2026 Cowboys Free Agency Thread…

[Simpleton]

Who even starts now, unless you play Clark at end and start the new NT? Thomas?

In a base I think they'll play Clark at NT and Williams/Thomas at DE, with Ogbonnia rotating at NT and Clark moving to DE.

In nickel/dime I think the interior rushers will be primarily Williams, Clark and Gary, maybe a little bit of Thomas.

Again, they need another semi-starter somewhere but it's not at 3-4 DE, I think it's as a 3-4 OLB/edge rusher or of course ILB.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

In a base I think they'll play Clark at NT and Williams/Thomas at DE, with Ogbonnia rotating at NT and Clark moving to DT.

In nickel/dime I think the interior rushers will be primarily Williams, Clark and Gary, maybe a little bit of Thomas.

Again, they need another semi-starter somewhere but it's not at 3-4 DE, I think it's as a 3-4 OLB/edge rusher or of course ILB.

Keldric Faulk at 12 incoming.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

We do need backups at the three DL spots though. And we don't have much now. If anything.

Keldric Faulk at 12 incoming.

I had the same thought.

 

[Simpleton]

Keldric Faulk at 12 incoming.

Maybe 20, I'd be surprised at 12, although you're right that he's more of a consideration now.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

About that Thomas idea...

 

[Smitty]

Corner whore

Anything to avoid the worst, which would be spending a first round pick on one.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

About that Thomas idea...

Ugh what?

 

[Smitty]

Happy to have the third round pick back. We still need to trade down. And now we need a 3-4 DE. You better do something with the savings.

Perhaps that’s Rashan Gary.

 

[Simpleton]

About that Thomas idea...

They better have something planned beyond what meager stuff they've already done.

 

[Smitty]

Ugh what?

I don’t understand that. To move up a few spots? If it was a 7th outright that’s another thing.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Perhaps that’s Rashan Gary.

Only makes sense if we are prepping for a Crosby trade.

 

[Cotton]

About that Thomas idea...

Wait, we are sending a decent rotational player and a 7th and getting only a 7th back? Am I reading that right?

 

[Smitty]

Osa traded to SF for a 3 (92nd overall).

They better use the cap savings to sign/trade for someone half decent, maybe Greenard.

This feels light. Like a second is probably too much, but maybe this should have been a third and fifth.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I don’t understand that. To move up a few spots? If it was a 7th outright that’s another thing.

Or did we get two seventh for Thomas and a seventh? I'm really confused.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Wait, we are sending a decent rotational player and a 7th and getting only a 7th back? Am I reading that right?

I mean that is literally trading him for nothing. The equivalent of cutting him outright. Are we clearing money for something? This just seems pointless.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Only makes sense if we are prepping for a Crosby trade.

 

[Smitty]

Wait, we are sending a decent rotational player and a 7th and getting only a 7th back? Am I reading that right?

Sounds like it.

 

[Smitty]

Yeah, the team needs to be stockpiling assets. I’m not sure what big free agent moves are left so this is signaling Crosby to me potentially.

Which is bad because we need more pieces not less, certainly not for a 30 year old with an injury issue.

 

[Cotton]

Are we clearing money for something?

Yes, we will add 2 more Mingos with that huge 2.5 mil savings.

 

[Cotton]

Sounds like it.

Unfuckingreal. I read that like 5 times thinking maybe there was a typo or something. Nope. Just normal Jerry lunacy.