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Patrick Bateman

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  1. He’s old and his contract sucks. He can still play tho. Plus, they decided so late to move on, they were late to market. Not many buyers out there.
  2. It’s the fine portion that is unique to the Cowboys. Most teams have the suspension language in there. Most front office folks think it’s silly and duplicitous.
  3. Stephen and Jerrah. Why the fuck would Dak want him gone?
  4. So when Howard came out, he was considered one of the more complete TEs prospects out of college. He can block and catch the ball. He had a good rookie year, but injuries to his right lower leg started in 2018 with a high ankle sprain and this has been an issue. Arians came the next season and rumors are they don't get along great with Arians riding him and another high ankle sprain and foot injury. Brady and Gronk in 2020 and then he blows his Achilles in the lead up to the SB. I don't think he's going to be a great player, but I do think he can be a very good TE2 and in a scheme like Dallas, block and catch the ball and be very productive. More explosion should come in his 2nd full season removed from the Achilles injury. I would have liked to pitch in for 5m and paid less for Schultz. We just resigned Sprinkle, who is the "blocking" TE, so I think they'll just draft a guy..... but we have so many holes now, it's going to get hard to draft so many spots and expect instant production. They may pick up a fading vet on the cheap. The Cowboys don't do free agency real well..... lol.
  5. He's cheap and lacks Jerrah's charm...... He's like a wet piece of shit. Still working on our own guys, I guess.
  6. So I have no issues with this sentiment but what shoujd the Cowboys have done to shore up their pass rush? Improve the run defense? Get better at LB? Improve the secondary? Improve the OL? Get more weapons on offense to replace the losses? Wheres the plan? Where are the contingencies? Just wondering after creating the 4th most cap room after the Dlaw extension, what are they doing to get better?
  7. Well, he got over 17m in reality so I stand corrected. Most had h coming in at 11-14m for 2/3 years. He got paid. Buffalo going for it now. They also signed Howard. Meanwhile, Jones’ sitting on their thumbs as team gets worse and worse. Just a bad front office. Probably get a value signing somewhere but this offseason is a disaster thus far. What are they going to do to get better?
  8. I'm not so sure..... 4 TFL's, 19 total tackles. He's a one trick pony who's never had more than 6 sacks. Don't get me wrong the 12 hurries and 11 QB knockdowns are valuable, but his evaluation was more about sunk cost IMO. The fact that we botched the execution of a foundational bias assessment is simply hilarious ineptitude. He can definitely play but he's more of an extreme specialist.
  9. lol. Von's not getting 20m AAV. Probably closer to 20m for 2 years.
  10. 3 voidable years on the back end. He'll either sign a new deal in 2 years or be gone..... He's a good prospect but rather get someone with a little more speed now. Not sure comparing behavior vs the worst franchise in the league to make one feel better is really the way to savvy transactional behavior, but okay..... not sure those binary options are the only ones available. He'll retire a Cowboy, that's for sure.... He still a really good player when healthy.
  11. Shepard signed a 4 year 41m extension and recently just restructured down. This is misleading. Samuel was 3/34.5m. Gallup's contract is looking like 2 for 27.5m which is worse when you consider he most likely won't be 100% by next opening day. What a weird, weird decision.... Basically 13.5 for 2 years. smh. This wasn't a home town discount.
  12. Said no QB ever...... Have to think Watson and his agent understand all the reasons Wilson and Petey couldn't co-exist and would say..... no thanks. Run, run, 3rd and long pass isn't much of an offensive scheme.
  13. Strangely this feels like the Cowboys brass (one of the dumbest in the league) is treating this offseason like a soft rebuild..... like a reload and shedding salary for something. What? No idea. Very doubtful Cleveland trades him in conference. This feels like a pipe dream..... like Pittsburgh. Stephen doesn't seem to understand the difference between economic prudence and economic consternation. He's always a day late and dollar short. We don't have vision, we can't time anything correctly, even paying core players. This is the weirdness of it all..... we're probably going to give 50m to an injured and inferior WR. I wonder if Cooper balked at restructuring.
  14. Really big day for Watson. No criminal charges means he can settle for less than a boatload and then serve a suspension and probably play this season. Going to guess it's Carolina, maybe Seattle with Philly being the dark horse. Houston will get a good haul for him.
  15. Woo Hoo! Z had a nice kickoff leg but was one of the worst kickers in the league in accuracy. Can we get a guy who can make some kicks..... including XP? Wouldn't bet on Wagner unless he has fire in his belly about Seattle and wants to take a ton less money. Nothing wrong with making a call though.
  16. He lacks self-awareness...... he always has. The chip on his shoulder has grown to be a mountain so it's always someone else's fault or who has wronged him. He hasn't concluded what he is...... a terrible contract and probably a role player now.
  17. It's not about the cap. I would guess they're that high on Steele so if they can get a top 50 pick for him then maybe they'll bit. Considering how cheap he is (one of the few good signings), it's sort of perplexing especially when you consider we're not really deep at the position. I guess if they were going LT in the first couple of rounds but it's not like it would be a sure thing. The Cowboys offseason, or at least the expected moves, are bamboozling. Still, nothing has really been done yet so I guess we'll see..... BTW, this slipped under the radar. So on brand for the Cowboys. smh. But Fassel gets to bring back this guy?
  18. You're not understanding. There are half a dozen contracts (at least) or other transactions (cuts or trades) in which the Cowboys could have done to get below the cap. They simply chose not to do so. They think salary cap space used on Schultz and others to come plus future space is more important than our leader on defense and our best WR. They may be right....... history says they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt though.
  19. Uhm..... like half a dozen things you can do to adjust the cap..... here's the first thing. You've never liked Amari and you've been wrong most of the time. We don't really use him like a #1 with so many weapons and I wish Amari would consider restructuring and giving up a little money, but to say he's not in sync with Dak is incorrect. There's dozens upon dozens of stats that all point to the same thing..... Cooper, while not the most prolific WR in the league, was absolutely the most important to the Cowboys and without a doubt their best WR. He dictates coverage and gets separation in man except for a few rare examples. He's 20m+ dollars. I didn't like that price tag at the time but once again, the Jones' were bamboozled by those nosy kids and their dog. We're going to cut Amari because we're a poorly run organization with terrible executives and it's going to hurt. That said, CeeDee needs to live up to his draft status and Gallup better be as good as the faith they're going to instill...... But at the end of the day, the Cowboys just suck at organizational management. I've seen some mocks with us selecting another injured WR, Pickens, from Georgia.
  20. This is correct and Dak's contract isn't obscene. By next year, they'll be like 6-8 QBs paid more than him and others comparable. This is correct. Sign someone for like a 2/12 deal. I love Bell for blocking, we should have never let him go. This is correct. A top 5-10 pick should be on your team playing at a high level for 7-8 years. RBs aren't a position with long shelf lives.... it's folly to draft a RB in the top half of the first and really in the first round now. Anyone arguing otherwise, really doesn't understand the economics of football with a salary cap. Carolina spent a top pick on McCaffery, who at his best is way better than Zeke and now are looking to unload him. Almost every example the last decade has proven RBs in the 1st round are poor investments.... from Gurley to Zeke to McCaffery to Saquan.
  21. I 100% agree except without necessarily Ertz. But yea, it's crazy they want to keep Schultz, who is basically like old man Witten (not ancient Witten). Browns are probably cutting Hooper, there is Ertz, there's guys like Gerald Everett and Mo Alie-Cox and possibly guys like Evan Engram, OJ Howard or Gesicki. Go sign one for half the price it'll take Schultz. But they're going to sign Dalton for 5 digits, which is incredibly reckless. Schultz is a nice TE, I'm not saying anything against him, but he's not an elite mismatch and we're going to overspend. smh. I wouldn't mind restructuring DLaw, but when he plays, he's still very good to elite RE. If we're going cut Amare, then go get someone in the draft or UFA, let Schultz go and save our money for DLaw and Gregory.
  22. Nice false choice. Show me where I stated that other markets sell out and get great ratings when they're bad although I'm sure there's a case to be made for some of the big market teams for having credible ratings. Regardless, just accept that your plight today is much different than 2018. You're a shitty team with a bunch of no names, you're a small market team with no real franchise history and shaky management. Presti and your boatload of picks is on the asset sheet..... just don't blow them because if you do, again like most small market teams, you're going to struggle and have to deal with relocation rumors especially with no history of ultimate success.
  23. Everyone regressed after a hot start..... especially Steph who went from MVP favorite to nowhere near the top 5. Klay has rust. Some of the bench guys aren't playing as well. If there's one positive, while Wiggins has regressed towards his career averages in overall metrics, he's continued to shoot the 3 over 40% which is legit. May have found his role as a supporting 3 and D guy.
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