Common Sense
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Per the salary cap calculator at overthecap.com:
Tendering Chris Jones and restructuring Romo, Ware, Witten, Lee, Scandrick, and Orton puts the team somewhere around $5.6 million over the cap for 2014. That's before cutting a single player. I never bothered to plug in that scenario before because most of us have taken it for granted that Brandon Carr's contract will be restructured next year. It makes sense, since it's one of the easiest ways to find money for 2014, but it makes him virtually uncuttable for the duration of his contract. That's troublesome, but most of us just shrug and say "Classic Jerry."
Granted, there's truth to that, but even with a lame duck coaching situation, surely even he knows that you can't eliminate all accountability for a player and expect him to play up to the level that he needs to. Not restructuring Carr sends a message that he needs to step it up (He wasn't terrible, but for one, he absolutely needs to return to being the physical player that earned him the contract in the first place).
The reason I bring this up is because we keep getting caught up in the Ware contract situation. It's dangerous, but the team could still make one last restructure before having to cut him or reduce his salary outright in 2015. The savings wouldn't be quite as substantial as they would be this year, but relatively close. You can kick that can down the road, but once you restructure Carr again, you're stuck with him, whether he proves to be a poor scheme fit, suffers a career-altering injury, or decides to pull a Jay Ratliff. By eating his full base salary this year, the team could still part ways with Carr if it ever needs to.
So there you go. There's an alternate scenario for the offseason. Am I way off base here or what?
Tendering Chris Jones and restructuring Romo, Ware, Witten, Lee, Scandrick, and Orton puts the team somewhere around $5.6 million over the cap for 2014. That's before cutting a single player. I never bothered to plug in that scenario before because most of us have taken it for granted that Brandon Carr's contract will be restructured next year. It makes sense, since it's one of the easiest ways to find money for 2014, but it makes him virtually uncuttable for the duration of his contract. That's troublesome, but most of us just shrug and say "Classic Jerry."
Granted, there's truth to that, but even with a lame duck coaching situation, surely even he knows that you can't eliminate all accountability for a player and expect him to play up to the level that he needs to. Not restructuring Carr sends a message that he needs to step it up (He wasn't terrible, but for one, he absolutely needs to return to being the physical player that earned him the contract in the first place).
The reason I bring this up is because we keep getting caught up in the Ware contract situation. It's dangerous, but the team could still make one last restructure before having to cut him or reduce his salary outright in 2015. The savings wouldn't be quite as substantial as they would be this year, but relatively close. You can kick that can down the road, but once you restructure Carr again, you're stuck with him, whether he proves to be a poor scheme fit, suffers a career-altering injury, or decides to pull a Jay Ratliff. By eating his full base salary this year, the team could still part ways with Carr if it ever needs to.
So there you go. There's an alternate scenario for the offseason. Am I way off base here or what?
