jwalter_81 Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Was just thinking with how the Cowboys have been slow playing rewarding Lawrence with the long term deal he is seeking. DeMarcus Lawrence needs shoulder surgery on his labrum that will have him out 3-4 months. If the Cowboys elect to place the franchise tag on him again, he can elect to undergo surgery later in the offseason to intentionally sit out the entire season, still getting the $20 million and enter as an UFA next offseason. Cowboys could be setting themselves up for a massive finesse job if they stingy with the long term deal. I know John Lynch would love to have him on the 49ers edge next to Deforest Buckner 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_gb Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 I don't really know how they can afford him when they have contracts looming for Dak / Zeke & Amari and somehow manage to have interest in Earl Thomas while still needing to sign Lawrence. One of these will not be a Cowboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalter_81 Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Plus Jones, the DB, and Jaylon Smith entering year 3 of a 4 year deal being a 2nd rounder due to his previous knee injury. Can’t keep all them studs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNewYork Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Just realized the Cowboys will have to let some Elite talent walk to keep Dak Prescott lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, KingOfTheDot said: Just realized the Cowboys will have to let some Elite talent walk to keep Dak Prescott lol If anything they should be letting Dak walk to keep the elite talent. But we know that’s not gonna happen lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 6 hours ago, Nick_gb said: I don't really know how they can afford him when they have contracts looming for Dak / Zeke & Amari and somehow manage to have interest in Earl Thomas while still needing to sign Lawrence. One of these will not be a Cowboy. I wouldn't be surprised if they go all in on this coming season. They're in a fine cap situation right now. Lawrence and Beasley are really the only UFAs worth mentioning at all, and they have just under $50M to work with. Next year is where it gets iffy. $125M projected to work with for them, but that's without Lawrence, Prescott, Elliott, Cooper, Jones, and a handful of cheaper but still useful players. Those 5 alone could legitimately be almost $100M of that cap space. So I could see them going all-in this year. Give Lawrence his or re-franchise him. Try to pitch Thomas a one year deal or a front loaded deal for a couple of years. Go after another one or two short term patches. And accept that painful choices will be made in 2020. Just hope you get a superbowl before it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrOaktown_56 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 32 minutes ago, Jakuvious said: I wouldn't be surprised if they go all in on this coming season. They're in a fine cap situation right now. Lawrence and Beasley are really the only UFAs worth mentioning at all, and they have just under $50M to work with. Next year is where it gets iffy. $125M projected to work with for them, but that's without Lawrence, Prescott, Elliott, Cooper, Jones, and a handful of cheaper but still useful players. Those 5 alone could legitimately be almost $100M of that cap space. So I could see them going all-in this year. Give Lawrence his or re-franchise him. Try to pitch Thomas a one year deal or a front loaded deal for a couple of years. Go after another one or two short term patches. And accept that painful choices will be made in 2020. Just hope you get a superbowl before it. The Cooper trade was not a good long-term move for THIS team, unless they find a way to maneuver it cap-wise. Honestly. We ourselves traded him because of apparent lack of production/scheme fit and because Segal was going to demand 16-18 million APY for him/ensure a mack-like holdout. Dallas has a lot of dudes they're going to need to pay and I don't see how they do it now. It was already going to be hard with dak, zeke, lawrence, and byron jones. Adding another expiring free agent will only make it worse. I guess they should go all in, but I don't know if I favor their chances or trust Prescott to shine in big games. Hell the NFC west is such a **** show, I don't know who'll win it next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I'd make dak take 25 million. Zeke is guna eant 16-18 million. Cooper around 18. They are paying zac Martin the world as a guard, that is approaching half their cap on 4 players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 The Cowboys will be in cap hell very soon with a limited ceiling. Smart would be to let Dak walk and draft a QB who then can succeed with a lot of talent around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidersAreOne Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Kiwibrown said: Cooper around 18. Oooof. Glad we got out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Paying the OL, especially iOL too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 25 million for Dak? Doubt that happens. As was said above Dallas would be best letting Dak go and draft a better QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcool Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, tom cody said: 25 million for Dak? Doubt that happens. As was said above Dallas would be best letting Dak go and draft a better QB. Eh, Dak isn’t the best but it would still be difficult to find someone better. That would be a risky move, especially considering all the teams who will need QBs soon, including the teams with old guys. I’m interested in seeing how he looks with different play-calling/scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, SBLIII said: The Cowboys will be in cap hell very soon with a limited ceiling. Smart would be to let Dak walk and draft a QB who then can succeed with a lot of talent around him. That's a great idea because there is always 5-6 legit QBs in the draft. Dak is the worst possible option at qb for the cowboys, he is good enough to win a lot games, but he needs a lot of talent around him. An oline, a defense, a wr, a rb. None of that is cheap. If he wants this tow work he has to take a hit 20 million not 25-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNewYork Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Did someone just say give Dak 25 mil a year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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