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BTW the Cowboy link has more validity than most of the crap we see.
They have a crying need for a quality CB. They have a low enough first rounder to have THAT make some sense (28). The sticking point could be their cap situation,. According to "over the cap" they currently only have $5.4MM left. They would get $6MM back if they release Romo, plus more than that next year, so theoreticly they COULD be able to make him a back loaded offer at least close to the market rate as still be under the cap.
Again, as with NO, we have two needy teams who are not in great cap shape. So while both CAN create a deal that would get them under the cap, there WOULD be future consequences that just add to the cost of acquiring the player.
In the end the question becomes IS Butler worth puting your team under "cap stress" if not cap hell, AND give up your #1 pick in a draft full of quality CB's. On one hand, Butler is proven quality NFL CB. On the other hand, you have a reasnonable chance to pick up a CB who might develop into someone who is a starter and control him relatively cheaply for 5 years. No easy answer to that in a league where "what have you done for me lately" is the league mantra
They have a crying need for a quality CB. They have a low enough first rounder to have THAT make some sense (28). The sticking point could be their cap situation,. According to "over the cap" they currently only have $5.4MM left. They would get $6MM back if they release Romo, plus more than that next year, so theoreticly they COULD be able to make him a back loaded offer at least close to the market rate as still be under the cap.
Again, as with NO, we have two needy teams who are not in great cap shape. So while both CAN create a deal that would get them under the cap, there WOULD be future consequences that just add to the cost of acquiring the player.
In the end the question becomes IS Butler worth puting your team under "cap stress" if not cap hell, AND give up your #1 pick in a draft full of quality CB's. On one hand, Butler is proven quality NFL CB. On the other hand, you have a reasnonable chance to pick up a CB who might develop into someone who is a starter and control him relatively cheaply for 5 years. No easy answer to that in a league where "what have you done for me lately" is the league mantra