Tank/Cowboys past negotiations?

mattjames2010

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Jones is better than D Law, vernon bout to be a cap casualty and they overpaid, and houston had a 22.5 sack season when he got extended. This year houston had 9 sacks in 12 games with 5 forced fumbles with a garbage secondary behind him. I never said JJ Watt tho. Mack has countless videos of him killing double teams. So does aaron donald. Those are 20 million dollar d lineman. Y pay a guy 20 mil if he needs talent around him to get to the QB?

Show me these "countless videos" of Mack. Even with Mack having a ton of help beside him, he had a whole 2 other sacks than Lawrence in 14 games - so, even if he played the other 2 games, he would have around 13-14 sacks.

And Chandler Jones is about on the level of Lawrence - they are JJ Watt's, but they are very good/great pass rushers and that is valuable. If you want to drive down the price of Lawrence, it will have to be with injury history and concerns going further and that is a legitimate gripe. However, you aren't getting a DE who has ranked within the top 5-10 defensive pass rushers in the league on the cheap otherwise, it just isn't going to happen. No matter how much you stomp, kick, and cry - pass rushers are too valuable in this league.
 

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sign him early
i dont want threats
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we have multiple players to sign
 

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Show me these "countless videos" of Mack. Even with Mack having a ton of help beside him, he had a whole 2 other sacks than Lawrence in 14 games - so, even if he played the other 2 games, he would have around 13-14 sacks.

And Chandler Jones is about on the level of Lawrence - they are JJ Watt's, but they are very good/great pass rushers and that is valuable. If you want to drive down the price of Lawrence, it will have to be with injury history and concerns going further and that is a legitimate gripe. However, you aren't getting a DE who has ranked within the top 5-10 defensive pass rushers in the league on the cheap otherwise, it just isn't going to happen. No matter how much you stomp, kick, and cry - pass rushers are too valuable in this league.
We have to sign him because we can't go into a season with taco, gregory, armstrong, and crawford as our defensive ends. No matter what you say about D Law he isn't a 20mil d lineman.
 

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It really doesn't matter what we "could have" signed him for last year. He could hold out any time he felt like he was screwed. That seems to be the trend now days. . .
He could have held out last year, but as I recall he never so much as hinted at it. We have to remember that just because some high profile players have gotten a lot of attention for holding out, that doesn’t make it the norm
 

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I don't believe we did either.

As far as the "prove it" philosophy, we really had no choice. We were not in cap shape to sign him long term without doing something stupid.
That is simply not true. The team had ample room to sign him to a long term deal if it chose. His 17M cap number was already accounted for and a long term deal would have only lowered it.
 

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We have to sign him because we can't go into a season with taco, gregory, armstrong, and crawford as our defensive ends. No matter what you say about D Law he isn't a 20mil d lineman.

He is what the market says he is....

And as of right now, with the way the market is trending, he could easily get 20 mil and justify it with his play. Again, the only thing that will drive down his price is his injury history.
 

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He's not a 20mil DE tho. He vanishes in too many games. I mean granted there is no other pass rushing talent on the d line so he's not getting much help. but 20 mil guys should always have their presence felt even if they are double or triple teamed.

Name all the guys that get tripled teamed and still get sacks. I'm not saying it has never happened but not often enough to for that statement to mean anything. Lawrence vanishes because he is double and triple teamed and the other linemen then aren't beating their one on one match ups. Also of all the linemen Lawrence had the most tackles which goes with just not being a good pass rusher but also good against the run.
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That is simply not true. The team had ample room to sign him to a long term deal if it chose. His 17M cap number was already accounted for and a long term deal would have only lowered it.

My you have a short memory. Last off season the Cowboys had to renegotiate 2 contracts to cover their new contracts. So don't go on with your "they had ample room" BS. Players and their agents are smarter and don't fall for lets back load with big salaries on long term contracts because the players often never see those big salaries so they want big money up front so again your claim they had ample room is pretty shallow.
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My you have a short memory. Last off season the Cowboys had to renegotiate 2 contracts to cover their new contracts. So don't go on with your "they had ample room" BS. Players and their agents are smarter and don't fall for lets back load with big salaries on long term contracts because the players often never see those big salaries so they want big money up front so again your claim they had ample room is pretty shallow.
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Nope. You’re completely wrong as well.

Tank’s cap hit for 2018 was 17M. A long term deal would have included a lesser hit in 2018. Ergo, the team had more than enough cap room to cover a long term deal.

Also the team rolled over 11.7M in unused cap space this year.

So before you chide people for short memories, do the forum a favor and get your facts straight.
 

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My you have a short memory. Last off season the Cowboys had to renegotiate 2 contracts to cover their new contracts. So don't go on with your "they had ample room" BS. Players and their agents are smarter and don't fall for lets back load with big salaries on long term contracts because the players often never see those big salaries so they want big money up front so again your claim they had ample room is pretty shallow.
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The 2 d lineman that are getting paid 20 million a year beat doubles consistently and triple teams from time to time
 

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Maliek Collins is "pretty good"? Talk about an agenda...

https://www.profootballfocus.com/nfl/players/maliek-collins/10701

You don't know what you're talking about, clearly. D-Law will be getting a large contract, and Vernon is also nothing "special" and is getting paid good money. JJ Watt is the only special player with that contract. Welcome to the passing league, pal. Pass rushers get paid the big bucks.

"only 8 good games and disappeared" - Back it up, boy. What are you basing this on? Sack stat? Boring counter. Do better.

Next.

I already wrote about the rams game where he disapeared. If you dont believe me watch it again.

In 2017 he had 8 good games and then disappeared. This isnt only my opinion but was a major concern coming into 2018. People were watching him if he again would have a great start to the season but then would drop off. Well he did again. Injuries or not. This is a concern.

Like it or not sacks are a major measurement when you judge 4-3 DEs. And he does not deliver on a constant basis or when competition gets stiffer. As i said he is great in playing the run and has great hussle. But that isnt enough for the contract he wants.

Maliek collins played hurt the whole season. That should not be an excuse. Still i think he is a good player. But the point was you put it like DLaw plays with nobody beside him with at least some talent. And that in fact is not true. I gave you 2 examples. Of course we could have all pros at the DT position. And he would profit from their talent. But then the way he wants to get payed is that he should be the all pro that makes people around him better. I dont see that in him.

DLaw is a good LDE. Nothing really special. If he hadnt all the injury concerns id love to keep him if the price is ok. But with the problems he has i would never give him a longterm contract.

Did i miss something? Ah yes: I am not your boy. If you want to discuss something with me show some education.
 

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I already wrote about the rams game where he disapeared. If you dont believe me watch it again.

In 2017 he had 8 good games and then disappeared. This isnt only my opinion but was a major concern coming into 2018. People were watching him if he again would have a great start to the season but then would drop off. Well he did again. Injuries or not. This is a concern.

Like it or not sacks are a major measurement when you judge 4-3 DEs. And he does not deliver on a constant basis or when competition gets stiffer. As i said he is great in playing the run and has great hussle. But that isnt enough for the contract he wants.

Maliek collins played hurt the whole season. That should not be an excuse. Still i think he is a good player. But the point was you put it like DLaw plays with nobody beside him with at least some talent. And that in fact is not true. I gave you 2 examples. Of course we could have all pros at the DT position. And he would profit from their talent. But then the way he wants to get payed is that he should be the all pro that makes people around him better. I dont see that in him.

DLaw is a good LDE. Nothing really special. If he hadnt all the injury concerns id love to keep him if the price is ok. But with the problems he has i would never give him a longterm contract.

Did i miss something? Ah yes: I am not your boy. If you want to discuss something with me show some education.

Collins has never been a "pretty good" tackle. Never. Again, if he has been, show me the data where he has ever been good. I also asked you to back up that D-Law "disappeared" - I don't want rambling, I want in-depth statistics, I want video evidence. Provide it, boy.
 

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Collins has never been a "pretty good" tackle. Never. Again, if he has been, show me the data where he has ever been good. I also asked you to back up that D-Law "disappeared" - I don't want rambling, I want in-depth statistics, I want video evidence. Provide it, boy.

Seems like you like boys ?!
 

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FT him again.

A fair number would probably be $17m, $18m, $19m, $20m and $21M on a 5 year deal with three years of it guaranteed. No SB. There is no proration when you walk away after year 3 if you choose to do so.

Teams need to start getting away from SBs.
 
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