If you were willing to work with him, why not do it immediately so that the $850K isn't just given away?
And that’s his leverage in addition to the obvious leverage they’ve given Dak Prescott given his cap number.
Always a lot of guys to sing of course, but none of those players in the bolded are even close to Zack Martin. Biadasz has been average maybe he steps up this year but he isn't likely to be a top OL in the league. Tyron is always injured and needs to be replaced any way soon. Pollard is a RB and we all know the story with RBs in the NFL right now. Gilmore and Kearse will be key players this year obviously but neither will be here long term. Dak is a QB so always going to be a different animal. I don't extend him uunless he earns it this year (and I hope he does). Extending him will actually reduce his cap hit
It does, but it is usually mitigated by other contracts and restructures. I don't worry too much about it. The Cowboys have not been in cap hell since the 1990s when they had one of the NFL's most talented teams and had no idea how to manipulate the cap to retain them. When they want to pay a player, they do, even when it takes one of the top contracts for a position. When they don't, they blame the cap and move on.
I do. I’ve never been a fan of their kick the can accounting style.
Yeah but they’ve been in ‘Cap Heck’ plenty, having to lose good players because they couldn’t afford to keep them.
And many fans go right along with that. And suddenly, the player - say Amari Cooper - “isn’t that good” or is “not worth it”.
Definitely, I suppose it was discussed but he wanted too much on an extension and the Cowboys figured they would wait because a guard in his mid 30s isnt likely to get top dollar.
They didn't cut Cooper because they couldn't afford him. The cap numbers show that. That cut him because they were paying him to be a No. 1 and he didn't perform like one. They cut him because Lamb was taking over as the No. 1 and they preferred to invest in a younger player in Gallup as the No. 2 over him. They may have cut him because of his vaccine stance. If you think they cut him because they couldn't afford him, then you are the one who is going along with that.
Great. More revisionist history. Just like I mentioned earlier.
Sure thing. I’m not going to waste time revisiting this again.
OK. As I told another poster, I'm not in the mood to argue today.
People say this is not true but they do not pay attention. The bill always comes due and has been coming due for a while now. This year we are paying Lael Collins 8 million and Zeke 6 million. These guys are gone. Last year 33 million in dead money featuring manly Jaylon Smith, Lael Collins and Amari Cooper. The year before that is was 27 million in dead money featuring mainly Jaylon Smith and Travis Frederick. Every year we are paying for players that are long gone because of poor management.
And some fans choose to be ignorant of that fact.
Yep, star players have the team over the barrel. Just like the teams have the rest over the barrel.
Personally I do not believe this to be the case. Our 2 best seasons in recent memory involved a major purge of overpriced "stars" that for years we could not live without. We filled the team with youth and low priced free agents eager for a new pay day. Both times the team exploded. I will use the NBA as an example. IMHO if you are a team like Golden State you do what it takes to run it back as the guys are proven and they deserve the chances. If you are a team like the T Wolves you gotta just accept the fact that your "stars" are not stars get what you can for them and move on. Jerry loves his boys and stands by them for far too long. It takes a nuclear level melt down for his to react. no anticipation. No fore sight. Just swatting flies.
And some fans are ignorant of the fact that all teams pay money to players not on the team.
Do you think Dallas is coming to a crossroads of sorts given the contracts of Dak, Lamb, Parsons, and others are due? While of course, they can work deals in a way to afford them all, at what point does it stop in terms of the 'nucleus' of the team simply having to change? I for one sadly do not think JJ allows that to happen primarily due to his age and role as GM.
Denial ain’t just a River in Egypt.
We are stuck with Dak for better or worse. Parsons and Lamb deserve their shot as the highest paid guys. I would be trying very hard to get out from under guys like D Flaw and Tyron Smith and Zack Martin before it is too late. Probably already too late for D Flaw and Tyron. Martin is now a best case break even player and getting older every year.
