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http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/12466624/demarco-murray-intending-join-philadelphia-eagles

Murray is apparently on his way to Philly as we speak with the intent to sign a contract, but will give the Cowboys the final right of reply if they so wish.

So he'll probably be an Eagle by the time I wake up tomorrow morning. Not sure how I feel about this to be honest, but it will be interesting to see how it pans out in season 2015. Was it the O-Line or was it Demarco?! Time will tell...

You'd think the Dez deal will get done now.

Another thought...how is the 2016 draft looking? Because at this rate we are going to get some juicy compensation picks.
 
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mad_eagle said:
Was it the O-Line or was it Demarco?! Time will tell...
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They aren't mutually exclusive.

We may have one of, if the not the best O-line in the league, but Murray's vision to find the holes (or correct himself towards the holes) that the line create is what broke Jim Browns record. The O-line is very good, but I personally hate the dismissiveness of Murray's season and/or ability because "it was all the o-line".

Even before this season he was still 2nd in the league for career yards-per-attempt behind Charles.
 
http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=12468196

Done and dusted...5 yrs, 21 mill guaranteed.

Ugggh...sad to lose him, but extremely pissed that it's to those feral pricks.

Was at the Dec 14th game in Philly, wore my Cowboys gear loud & proud. I've never feared for my life at a sporting event like I did that night. Thank God my seats were with a large pocket of fellow Dallas fans!!

Anyway, keep your eyes out on 88's Twitter. Surely he won't be able to keep his mouth shut for long
 
Sad to see DeMarco leave and to go to the Eagles Sucks.But that is the world we live in.Cmon Jerry go and get us a big fish and show that we can still make a play for the Playoffs and lets smash those eagles.
 

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Chism said:
For 5 years and 40 Million with 22 guaranteed they can have him.
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Yeah I agree. Sad to see him go but too rich for my blood.

The old Jerry would have thrown a bucket load of cash at him.

So what do we do now, look at a free agent like CJ Spiller/McFadden or look at an RB in the mid rounds of the draft?
 
AP is first choice then Spiller , Bush in that order. If none eventuate it could well be RB very early in the draft.

Forget McFadden and I doubt we touch him.
 
Chism said:
For 5 years and 40 Million with 22 guaranteed they can have him.
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I'm curious whether your opinion would change if the Cowboys end up paying over $12m for Petersen.

Wouldn't that make Murray a relative bargain?
 
12 Million a season I doubt.

12 Mill over 2 I will take and run.

Also next years draft is going to be juicy as we are looking at the Max 4 compensation picks with the Murray loss likely to be a 3rd Rdr due to his 40 million contract. 2 others as well will be in the 4th and 5th round.
 
He's going to cost at least $12m - isn't he due around $15m from the Vikings, and refusing to take a pay cut?
 



It's Going To Rain Compensatory Draft Picks For Dallas Cowboys In 2016 - And Not The Cheap Kind Either
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By One.Cool.Customer
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...satory-draft-picks-for-dallas-cowboys-in-2016



Back in January of this year, I wrote an article titled "How the Cowboys can use 2015 free agency to get four extra draft picks in 2016." In that article, I spelled out how with a judicious approach to free agency and some patience, the Cowboys could get up to four compensatory draft picks. I also included a little table of players that I thought might leave in free agency.
Here's that original list of players, as well as the contract value I thought each would command as a free agent: DeMarco Murray ($7.6 million per year), Bruce Carter ($4.0 M), Jermey Parnell ($2.75 M), Henry Melton ($2.0 M), Anthony Spencer ($2.0 M), Dwayne Harris ($1.2 M), C.J. Spillman ($1.2 M).

So far, I was pretty close on the players, but criminally low on the contract values. I thought at the time that the Cowboys would retain DeMarco Murray (many did not and were picking Todd Gurley or Melvin Gordon for the Cowboys in every mock draft), but apart from that, the only truly unexpected departure so far has been Justin Durant.

At the time, the Cowboys had 23 free agents and it was perfectly clear to all outside observers that a large number of those free agents would not be re-signed. The recent lamentations across Cowboys Nation about the exodus of free agents from Dallas are, for the most part, nothing but an emotional reaction to the latest news; with proper reflection, what's happening now could have been seen from miles away.

But back to the compensatory draft picks that may be coming the Cowboys' way. In principle, compensatory draft picks are awarded to teams losing more or better compensatory free agents than they acquire. The number of comp picks a team receives equals the net loss of compensatory free agents up to a maximum of four per team. Importantly, not every free agent lost or acquired automatically qualifies as a compensatory free agent.

Players who do not qualify as compensatory free agents: players who have been cut (e.g. DeMarcus Ware last year), restricted or exclusive rights free agents that were not tendered (CB Sterling Moore), players whose contract value is below about $1 million per year (recently acquired LB Keith Rivers), and players signed after June 1 won’t impact the number of comp picks for their former or new team.

In layman's terms, this is how the allocation of comp picks works:

  • Comp picks are awarded to teams that have lost more compensatory free agents than they signed in the previous year, up to a maximum of four.
  • Each signed player cancels out a player lost. A player signed cancels out a player lost with either the same or next lower contract value. When there is no player lost with a lower contract, the player lost with the next higher contract is canceled out.
  • The round in which the comp pick is awarded is determined to a large degree by the contract value of the player lost, with some adjustments for playing time and postseason honors.
Nobody knows what the exact cutoff points are in the annual value of a contract that determine which draft round a compensatory draft pick is awarded for. But going off of a table I put together in 2013, and combining it with an estimate by OverTheCap.com, this could be the annual contract value required or each round, though salary cap inflation may push the thresholds a bit higher next year:

  • 3rd-round pick: $8 million or more
  • 4th-round pick: $5.5 million
  • 5th-round pick: $4.2 million
  • 6th-round pick: $2.5 million
  • 7th-round pick: $1 million
Using those thresholds, here's a look at what type of comp picks the Cowboys could expect for the UFAs they lost this week.

UFAs lost
PosPlayerNew TeamYearsContract
ValueAnnual
valueComp. pick
eligiblePotential
Comp. Pick
RBDeMarco MurrayEagles5$42 million$8.4 millionYes3rd
RTJermey ParnellJaguars5$32 million$6.4 millionYes4th
LBBruce CarterBucs4$17.1 million$4.3 millionYes5th
DTHenry MeltonBucs1$3.75 million$3.75 millionYes6th
LBJustin DurantFalcons3$10.8 million$3.6 millionYes6th
WRDwayne HarrisGiants5$17.5 million$3.5 millionYes6th
UFAs signed
PosPlayerOld TeamYearsContract
ValueAnnual
valueComp. free
agentCancels
Comp. Pick
WRDez BryantCowboys1$12.8 million$12.8 millionNo- -
OTDoug FreeCowboys3$15 million5 millionNo- -
PTom HornseyCowboys2$1 million$0.5 millionNo- -
LBKeith RiversBills1$0.825 million$0.825 millionNo- -
FBJed CollinsLions1$0.745 million$0.745 millionNo- -


Keep in mind that every compensatory free agent signed cancels out a compensatory free agent lost. But so far, the Cowboys haven't signed any compensatory free agents, and have lost six of their own. So right now, the Cowboys would stand to receive four comp picks (the maximum), with a good chance of getting one pick each in rounds 3 through 6. However, the comp picks for Murray and Carter could end up a round lower, depending on where exactly the thresholds for each round will be in 2016.

Right now, the Cowboys could go out and sign two unrestricted free agents to contracts of up to $4 million dollars each per year and still be left with four high comp picks in the 2016 draft.

If they want to sign players beyond that, and still want to maintain four comp picks in 2014, here's how they can go about that:

  • Sign players who were cut for salary cap or other reasons, because if a player is cut, he doesn't count as a compensatory free agent. Tampa Bay DE Michael Johnson is the latest on a list of cap casualties that includes WR Percy Harvin, DT Randy Starks, RB Reggie Bush, RB Pierre Thomas and many others.
  • Look for restricted free agents who weren't tendered by their team, as signing them won't count against your comp total. Terrell McClain was such a signing last year; Sterling Moore could be such a signing by another team this year.
  • Sign players to contracts below $1 million. The Cowboys already signed three guys to such contracts, and none them will count as a compensatory free agent.
  • Wait until after June 1 to sign free agents. Two years ago, the Cowboy signed George Selvie in late July.
  • Sign players after final roster cuts in September. The Cowboys had some success with these signings, getting Brian Waters in 2013 and Laurent Robinson in 2011. Neither counted as a compensatory free agent.
Heading into free agency, the Cowboys had sixteen unrestricted free agents who could have qualified as compensatory free agents. I believe that five of those (Selvie, Hayden, Clutts, Anderson, Hills) will not sign a contract anywhere for more than $1 million, so they are out as potential compensatory free agents. Of the remaining 11 UFAs, Dez Bryant and Doug Free have re-signed with the Cowboys (and don't count against the Cowboys' comp pick total), and six players have signed with other teams.

That leaves three UFAs: Rolando McClain, Anthony Spencer, and C.J. Spillman. Re-signing those three would not cut into the Cowboys' potential comp pick total for 2016, so that may be something the Cowboys will treat with heightened priority.

It's not sexy, and the Cowboys probably aren't going to win any awards for their free agency activities this year. But keep in mind that last year for example, NFL.com, Bleacher Report, SI.com, Sporting News, and Yahoo Sports all declared the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the winners of free agency after the team signed Michael Johnson, Anthony Collins, and Josh McCown among others. The Buccaneers promptly went on to win just two games the entire season, and all three players have since been released.

If the Cowboys play their cards right, they'll likely get four extra picks in 2016, which will help them do what successful teams do: build your roster through the draft and plug holes in free agency, not vice versa.
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Not my words but very interesting for next year if some are wondering how the compensation works as we have been picked apart so far in this FA period.
 
Whats left at RB as of right now...

I think we'll find one.....

Trent Richardson (24)
C.J. Spiller (28)
Reggie Bush (30)
Knowshon Moreno (28)
Jacquizz Rodgers (25)
Darren McFadden (28)
DeAngelo Williams (32)
Chris Johnson (30)
Stevan Ridley (26)
Steven Jackson (32)
Felix Jones (28)
Jonathan Dwyer (26)
Ahmad Bradshaw (29)
LaMichael James (26)
Jordan Todman (25)
Joe McKnight (27)
Michael Bush (31)
Pierre Thomas (31)
Daniel Thomas (28)
Phillip Tanner (27)
Ben Tate (27)
Lance Dunbar (25) (R)
Bobby Rainey (28) (R)
Chris Polk (26) (R)

Jackie Battle (32)
Andre Brown (29)
Ronnie Brown (34)
Travaris Cadet (26)
Peyton Hillis (29)
Montell Owens (31)
Cedric Peerman (29)
Kory Sheets (30)
Alfonso Smith (27)
Leon Washington (33)



Draft.........

Todd Gurley RB Georgia
Melvin Gordon RB Wisconsin
Tevin Coleman RB Indiana
Duke Johnson RB Miami
Ameer Abdullah RB Nebraska
Jay Ajayi RB Boise St.
Jeremy Langford RB Michigan St.
Javorius Allen RB USC
Mike Davis RB S.Carolina
T.J.Yeldon RB Alabama
David Johnson RB Northern Iowa
Kenny Hilliard RB LSU
Corey Grant RB Auburn
Trey Williams RB Texas A&M
John Crockett RB North Dakota St.
Micheal Dyer RB Louisville
Akeem Hunt RB Purdue

The point of this is,

There is no need to panic over the loss of Demarco Murray. As you can see Rbs are literally scattered everywhere and a hell of a lot cheaper than the 40 Million Murray just got. ;)
 
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