Quincyyyyy's highly anticipated Offseason

Send Marcus Spears and Flo to the Dolphins for a 4th round pick

I think this is how that conversation would go.

“Hey Bill… Jerry here. I think we have a nice offer for you. We’ll trade you Marcus Spears and Flozell Adams for… (click)… Hello? Bill? Are you there?”

Otherwise, good to see you’re recognizing the desperate need for some young OL help.

gonna get re-upped by the Pats. They traded Seymour to clear up space. Letting him go would take their D even more steps back.

The Dolphins have no need for a player like FLozell Adams either…Vernon Carey and Jake Long are good bookends for their style of offense..and I doubt they want a big contract/fool as their backup.

If nothing else, it would make Nickel situations more difficult for opposing O’s. Rat and Wilfork, bookended by Ware and Spencer? Yes, please.

I have a feeling that Wilfork’s price will be outrageously high, though.

Don’t know how I feel about the cutting Roy thing…. He ain’t great, but he ain’t awful. My only question would be the manner in which it effect the cap. (After next year, assuming there will be no salary cap…)

On Flozell… I honestly think he’s at the stage where he’s more valuable as a guard than as a tackle. With his size, strength and mobility issues I could easily see him shifting inside and being a mauler.

Don’t know if I’d cut Roy, depends on the hit the cowboys would take-he’s still a decent 2 WR. I’d love Wilfork, and to have a line with both him and ratliff would be pretty sweet-but it’s not gaurenteed Rat will be as good at DE, even if he was drafted there-but I’m not going to make that assumption.
Also, I go to MU and went to every game, Alexander is a stud. You’re right about his 40, but he plays faster on the field. Great size and good hands. Snubbed by almost all voters, deserved a nom for Biletnikoff. I’d be real happy to pick him up, I can see him being a #2 one day; and with Shipley in the slot!

as you know, I’ve been advocating the move to DE for Rat for some time. His quickness coupled with his size (~305 lbs.) is tailor-made to occupy the spot.

VW is going to command huge money and we all know how the Pats feel about players getting big contracts and screwing up their razor-thin (pardon the pun) margins when it comes to long term big deals.

Flozell is going to get cut as soon as Dallas feels it has a reasonable facsimile of a LT. Spears is a RFA and Dallas will likely not match any sizable offer he gets. So they’ll get some decent compensation for him in a year that is healthy with WR’s and safeties, which are bigger areas of need.

I expect to see more of Hatcher and Bowen in 2010.

I’m definitely on board with that draft!

Shipley, I image, will be a 1st-2nd rounder once the combines and BCS champ are done.

I expect the Cowboys to rid themselves of Flozell and Marion Barber, with the uncapped season coming up, and possibly Roy Williams, although unlikely.

I believe Jerry may make an effort to lure in Julius Peppers, who was rumored to want to come here last season, and with an uncapped season would be able to negotiate a deal with him easier.

dont cut roy williams, dont trade our first round pick, come on quincyyyyy

But just move him to #3 behind Miles and Crayton. He has some good moments but should not be starting.

What if Terrance Cody is there when Dallas is up in round 1?

I don’t know how I feel about moving Ratliff around too much. I would feel more comfortable picking up a prototypical NT later in the draft and use some packages with Ratliff on the outside. Why fix what isn’t broken? Ratliff is a very good NT, and he fits into this particular defense wonderfully. I know that there is a hole at DE, but really, they could use an upgrade at Spears position, and with this particular draft, I expect to see them get that DE in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. I still feel that, depending on the situation, that we NEED to spend a first rounder on either an offensive tackle or a playmaking safety. Hamlin has played decent, and Sesna has been an improvement from Roy L., but if this defense wants to become known as elite, they NEED that leader at the safety positions. The Steelers have Troy, Ravens have Reed, Eagles had Dawkins, Pats had Harrison, time and time again, teams that have successful defenses have that stud safety who can make plays.

I also disagree with the idea of dumping Roy. His contract is too large to dump right now, but i definitely would entertain this idea after this next season. In all likelihood, we are going to have Roy at least another year. I would like to see some depth taken later in the draft though. I don’t see Pat lasting around here much longer, and who knows what we have with Hurd, so they will need help.

As for Flo, I do think they will find a way to dump him this offseason. With Free being forced into a starting position, it would be smart, and you would save more money, to go with Free/Colombo as the starters next year. I do think they still need to look for a future stud at LT, but giving him time to develop being Colombo, at least for another year, is smart.

I also would look at Newmans contract being reworked. I’m sorry, but he has fallen off quite a lot and they need to figure out the future without him.

I could be completely off but I would think that Fox and Pouncey would be switched being that Fox has been in the first round on a lot of mock drafts as well as more teams reaching for OTs early

The O-line needs some serious work in the offseason.

Shipley’s good, but man is that guy awfully old for a receiver coming out of college. I suppose for a 3rd or 4th round pick he’d come at a good value, though.

Good stuff, overall. I don’t think we NEED to move Rat back to DE, but the dude’s a freak and could play well anywhere on the D-line. I’m fine either way. Willfork is a hell of a player, and it would make our D-line awfully intimidating.

Do we see him taking over for Crayton? I could see the Cowboys lining up with Miles on one side, Crayton in the slot and Ogletree maybe as the second receiver depending on how he looks in OTA’s and the preseason. How long is Sam Hurd signed for or is he a RFA? Trading Spears for a 4th round pick is ludicrous. If you can have a DL set up of Igor, run pluggin NT and Ratliff w/ Bowen rotating in on 3rd down and Rat moving to the NT position….the team could be in good shape. Plus I do see the Cowboys drafting another 3-4 DE in the first 3 rounds.