The_Slamman Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 http://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2017/11/27/8-moves-what-would-a-total-cowboys-reboot-look-like-salary-cap-wise/3/ http://walterfootball.com/freeagentspreview2018.php For the first time in a long time, the Cowboys will actually have significant money to spend in FA if the team chooses to do. In fact, with the release of players who are clearly under performing like Dez Bryant, Tyrone Crawford, Vincent Mayoya, James Hanna, and a couple others, the Cowboys could have between $50-60M under the cap in 2018 (the article above explains how we could have even more but I don't think releasing Witten, Lee, and Beasley is realistic). Obviously, a lot will happen between now and the start of FA. And, I'm not even suggesting that we should go wild in FA spending. But if done right (like the Eagles did this year), it could certainly help out the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmonkey30 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Even without cutting Dez or Crawford, you could have $50M+ in cap space by restructuring Tyron and Frederick, plus extending Martin. A decent chunk has to go to re-signing our own guys, but we definitely have enough to make a run at an impact player or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_OutLaw7 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 31 minutes ago, flyingmonkey30 said: Even without cutting Dez or Crawford, you could have $50M+ in cap space by restructuring Tyron and Frederick, plus extending Martin. A decent chunk has to go to re-signing our own guys, but we definitely have enough to make a run at an impact player or two. And...extending Dlaw. And considering that both Dak and Zeke will also be coming up soon we will have to plan correctly. In terms of FA, I'd like Star Lotulelei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Think Mayowa, Scan, Hanna, and Beasley are the only ones in any real danger of being released. I could see Witten calling it a career. At the top of my short list would be... Star Lotulelei Bennie Logan Kenny Vaccaro Christian Kirksey Terrelle Pryor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, WizardHawk said: Think Mayowa, Scan, Hanna, and Beasley are the only ones in any real danger of being released. I could see Witten calling it a career. At the top of my short list would be... Star Lotulelei Bennie Logan Kenny Vaccaro Christian Kirksey Terrelle Pryor Add Sammy Watkins to that list. And I wouldn't mind adding A CB or two to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPJ Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Davante Adams Terrell Pryor Paul Richardson Sheldon Richardson Also depends on who the coaching staff/coordinators are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Some food for thought regarding Dez's numbers.... ....might be more a Dak issue and a Dez issue. Dez also has 7 drops which is awful as well. Either way, Dez isn't helping himself and Dak isn't help either. Everything is off. blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyronnosaurus Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, WizardHawk said: Some food for thought regarding Dez's numbers.... ....might be more a Dak issue and a Dez issue. Dez also has 7 drops which is awful as well. Either way, Dez isn't helping himself and Dak isn't help either. Everything is off. blah. True, but taking out those 42 targets, Dez has deserved every ounce of criticism. Not only is he not producing like a pro bowler, he really isn't even a factor on the field. His biggest contribution honestly has been the double coverages he gets, but even then Dak can't get it down the field - its just a 4 yard dump off EVERY TIME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtnldave Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Dez is playing like garbage right now. When was the last TD pass he caught??? If Zeke is out you need your big name players to step up and he has regressed. If he is getting double and triple teamed, then Beasley, Witten or Williams should be one on one somewhere. If that is the case then Dak is missing them and that makes him suck. Somewhere along the line, SOMEBODY is not taking advantage of the situations surrounding Dez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysdreamer Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 The Cowboy's really need to see where they have to release and resign or redo contracts going forward, they made big strides last year by letting most of the secondary go. There's not too many free agents this year that they should resign. 1) Franchise Lawrence if you can't resign him to a long term deal. 2) Resign Irving to a long term contract. 3) try and resign Hitchens. 4) Decide on what's going to happen with Gregory. 5) try and trade either Williams or Beasley ? 6) try and see if ant other teams would bite on Bryant and Crawford. Interesting Free Agents 2018 Allen Robinson (WR) Jacksonville 24yrs. Jarvis Landry (WR) Miami 24yrs. Devante Adams (WR) Green Bay 24 yrs. Donte Moncrief (WR) Indy 24yrs. Carlos Hyde (RB) San Fran 26 yrs. Zach Brown (ILB) Washington 28 yrs. Kyle Fuller (CB) Chicago 25yrs. I was thinking of an interesting scenario in next years Draft with it being held in Dallas, what if the Cowboys finished poorly the rest of the way this year and Buffalo kept playing good and fell any where from 5 to 10 spots behind the Cowboys would anyone be open to trading back in this draft with all the picks that Buffalo has, it sounds like they are going to move on from Tyrod Taylor's contract and with all the good QB's coming out this year just maybe they offer a few picks to move up. And with all the talk about the Ron Leary compensatory pick possibly changing from a 4th to a 3rd round pick it would be a nice haul to help fix some of the depth and possible starting positions on this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Slamman Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 4 hours ago, WizardHawk said: Some food for thought regarding Dez's numbers.... ....might be more a Dak issue and a Dez issue. Dez also has 7 drops which is awful as well. Either way, Dez isn't helping himself and Dak isn't help either. Everything is off. blah. If we are being blatantly honest, it is both a Dez and a Dak issue. Let's just face it... Dez is NOT the type of receiver Dak is comfortable throwing at. Romo keeps talking about throwing Dez open and even when he's covered he's not covered. Romo had that type of accuracy and trust in himself and Dez. Dak is not even close to being there. That's where the 42 uncatchable passes come in. Dak wants to protect the football and throwing back shoulder throws to covered WRs is NOT his game. Dak's game is more like Tom Brady in that he likes throwing to quick cutting receivers who spring open and there's a clear window to throw to. For example, on the FA list, Dak would be much more comfortable throwing to Sammy Watkins than Dez Bryant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas94Ware Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Doubtful Dez, Mayowa and Crawford go anyplace. Maybe a paycut for Dez or rework, but cant see the team cutting him. You want Williams as your top man? Doubt it. You cant just cut out your top players to save money and replace them with whateber you can buy in FA and expect success. That happens so rarely compared to the attempts at doing such that it is arguably the best way to set your team back for 3-4 years as you try to recover from the cap problems it causes. This isnt Madden, there is no overall stat that boosts your teams performance on these players lol. Reality is, for every Blount/Jeffery to Eagles stuff there is, there is far more Haynesworth situations, or Lamar Miller (overpaid and average at best) situations. More likely this team does try to spend some money this time around. And i hope they do. But not on high priced stars. We dont need those, actually. We need more guys like those cast offs no one really seems to want, but can contribute for a reasonable price. We need depth. You want stars, you pay to keep your own after drafting them..you dont overpay for someone elses cause that so rarely works anymore. Giants did it on D, and its burned them after a year, and two years in they are looking at some serious cuts and cap work now. Philly did it on O but didnt sign stars for big bucks, and are getting average production from those guys that as a unit, as a whole, is producing at a star level. Thats more realistic, but for this team, still unlikely because we have some big contracts due to be given out very soon. It boils down to the question I posed last year: Ron Leary, or Zach Martin? Or year before, Lamar Miller or Travis Fredrick? Every big contrsct you pay out limits your chances to retain your own guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas94Ware Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, The_Slamman said: If we are being blatantly honest, it is both a Dez and a Dak issue. Let's just face it... Dez is NOT the type of receiver Dak is comfortable throwing at. Romo keeps talking about throwing Dez open and even when he's covered he's not covered. Romo had that type of accuracy and trust in himself and Dez. Dak is not even close to being there. That's where the 42 uncatchable passes come in. Dak wants to protect the football and throwing back shoulder throws to covered WRs is NOT his game. Dak's game is more like Tom Brady in that he likes throwing to quick cutting receivers who spring open and there's a clear window to throw to. For example, on the FA list, Dak would be much more comfortable throwing to Sammy Watkins than Dez Bryant. Dak and Dez issue fornsure. Lack of chemistry. and targets is a.crappy stat to go off of. A throw away near him, a great pass defense by a DB or a batted ball at the line all count as targets. That doesnt mean 40+ bad passes to Dez that he couldnt catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt79511 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 D-Law will be franchised and Irving given a first round tender- moves that increase their combined wages by a factor of nearly 8- costly but necessary. The free agents of note to me are Jonathan Cooper and Anthony Hitchens. Everyone else on the list is basically a fungible role player, whereas these two are regular starters for us. But does that make them more than role players? How much would we pay up for either? We shall see. If we keep the current brain trust, upgrades at LG and LB would seem vital needs for this offseason, even if we re-sign those guys. The OL is vital to this team’s success offensively as are the backers in this defensive scheme. A new set of coaches and coordinators may have their own idea of where we need to improve, though- including, perhaps, god-willing the DT and the WR spots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas94Ware Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 The FA pickups will be more in the mold ofnguys like.. Taylor Gabriel R. Hageman X Suafilo TJ Carrie Ryan Jenson moreso than the big name starters you guys keep mentioning. Havent you caught on yet? This team has no desire to spend big on anyone outside of their own draft pick hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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