Twitter: Up To The Minute Details on Dak's Contract Negotiations

It is very disturbing to witness the effects of using the media to propogandize an issue.

The first thing I noticed was that all the infomation is coming from one side in the negotiating. We are hearing the Cowboy management side of the story, we have heard nothing from Dak's agent. That may not be unusual, but it has been the opposite.Some agents have been known to go to the press and plead their case. Then it becomes a war of words and perceptions.

There are always as many perceptions as there are interested parties and the truth always lie somewhere in the middle. It's my opinion that the more one party talks, the closer you will find the truth pointed towards the other party. The one doing the most talking is the one that feels they need to do the most convincing.

CBS sports claim that this information is up to date. This would imply some flaws in the Jones's narrative.

It has been reported that one of the issues was a 4 year contact versus a 5 year contract and this has been going on for several months but:

• Cowboys have come DOWN from 6-7 year range
• Prescott has come up to 4 years from 3

Let's give them the benefit of the doubt for now and assume this is indeed up tp date.

If Dak was fighting for a three year contract and if the Jones's felt that Dak's future performance might be questionable, then why did they not go with the smaller contract? Surely the impact of Dak's pending demise would not effect the team as much.

The only answer I can come up with is the Jones's and the coaching staff think he will be elite and they want to hang on to him as long as possible.

July 15th can't get here fast enough.

phildadon86 said:

Was he greedy making peanuts the last 4 years?

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His “peanuts” was far better than what any of us make, so WAAAHHHH!

buybuydandavis said:

I thought Dak *should* have held out for playing at 2mil with an imminent 100mil gtd coming, but apparently he insured himself for 50mil again injury to play.

Anyone who wants to call him greedy should go into work and ask for a pay cut.

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When you start telling people to take a pay cut or not get what they are owed.....people will start calling you crazy......

Rockport said:

Well, the contract won’t cripple the Cowboys. That’s just what the haters like you try to push to justify their hate.

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Just to clarify.
You're saying that fans concerned about paying
Dak a $40 million per year average are just haters.
Correct?

Somewhere Jerry and Stephen hopes no one remembers the time they signed a 1-win playoff Tony Romo to a bigger contract than the QB that had just won a SB and had a 9-4 career playoff record at the time. Why pay Dak? Because #youpaidRomo

RoboQB said:

Just to clarify.
You're saying that fans concerned about paying
Dak a $40 million per year average are just haters.
Correct?

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yes.
He’s set to make 31 mil GUARANTEED this year. Already counted against the cap. Still we’re able to give Amari 100 mil. Still signed Poe, McCoy, HaHa and The Leg. All major players are currently locked up AND we lucked into a 5 yr cost controlled stud at a money position in the draft. No. Even 40 mil will not cripple the team.

Jake said:

Too rich for my blood.

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Oh so very generous of Dak to come up from 3 to 4 years now.
But who knows if this is BS or truth.

Proof said:

yes.
He’s set to make 31 mil GUARANTEED this year. Already counted against the cap. Still we’re able to give Amari 100 mil. Still signed Poe, McCoy, HaHa and The Leg. All major players are currently locked up AND we lucked into a 5 yr cost controlled stud at a money position in the draft. No. Even 40 mil will not cripple the team.

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I was hoping to hear specifically from Rockport because he predicted a much more
cost effective contract would be signed. Now, it appears he feels the $40M average is
perfectly fine. Just wanted clarification.

Fizziksman said:

lol at people calling him greedy but the only reason we are in the situation is because the billionaire owners decided to institute a salary cap so they could limit the amount of money they had to give to players.

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well we all know these billionaire putz's are greedy, that is how they accumulate their wealth !

But by wanting what he is wanting, he is taking away from other players, and keeping other players from being acquired.
Dak deserves a payday, but not what he is asking for.

The other thing is jerry and his boy should have got this done back when he was in his 3rd year, get it done then or prepare to draft a new QB
and let dak go.

I think with current situation, they should have tried to get brady, as a stop gap to drafting a new guy.
Signed brady to 2 year deal and they would have a better chance at a SB.
Imagine brady with our OL, elliot, cooper, lamb, gallup, jarwin, and gronk for 3rd down plays.

DandyDon52 said:

well we all know these billionaire putz's are greedy, that is how they accumulate their wealth !

But by wanting what he is wanting, he is taking away from other players, and keeping other players from being acquired.
Dak deserves a payday, but not what he is asking for.

The other thing is jerry and his boy should have got this done back when he was in his 3rd year, get it done then or prepare to draft a new QB
and let dak go.

I think with current situation, they should have tried to get brady, as a stop gap to drafting a new guy.
Signed brady to 2 year deal and they would have a better chance at a SB.
Imagine brady with our OL, elliot, cooper, lamb, gallup, jarwin, and gronk for 3rd down plays.

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Who hasn't gotten paid and/or been able to be signed because of Dak?

12+88=7 said:

But wait, on "whispers from the star" on Friday, JJT said that the two sides hadn't talked since late March early April, and probably wouldn't speak again till July or when the deadline approached.

So any story claiming negotiations and numbers would be false.

I say BS on story.

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The tweet in the OP isn't anything new. It basically just recapped what's happened till now.

50cent said:

Who hasn't gotten paid and/or been able to be signed because of Dak?

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I cant say, but they have to hold back 30 mil or so just so if he plays on the tag or is signed, and that prevents other signings.
Jones and quinn left because cowboys could not afford to keep them , and there are others.
And this is not a 1 year deal, it comes into play each year as long as Dak is here.

For example lets say they told dak to take a walk and dont come back lol.
They roll with dalton and dinucci, that would put 30 million back into the cap, and they could add some more def players,
who I dont know but they could add 1 guy like clowney, or several others. Or they would have some money to roll over into next year.

Bottom line is they would have 30 million to do what ever with.

Sydla said:

He started at 3 years? LOL.

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And Cowboys started at 6-7? LOL?

industry standard is 4

honestly, it’s the Cowboys who are stuck On 5 years and that’s what is holding things up. It appears both sides are good on the money

RoboQB said:

I was hoping to hear specifically from Rockport because he predicted a much more
cost effective contract would be signed. Now, it appears he feels the $40M average is
perfectly fine. Just wanted clarification.

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Where are you getting this 40m per crap? The debunked Simms rumor?

Even that didn’t claim 40m in any of the first four years, only in the bogus/lie 45m fifth year that he incentives out of thin air.

Even his bogus rumor only *averaged* 37.5m

Every one of the contract rumors and demands are coming from Stephen. The Cowboys play dirty in contract negotiations, going back to Emmitt and more recently with Dez, Zeke, Amari, and now Dak

None of those players or their agents, leaked all of the “rumors”. It was Stephen. That’s the Cowboys MO.

Sturm did a piece on this a couple of weeks ago. The Cowboys trash their own players throguh back channels by making up fake negotiating demands to stir up the sheep, but don’t consider the impact on the player.

Now we have fans who will boo their own QB (or RB, or WR) because the Jones’s have manipulated them throguh the media at which point they will shrug as if to say “who me?”

Meanwhile, they try to break the standard 4 year standard practice, and still pay less than Wilson on top of that.

You’re being duped. They are lying to you because you want to be lied to.

DandyDon52 said:

I cant say, but they have to hold back 30 mil or so just so if he plays on the tag or is signed, and that prevents other signings.
Jones and quinn left because cowboys could not afford to keep them , and there are others.
And this is not a 1 year deal, it comes into play each year as long as Dak is here.

For example lets say they told dak to take a walk and dont come back lol.
They roll with dalton and dinucci, that would put 30 million back into the cap, and they could add some more def players,
who I dont know but they could add 1 guy like clowney, or several others. Or they would have some money to roll over into next year.

Bottom line is they would have 30 million to do what ever with.

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I hope you realize that the negotiations with Dalton to be the starting QB would have been very different than the negotiations to be the backup

zero percent chance you get Dalton at 3m as your starter lol

Unless you now reacind Dak and then laugh in Dalton’s face and say “Sucksr! We tricked you into taking low end backup money cut it was our evil plot all along to make you the starter and pay you a ridiculous salary!!!”

Dalton as a starter comes in at 20m

all of that phantom money you think would be available simply isn’t

plasticman said:

The only answer I can come up with is the Jones's and the coaching staff think he will be elite and they want to hang on to him as long as possible.

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That is not the only possible reason. You are not considering the fully guaranteed amount at signing.

I’m sure Dak’s 3 year ask was that all 3 years be fully guaranteed...like Cousins. Assuming $35 mil per season, that is $105 mil all guaranteed the moment he signs his name. That would $35 mil more “fully guaranteed” money than than Wilson got at signing. It would be $39 mil more than Wentz.

That would be a tough pill to swallow for any team.

Frozen700 said:

Smh. I hope he continues to be bull headed. We need him out of here. This guy will destroy the team.

#DontpayDak

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What has the team done in 25 years? Dak is the only solution to a SB win . Other wise Jerry will die as a loser in the 21st century.

Risen Star said:

Quit hating on the haters.

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It's his thing. That's what he's known for.
Other than waving his pom poms and being Super Fan. He doesn't have the ability of critical thinking when it comes to this team or Dak Prescott.

Risen Star said:

Quit hating on the haters.

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I hate it when people hate on the haters!