Stash
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SMH, everyone wants a war daddy but no one wants to pay for one.
I know right? How soon we go from saying "wish we had one" just two years ago to "I'm not pay that!"
SMH, everyone wants a war daddy but no one wants to pay for one.
He didnt show up till his contract year, and this year, he did ok, but what did he do in the 2 playoff games?Thats the main reason for me too.
This guy has serious back issues.
And a torn labrum is nothing to laugh about. This is not a surgery-and-forget thing. But then i dont think he had a torn labrum. With that he couldnt lift his arm at all. To me it was just an excuse for him and his (again) dropped play after half of the season. But then, thats something else to talk about.
Dallas needs to pay the man his market value for three reasons:
1. D Law balled out while injured this year and was a good soldier while playing under the tag. He is a top 3 DE right now in the NFL— pay him what he deserves
2. The philosophy the FO has established and communicated is that they want to build through the draft, develop their players, and sign their guys longterm that produce. If they let D Law walk— they lose credibility with players and the result could easily be a loss of trust that the FO will give their productive core players long term security in a very violent sport.
3. They lose further credibility with the fan base. You can’t tell us you will stay out of FA bc you want the cap to sign your best players— and then you let a guy like D Law walk. Fans will question their commitment to winning (more than they already do) and moves like this cement the narrative that the Jones family are only in this for money.
Bottom line: sign D Law for what he is worth. Honor your players when they produce and they will run through a brick wall for you.
Here's the issue.
If you look at defensive ends............ $70MM guaranteed would blow any DE guaranteed money out of the water with the three highest paid DEs being Watt, Jones and Vernon............ Vernon has essentially $52MM in guarantees.
Now if you look at OLBs like Mack and Miller, their guaranteed monies can get as high as $90MM and $70MM, respectively.
He wants to be paid like an OLB when his market value is probably less than that compared to DEs.
PS - By "essentially" guaranteed I mean the total potential guarantees. Miller has $70MM in potential guarantees but he was only guaranteed $42MM at signing. The other $28MM is in the form of guarantees if he's on the roster at certain points, etc. Aaron Donald was only guaranteed $50MM at signing, with potential guarantees close to $82MM.
If Lawrence wants $70MM guaranteed at signing, he ain't getting it. From anyone.
Fact is, the free agent market is generally *bad value*. That's why you build through the draft.The zone never want to pay market rate for players....then complains that the front office cheaps out.
Outside free agents are bad value. Signing your own dramatically increases hit rate.Fact is, the free agent market is generally *bad value*. That's why you build through the draft.
You sign your own guys to extensions when they are good value and low risk. We've got plenty of healthy high performing players to give extensions to.
Last 26 games - 14.5 sacks. Not elite. Faded in the back half of the last two seasons. With significant injury history.
No.
played through a shoulder injury the majority of the year
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Fact is, the free agent market is generally *bad value*. That's why you build through the draft.
You sign your own guys to extensions when they are good value and low risk. We've got plenty of healthy high performing players to give extensions to.
Last 26 games - 14.5 sacks. Not elite. Faded in the back half of the last two seasons. With significant injury history.
No.
Some like cap space more than playersI know right? How soon we go from saying "wish we had one" just two years ago to "I'm not pay that!"
Some like cap space more than players
love dlaw...but to destroy our cap and ability to sign our other players is a nonstarter for me. If he wants more than 65 mil, PASS.Some like cap space more than players