I never said otherwise. I even told you I wasn't "going on facts"...but here you are lecturing me about it.
I really just don't give a crap about such unimportant minutia. Facts? He was in contract talks...did a tag, then signed a deal. These things happen all the time and nobody says "well he ain't on the team". Except you.
And for the record...I NEVER called him a petulent child until YOU made this big azz deal about not being on the team. You made this leaping ***-umption.....incorrectly. I was mocking your stupid technical detail that he's not on the team.
If you had caught me randomly saying that out of nothing...I'd give it to ya.
Still...I am unsure why you have latched on...and continue to do so...even though I EXCPLICITLY told you exactly what you are chastising me for (as if I didn't know what I was doing).
I will say it again just to p you off. If you are in contract negotiations....you are still on the team. If you quit, get fired, traded or retire...then NOT on the team. There's no fine print you can lecture me about that changes my perspective. I didn;t care in the 70's and certainly don't give a dam now.
How can you dispute my facts and then say you weren't arguing facts? That's like saying you were crying at a funeral but not showing emotion.
Ultimately, if you are incapable of backing up your argument with facts, you have no argument.
By the way, by your logic if the Cowboys were to talk to some free agent that played on another team last year, and discussed contract terms, that would automatically make him a member of the Cowboys. Obviously that's nonsense. Negotiating doesn't make you a member of a team, agreeing to terms and signing a contract does.
As far as you ignoring the minutia of contract negotiations, that's convenient because that allows you to ignore exactly why Dak didn't contact Lamb last year. It's a very basic concept that in a negotiation Dak had to present the front that he was willing to walk away, and welcoming players to the team would not do that.
Let me ask you a question. If you go to a car dealership looking for a car to buy, you find the car you want, but feel the dealership needs to knock $5K off the price to make it a fair deal. Is your strategy to make that happen to (A) to show that you are willing to walk away if they can't get to what you think is a fair deal, or (B) to show them you plan to buy that car no matter what?
If (B) is your answer, you just flunked negotiating 101. But that's what you expected Dak to do - to drop his primary negotiating tool - the threat of walking away - and show everyone he expects to sign no matter what.