It's a fair argument. I can also see the argument that this was a 12 win team and the NFC has gotten worse so far this offseason. Still tempting to ship off as many bad contracts as possible, get a few extra draft picks and get a refresh (sort of) with the cap starting in 2023.

 

[GuitarBytes]

in their eagerness to want to win an SB now, it has led them to give very bad contracts to players who do not deserve it. if before giving Dak the disastrous contract they gave him they had entered into a restructuring, right now they would be better off, and possibly he would have made the trade for Russell Wilson, which would have put them in a better picture, and with more money and ease to sign players like Wagner. really this team has fallen into the pathetic,

 

[CWR]

It's a fair argument. I can also see the argument that this was a 12 win team and the NFC has gotten worse so far this offseason. Still tempting to ship off as many bad contracts as possible, get a few extra draft picks and get a refresh (sort of) with the cap starting in 2023.

If I actually thought we had designs at being aggressive in 2023 I could understand, but do you really think anything will be different in 2023?

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

Rebuild? Ha....haaaaa. Jerry is not going to rebuild the Cowboys, because they made the playoffs last year. He'll just try to retool and hope for the best. That's his way. Accumulate talent and hope for the best. No real blueprint. No real identity.

The Yankees, the Lakers and the Cowboys are all run the same way. It works for those other sports teams, but a NFL team has too many players for that to be effective. Jerry needs a change in philosophies.

 

[buybuydandavis]

First off we are not a player or 2 away from winning a championship, maybe last years team had a chance, but from the looks of things, this year's team has along way to go....so with all the current free agents we have, and the limited cap space, not too mention the division is weak as hell at this time...why not trade off some assets and begin rebuilding this team from the inside out?

If that means trading away players like Tyron Smith, Lael Collins, Cooper, Lawrence, maybe even Zack Martin if the price is right, and making certain cuts here and there to free up some cap space for future years...isn't that a better plan than trying to patch all the holes from last years team?

You can only rebuild so much when you're paying your QB 40mil/year.

With the inflated salaries of QBs, build a team paying everyone else, then a top QB may come on over to put you over the top.
Tampa.

Or you draft a good one. A good running one. One that give you an extra dimension that you can't afford with an older QB with tens of millions of cap back loaded. Much like Dak was his rookie year.

We're doing the opposite. Pay the QB and whittle down the rest of the team. To be fair, most of that whittling is going to poor value contracts anyway. I see a slow and dreary slide into greater irrelevance. And we'll disappear entirely if someone in the NFC East figures out how not to stink.

 

[Reid1boys]

This place is HILARIOUS. The team has hit HRs in the last couple of drafts. Team was 12-5 last year. and you are wanting the team to do a rebuild? Teams are in a CONSTANT state of rebuild every damn year in the NFL. Thus the fact the Cowboys will have how many new players this year? How many new players did they have last year? You all talk about how stupid Jerry is as GM... well doing a "Rebuild," with this team would be pretty damn stupid.

 

[thunderpimp91]

If I actually thought we had designs at being aggressive in 2023 I could understand, but do you really think anything will be different in 2023?

If they actually committed to it, sure. I'm skeptical they can do that between Jerrys ego, McCarthy on the hot seat, and Jerry convincing DQ to stay they aren't going to entertain any rebuilds.

Just dumping everyone like Tyron smith, Collins, Cooper, and possibly getting some draft capital you can spend this year and let a young guy develop. Even then moving on from contract year guys with value like Anthony Brown who you could flip for a pick this year to jump start the rebuild. Just doing it now also prevents some of these guys from getting restructured deals and pushing the cap issues into future years.

 

[Reid1boys]

You can only rebuild so much when you're paying your QB 40mil/year.

With the inflated salaries of QBs, build a team paying everyone else, then a top QB may come on over to put you over the top.
Tampa.

Or you draft a good one. A good running one. One that give you an extra dimension that you can't afford with an older QB with tens of millions of cap back loaded. Much like Dak was his rookie year.

We're doing the opposite. Pay the QB and whittle down the rest of the team. To be fair, most of that whittling is going to poor value contracts anyway. I see a slow and dreary slide into greater irrelevance. And we'll disappear entirely if someone in the NFC East figures out how not to stink.

wait, isnt it so simple? Why wouldnt the Giants, Eagles and Washington all just leapfrog us already and send us to the cellar? I mean we stink.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Jones will never tank...he will always feel like they can work a little secret sauce magic. But the chances of repeating last year's record seems pretty slight, given the fact that we don't have a starting DE on the team if Lawrence gets canned, we only have one healthy LB at present on the team, we don't really have a starting S signed, we are likely to lose 2 of our top 4 WRs. That isn't a recipe for taking the next step up.

We can make some cap moves to give room, but it doesn't appear like we are going to do that. If we are able to resign our "wanted" free agents, we are going to be left with very little cap space for outside moves unless we do something silly like restructure Zeke, T. Smith or L. Collins which just makes their deals extra crappy down the road.

Dallas' nest move would likely be to cut as much as you could this year, trade any guys you possibly could that would bring something in return and try to duplicate what the Bengals did. Worst to SB in 2 years.

 

[JayFord]

you dont go 12-5 and rebuild

youre going to lose talent thats the whole purpose of free agency and a salary cap to keep things competitive

talent goes its fine, use the scouting department to find more talent

 

[Mannix]

You can only rebuild so much when you're paying your QB 40mil/year.

With the inflated salaries of QBs, build a team paying everyone else, then a top QB may come on over to put you over the top.
Tampa.

Or you draft a good one. A good running one. One that give you an extra dimension that you can't afford with an older QB with tens of millions of cap back loaded. Much like Dak was his rookie year.

We're doing the opposite. Pay the QB and whittle down the rest of the team. To be fair, most of that whittling is going to poor value contracts anyway. I see a slow and dreary slide into greater irrelevance. And we'll disappear entirely if someone in the NFC East figures out how not to stink.

Exactly....WAY too late for that now.

 

[Parcells4Life]

If I actually thought we had designs at being aggressive in 2023 I could understand, but do you really think anything will be different in 2023?

Yes. I think they’re setting McCarthy up to fail and clearing the books for Payton

 

[Nexx]

I am down. Full rebuild, get a top pick and draft a real QB

 

[lostar2009]

Well that would be too much. If anything this team is really probably moving on from players that never stayed healthy.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Coming off 12-5 with a plethora of restructures at our disposal we certainly could've made a push and signed a player or 3. The team they had last year was a good team to go all in with.

Jerry won't rebuild and he won't take a shot, hence the pattern of disappointment.

That last sentence man…almost made me a drinker with that one damn

 

[Hagman]

Nah. It wouldn’t do any good. The team that would do the rebuild are the same morons who have been building the same shanty for 27 years. A third rate architect cannot build a first rate building.