It's sad that a free agent signing in 2012 still has them shook, so they just sit there with the proverbial bat on their shoulder afraid to swing because they might strike out, hoping for a walk. The real issue is that no GM should still be in place to suffer from ptsd of a signing in 2012.
Suppose they give him what Hurts has?
Yup. And this time we'll do nothing because of Parsons.
The future hasn't been less now for a long time. We're about to increase our yearly outlay to Dak 30mil per year over the most we've paid him prior, which was last year.
I would also add that they manage the big salaries of Hurts, Brown, Dickerson, Johnson, Smith, Maleita and Goedert.......in Dallas its a combination of overpaying 1 above average Qb, like he's elite, AND not knowing how to work the cap.....both can be true
Did he really say that? Wouldn't surprise me.
Well, they have thought the decision they made after 2012 was the right one. They've been defending that strategy ever since even though it has not resulted in ultimate success. Things like the team going 12-5 three years in a row make them go, "See, we're doing it the right way ... all these teams signing expensive free agents are going to fall apart any day now!"
Super bowl.
Impossible, as Hurts is highly likely to get another contract, so Phill can heavily restructure ......Dak took the shorter 4 year option (and then put up league average stats)....can you appreciate the difference in how both teams can manipulate those two contracts, especially as Dak's CAP hits actually average out to 70m per (due to the restructuring of the last contract).
You mean Dak fought for the shorter option. He absolutely refused to do a 5 year deal.
He uses Auto-Pen?
As per the previous contract, I thought it was heavily suggested that Dak wanted the short term so he could re-enter free agency.
There is no restructure required with Hurts' contract. His salary never exceeds $1.4 million in any given year. What they did with Hurts is build in option bonuses for each year he is under contract. This year he gets a $41 million option bonus which the spread out over 5 years. Next year he gets another $50 million option bonus which is also spread out over 5 years. The same thing is true in 2027 and 2028. In a way the Eagles built in restructure by giving him bonuses every year instead of salary then converting it to bonuses later.
I fully expect this team to not make the playoffs in 2025. I do not agree that restructuring his deal is the way to go. Instead take the hit for a single year and move on from this guy in 2026 - restructuring is only going to keep pushing the years down the road which will further handicap what they can do.
That should be 2025 not 2023.
I hear this so much, but why should we? We'd just be forcing money down the road for what? We're not in a place where that money would do much. I'd rather eat various hits now and have a clean slate in a few years.
