Cowboys sign Darren McFadden - 2yr deal worth up to $5.85m (200k bonus)

[gmoney112]

So, if he ends up sucking in training camp and doesn't make the team, we give up 200k?

If so, why do people have a problem with that?

 

[Fredd]

not minding this at all....I still think the OLine is going to create opportunities for backs looking to bounce back...he hasn't been dynamic, but he didn't have this line blocking for him either

...now, go draft a RB in the 2nd or 3rd...like one of the johnsons or yeldon

 

[Broges74]

I think Gurley is the target. DMC is the backup plan like Jerry does with the QB position . Good backuPs.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Truer words half never been spoken or written about Murray/McFadden and what the heck we are doing for 2015.
The anxiom should be this: Never give up a 1,8000-yard back for a 600-yard back.
Also, don't expect quality from the Raiders.
We are truly settling for mediocrity (if dat) in our running game -- and that aint good for our passing game. And it certainly aint good for a ground-control game that lactates the clock and keeps the good offenses out there off the field.
OK, yes, we needed cap space and we could not give Murray the moon. But hail, jerra, we needed someonly slightly better than McFadden, a rundown Raider reject.

I am depressed and am thinking of going over to jack's pool room and video game center where they serve sandwiches from a machine. And that aint good.

I am disappointed that Darren McFadden was their backup plan.

Murrays contract is going to hurt the Eagles in the long run. Declining to match that , i think, was the right decision. But, their backup plan was McFadden? They have had awhile to game plan this out and do their due diligence.

And this is all they came up with? really? McFadden, and an unproven rookie from the draft?

No. I am not thrilled. How it effects us this year , well we will have to wait for that. But, all I read and I hear is, "behind this OLINE so and so could do this or that". And, I think we are giving the OLINE much to much credit. Yes, they are good. But not just anyone can run the football effectively.

And we are not NE. They have a more dynamic defense and team.....

 

[Arkyvarminter]

Must. Support. Everything. The. Team. Does.

Fan. Card. At. Stake.

A person really should..Nothing worse than a bunch of arm chair QB's boo hooing because a player doesn't meet their ignorant, useless, standards..When he breaks a run they'll be on here saying he's the best thing since sliced Bread...lol

 

[Arkyvarminter]

Before the season last year Murray was an injured, slow, fumbling, terrible visioned project..Now he can't be replaced...good Lord..

 

[viman96]

So, if he ends up sucking in training camp and doesn't make the team, we give up 200k?

If so, why do people have a problem with that?

As a vested Vet his salary for the 2015 season would be guaranteed if he is on the opening day roster.

 

[wileedog]

As a vested Vet his salary for the 2015 season would be guaranteed if he is on the opening day roster.

Which is still, according to Mickey, slightly above the vet minimum. most of his contract numbers are tied into incentives. And if he is on the opening day roster it means he beat out other options in camp.

 

[Risen Star]

A person really should..Nothing worse than a bunch of arm chair QB's boo hooing because a player doesn't meet their ignorant, useless, standards..When he breaks a run they'll be on here saying he's the best thing since sliced Bread...lol

No thank you. I'm not into mindless devotion.

 

[Alexander]

So, if he ends up sucking in training camp and doesn't make the team, we give up 200k?

If so, why do people have a problem with that?

So let me get this straight.

You are just admitting since it is a possibility he is a waste of time and since there is no risk, why care?

That is about as close to having zero opinion as possible. Just shrug your shoulders, means about as much.

 

[btcutter]

So, if he ends up sucking in training camp and doesn't make the team, we give up 200k?

If so, why do people have a problem with that?

because people don't READ before they comment.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Which is still, according to Mickey, slightly above the vet minimum. most of his contract numbers are tied into incentives. And if he is on the opening day roster it means he beat out other options in camp.

which means, the best we could do is Darren Mcfadden.

It is the NFL, odder things have happened. Super Bowl!

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

That is about as close to having zero opinion as possible. Just shrug your shoulders, means about as much.

Which is about as much reaction as this move deserves. If anything it should make people marginally happier, like say winning a free raffle ticket. Not likely to change anything drastically, but nothing but upside so, yeah, why not? It certainly doesn't deserve 45 pages of reaction.

 

[speedkilz88]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowb...ion?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed


IRVING, Texas -- If Darren McFadden does something that has never been done in Dallas Cowboys' history he will make $5.85 million over the next two seasons.

If he fails to rush for 1,000 yards in either season, the base value of the contract is $3 million.

McFadden received a $200,000 signing bonus and will receive a $900,000 base salary in 2015 for a $1.15 million cap figure. He earns $9,375 for every game he is on the 46-man roster. In 2016, he will earn a base salary of $1.25 million and he has per-game roster bonuses that can earn him an extra $500,000. If he does not play in eight games in 2015, then the max he could earn on those per-game bonuses in 2016 is $250,000.

If he runs for 1,600 yards in back-to-back years, he will earn an extra $2.85 million. The closest that has happened in team history has been in 1991 and 1992 when Emmitt Smithran for 1,563 yards and 1,713 yards.

If McFadden rushes for 1,000, 1,200, 1,350 or 1,600 yards in either year he can earn up to $2.1 million. He would earn an extra $750,000 with consecutive 1,600 yard seasons. Back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons would net him an extra $250,000 and back to back 1,400-yard seasons would net him an extra $500,000.

If McFadden, who has one 1,000-yard season in his career, can do what Smith or Tony Dorsett do, then the Cowboys would gladly pay him $5.85 million and they would have a terrific bargain on their hands as well.

 

[viman96]

Contract details

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4741138/base-value-of-mcfadden-deal-is-3-million

If he fails to rush for 1,000 yards in either season, the base value of the contract is $3 million.

McFadden received a $200,000 signing bonus and will receive a $900,000 base salary in 2015 for a $1.15 million cap figure. He earns $9,375 for every game he is on the 46-man roster. In 2016, he will earn a base salary of $1.25 million and he has per-game roster bonuses that can earn him an extra $500,000. If he does not play in eight games in 2015, then the max he could earn on those per-game bonuses in 2016 is $250,000.

If he runs for 1,600 yards in back-to-back years, he will earn an extra $2.85 million. The closest that has happened in team history has been in 1991 and 1992 when Emmitt Smith ran for 1,563 yards and 1,713 yards.

If McFadden rushes for 1,000, 1,200, 1,350 or 1,600 yards in either year he can earn up to $2.1 million. He would earn an extra $750,000 with consecutive 1,600 yard seasons. Back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons would net him an extra $250,000 and back to back 1,400-yard seasons would net him an extra $500,000.

 

[Stash]

Also being overpaid right now.

As opposed to our two year $6 million guy ...

 

[DallasDomination]

I like the contract. How old is McFadden anyways?

 

[Stash]

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas-cowb...ion?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed


IRVING, Texas -- If Darren McFadden does something that has never been done in Dallas Cowboys' history he will make $5.85 million over the next two seasons.

If he fails to rush for 1,000 yards in either season, the base value of the contract is $3 million.

McFadden received a $200,000 signing bonus and will receive a $900,000 base salary in 2015 for a $1.15 million cap figure. He earns $9,375 for every game he is on the 46-man roster. In 2016, he will earn a base salary of $1.25 million and he has per-game roster bonuses that can earn him an extra $500,000. If he does not play in eight games in 2015, then the max he could earn on those per-game bonuses in 2016 is $250,000.

If he runs for 1,600 yards in back-to-back years, he will earn an extra $2.85 million. The closest that has happened in team history has been in 1991 and 1992 when Emmitt Smithran for 1,563 yards and 1,713 yards.

If McFadden rushes for 1,000, 1,200, 1,350 or 1,600 yards in either year he can earn up to $2.1 million. He would earn an extra $750,000 with consecutive 1,600 yard seasons. Back-to-back 1,200-yard seasons would net him an extra $250,000 and back to back 1,400-yard seasons would net him an extra $500,000.

If McFadden, who has one 1,000-yard season in his career, can do what Smith or Tony Dorsett do, then the Cowboys would gladly pay him $5.85 million and they would have a terrific bargain on their hands as well.

I feel much better about the finances now. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[gmoney112]

So let me get this straight.

You are just admitting since it is a possibility he is a waste of time and since there is no risk, why care?

Actually, I never said you shouldn't "care", I asked why anyone anyone have a "problem" with it. There's a big difference.

And there's also a possibility he isn't a waste of time. So, where exactly is the negative here?

hat is about as close to having zero opinion as possible. Just shrug your shoulders, means about as much.

Again, it's not about having 0 opinion, it's about having a negative one in this instance. There's 0 downside.

 

[Stash]

This is going to be a fun offseason.

A bunch of people defending McFadden where just two days ago some wretch even suggested the possibility and there was a full scale board beatdown.

Wait, it was endorsed by the front office now you say? Oh, well that changes everything.

That's par for the course around here.

Some think it's part of the job description as a fan.