Cowboys Roster Plan: Will 'Not Over-Leveraging’ Mean Super Bowl Shot?

Some teams in pursuit of a Super Bowl triumph go all in and don't worry about the ramifications down the road. The Dallas Cowboys have gone about it in their own way.

We have seen teams like the Los Angeles Rams, the Tampa Bay Bucs and the Philadelphia Eagles push all their chips into the middle of the table successfully chasing a Super Bowl berth.

Should the Dallas Cowboys go about it the same way?

Owner Jerry Jones told us on 105.3 The Fan back in 2018, "It would be embarrassing, it would be shocking if you knew the size of the check I would write if it guaranteed me a Super Bowl. It would be obscene. There is nothing I would do financially not to get a Super Bowl."

Jones has said such things repeatedly. But in the last decade or so? The model is to “hover long-term at a high plateau,” as our own Mike Fisher says. In other words; Be in contention every year without being overzealous in spending in ways that do future cap damage.

And so … except for when Dallas signs it’s own (important as that is) … that "big check" hasn’t really written yet.

It is that business model that has had Dallas in contention for the last two seasons, but they just haven't capitalized. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, however, thinks that this version of the Cowboys might go where the teams of the early 90s went - maybe in part due to the present business model.

"They have not sacrificed other things, not overleveraged themselves just to try to make it happen now and then if it fails, we gotta blow the thing up," Pelissero said on Good Morning Football.

"The Packers won it all in McCarthy's fifth season in Green Bay. This is Year 4 in Dallas. Each year they have taken a step closer, they won a playoff game last year. If they stay healthy, there's no reason to think they won't have the opportunity to take another step and maybe, as Dak (Prescott) said, another step beyond that."

With McCarthy now the offensive play-caller, some feel relatively bullish about what Dallas can amount to this season. Player health will play a factor. But the roster - using this Stephen Jones-driven roster-building approach - seems loaded. Meanwhile. the NFC is at its weakest in recent memory with the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles, to some, the only legitimate teams Dallas has to contend with. 

As McCarthy implements parts of his West Coast Offense this offseason, the Cowboys' will attempt to win with a more physical approach. Prescott may be asked to do less than in previous years in a bid to lower his interception total. If that happens and the Cowboys are more efficient on offense, then maybe, just maybe, that NFC Championship and Super Bowl drought might come to an end.

In the end, there is only one way to know if the current model of roster-building is the “right way.” And the only time to know that is Feb. 11, 2024.

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