Rules continue to change so why would you go look at how teams won under different rules, or without a cap?What a small sample size, why don't you look at them all. What stats do the last ten winners provide?
I think you are trying to say that one player doesn't make a difference. Yes they do. We saw that with Amari Cooper. Anytime you have a star player missing especially a top 5 at their position type of player it's going to hurt when they are gone and you will reap the rewards when they are there. Trying to make a point that you don't have to have the leagues leading rusher to win the superbowl is mute because we area running team. That's how WE are built. If we get to the superbowl it will be because we ran the ball very well coupled with our defense who has gotten better than it has not just in the last 3 years the last 10 years. Zeke has don't some air headed things but one thing is for sure he is a great player and his teammates love him.he has to come in at game 11
if the team sucks without him, it is not winning the superbowl with him.
the last 3 years have told us that, and finally jerry may have learned
Rules continue to change so why would you go look at how teams won under different rules, or without a cap?
It’s a passing league now and even when it wasn’t emmitt was the first player to be the leading rusher and win a super bowl.
Running is important but having a balanced attack is the most important. Don’t have to have the best rusher in the league to generate a balanced attack.
Zeke used to be in the top 1-2 of his position, until he pulled this stunt. Now he has yet another black mark on his resume.
It's not bad behavior. He is listening to his agents to do what he hires them to do. I feel both sides are right. Zeke wants security and the new CBA says contracts can be renegotiated in the 3rd year of a rookie deal now. He should have led the league for all three years but he has led two out of three. He has done some air headed stuff but he is no doubt a great player and our best player. A star like him makes a huge difference just as Amari Coopers arrival led us to an 7-1 finish to the season. Or 8-1 ,something like that. So to say if we suck without him we are going to suck with him isnt true . We need zeke and his agents know that. The only way we don't miss zeke is Dak has to become Russell wilson or Pollard is waaaaay better than expected.It’s a mistake to reward bad behavior.
Rules continue to change so why would you go look at how teams won under different rules, or without a cap?
It’s a passing league now and even when it wasn’t emmitt was the first player to be the leading rusher and win a super bowl.
Running is important but having a balanced attack is the most important. Don’t have to have the best rusher in the league to generate a balanced attack.
I think you are trying to say that one player doesn't make a difference. Yes they do. We saw that with Amari Cooper. Anytime you have a star player missing especially a top 5 at their position type of player it's going to hurt when they are gone and you will reap the rewards when they are there. Trying to make a point that you don't have to have the leagues leading rusher to win the superbowl is mute because we area running team. That's how WE are built. If we get to the superbowl it will be because we ran the ball very well coupled with our defense who has gotten better than it has not just in the last 3 years the last 10 years. Zeke has don't some air headed things but one thing is for sure he is a great player and his teammates love him.
It's not bad behavior. He is listening to his agents to do what he hires them to do. I feel both sides are right. Zeke wants security and the new CBA says contracts can be renegotiated in the 3rd year of a rookie deal now. He should have led the league for all three years but he has led two out of three. He has done some air headed stuff but he is no doubt a great player and our best player. A star like him makes a huge difference just as Amari Coopers arrival led us to an 7-1 finish to the season. Or 8-1 ,something like that. So to say if we suck without him we are going to suck with him isnt true . We need zeke and his agents know that. The only way we don't miss zeke is Dak has to become Russell wilson or Pollard is waaaaay better than expected.
Yes. That's why it surprises me when people say Zeke has no leverage. His leverage is as clear as day. Your above post spells it all out. Dallas is a SB contender with him, not without. Among other things.
The goal posts keep moving in these discussions. I did not mention having a leading rusher at all. A RB is just as important as any other position on the field, if you want to win.
it is behavior that if allowed to proliferate throughout the team, would destroy future negotiations with other stars.
you are allowing a cancer to grow.
kill the cancer by punishing elliott like they should.
force him to play under the rookie contract.
if he gets injured, too bad.
Security? The contract being offered gives him that. Might want to pick a different argument.It's not bad behavior. He is listening to his agents to do what he hires them to do. I feel both sides are right. Zeke wants security and the new CBA says contracts can be renegotiated in the 3rd year of a rookie deal now. He should have led the league for all three years but he has led two out of three. He has done some air headed stuff but he is no doubt a great player and our best player. A star like him makes a huge difference just as Amari Coopers arrival led us to an 7-1 finish to the season. Or 8-1 ,something like that. So to say if we suck without him we are going to suck with him isnt true . We need zeke and his agents know that. The only way we don't miss zeke is Dak has to become Russell wilson or Pollard is waaaaay better than expected.
Elliott is not the first one to do it, why is this so problematic?
OK find, but what's the excuse for Dak, Coop, and Jones NOT being signed either and they're in camp. Like I said before, yea, there's a better way Zeke could have handled this but Jerry and Stephen's hands are just as dirty IMO.
except with the new rules, a top rb at 15m is not needed when a 2nd tier one at 5-7m will do.
fine, he loses almost 2/3 of his salary.
draft another rb to pair with pollard.
zeke would be useful for the playoffs, like jerry said
That is why Bell wanted his money. The game has changed and RB's are doing more than just running the ball. If you want them to run, block, and catch like receivers, compensate them as such.
it is behavior that if allowed to proliferate throughout the team, would destroy future negotiations with other stars.
you are allowing a cancer to grow.
kill the cancer by punishing elliott like they should.
force him to play under the rookie contract.
if he gets injured, too bad.
Actually, I don't think he would be useful at all coming in at the end to "save the day." He led the NFL in fumbles last year among RBs. Can you imagine a rusty Zeke coming in at the end and the Cowboys BENCHING the guy who actually got us there??? Awful player relations and stopid football decision too....just horrid.
Zeke can get gone permanently if he doesn't like what Jerry offered.