2021-2022 NFL Season: Deshaun Watson will die a Texan!

Sterling said:

He was also 30 years old with a not small contract. They'd have done better than a 6th probably, but even a 2nd would have been a huge stretch.

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People underestimate how valuable draft picks are considered in the NFL.

Brahma said:

Did they give a reason for his release?

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It's almost certainly that he's been a disappointment since getting his payday, so not much of a secret and not something I would expect them to say publicly

Ambiturner said:

People underestimate how valuable draft picks are considered in the NFL.

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For sure. The Ramsey trade is not typical at all. I'm not even sure who they were bidding against and he was 5 or 6 years younger than Gilmore would have been at the time.

jooka said:

I think it came down to he was not getting used as much now and they wanted to negate his 2022 injury guarantee or something along those lines

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That is the report in Dallas. He had off-season surgeory this past offseason, which under his current contract meant Dallas was automatically on the hook for $7.2 million this year. If he got hurt again this year or had surgeory in the next offseason, Dallas would have to pay him $9.3 million next year. They wanted him to waive the injury guarantee and he wouldn't (I wouldn't either). So they cut him.

Ambiturner said:

People underestimate how valuable draft picks are considered in the NFL.

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Pace laughs at this statement

This is how fields became the starter over Dalton.

Jaylon Smith... If you were a Cowboys fan and actually watched the games, you might be surprised by the release, but you probably aren't disappointed or sad about it.

He was a very physical player, but always a step behind and looked puzzled by his assignments. Good offensive schemes took advantage of him constantly. He was a checkers player trying to compete in a chess league.

Depth-wise, I thought we needed him. Especially with Lawrence out and Parson being moved to the line, but they must have a plan for it.

Micah Parsons is such a beast.

Whatever the packers pay him the Cowboys are off the hook for this year on the salary cap so expect it to be a million or under.

Fight said:

Jaylon Smith... If you were a Cowboys fan and actually watched the games, you might be surprised by the release, but you probably aren't disappointed or sad about it.

He was a very physical player, but always a step behind and looked puzzled by his assignments. Good offensive schemes took advantage of him constantly. He was a checkers player trying to compete in a chess league.

Depth-wise, I thought we needed him. Especially with Lawrence out and Parson being moved to the line, but they must have a plan for it.

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I'm going to miss him looking terrible all game then showboating like a peacock when making a routine tackle

Kirun said:

Fucking disgusts me that I'm saying this, but divisionally, I'm rooting for Seattle to shit in their butts.

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Shit in their own butts or shit in the Rams butts?!