NFL 2014

[Cutz]

Irregardabilitous of that... to conversate on Duch's question:

I don't think the Cowboys need to "cut" any star players, but both Murray and Dez are Free Agents this year, and both will be looking for BIG contracts. The Cowboys are estimated to have 7 or 8 Mil in cap space, but have a long list of FAs: Murray, Dunbar, Bryant/Beasley/Harris, Leary/Free/Parnell, Carter/McClain. That's Starting/backup RB, Starting/2backup WR, Starting LG, Starting/backup RT, and two starting ILBs.

So with 7 mil, they have three options. Sign both Murray and Dez and let everyone else walk (bad idea), sign everyone else and let one walk, or sign all of them and make Dez/Murray's contracts huge signing bonuses with very low starting salaries. That pushes the "cap hit" money back to the second year and beyond the way the Saints had to play with money to sign Jairus Byrd. The Saints, for reference, are estimated at 23 Million OVER the cap for next year. Plus, the Cowboys already have an increasingly difficult contract to handle with Romo since they keep pushing his cap hit back. His cap number for 2015 is 27 Million. (WOW!)

So I think they'll try to keep Dez and let Murray leave, signing the rest and hoping Dunbar can run behind their good line just as well as Murray. It's optimistic to say the least... nobody knows how durable or consistent Dunbar will be. If they gamble on keeping everyone for 2015... it'll be a Denver Broncos "SB or bust" type situation. They'd be in dire cap situation moving forward.

For any stats or analysis of Cap situation, most internet pontificators like me use Overthecap.com

Great site for the money side of football.