[tps_title]6. Brandon Carr, CB (Age: 31)[/tps_title]
Dallas will finally shed Carr’s contract from the books, but they may not be done with the veteran. His consistency has been big this year as Orlando Scandrick and Morris Claiborne have been trading weeks on the injured list.
Carr has played his best football this year since Dallas switched to the 4-3 scheme. He’s been allowed to play closer to the line of scrimmage, thanks largely to having Byron Jones behind him now.
As he would likely have a hard time finding a new employer in free agency, Carr might accept a minimal deal to stay in Dallas. He could be a valuable depth option and might even remain in their top three if they elect not to bring back Claiborne. However, it’s entirely possivle that Dallas will move onto younger options.
I know 1 player not returning, wears a single-digit number… ;^)
Actually, Chris Jones has one year left on his deal. And Dan Bailey is signed through like 2046. Not sure who else you could be………..
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Right now Sanchez is my preferred future backup.
If there is garbage time & games upcoming, I think you have to get Romo his reps, probably all of them. If he goes down Sanchez is a veteran option behind Dak. If he holds up, then you have some of the rust off if he were to have to play in the playoffs. And if he wants to be a dern fool and continue his career in 2017, then he might have some recent film to shop around.
Likely no demand from other teams for Moore coming off the broken leg, so most likely he goes to camp 2017. I like the guy’s moxy and do not mind at all him being around next year as #3 if he shows full physical recovery. Usually you try to stash that #3 on the practice squad, so he would have to clear waivers.
This also works from the standpoint that Dak is young and durable. It’s a very good unit with Sanchez on the bench and Moore on the PS.
I wouldn’t mind Moore vs. Sanchez for the backup job next year. Bring in a couple of project players to and let them battle for the third spot. I don’t think Moore has much upside, so if he can’t win the #2 job I’d go with someone younger.
That’s a good approach also. It would sort of be a battle over what Sanchez has left after a fast start in the NFL but then hitting into rough times, vs how well can Moore play after he got his 2014 starts, outplayed the 2 veteran backups and then had to sit a year with the injury.
Only thing really favoring Sanchez IMO is that the Cowboys are suddenly a “win now” team, as they were after the 1991 season. You mortgage some future if necessary to get an impact RDE or CB, etc, since you are only probably those players away from dominating the conference for years. You’d hate to have all that riding on an untested playoffs QB, if Dak were to be out at this time of year.