What Would La’el Collins Cost in Trade?

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(03-15-2022, 11:33 AM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: It seems as if the Cowboys have mismanaged the situation in a number of ways. 

First, they let it be known they are trying to clear salary (generally). Lower the cap number this year and get rid of guys on higher salaries they don't want to retain. If everyone knows the owner told you to sell, the price goes down. They did not get much for Cooper (a 5th rounder?). 

Second, with Collins specifically, they leaked that there were multiple teams interested and that if they did not get an offer they liked, they would just release him. This was intended to start a bidding war amongst 8nterested teams, but might have done the opposite. Why should teams give a high pick for a guy with some recent red flags? Especially when we could get him for free if he is released and Dallas took pennies on the dollar for Cooper? Are we sure Collins' price tag goes up in FA? By enough to warrant losing a day 2 pick? 

I disagree with some of this.

Collins is signed for 3 more years at $10 million a year. That's a steal for his production.

He gets waived, he'll certainly get more than that. Maybe $15 million a year.

So teams are trading the draft pick to get the reasonable salary for 3 years. Dallas is in a spot where they can wait and let free agency play out. Some team will get desperate and up the offer.