Your Offseason Plan

[Stash]

Now that most of the big coaching decisions have been made and the staff is nearly complete, I've started to take a look at the roster, and the players I would keep and those I would let go. I'm interested to see what you all would do if it were up to you?

1. I would franchise tag Prescott for this year. Give the new staff a year or so to work with him and then truly decide if he is worth the huge investment. Having said that, I fully expect the team to give him a long term deal instead. $35 million annually.
2. Give Amari Cooper the big money contract. He's a proven commodity on the field and a safe bet off the field. It will certainly be overpaying, but you signed on for that when you traded for him. $18-$20 million annually.
3. Pay Robert Quinn. No Cowboys defender was more disruptive and more productive than he was. If anyone deserves to get paid around here, it's him. Don;t let good pass rushers get away. $10 million annually.
4. Let Byron Jones walk. Good player, great teammate, team guy. Allergic to the football and will likely cost $14-$15 million a year. Just not a playmaker and this defense needs them.
5. Cut Tyrone Crawford. A no-brainer. Saves you $8 million in cap room that can be used for an actual starter.
6. Sign DT Jordan Phillips. A huge, mountain of a man at 6'6" and 340 lbs to solidify the middle of your defense. A young player that came into his own in 2019 with 9.5 sacks. Pay Phillips the money you saved by releasing Crawford. $6 - $8 million annually.
7. Sign Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix to help to solidify one of your safety spots. Bye bye Jeff Heath, thanks for everything. $5 - $6 million annually.
8. Sign TE Eric Ebron. A former 1st round pick and a high end athlete at the position, much needed in McCarthy's offense. 13 touchdowns in 2018 is no joke. $7 million annually.
9. Re-sign Randall Cobb. He was worth the money last year and will likely want to stick around.
10. Re-sign Tavon Austin for the same modest salary as in 2019. I think the new staff and special teams coach will better utilize him.
11. Bring back Sean Lee in whatever capacity he chooses. If he wants to play another year? Let him play. If he wants to get into coaching? Make him a defensive assistant. The point is that you don't let a football guy and mind like that leave the building.
12. Dedicate your draft capital to fixing your defense. The offensive side has enough talent and investments and the defense doesn't. While the offensive picks have hit, the defensive ones have missed, so it's back to the drawing board and the draft.

That's my early plan, what do you folks think we should do?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Great plan! Not completely sold on Ha-Ha Dix but otherwise I'd implement everything you lined out.

The other obvious upgrade is at HC. That will make a huge impact on this team. HUGE!

 

[jazzcat22]

Pretty much spot on, can't disagree with any of it, nor make even any slight changes.

 

[Sydla]

I can live with everything but Ebron. I just don't get the warm and fuzzies with that guy for some reason.

I also think Clinton-Dix is criminally underrated by posters here. People act like he sucks. He's actually a pretty good safety and would be an upgrade over what we have.

 

[Whirlwin]

That was a lot of work my cowboy brother. Great insight as usual

 

[Kaiser]

I would be cool with this but some nitpicks, Phillips will probably get more than 7MM and Byron Jones will get less than 14 and resign.

I don't want Ha-Ha, he is a "grass is greener" version of Heath. Draft a S in the first two rounds.

 

[Doomsday]

I can live with everything but Ebron. I just don't get the warm and fuzzies with that guy for some reason.

I also think Clinton-Dix is criminally underrated by posters here. People act like he sucks. He's actually a pretty good safety and would be an upgrade over what we have.

I don't get the infatuation fans have with Ebron.

 

[Rockport]

Now that most of the big coaching decisions have been made and the staff is nearly complete, I've started to take a look at the roster, and the players I would keep and those I would let go. I'm interested to see what you all would do if it were up to you?

1. I would franchise tag Prescott for this year. Give the new staff a year or so to work with him and then truly decide if he is worth the huge investment. Having said that, I fully expect the team to give him a long term deal instead. $35 million annually.
2. Give Amari Cooper the big money contract. He's a proven commodity on the field and a safe bet off the field. It will certainly be overpaying, but you signed on for that when you traded for him. $18-$20 million annually.
3. Pay Robert Quinn. No Cowboys defender was more disruptive and more productive than he was. If anyone deserves to get paid around here, it's him. Don;t let good pass rushers get away. $10 million annually.
4. Let Byron Jones walk. Good player, great teammate, team guy. Allergic to the football and will likely cost $14-$15 million a year. Just not a playmaker and this defense needs them.
5. Cut Tyrone Crawford. A no-brainer. Saves you $8 million in cap room that can be used for an actual starter.
6. Sign DT Jordan Phillips. A huge, mountain of a man at 6'6" and 340 lbs to solidify the middle of your defense. A young player that came into his own in 2019 with 9.5 sacks. Pay Phillips the money you saved by releasing Crawford. $6 - $8 million annually.
7. Sign Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix to help to solidify one of your safety spots. Bye bye Jeff Heath, thanks for everything. $5 - $6 million annually.
8. Sign TE Eric Ebron. A former 1st round pick and a high end athlete at the position, much needed in McCarthy's offense. 13 touchdowns in 2018 is no joke. $7 million annually.
9. Re-sign Randall Cobb. He was worth the money last year and will likely want to stick around.
10. Re-sign Tavon Austin for the same modest salary as in 2019. I think the new staff and special teams coach will better utilize him.
11. Bring back Sean Lee in whatever capacity he chooses. If he wants to play another year? Let him play. If he wants to get into coaching? Make him a defensive assistant. The point is that you don't let a football guy and mind like that leave the building.
12. Dedicate your draft capital to fixing your defense. The offensive side has enough talent and investments and the defense doesn't. While the offensive picks have hit, the defensive ones have missed, so it's back to the drawing board and the draft.

That's my early plan, what do you folks think we should do?

Stop reading after #1 because they made Dak prove himself last year by not signing him to an extension. And he did.

 

[jazzcat22]

Some other thoughts.
Bring in a competent back up QB and / or draft one too.
Maybe the new staff can utilize Devin Smith instead of having him inactive. Will be interesting to see if Noah Brown be used as well.
Would like to see a 3rd RB added, Weber has not signed a R/F contract yet, may he is gone, so draft or FA?
Does MM use a FB, what does his offense mean for Olawale?
We need LB's (again) and keeping Lee is the 1st option. What was weakness became a strength which then can be a possible weakness again. Depending LVE's health and if Jaylon can revert to 2018 form.
Even if Quinn is signed, still need help on the DL
What was always a weakness in the secondary, seemed to have been better in 2018, but 2019 back to awful. Need a lot here. Dix would help but need more.

 

[Cowboyny]

-Bring back the offense Fa's (Dak, Copper, Jarwin), Add a legitimate TE and FB, offense is set
-Defense-need to add a massive NT, enforcer strong safety, resign Quinn or sign someone similar, add a starting vet cb, draft a future starter
-Special Teams-team needs to replace Jones as the punter, they need to add a few core special teamers either via draft or fa

 

[reddyuta]

We cant sit on our hands in Fa,hope they Jones family dont take a vacation during the beginning of FA,get the top DT and Safety in FA so we dont have to force picks in the draft,this is how we end up with Schutlzs and Hills of the world.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Now that most of the big coaching decisions have been made and the staff is nearly complete, I've started to take a look at the roster, and the players I would keep and those I would let go. I'm interested to see what you all would do if it were up to you?

1. I would franchise tag Prescott for this year. Give the new staff a year or so to work with him and then truly decide if he is worth the huge investment. Having said that, I fully expect the team to give him a long term deal instead. $35 million annually.
2. Give Amari Cooper the big money contract. He's a proven commodity on the field and a safe bet off the field. It will certainly be overpaying, but you signed on for that when you traded for him. $18-$20 million annually.
3. Pay Robert Quinn. No Cowboys defender was more disruptive and more productive than he was. If anyone deserves to get paid around here, it's him. Don;t let good pass rushers get away. $10 million annually.
4. Let Byron Jones walk. Good player, great teammate, team guy. Allergic to the football and will likely cost $14-$15 million a year. Just not a playmaker and this defense needs them.
5. Cut Tyrone Crawford. A no-brainer. Saves you $8 million in cap room that can be used for an actual starter.
6. Sign DT Jordan Phillips. A huge, mountain of a man at 6'6" and 340 lbs to solidify the middle of your defense. A young player that came into his own in 2019 with 9.5 sacks. Pay Phillips the money you saved by releasing Crawford. $6 - $8 million annually.
7. Sign Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix to help to solidify one of your safety spots. Bye bye Jeff Heath, thanks for everything. $5 - $6 million annually.
8. Sign TE Eric Ebron. A former 1st round pick and a high end athlete at the position, much needed in McCarthy's offense. 13 touchdowns in 2018 is no joke. $7 million annually.
9. Re-sign Randall Cobb. He was worth the money last year and will likely want to stick around.
10. Re-sign Tavon Austin for the same modest salary as in 2019. I think the new staff and special teams coach will better utilize him.
11. Bring back Sean Lee in whatever capacity he chooses. If he wants to play another year? Let him play. If he wants to get into coaching? Make him a defensive assistant. The point is that you don't let a football guy and mind like that leave the building.
12. Dedicate your draft capital to fixing your defense. The offensive side has enough talent and investments and the defense doesn't. While the offensive picks have hit, the defensive ones have missed, so it's back to the drawing board and the draft.

That's my early plan, what do you folks think we should do?

Agree with most of your thoughts... though I would transition tag Amari and make him show me more consistency in 2020-- especially on the road before I sign him to a big deal. Definitely franchise tag Dak-- though I think he gets paid longterm as you point out-- my preference would be to see how he performs in McCarthy's offense before committing longterm.

Keep Cobb for sure-- but I would cut Tavon-- just don't see enough from him, but maybe Bones can get more out of him in ST than Garrett and Co could. I would also invite Lee and Witten to hang em up-- use that money to resign Quinn and some depth players on defense. Agree on Releasing Crawford too.

Draft? I am looking hard at a space eating DT and S early in this draft. TE is another position I would look at by round 3. Jarwin is solid-- but McCarthy needs legit targets at TE so I would look hard for a good one. Not opposed to adding some depth at CB considering our best cover guy is more than likely leaving. Bring in some late round depth at OL and DL and keep building the lines.

 

[Stash]

I can live with everything but Ebron. I just don't get the warm and fuzzies with that guy for some reason.

He can be a bit 'goofy' at times, and he drops more than the top TE's do. But he's an athletic mismatch and again, the guy had !3 touchdowns when he had a good quarterback in 2018. Not many TE's can ever say that they did that in a season.

I also think Clinton-Dix is criminally underrated by posters here. People act like he sucks. He's actually a pretty good safety and would be an upgrade over what we have.

He would be a huge upgrade, and cheaper than I expected and much more so than what other safeties are costing.

 

[Stash]

I don't get the infatuation fans have with Ebron.

Former 1st round pick with 13 touchdowns in 2018 gets my attention.

 

[Jake]

Now that most of the big coaching decisions have been made and the staff is nearly complete, I've started to take a look at the roster, and the players I would keep and those I would let go. I'm interested to see what you all would do if it were up to you?

1. I would franchise tag Prescott for this year. Give the new staff a year or so to work with him and then truly decide if he is worth the huge investment. Having said that, I fully expect the team to give him a long term deal instead. $35 million annually.
2. Give Amari Cooper the big money contract. He's a proven commodity on the field and a safe bet off the field. It will certainly be overpaying, but you signed on for that when you traded for him. $18-$20 million annually.
3. Pay Robert Quinn. No Cowboys defender was more disruptive and more productive than he was. If anyone deserves to get paid around here, it's him. Don;t let good pass rushers get away. $10 million annually.
4. Let Byron Jones walk. Good player, great teammate, team guy. Allergic to the football and will likely cost $14-$15 million a year. Just not a playmaker and this defense needs them.
5. Cut Tyrone Crawford. A no-brainer. Saves you $8 million in cap room that can be used for an actual starter.
6. Sign DT Jordan Phillips. A huge, mountain of a man at 6'6" and 340 lbs to solidify the middle of your defense. A young player that came into his own in 2019 with 9.5 sacks. Pay Phillips the money you saved by releasing Crawford. $6 - $8 million annually.
7. Sign Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix to help to solidify one of your safety spots. Bye bye Jeff Heath, thanks for everything. $5 - $6 million annually.
8. Sign TE Eric Ebron. A former 1st round pick and a high end athlete at the position, much needed in McCarthy's offense. 13 touchdowns in 2018 is no joke. $7 million annually.
9. Re-sign Randall Cobb. He was worth the money last year and will likely want to stick around.
10. Re-sign Tavon Austin for the same modest salary as in 2019. I think the new staff and special teams coach will better utilize him.
11. Bring back Sean Lee in whatever capacity he chooses. If he wants to play another year? Let him play. If he wants to get into coaching? Make him a defensive assistant. The point is that you don't let a football guy and mind like that leave the building.
12. Dedicate your draft capital to fixing your defense. The offensive side has enough talent and investments and the defense doesn't. While the offensive picks have hit, the defensive ones have missed, so it's back to the drawing board and the draft.

That's my early plan, what do you folks think we should do?

You're hired.

Someone get Jerry the GM a box so he can clear out his office. Get a camera crew so he can have the Landry treatment.

 

[Stash]

Agree with most of your thoughts... though I would transition tag Amari and make him show me more consistency in 2020-- especially on the road before I sign him to a big deal. Definitely franchise tag Dak-- though I think he gets paid longterm as you point out-- my preference would be to see how he performs in McCarthy's offense before committing longterm.

Keep Cobb for sure-- but I would cut Tavon-- just don't see enough from him, but maybe Bones can get more out of him in ST than Garrett and Co could. I would also invite Lee and Witten to hang em up-- use that money to resign Quinn and some depth players on defense. Agree on Releasing Crawford too.

Draft? I am looking hard at a space eating DT and S early in this draft. TE is another position I would look at by round 3. Jarwin is solid-- but McCarthy needs legit targets at TE so I would look hard for a good one. Not opposed to adding some depth at CB considering our best cover guy is more than likely leaving. Bring in some late round depth at OL and DL and keep building the lines.

Not sure if you knew or not but Bones Fassel did some good work with Tavon with the Rams. That's why I think they might keep him. Anything offensively would be a bonus.

Transition tag with Cooper isn't a bad idea either.

Going with my plan, cornerback becomes a big draft priority, likely early and often.

 

[glimmerman]

Gonna be a long long offseason. I will set back and see what they do. With JJ actually getting a HC and letting him put his own staff together it let’s me believe he is in a real push to get a team together with the best available.

 

[Stash]

You're hired.

Someone get Jerry the GM a box so he can clear out his office. Get a camera crew so he can have the Landry treatment.

 

[Stash]

Gonna be a long long offseason. I will set back and see what they do. With JJ actually getting a HC and letting him put his own staff together it let’s me believe he is in a real push to get a team together with the best available.

I think there are a few reasons why I expect the team to 'go for it' this year:

1. Jerry thinks he has a team that can win now.
2. He hired a veteran coach to win now.
3. He has a lot of cap space saved up to work with.
4. The team does have holes to fill.
5. Jerry is working closely on the new CBA and knows better than anyone what those future caps will look like.

 

[conner01]

Great plan! Not completely sold on Ha-Ha Dix but otherwise I'd implement everything you lined out.

The other obvious upgrade is at HC. That will make a huge impact on this team. HUGE!

I’m not sold on dix and I wouldn’t pay Austin
I like most of the rest but don’t think Crawford will be cut