Cowboys will tag Dez.

[jarntt]

N5?

 

[PDay8810]

N5?

sadly....No

 

[PDay8810]

NFL teams were informed Monday that the 2015 salary cap will be $143.28 million.

The official franchise tag numbers for offensive players are $18.544 million for quarterbacks, $10.951 million for running backs, $12.823 million for wide receivers, $8.347 million for tight ends and $12.943 million for offensive linemen.

The franchise tag numbers for defensive players are $14.813 million for defensive ends, $11.193 million for defensive tackles, $13.195 million for linebackers, $13.075 million for cornerbacks and $9.618 for safeties.

The number for kickers and punters is $4.126 million.

The $143.28 million salary cap is up $10 million from last season and $20 million from two years ago. The total projected player cost, including benefits, is $180.775 million.


Two years ago many went on & on about the cap situation. Funny what two years can do. We just might be able to play Romo this season with no restructure or at the very least, a minimum restructure. Smith should be the restructure IF one is required.

 

[R.J. MacReady]

NFL teams were informed Monday that the 2015 salary cap will be $143.28 million.

The official franchise tag numbers for offensive players are $18.544 million for quarterbacks, $10.951 million for running backs, $12.823 million for wide receivers, $8.347 million for tight ends and $12.943 million for offensive linemen.

The franchise tag numbers for defensive players are $14.813 million for defensive ends, $11.193 million for defensive tackles, $13.195 million for linebackers, $13.075 million for cornerbacks and $9.618 for safeties.

The number for kickers and punters is $4.126 million.

The $143.28 million salary cap is up $10 million from last season and $20 million from two years ago. The total projected player cost, including benefits, is $180.775 million.


Two years ago many went on & on about the cap situation. Funny what two years can do. We just might be able to play Romo this season with no restructure or at the very least, a minimum restructure. Smith should be the restructure IF one is required.

A pretty stunning turnaround. I hope Mara is choking on that 0-4 record vs the last 4 Cowboys games.

 

[jarntt]

I don't see how the cap going up means we didn't have a cap problem. Ware would have been nice to have last year, no? If we didn't restructure Romo every year because of our cap problems Murray wouldn't be hitting FA and just maybe we would be a bigger player for some of the pass rushers out there and maybe we would be able to spend money on a safety that can actually cover the deep part of the field. Even if the cap goes up $10M, the teams that already had money to spare can go even higher now too.

 

[jarntt]

Very happy to a see that number though. My first thought was now we should likely sign Murray, but I suspect Jerry and company already had a pretty good idea of at least the neighborhood the cap would be in. Very interesting to see if the talk from those "unnamed sources" around the team change now that this number is out.

 

[jarntt]

DEz officially tagged

 

[PDay8810]

I don't see how the cap going up means we didn't have a cap problem. Ware would have been nice to have last year, no? If we didn't restructure Romo every year because of our cap problems Murray wouldn't be hitting FA and just maybe we would be a bigger player for some of the pass rushers out there and maybe we would be able to spend money on a safety that can actually cover the deep part of the field. Even if the cap goes up $10M, the teams that already had money to spare can go even higher now too.

Nobody said we didn't have issues...only I didn't buy into all the doom and gloom. Posted as much about cap going up & up. We had a lot of cap experts throwing all kinds of things out two years ago. The Romo signing was dooms Ville to make this team better...on & on. I think we survived rather well

 

[cowboycolors]

Not N5 but from the Mouse Ears

thinking an ole poster is dressing up his postings

I'm thinking about a chicken WFRYE'D steak dinner


JMHO

 

[GNG]

Nobody said we didn't have issues...only I didn't buy into all the doom and gloom. Posted as much about cap going up & up. We had a lot of cap experts throwing all kinds of things out two years ago. The Romo signing was dooms Ville to make this team better...on & on. I think we survived rather well

I agree... The Cowboys still are the best team in their division.

 

[jarntt]

Not N5 but from the Mouse Ears

thinking an ole poster is dressing up his postings

I'm thinking about a chicken WFRYE'D steak dinner


JMHO

Maybe...A lot of similarities in posting styles to my guess though...

 

[cowboycolors]

Maybe...A lot of similarities in posting styles to my guess though...

yep we will C

 

[PDay8810]

when 95% of your posts hammer the same point....Well...does have a McFadden type flair

 

[R.J. MacReady]

There would have to be some sort of reference to male genitalia ..and I believe there was.

 

[fordman84]

A pretty stunning turnaround. I hope Mara is choking on that 0-4 record vs the last 4 Cowboys games.

I just hope he is choking on something. He is probably one of the few people in the world I really hate.

 

[es4m11]

I don't see how the cap going up means we didn't have a cap problem. Ware would have been nice to have last year, no? If we didn't restructure Romo every year because of our cap problems Murray wouldn't be hitting FA and just maybe we would be a bigger player for some of the pass rushers out there and maybe we would be able to spend money on a safety that can actually cover the deep part of the field. Even if the cap goes up $10M, the teams that already had money to spare can go even higher now too.

Dallas' cap situation, while not the prettiest, is not too terrible. Yes, it could be better, but that water is under the bridge. The Cowboys can be players in Free Agency if they wish, it would only take a couple restructures. Dallas can stomach the restructures of Tyron Smith and Romo due to the escalating cap over the next few years. And we can still cut Carr in these scenarios. If Carr takes a pay cut, Dallas will be in even better position to make some key acquisitions.

Dallas can keep Murray if they really want to. It's more of a matter of getting value, than not being able to afford him. I'm very surprised at the number of people who want to give Murray a big money long term deal. Murray is injury prone and a lot of guys on here are advocating paying him big money for his declining years. Do you guys not remember Marion Barber? I'm not saying that Murray and Barber are the same type of back, but the lesson here is not to give veteran RB's long term/big money deals. IMO, the money that would be spent on Murray needs to be reallocated into the defense.

 

[R.J. MacReady]

Dallas' cap situation, while not the prettiest, is not too terrible. Yes, it could be better, but that water is under the bridge. The Cowboys can be players in Free Agency if they wish, it would only take a couple restructures. Dallas can stomach the restructures of Tyron Smith and Romo due to the escalating cap over the next few years. And we can still cut Carr in these scenarios. If Carr takes a pay cut, Dallas will be in even better position to make some key acquisitions.

Dallas can keep Murray if they really want to. It's more of a matter of getting value, than not being able to afford him. I'm very surprised at the number of people who want to give Murray a big money long term deal. Murray is injury prone and a lot of guys on here are advocating paying him big money for his declining years. Do you guys not remember Marion Barber? I'm not saying that Murray and Barber are the same type of back, but the lesson here is not to give veteran RB's long term/big money deals. IMO, the money that would be spent on Murray needs to be reallocated into the defense.

I agree with the risk that can come with signing Murray. But using Barber is not the greatest example.
Murray is no super finesse runner that always avoids contact but he sure as hell was not as angry as a runner as Barber. When Barber got the ball, finding contact was first, gaining yards was 2nd.

Barber's style was equal to twice the wear and tear of an average back.

 

[es4m11]

Do you guys not remember Marion Barber? I'm not saying that Murray and Barber are the same type of back, but the lesson here is not to give veteran RB's long term/big money deals. IMO, the money that would be spent on Murray needs to be reallocated into the defense.

I agree with the risk that can come with signing Murray. But using Barber is not the greatest example.
Murray is no super finesse runner that always avoids contact but he sure as hell was not as angry as a runner as Barber. When Barber got the ball, finding contact was first, gaining yards was 2nd.

Barber's style was equal to twice the wear and tear of an average back.

Maybe you missed the highlighted bit? I'm not saying that Murray and Barber are the same type of RB's, but Barber is a perfect in house example of why you don't pay aging RB's -- I don't care who they are, it's not a wise investment. You point out that Barber was a more aggressive runner which possibly led to more wear and tear earlier in his career, and that is true. But since when is Murray the kind of RB to shy away from contact? Sure he is a little more judicious with dealing out contact, but Murray has always been the type of runner to finish runs as opposed to running out of bounds. Not only that, but Murray has carried a heavier workload than Barber ever did.

DON'T PAY AGING RUNNING BACKS!

 

[es4m11]

Demarco Murray # of touches in first 4 years: 934 carries, 170 receptions

Marion Barber # of touches in first 4 years in Dallas: 715 carries, 137 receptions

Murray has seen a lot more action in his first 4 years than Barber did.

 

[R.J. MacReady]

Maybe you missed the highlighted bit? I'm not saying that Murray and Barber are the same type of RB's, but Barber is a perfect in house example of why you don't pay aging RB's -- I don't care who they are, it's not a wise investment. You point out that Barber was a more aggressive runner which possibly led to more wear and tear earlier in his career, and that is true. But since when is Murray the kind of RB to shy away from contact? Sure he is a little more judicious with dealing out contact, but Murray has always been the type of runner to finish runs as opposed to running out of bounds. Not only that, but Murray has carried a heavier workload than Barber ever did.

For the record, when I stared this thread I said that we should have singed Dez and tagged Murray.

I think Dez is a talent harder to come by and can have more of an impact.