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this has been a lot to take in these past few days, damn 
THE OFFICIAL 2023 DALLAS COWBOYS OFF-SEASON THREAD || Cowboys Gonna Cowboy
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Just watch we'll go 12-4 and go deep into the playoffs.
This year's team will be officially known as the "No Names".
10 years from now we'll have a 30 for 30 about the adversity we had to overcome,the amount of excessive celebration we had during the end of the season, and how Jason Garrett saved his career.
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This year's team will be officially known as the "No Names".
10 years from now we'll have a 30 for 30 about the adversity we had to overcome,the amount of excessive celebration we had during the end of the season, and how Jason Garrett saved his career.
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I hope you're not serious we have something like 60 million in space after next year here's to hope they don't make any other horrible contracts between now and then
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... Nah
Was making a point. Big talking point before free agency started was how we were in cap hell, how GM's/executives everywhere had no idea how we'd navigate through it. And of course Twitter, sports radio and the typical culprits on the NFL thread ate it up.
Yet here we are sitting on $10 million in cap room, just signed Tyron to a huge deal, still have room for Dez's extension, and have amazing flexibility set up for season after next like you mentioned.
But cap hell
Media and Cowboys haters just love creating drama/issues that aren't there when it comes to the Cowboys.
Can't eem count how many times bammas tried to convince me we were in cap hell on here
Say what you want about Jerry, but if there's one thing he knows how to do, it's how to handle money. Not that many times you can think of when a player has had to leave Dallas purely because of monetary reasons or we haven't been able to afford a free agent we wanted, regardless of our cap situation. We were in "cap hell" this year but were able to sign Melton who was at the top of most of our wish lists. Were in cap hell the year we signed Carr. But each and every year these dudes convince themselves that it's a serious problem and 'it'll catch up to us eventually'.
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Yeah most of those same "experts" have no clue how the cap works
I can't remember where the pundits have not said we were in cap hell
I can't remember where the pundits have not said we were in cap hell
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Jerry pretty much created the salary cap the NFL currently uses.
They might as well call it Jerry-nomics.
They might as well call it Jerry-nomics.
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8-12 weeks DeMarcus Lawrence.. this is exactly why you just don't give away draft picks Jerry!!
A freak injury doesn't change the fact it was a good move to get him
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8-12 weeks DeMarcus Lawrence
A freak injury doesn't change the fact it was a good move to get him
I'll call it a good move when I see him on the field in 12 weeks. Till then, just another defensive player made of glass that we overvalued in the draft (see Lee, Claiborne)
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about this cap thing, they are in trouble with it
they CANNOT afford to bring people in through free agency, like EVER
yes, they can afford to extend guys already on the roster, but they can never afford to bring in impact players through free agency
do you really think DeMarcus Ware would've been cut if they weren't in cap trouble? Think about that, they had to cut him just go get under the cap to sign their draft picks
Tyron was a smart deal, but let's not act like Dallas has great financial flexibility
they CANNOT afford to bring people in through free agency, like EVER
yes, they can afford to extend guys already on the roster, but they can never afford to bring in impact players through free agency
do you really think DeMarcus Ware would've been cut if they weren't in cap trouble? Think about that, they had to cut him just go get under the cap to sign their draft picks
Tyron was a smart deal, but let's not act like Dallas has great financial flexibility
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They did so with Brandon Carr 2 years ago, when they were still in financial hell.
Sure, they have one of the worst situations. Not disagreeing. And they won't be able to add big names in Free Agency but every 4-5 years. But it's kind of what happens when you have big name guys on your team.
You want to get out of financial hell, you basically have to gut everyone, including guys in their prime and start from 0. Unfortunately.
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their problem is extending guys after 30, those are the deals that have really hurt us
outside of Carr though, what Free Agency signing has really helped this team? They can never afford to bring in impact players and every year that hurts our chances of becoming a better team and are forced to rely on the draft, I love drafting but its impossible to build a good team through one way of adding talent
outside of Carr though, what Free Agency signing has really helped this team? They can never afford to bring in impact players and every year that hurts our chances of becoming a better team and are forced to rely on the draft, I love drafting but its impossible to build a good team through one way of adding talent
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With Romo's back potentially being an issue, we are most definitely in a great position to draft his replacement next season as there are a slew of QB's we could take.
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I think it was a mistake passing on Manziel, but agreed next draft should put us in a position to take a QB. I think Romo is going to miss a lot of games, back injuries/surgeries are really the beginning of the end of your career.
I wonder which QB Dallas will grade out higher and like
I wonder which QB Dallas will grade out higher and like
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Free agency isn't the way to the promise land in today's NFL.
Drafting quality players and hiring the right coaches is the road to the Super Bowl.
Salary cap and free agency talk is just something to fill dead air during the off season.
Drafting quality players and hiring the right coaches is the road to the Super Bowl.
Salary cap and free agency talk is just something to fill dead air during the off season.
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you're not following my point
i'm not saying build your team through free agency, but you do need it to fill holes and some impact, which Dallas has not been able to do
Dallas isn't exactly the best drafting team either, they do well in the first round, but after that they really haven't done that well
the draft is the best tool, but when you can't add people through free agency, you force the draft to become the fix it all to your problems
i'm not saying build your team through free agency, but you do need it to fill holes and some impact, which Dallas has not been able to do
Dallas isn't exactly the best drafting team either, they do well in the first round, but after that they really haven't done that well
the draft is the best tool, but when you can't add people through free agency, you force the draft to become the fix it all to your problems
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the Tyron deal is actually a really good deal for the team, but I am a little surprised that they did that deal before Dez, considering they had exercised the 5th year option for Tyron
Dez would be a restricted free agent next year right? So at least they could franchise him correct?
Dez would be a restricted free agent next year right? So at least they could franchise him correct?
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Exactly. We hit on a few first/second rounders but after that we usually don't do too well when it comes to drafting players. We have way too many holes on D to depend on draft. If we had some financial flexibility, maybe we would have signed a real safety by now rather than depending on the small school 4th rounders to come and make an immediate impact.
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Yes
I don't agree that they couldn't bring in impact players they brought in carr signed Williams after the trade (thought to be good at the time by someone I guess) got Melton....
About cutting ware we have over 10 mil in space right now how did we need to cut him to sign the drafted players they've been signed and we have 10 Million left over
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Look at those teams who bring in big time free agents every year they trash that's what create cap hell the better teams players are all homegrown
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I'm not saying the Cowboys are the model team to follow when it comes to the cap. But, no matter how you define it, they are by no means in 'cap hell'.
If they were in a perfect situation cap wise cutting Dware still would have been on the table.
As it stands right now, they should have plenty of money to play around with soon along with an offense that is pretty much set everywhere except QB. The D will get alot of help in 2016. And if they draft a QB he won't take up hardly any cap space for a while.
Yeah, they haven't been huge players in free agency, but being that doesn't = success (see Diplomats), and it also doesn't = cap hell.
If they were in a perfect situation cap wise cutting Dware still would have been on the table.
As it stands right now, they should have plenty of money to play around with soon along with an offense that is pretty much set everywhere except QB. The D will get alot of help in 2016. And if they draft a QB he won't take up hardly any cap space for a while.
Yeah, they haven't been huge players in free agency, but being that doesn't = success (see Diplomats), and it also doesn't = cap hell.
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Not saying they have to bring in a big name, they can barely bring in decent free agents. Only reason we got lucky with Melton taking that deal was because he was hurt and Rod is the DC.
It would be different if we were consistent in the draft and consistent with developing the players we do draft.
It would be different if we were consistent in the draft and consistent with developing the players we do draft.
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That's the problem with this team player development none of the raw players ever get taught the proper techniques and fizzle out after their first deals
** now excuse me I have to go cry since my favorite player on my favorite team was just traded for a rental
** now excuse me I have to go cry since my favorite player on my favorite team was just traded for a rental
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For what it's worth, I like what Oakland did this off season. Brought in a couple good players from winning organizations, some past their prime, no outrageous contracts though. They can teach their raw players proper techniques. That's what we've been lacking for years. Most of the guys on our team haven't won anything nor had much playoff success, especially our leaders (Romo, Witten).
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