Video: Murray led the NFL in yards, then retired after only 3 more seasons. What happened?

[MaineBoy]

Great memory. Yup, Peppers played all-world that game.

That happened early in the 3rd I think, and murray got hit from behind, no one expects that.
and the guy who knocked the ball loose, was supposed to be blocked my martin, so is it martins fault??
Martin looked like a girl on that block lol.
And aikman went on about it like murray would have ran for a td, but the safety and 1 lb were coming to cut him off.

I also felt that with a broken hand, it would have been better to play randal that game, but cowboys didnt do that.
I would have used randall , and murray only in short yardage situations, or not at all.

And it was around the dallas 40-45 so not in fg range.
Peppers also knocked the ball out of romo's hands, but our guys recovered that one.
He played great that day.
Cowboys players and coaches did not have their best game that day. Romo was wrapped up like he was playing
in Siberia, I didnt care for that either.

 

[DandyDon52]

Tough for me to say with 100% certainty that it was the right choice because it was a trade-off. Made more money but if he had stayed with the cowboys (especially with there o-line) he probably makes the all-decade team

murray was like dak in that he had played for peanuts on his rookie deal, and dak can probably last to get a 2nd deal ,
maybe a 3rd, but for murray that was going to be his only big deal and philly offered 16-20 mill more, and way more
guaranteed money.
I dont fault him there. cowboys should have countered with a better deal, not as much as philly but closer, and maybe he stays, but back then what I read was the jones boys just werent that interested in keeping him, and that pissed him off.

 

[Aviano90]

This is a pretty slanted view of what happened. The cowboys offer was right in line with the 2 other bidders at the time (jacksonville and oakland) and this was with Murray having health issues in 3 out of his 4 seasons AND they actually offered him an extension after his first year of being a full time starter (2013)

Eagles front office and coach (who to absolutely no surprise both got fired) literally jumped in and offered double the money as the 3 other bidders for absolutely NO reason (wreckless decisions like this set the team back years and cost management there jobs).

Love how cowboys offered an early extension, offered market value after the 2014 season, never threatened him with franchise tag/trade and yet the narrative is always "cowboys low balled him" or "cowboys didn't even attempt to keep him"

LOL. A slanted view? Sure, pal. The Cowboys offered a 4 year $16 million deal. He signed with the Eagles for 5 years $40 million with $20 guaranteed and you don’t think the Cowboys low balled him? And according to what was being told, Oakland offered more but Murray decided to go to Philly probably because he was roommates with Bradford.

 

[gimmesix]

I'm glad you don't get into the money argument because you're not good at it. The fact it's not your money shouldn't inhibit you from valuing it as you would your own money. I think my understanding of value is every bit as good as the owner/GM.

We have a lot on here who feel the way that you do and have a poor understanding of NFL contracts, negotiations, perceived value, restructures, etc. I'm glad you feel that you understand it, but I don't believe based on your comments that you really do.

Whether it is with Elliott at the running back position or Christian McCaffrey or Alvin Kamara, the going rate is the going rate, and it soon will be surpassed by other backs. But I suppose you feel all three of those were bad value contracts where you understand that better than the owners/GMs.

 

[JoeKing]

We have a lot on here who feel the way that you do and have a poor understanding of NFL contracts, negotiations, perceived value, restructures, etc. I'm glad you feel that you understand it, but I don't believe based on your comments that you really do.

Whether it is with Elliott at the running back position or Christian McCaffrey or Alvin Kamara, the going rate is the going rate, and it soon will be surpassed by other backs. But I suppose you feel all three of those were bad value contracts where you understand that better than the owners/GMs.

Opinions. We all have them and we all believe ours is right. Thank you for presenting yours and taking the time to read and comment on mine.

 

[TwentyOne]

He sucked.
After 3 years he couldnt convince no GM anymore that he is a good back.

Thats it. End of story.

 

[plasticman]

DeMarco Murray raised that Dallas Cowboys offensive line like they were his kids. In his second season all five starters had never played a down of NFL football at the position for which they were starting.

DeMarco got beat up for three seasons while that line was developing. Then, in his fourth season he set multiple records running behind that line.

Do you know how difficult it is to build that team with just the right blend of personalities, chemistry and commitment to each other? It's rare but when a team gets that, the absolute worse thing to do is to not recognize how important that is and then break it up.

Murray wanted to stay, was even willing to discount but the offer given to him by Jerry Jones was absolutely insulting. It was such a lowball that it ran Murray out of town. Jerry didn't up the offer until Murray began getting other offers. By then it was far too late. Jerry did what he typically does. He paid the wrong guys and let the wrong guys walk.

Jerry spoke of the confidence he had in Klepto Joe. The dude didn't last the season.

Murray was so good that it took pressure off Romo and he was able to be the NFL #1 ranked passer for the first time in his career. The next season, without Murray, Romo played four games. Meanwhile Murray gets paid but it destroys his career. He was obviously misused in Philadelphia. He wasn't in sync with their offensive line or the offensive style.

Demarco then goes on to Tennessee where he has a 1200 yard season and makes the Pro Bowl for the 3rd time in four years. Murray also had 53 receptions. During the 4 seasons he was in Dallas, Demarco was the team's second leading receiver. Many fans forget this.

In his second season with the Titans, Demarco shared touches with Derrick Henry and the writing was obviously on the wall. I think he could have played more but he just wasn't willing to start over.

Quite often, the success of a career depends on outside factors like injuries to competition, a new OC that wants to go in a certain direction, the surrounding talent, and just simple timing. During some parts of his career, DeMarco was the victim of bad timing and inaccurate perception.

 

[CowboyRoy]

He was a great player for us, but he wanted more money on the open market. Can't be mad at him for that.

Cowboys low balled him actually. But lets look at the results of NOT resigning Murray. They wasted the 4th pick in the draft on Zeke.

 

[MyFairLady]

It is crazy to think that as a franchise we saw the kind of production first hand that can be had from guys like McFadden and Murray for very little investment. Then we decide drrafting RB 4th overall is the way to go.

FWIW Zeke was so incredible as a rookie he was probably worth it. The mistake is paying him 2 years early only to watch him fall off a cliff.

 

[kskboys]

murray was like dak in that he had played for peanuts on his rookie deal, and dak can probably last to get a 2nd deal ,
maybe a 3rd, but for murray that was going to be his only big deal and philly offered 16-20 mill more, and way more
guaranteed money.
I dont fault him there. cowboys should have countered with a better deal, not as much as philly but closer, and maybe he stays, but back then what I read was the jones boys just werent that interested in keeping him, and that pissed him off.

Yup. Even I wouldn't have taken the Cowboys offer, and I'm the one always talking about not taking more. Philly offered too much more. And then tried to make a great inside runner into an outside runner!!!! Was Garrett coaching them too?

 

[kskboys]

Cowboys low balled him actually. But lets look at the results of NOT resigning Murray. They wasted the 4th pick in the draft on Zeke.

Typical Jerry kneejerk reaction.

 

[MyFairLady]

Letting Murray walk was 100% the right football decision. Arguing that just seems insane to me.

 

[SlammedZero]

Cowboys ran that mofo into the ground that last season he was on the team. lol And they knew it.

 

[kskboys]

LOL. A slanted view? Sure, pal. The Cowboys offered a 4 year $16 million deal. He signed with the Eagles for 5 years $40 million with $20 guaranteed and you don’t think the Cowboys low balled him? And according to what was being told, Oakland offered more but Murray decided to go to Philly probably because he was roommates with Bradford.

Yeah, that wasn't even close.

 

[MyFairLady]

And signing the contract with Philly was 100% the right decision for Murray.

 

[kskboys]

Letting Murray walk was 100% the right football decision. Arguing that just seems insane to me.

Thinking Underoos could replace him was an even bigger mistake.

And the 15 draft had several decent RB's in it, but we took Weedhead and Chazhurt instead.

 

[xwalker]

Age 28 is the magic number for RBs statistically.

A very high percentage of RBs decline significantly at or after age 28.

 

[Ranching]

wow youre a pleasant person

I'm actually a pretty nice guy when you get to know me I just have a short fuse for Some things

 

[CowboyRoy]

Typical Jerry kneejerk reaction.

yep............him and Garrett blew it by thinking some scrub could come in and do what Murray did. Then they went waaay the other way the next year and blew the 4th pick in the draft on a RB when Ramsey was sitting there.

 

[JBond]

Best RB we have had since Smith.