Roster building consists of many different elements. How a team uses its financial resources looms large in what type of team they’re able to field on Sundays. For the Dallas Cowboys, this has been a big point of contention, as many have questioned how they use their money. Are they spending enough money? Are they spending it on the right players?
When teams make poor decisions, they can find themselves paying for it with dead money hits, which can hurt future cap budgets and hinder a team’s ability to improve their roster. Yesterday, we broke down some of the reasons teams accrue dead money hits, noting that not all dead money is created equal.