Jerry: Hopkins unlikely, Zeke possible

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TheFinisher said:
I can’t remember an example of a team cutting a player, getting hit with dead cap from the contract, and then re-signing that player in the same off-season.

Why would we do this? He refused to re-do his deal, so now that we’ve taken the dead cap hit and his camp realizes he has no market, we’re going to shell out more money to him?

Make it make sense.
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They won’t. People just haven’t accepted the fact that Jerry is just a figurehead at this point; many still actually think he has a real personnel say.

SJ, McClay, and Mike kinda just let him talk and feel like he’s making decisions. But behind closed doors this hasn’t been a Jerry Jones behaving front office in years.

Think about all the stuff he says (Odell) and how little of it actually happens. Think about how everyone says Jerry loves making splash moves yet we haven’t made a splash move in years.

Jones loves Elliott like a son, therefore he’s always going to make it seem like there’s a spot for him. He won’t ever say he’s done here because that’s how tight he feels they are. Does not mean in the slightest bit that he gets re-signed.

Also, they already gave his number away to someone guaranteed to make the team (Gilmore). Seems like the actual decision makers have moved on.
 
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KJJ said:
The guy that can’t make the big play moved the chains in a lot of critical situations and punched the ball in the endzone 12 times last year. If we can’t pick up a yard or two in critical 3rd and 4th down situations and near the goal line, it’s going to lead to problems. We added a WR threat in Brandin Cooks but we have a lot of uncertainty with our short yardage backs and who knows if any of them can block. For those who think Zeke didn’t provide any value weren’t watching the games.
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A lot of fans just latch onto "sound bites" without any evidence to back them up. It can be a statistic like averaging 3.8 YPC to determine that a back isn't good for anything. Never mind the amount of short-yardage and TD success, which does have value.

I'm for re-signing Elliott, if the price is right, and then having a true open competition. Frankly, if someone like Luepke looks like a better short-yardage back and using a tandem of Pollard/Vaughn looks better than a Pollard/Elliott tandem, then he should be cut. I don't know if the team would do that (which is the only concern), but I'm for having options then eliminating the options based on who is best. I prefer players being beaten out for roles rather than the job just being given to them because you don't have any other options.
 

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817Gill said:
They won’t. People just haven’t accepted the fact that Jerry is just a figurehead at this point; many still actually think he has a real personnel say.

SJ, McClay, and Mike kinda just let him talk and feel like he’s making decisions. But behind closed doors this hasn’t been a Jerry Jones behaving front office in years.

Think about all the stuff he says (Odell) and how little of it actually happens. Think about how everyone says Jerry loves making splash moves yet we haven’t made a splash move in years.

Jones loves Elliott like a son, therefore he’s always going to make it seem like there’s a spot for him. He won’t ever say he’s done here because that’s how tight he feels they are. Does not mean in the slightest bit that he gets re-signed.

Also, they already gave his number away to someone guaranteed to make the team (Gilmore). Seems like the actual decision makers have moved on.
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Amazing how many so called 'smart posters (they have to be that since they proclaim it themselves) do not understand Jerry still has the final say on things.
 
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