Fisher: Cowboys hit a 'Downturn' in Spencer contract talks

[boozeman]

Well, sure, but I like to pretend that, say, this board is doing the picking, that way I maintain some hope and sanity.

Well, most of the board. I don't want Lotuseater anywhere near my phone to Radio City.

 

[Smitty]

Not necessarily.

I don't see Avril as being that much worse...I doubt he gets some king-sized deal back in FA.

It is a down market for DEs.

I think Spencer would have been the highest-demand DE on the market, given the year he had and his rep as an all-round defender.

 

[boozeman]

I think Spencer would have been the highest-demand DE on the market, given the year he had and his rep as an all-round defender.

And he still wouldn't get anything close to what he would get in Dallas. I can only think of a few teams that would have paid him top dollar (SD, for instance) but the rest of the DEs went to 4-3 teams. I am not certain he's going to play great 4-3 DE in Dallas, I bet a lot of teams wouldn't make that kind of projection with him either.

 

[Smitty]

Well clearly we disagree on what we'd accept for him but I think you are nuts if you are saying the Saints or Jets wouldn't have given a 3rd or 4th for him.

 

[boozeman]

Well clearly we disagree on what we'd accept for him but I think you are nuts if you are saying the Saints or Jets wouldn't have given a 3rd or 4th for him.

You said "mid rounder". To me that's a 4th or 5th. Besides, he was a free agent. We'd have to sign him to something palatable to trade him because nobody would trade for a guy that was just tagged.

 

[Clay_Allison]

You said "mid rounder". To me that's a 4th or 5th. Besides, he was a free agent. We'd have to sign him to something palatable to trade him because nobody would trade for a guy that was just tagged.

This. He was instantly untradable because he signed his tender.

 

[Lotuseater]

Well, most of the board. I don't want Lotuseater anywhere near my phone to Radio City.

I'm taking my ball and going home.

 

[boozeman]

I'm taking my ball and going home.