Hill: Linebacker Anthony Spencer not gone yet, could be franchised by Cowboys

[Bob Sacamano]

Seriously, what is the difference between getting rid of him now and getting rid of him next year.

Does anyone really think this team should give him a long term deal? The only way anyone can say he should get one is if he plays really well this coming up season and even then, who's comfortable giving a 5 year veteran a long term deal when he finally showed up in a franchise tag year?

Do people really think this team the difference between what Spencer does and what a FA player could do is the difference between winning the Superbowl or not?

Call me crazy, but I'd rather let Spencer go if he will eat 9M in cap space, sign or draft an adequate player and use the remaining money to sure up other parts of the team. If Dallas drafted a LB in the 2nd, they'd commit less than 1M in cap space to that player.

What could the other 8M get you? Best CB on the market? Nicks?

I don't get it either. They think, or whoever wrote that article, that just because you replace Spencer with a similar player at a reduced cost, we'd just be repeating the process. Like that somehow makes us any worse than where we started. Or that by bringing in a similar player to Spencer, we'd be short-changing Romo's, Witten's, Ware's et als chances of winning a Super Bowl. Hello! We'd be doing the same thing keeping Spencer with a high price tag.

It makes no sense.

The problem with this club throughout the years is that Jerry gets the Super Bowl bug every, other year. Instead of stepping back and trying to improve the roster for the long term, he ties up all these resources in players who are supposed to help us win big now. Hell, that was the biggest reason why we traded for Roy Williams. Jerry thought we were going to the Super Bowl that year, having him and TO as the starting wideouts.

So we continue to have next to no depth and holes every where in the starting 22 every year. But at least we have all those weapons for Romo.

 

[Hoofbite]

Quick question.

Jahri Evans' contract paid him 8.7M in the 1st year.

He was 4.7 last year and will be 4.7 this year. Then he goes to 9M and can really be cut at any point without producing a large cap hit.

If Dallas could get Nicks for the exact same contract, or one slightly more but structure in the same manner, where is that 8.8M better spent?

Spencer or one of the best OGs in the entire league?

 

[cmd34]

Quick question.

Jahri Evans' contract paid him 8.7M in the 1st year.

He was 4.7 last year and will be 4.7 this year. Then he goes to 9M and can really be cut at any point without producing a large cap hit.

If Dallas could get Nicks for the exact same contract, or one slightly more but structure in the same manner, where is that 8.8M better spent?

Spencer or one of the best OGs in the entire league?

Yeah, that one's not even close.

I'm no fan of Victor Butler but I would much rather go Butler and Carl Nicks as opposed to Anthony Spencer and Bill Nagy.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Quick question.

Jahri Evans' contract paid him 8.7M in the 1st year.

He was 4.7 last year and will be 4.7 this year. Then he goes to 9M and can really be cut at any point without producing a large cap hit.

If Dallas could get Nicks for the exact same contract, or one slightly more but structure in the same manner, where is that 8.8M better spent?

Spencer or one of the best OGs in the entire league?

You think outside the box too much.