Cowboy Brian
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I loved this signing on the surface - early reports cited $5mn, but per Adam Schefter it is $3.5mn. Love it even more.
I will remember every penny of it, my homie. We shall discuss over extremely strong beers and come to blows with strangers who aren't even in our conversation.Waste of money. Remember that money vs the cap when we lose a key player in free agency.
YepOne year deals don’t worry me
It’s the long term deals that you have to fit in when even more guys come up that worry me
Why though? I don't get people who are not loving this move. At 3.5mn it is essentially riskless. We pay Allen Hurns 6mn this season. About 10mn for freaking Tyrone Crawford. Bringing back Swaim wouldn't have cost less than 3.5mn.Still think it's a silly move, even if I love Witten.
I wouldn’t pay Hurns 6 mil myself but your point is correctYep
Heck, we're paying Hurns $6mn this season.
No rational reason people should be upset by this. Lets Jarwin and Schultz learn from Witten for a year, if neither emerges, address TE in the 2020 draft. Immediately an upgrade in blocking and receiving. All around A+++ move at $3.5mn
Why though? I don't get people who are not loving this move. At 3.5mn it is essentially riskless. We pay Allen Hurns 6mn this season. About 10mn for freaking Tyrone Crawford. Bringing back Swaim wouldn't have cost less than 3.5mn.
Lets Jarwin and Schultz learn from Witten for a year, if neither emerges, address TE in the 2020 draft. Immediately an upgrade in blocking and receiving. All around A+++ move at $3.5mn
Time will tell, but my assumption is he doesn't want to go the announcing route, and likely wants to go the coaching route as an alternative. It will be very apparent early on if this is the case, if he is putting hours into mentoring Jarwin and Schultz. If he does, I wouldn't be surprised if he joins as TE coach following the 2019 season.They aren't going to learn from Witten, unless he's changed his approach.
Witten is notorious for taking the Peyton Manning approach, no one else gets a rep and he doesn't coach anyone up at his position because he's top dog and they aren't stealing his job.
If he wanted to teach, he'd have come back as a consultant or coach, not a player.
Plus, I'm still annoyed at him for leaving the team in the lurch the way he did. He certainly wouldn't be coming back if he had killed it in the booth.
My Cowboy brother ...that's an awesome deal.Waste of money. Remember that money vs the cap when we lose a key player in free agency.
Take drink and let it go.They aren't going to learn from Witten, unless he's changed his approach.
Witten is notorious for taking the Peyton Manning approach, no one else gets a rep and he doesn't coach anyone up at his position because he's top dog and they aren't stealing his job.
If he wanted to teach, he'd have come back as a consultant or coach, not a player.
Plus, I'm still annoyed at him for leaving the team in the lurch the way he did. He certainly wouldn't be coming back if he had killed it in the booth.
Waste of money. Remember that money vs the cap when we lose a key player in free agency.
Yep
Heck, we're paying Hurns $6mn this season.
No rational reason people should be upset by this. Lets Jarwin and Schultz learn from Witten for a year, if neither emerges, address TE in the 2020 draft. Immediately an upgrade in blocking and receiving. All around A+++ move at $3.5mn
There are only 21 TEs in the league with an AAV of greater than $3.5M. So that’s basically starter money. He’s supposed to get roughly 25 snaps per game, so roughly 40% of the snaps on offence. How is that a great deal?