Dak Prescott

[Godstree]

Wish I could copy/paste from the Morning News app... they had a pretty good and more granular breakdown of how and where they can make money appear. Pretty much started with DLaw and converting around $16M of his salary to bonus and cutting Jones to save around $2M.

You may be able to access this plain text link though...

Will it all add up? - The Dallas Morning News

I still do not want to cut Jones. Not sure why he was so bad last year and I hate he sucked so bad but still not sold on just getting rid of him.

 

[BigKen]

Swallow hard................................

The 2021 cap has not been released and the numbers that we've heard are only "best guess".

Teams must have the cap number no later than Saturday March 13. Yeah, this coming Saturday. WHY? Because legal tampering with free agents begins on Sunday the 15th. If teams don't have a cap number, how can they offer anyone a contract/salary? If teams don't have a cap number, how fair is that to players who will be cut??

FACT: Original 2021 cap number was unofficially set at $160M as the floor on February 15th.

FACT: The final team 2020 revenues were turned in on March 3rd. the cap must be set based on 2020 revenue and not on anticipated revenues.

The NFL and NFLPA have mentioned that they hope that the revenues will put the cap at $180-$185M. According to the most liberal numbers and guesses, the cap will be set at $182.5M, down $16.1 from 2020. Conservative guesses say the cap will be set at $178M, down $20.6M. If the cap is $182.5 teams will be required to pay no less than $180M and $175 if it's at $178M. My guess: $180M.

 

[jarntt]

Wish I could copy/paste from the Morning News app... they had a pretty good and more granular breakdown of how and where they can make money appear. Pretty much started with DLaw and converting around $16M of his salary to bonus and cutting Jones to save around $2M.

You may be able to access this plain text link though...

Will it all add up? - The Dallas Morning News

From your link:

Will it all add up?
COWBOYS

Signing Dak Prescott is the first order of business for the Cowboys when free agency begins, but the team has plenty more to ponder with a reduced amount to spend because of the salary cap.
SALARY CAP OUTLOOK

This offseason was supposed to be the eighth straight year in which the NFL’s salary cap experienced a year-over-year increase of at least $10 million. A continued climb would have pushed the cap to north of $210 million in 2021.
For years, teams planned for that. Most club negotiators habitually structure backloaded contracts based on their anticipation of continued cap growth.
Then a pandemic slashed stadium attendance, costing billions of dollars in revenue and triggering a historic cap downturn.
The Cowboys are no different than the 31 other NFL clubs as they operate under an entirely different cap climate than originally envisioned. The exact league salary cap for 2021 is expected to be announced in the coming days, landing somewhere above $180 million but likely not dramatically so.
There’s only so much the Cowboys can do today to mitigate the situation.
They helped themselves last year when restructuring the contracts of left tackle Tyron Smith, right guard Zack Martin, right tackle La’el Collins and defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence. Those decisions, largely done in response to the pandemic and foreseen cap challenges, allowed the club to accumulate $25.4 million in unused cap space last year, according to the NFL Players Association.
Dallas carried over that unused total into 2021, so its adjusted cap will be at least $205.4 million.
Still, the extra space is not enough to breathe comfortably.
That is without factoring quarterback Dak Prescott’s contract, whose cap cost could be as high as $37.7 million. The Cowboys also hope to be somewhat active in free agency to upgrade their defense. And they need to budget about $9 million to sign a rookie draft class, plus another several million dollars for regular-season reserve funds.
Some avenues exist to clear cap room.
Releasing punter Chris Jones is an obvious option. Hampered by injury in recent seasons, he is entering the final year of his contract. No part of his 2021 salary is guaranteed. If cut, Jones would count $500,000 against the team’s 2021 cap instead of $2.5 million. This would leave Hunter Niswander as the only punter on the current team.
Based on the Cowboys’ roster composition, though, cutting players won’t get them far.
Restructuring contracts will.
At $17 million, Lawrence owns the second-highest 2021 salary on the Cowboys roster. If the team converts $16 million of that into a signing bonus, the bonus would prorate evenly over the four-year remainder of Lawrence’s contract to clear $12 million in 2021 cap space.
The Cowboys can push a salary-to-bonus conversion one step further by adding a voidable year (or two) as part of the restructure. They already did this last year for Lawrence on his initial restructure. Adding another dummy year would allow the $16 million to prorate across five years instead of four, freeing up $12.8 million rather than $12 million.
Now, $800,000 might not be worthwhile in this instance. But using voidable years is an integral part of how the Cowboys are doing business during the pandemic.
These restructures come with risk.
Pushing money into the future restricts a front office’s flexibility. If a team later seeks to move on from a player, be it via trade or release, it will absorb more dead money against the cap when the deferred bonus accelerates. So as much as possible, the Cowboys need to be selective in whose salaries they convert to bonuses, prioritizing players who they feel most confident won’t be cut or traded in the future.
Wide receiver Amari Cooper ($20 million), Martin ($11 million), Tyron Smith ($10.5 million), running back Ezekiel Elliott ($9.6 million), Collins ($8.55 million) and linebacker Jaylon Smith (7.2 million) are the other players slated to collect more than $5 million in salary in 2021.
Lastly, in free agency this month, it is possible that money will dry up more quickly for second- and third-tier players. Someone who may have commanded $4 million per year may only be offered half of that. Someone who may have earned $2 million could receive the veteran minimum.
Perhaps that can produce a bargain or two for Dallas.
Free agents unable to land a lucrative contract often sign a one-year “prove-it” deal, allowing them the opportunity to produce with a team and cash in the following year when reentering the market. For cap purposes, the Cowboys could reimagine that model, signing such players to backloaded multiyear deals to spread out a signing bonus across multiple seasons.
Creative cash flow can keep Dallas afloat until the NFL’s salary cap corrects itself.
Citing an influx from television contracts and increased attendance, many league officials anticipate that correction in 2022.
Michael Gehlken

 

[jarntt]

I still do not want to cut Jones. Not sure why he was so bad last year and I hate he sucked so bad but still not sold on just getting rid of him.

But last year wasn't the first year he was bad. He should have had been replaced going into last year. I take Niswander and cut Jones even if it cost us $2M to cut Jones. Niswander was just a lot better than Jones has been for a few years

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Well... that’s done. Let the bitching commence.

Jerry/Stephen could/should have done it 2 years ago.

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

And...

 

[cowboycolors]

Well... that’s done. Let the bitching commence.

Jerry/Stephen could/should have done it 2 years ago.

Yep they effed around and overpaid again

 

[countryroads316]

Damn Cowboys cap space is screwed gonna have to cut and restructure guys and wont be able to sign anyone else in free agency and still have to have room to sign rookies

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Damn Cowboys cap space is screwed gonna have to cut and restructure guys and wont be able to sign anyone else in free agency and still have to have room to sign rookies

Guess you didn’t read the post above about what he actually will count against this year’s cap...

Guess you don’t give a shit either. Because agendas are far easier than facts.

 

[countryroads316]

Guess you didn’t read the post above about what he actually will count against this year’s cap...

Guess you don’t give a shit either. Because agendas are far easier than facts.

Ok even if his 1st year only costs 22.5 million the Cowboys are still over the cap

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Ok even if his 1st year only costs 22.5 million the Cowboys are still over the cap

Which they were going to be no matter what. But they also pigeonholed enough from last year that the restructures will be modest and they will have plenty of room to sign rookies along with FA bargains... of which there will be plenty.

 

[tomodach10]

Ok even if his 1st year only costs 22.5 million the Cowboys are still over the cap

Please go back to your own board. You don't know what hell you are talking about. This far more team friendly then 37 million. We were 24 million under the cap before Dak even signed. How are we over the cap now genius??

 

[countryroads316]

Please go back to your own board. You don't know what hell you are talking about. This far more team friendly then 37 million. We were 24 million under the cap before Dak even signed. How are we over the cap now genius??

You might wanna check again because you are wrong

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

You might wanna check again because you are wrong

As of this moment the Cowboys are $1.7M over the cap. That seems pretty damn manageable to me.

Dallas Cowboys Salary Cap Calculator | Over The Cap

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

And let’s not forget...

The new TV contracts are about to be announced. And if the price of a starting QB in the NFL never goes down, you can bet your ass the new TV deals are going to go up. I’ll guarantee Jerry & Stephen know that.

 

[jarntt]

Well... that’s done. Let the bitching commence.

Jerry/Stephen could/should have done it 2 years ago.

Is this true? Or rumor?
So with the tag year he just played under it’s 5 years at $191M or $38M per year. Not far from what was expected last Summer. Now let’s see the exact details

 

[jarntt]

glad to have Dak, but if the total over 4 years is $160M and the first year cap hit is $22.5 that means the other 3 years average almost $46M...oh boy...

im guessing, but hoping they didn’t, put a dead year on the end like the Eagles do and spread out the SB over 5 years on a 4 year deal which is dumb But dumb is Jerry. As long as they cut Cooper after the year I am happy with it. If they try to keep him it will be a cap disaster.

 

[PDay8810]

Ok even if his 1st year only costs 22.5 million the Cowboys are still over the cap

SHIT...You are stupid
Your own fans abuse your football opinions, don't make is worse by poster your uninformed shit here

 

[Dak_&_Zeke]

Yea if you read all the reports, it seems like it’s pretty team friendly deal

 

[ROMOTOOWENS]

66 mill. Signing bonus