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boozeman · Mar 22, 2016

Supposedly a done deal once he works out issues with his agent, whatever that means. 3 years.

Cotton · Mar 22, 2016

Rev · Mar 22, 2016

Safety Jalen Ramsey

Simpleton · Mar 22, 2016

Good.

All in all, a decent FA haul. We should have went harder after one of the top talents (Weddle, Trevathan, Miller) and signed another mid-range guy (Whitehead, Nelson, Shelby, Demario Davis) but people acting like this is a disastrous offseason are being over dramatic.

Now the only thing left to do is draft a QB at 4.

Smitty · Mar 22, 2016

I like it. Middle of the road starting caliber CB. Can use as leverage to force Carr into a paycut and a backup role, which is actually quite nice. No real room for a high end rookie to come in and start from Day 1, not to say that a DB might not be the BPA, but no more temptation to take a DB because we need one. Also no need for Jones to shift to CB, so if we do take Ramsey, he is a FS. That would be quite the safety pair.

Robinson
Scandrick
Carr
Claiborne
late round rookie or udfa or low level FA like Josh Thomas

Genghis Khan · Mar 22, 2016

Good signing, assuming a reasonable contract.

Cowboysrock55 · Mar 22, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
I like it. Middle of the road starting caliber CB. Can use as leverage to force Carr into a paycut and a backup role, which is actually quite nice. No real room for a high end rookie to come in and start from Day 1, not to say that a DB might not be the BPA, but no more temptation to take a DB because we need one. Also no need for Jones to shift to CB, so if we do take Ramsey, he is a FS. That would be quite the safety pair.

Robinson
Scandrick
Carr
Claiborne
late round rookie or udfa or low level FA like Josh Thomas

I kind of like Terrance Mitchell our seventh rounder from last year.

I wonder what happens with Carr now. We actually have some leverage to cut him if we wanted to. Which is really what you need in order to get him to take a pay cut.

Simpleton · Mar 22, 2016

Carr will be a curious case, he didn't renegotiate last year because he knew he had us over a barrel basically with Claiborne coming off a serious injury (and never performing) and Scandrick as our only other respectable CB. He doesn't have that leverage anymore and if we threaten to wait him out until June his market will be dry, would a team be willing to give him about 4-5 a year?

I'd be fine if we cut his salary down to something around that number but would he be able to get that in June/July as a CB going on 30?

Cowboysrock55 · Mar 22, 2016

Simpleton said:
I'd be fine if we cut his salary down to something around that number but would he be able to get that in June/July as a CB going on 30?

With all the money dried up and a better corner in Leon Hall sitting out there I doubt it.

dallen · Mar 22, 2016

I have to say, I think we've done well in FA. It seemed like we were just going to sit on our hands, but other than backup QB we seemed to have addressed most of our needs heading into the draft now and done so cheaply

GForce78NJ · Mar 22, 2016

dallen said:
I have to say, I think we've done well in FA. It seemed like we were just going to sit on our hands, but other than backup QB we seemed to have addressed most of our needs heading into the draft now and done so cheaply

Thats because our backup QB will be there at 4 :art

boozeman · Mar 22, 2016

Rev said:
Safety Jalen Ramsey

Genghis Khan · Mar 22, 2016

dallen said:
I have to say, I think we've done well in FA. It seemed like we were just going to sit on our hands, but other than backup QB we seemed to have addressed most of our needs heading into the draft now and done so cheaply

I would have liked to have seen a legit pass rusher, but I'm definitely glad we didn't do any of the higher priced deals.

Cowboysrock55 · Mar 22, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
I would have liked to have seen a legit pass rusher, but I'm definitely glad we didn't do any of the higher priced deals.

Mayowa would like to tell you to F off.

Truth be told there weren't great pass rushers in free agency. When the best guy is Olivier Vernon who is a 6-8 sack a year guy and he gets crazy money I'm ok staying out of that part of the free agent market. I'll pay that for a 12+ sack a year guy but Olivier Vernon? That's pure insanity. Our best hopes for an improved pass rush at DE are going to come from internal development.

Newt · Mar 22, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
I would have liked to have seen a legit pass rusher, but I'm definitely glad we didn't do any of the higher priced deals.

Still wouldn't be against bringing Hardy back for one more season.

Smitty · Mar 22, 2016

dallen said:
I have to say, I think we've done well in FA. It seemed like we were just going to sit on our hands, but other than backup QB we seemed to have addressed most of our needs heading into the draft now and done so cheaply

I would have liked an end with a little more proven ability.

stubbie · Mar 22, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
I would have liked an end with a little more proven ability.

If they had proven ability they would be getting too much money or wouldn't be free agents to start with...

Smitty · Mar 22, 2016

No, but like a Chris Long instead of Mayowa would have been nice. Someone who you think could start and not be a liability for a few games. Maybe Mayowa is that player but how the hell do I know? He could be awful.

stubbie · Mar 22, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
No, but like a Chris Long instead of Mayowa would have been nice. Someone who you think could start and not be a liability for a few games. Maybe Mayowa is that player but how the hell do I know? He could be awful.

From what I hear, Chris Long has shot his load in the NFL. They feel Mayowa has a lot of room for growth.

Cowboysrock55 · Mar 22, 2016

stubbie said:
From what I hear, Chris Long has shot his load in the NFL. They feel Mayowa has a lot of room for growth.

The thing with Long is that you know he can start 4 games and not embarrass himself. There is basically no chance that he becomes a double digit sack guy again so the potential reward isn't high but the risk is also low. A guy like Mayowa is more of a high risk high reward guy. He could look like a fool on the field who lacks enough functional strength to play DE. Or he could develop with all of his speed and athletic ability into a legit pass rusher. Odds are he is trash though. Or Oakland and Seattle would have kept him.

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