WillieBeamen
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Dak is playing on the tag
The Dalton deal cemented it
The Dalton deal cemented it
This take was predictable.
I think Cowboys will come to terms with Dak on a longer term deal. As for Dalton I think Cowboys would have signed a vet backup regardless of Dak contract.
I can't really disagree with you because of the new coaching staff. But when was the last time Dallas signed a veteran QB to play behind Dak? This is new.
I was betting you would not disappoint with an Other option.Other.
Negotiations go south and Jerry trades Prescott's rights for peanuts to some unfortunate team. The Cowboys rip up Dalton's one year deal and sign him to the long term extension offered to Prescott. Pollard becomes Dalton's best friend.
I don't understand why everyone is struggling so mightily against the notion that signing Dalton altered the team's bargaining positioning with Dak. Without Dalton, the team had no real plan to deal with the possibility of Dak holding out. With him, Dak loses that leverage.
Only a fool would suggest that the team would prefer at this point to head into the season with Dalton under centre instead of Dak. But it's a possibility that Dak and his people now have to respect in negotiations. It lessens the likelihood of a holdout by significantly decreasing the risk to the Cowboys, and significantly increasing the risk to Dak, of such a holdout.
Those claiming that this move wasn't partly done for leverage in the negotiations with Dak are ignoring the changes it created in the parties' respective exposure to risk.
Can the Cowboys trade Dak? or do they have to sign him first to do that?
He would have to agree to that and sign the tag.Can the Cowboys trade Dak? or do they have to sign him first to do that?
They would be stupid enough to still have that in place if Dalton is QB1. They'd better be careful how long that let that tag sit there because they could end up really screwing the pooch.I think that Dak will hold out and after Dalton wins the first two games Dak will sign the franchise tag.
I totally get that it affects leverage but only slightly. Whether this was done FOR leverage as you state is the question. We have needed a backup since forever and Dak getting hurt last season certainly had to wake up a few people in the front office. It probably cost us a playoff spot last year. Lamb was a nice lucky consolation prize though. The fact that it maybe improved the FO's leverage is just gravy for them, IMO. Still, this is similar to Zeke in that we could have let him hold out and rolled with Pollard who looked decent in pre-season. Didn't hurt Zeke at all it seems. So the question the front office has to ponder is whether they roll with the guy who's actually gotten them to the playoffs before or roll with 2-12 Dalton under brand new coaches fresh off just missing the playoffs. Much like Zeke, it threatens to derail the season if you go without Dak. They willing to chance that? They weren't last year.
He would have to agree to that and sign the tag.
If that's me, he's got the transition tag, not the safe tag. I would want him to shop his services and find out his value. No way it's up there with the top shelf guys. He has an inflated value and view of himself and his talent and all the Joneses do is feed that because ultimately, they're feeding their ego for picking him.
Stepping in here....sure, Dalton was signed to be a backup. But the leverage is a bit different now because Dallas is no longer totally screwed if Dak holds out for awhile.how so?
Do you really think Dalton was signed as anything other than as a back up QB? You think Dalton is a threat to Dak? Do you believe Bigfoot is out there hiding from being found?