This seems to suggest they're over the projected cap:
I mean, the OL and running game certainly contributed a lot to his success. Put him in Philly and we're likely not talking about Dak right now. But those advantages aren't going away. Guy is a bonafide franchise QB with a top 3 RB, an elite outside WR in Dez, a very good slot guy in Beasley, and the best OL in the league. Cowboys are in very good shape over the next few years.
I really hope you're right. Someone mentioned to me last night that they get a 1991 Cowboys vibe from this team. I desperately want to believe that's true but then I look at what happened to Carolina this year and I snap back to the reality that it's not a guarantee in any way. Particularly with as tough as the NFC East is shaping up to be. We won't be seeing an 8-8 team win that division again for a while, so they're going to have to be really good.
I am NOT saying he is, or will be... but the progression over the year from managing early, then doing stuff... the trend/growth reminds me of a QB in 2001. I don't know who called the spike on first down, but that's the only thing I saw that was what I consider a mental mistake - and that might well have been Garrett.
The only real beef I had with Garrett was maybe they didn't look ready to play with the penalties and such early on. How much that's attributed to him is a legit question. But these guys seem to play hard for him and buy his message. I'd probably stick with him. Plus they have had the same offense under him for a decade now and switching it up could be a gamble. So many of these guys are familiar with his system.
I'm not even a Cowboys fan and this is one of the biggest asshole posts I can recall. And I know from asshole posts. Even Sausage in Section 17, whose post became a running joke, was good-natured and merely oblivious to how he came off - he wasn't intending to lord anything over anyone. Christ, what an asshole.
That's the one. My biggest beef with Garrett is his clock management. I realize that's not unique to Garrett but with better clock management that game goes into overtime. That's always been an issue with him.
Wait, why? I didn't see H78 elsewhere—and maybe I'm missing the full context behind "Celebrating What Is"—but he did follow his original post with this:
Now, it probably wasn't inexperience that cost them – Dak and Zeke looked really good. And Dez's TD catch was insanely good. But was he wrong about GB jumping ahead and rattling them a bit? Or Dallas not being able to control the clock once they did come back? Other than maybe tooting his own horn, I feel like I'm missing something about this post's inherent douchiness.
Has Jerry really been that bad lately? He's obviously insufferable when they're winning (just like us Pats fans) but I feel like he's been making mostly sound moves/decisions recently outside of the Hardy debacle. The decision to focus on the OL and run game has basically revamped this team and he didn't draft Manziel, insist on Romo going in, etc. People love to goof on the guy but there aren't many franchises that are better-positioned for near-term success than these Cowboys.
With Stephen Jones having a lot more control of the football operations, drafts are no longer a dumpster fire like they were pre-Parcells Era and maybe briefly afterward (like the Roy Williams disaster trade in 2008).
I thought he coached a good game to be honest. I have been a critic of Garrett's pretty much since he was at Princeton, but he did a very good job this season and had some bad luck running into a white hot QB in the playoffs. Who would be an upgrade from him who is available? In my opinion none of the guys out there could do better than he did this season.
That you don't understand the douchiness is a reflection on you to be frank.
It's really fucking simple. Don't celebrate anything about a team's loss in the first 24 hours minimum, and really probably about 3 or 4 days. And even then, pick your spots.
Yeah, Dak played himself into the starting gig yesterday (and obviously over the course of the season too). As much as I would love to see the Cowboys have to let a few linemen go, they are nicely positioned
Wait, really? This is a thing? How long until after the Broncos got bounced from the playoffs did Patriots fans here wait to dance on their graves? Or God forbid, the Jets or Bills collapses this year?
Particularly in a thread comprised of a few diehards who don't in any way antagonize us Patriots homers and who provide solid analysis every year on a team that is always interesting. It's just a douche move when the emotions are still raw and the loss not yet fully-digested.
About midway (or slightly later) in the second quarter, I fully expected to see a mandate by Jones to put Romo in. I was in a bar without audio but I did notice the cameras started showing Romo on the sidelines. Dak shut the door and proved this is his team. I was really impressed by him.
Makes a ton of sense for Houston too if they can get the dollars to work. Obviously, Brock would be a massive sunk cost but I don't know how you can possibly start next season with him as your QB.
That's like the announcement they make at (I forget which team's games) "home of the best behaved fans in baseball". Was it PNC Park?
I think he would be considered in Denver, Houston, Miami (maybe. Gase may like Tannehill), Minnesota, Cincinnati, Kansas City, NJY and maybe even Los Angeles, to act as a mentor for Goff.
I honestly don't see Minnesota as an option. They already have Bridgewater and his injury caused the panic move to send a boat load of picks to Philly for Sam Fucking Bradford. I doubt they have the resources to even be considered in the conversation for a trade.
I believe that is the case.
He's $19.6mm against Dallas' cap if they trade him, and $14mm against the cap for the team that gets him. That's an attractive salary to any team that gets him.
I'm assuming that he is cut, but you never know.
Fair enough. Any hope for a trade pretty much requires Romo to restructure his contract prior to the trade. But if you're Romo, why do you agree to that when you can force the release and then have your pick of where you end up going?
The Romo situation is basically a bitter pill that the Cowboys are going to have to swallow in one way or another. But yeah, I would far rather see him outside of the NFC East. Your point on Washington is a good one. I could easily see Snyder signing him and telling Cousins to go spin.
That's precisely my thinking. Cousins is going to ask for Romo money and I'm still not entirely sold on whether he's worth that much - particularly with, as was pointed out in the coaching carousel thread, the potential for Gruden getting the axe after the 2017 season. Cousins strikes me as a product of the system, which vastly reduces his value if a change does occur.
This is a realistic concern. The fan base is not going to be happy if Cousins leaves, and Romo is about the only guy who could be brought in to muffle the noise. Nobody will buy the narrative that Scott's going to find the next Dak in the next draft.
Does he, though? We Cowboys fans with fully-functioning brains appreciate him for what he is and understand that he got a really raw fucking deal here with the garbage teams he had to drag to the playoffs - whenever he could. The other 98% think he sucks and is the primary reason why the Cowboys have won one playoff game since he came to the team (I'm sure they'll find a way to blame him for what happened on Sunday).
I was actually thinking about this yesterday...if the Cowboys had lost that exact game except with Tony Romo at QB instead of Dak Prescott, I guarantee all you would hear about is the INT thrown on the WR screen in the 3rd quarter. The narrative would have been all about him choking.
