DuncanIso
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So the alternative it bow to him and overpay him?
That sounds smart.
See Emmitt in 1993.
They paid him.
After we went 0-2
So the alternative it bow to him and overpay him?
That sounds smart.
Florio at his best. He wants Zeke to holdout so bad. Florio has been hinting at this since last year. Zeke should holdout. He is the best player on the team. The optics look bad though because of the trouble he was getting into.I'm a huge fan of Elliott on the field. But, holding out when you have a contract for two more years and you've seemed to have off the field issues pop up every year, I'm not sure what I do. Let him hold out and see if you have something in your 3rd round back? That's a bad plan, probably. I'm just not sure I'm all in right this minute.
Edited to add...no source for this rumor of course.
When his contract is up he will get paidHe’s making 3.8 mil this season.
He’s an elite RB with two rushing titles.
His market value is at least 10-15 mil per year.
When his contract is up he will get paid
Rookie contracts, by definition, underpay players, relative to the market. The NFLPA wanted it because it's run by veterans and allows them to get a bigger piece of the pie. The Owners want it because it gives them cost control over players.He's not underpaid. He's on a rookie contract, so he is paid exactly what he's supposed to be paid.
Don't think so, the leader of the team holding out hasn't happened yet for a good reason.Rookie contracts, by definition, underpay players, relative to the market. The NFLPA wanted it because it's run by veterans and allows them to get a bigger piece of the pie. The Owners want it because it gives them cost control over players.
The only say rookies have is holding out - and Zeke is right to do it, as is Melvin Gordon, to a lesser extent. We're going to start seeing this with quarterbacks sooner than later.
He wouldn't get to the hold out point in NE, he'd already be gone. He wouldn't even consider giving a RB top 5 money and his RB's know it. He drafted Michel in the 1st last season and then followed up with Damien Wilson in the 3rd this season. Keep them young and coming and cheap.At this point, it's just a rumor. But it's worth asking that if Zeke were a Patriot and held out, would Belichick trade him and move on?
Between not knowing when he's going to get himself suspended again or holding out years before his contract is up, this kind of stuff puts the team's success in jeopardy. You don't commit $15M+ per year to a RB who poses that kind of risk, regardless of how good they are.
He told that security guard. I thought he should have given that apology like he really meant it at the time. When he told the guard, he fell down from the shock of it.So if this was said privately why is there a story about it?
I call BS.
Doesn't matter. Players and their agents don't care about that - and they know that teams have pressure to pay their top players. SD can let Gordon walk because he's a replaceable talent. Zeke, in Dallas' offense, isn't. He knows that, his agent knows that, and the Joneses know that. Think Jerry doesn't remember the start of 1993?Any team acquiescing to a player holding out with two years left is establishing a precedent that will bite them in the butt with other players.