Would You rather pay Dak $40m or spread it around on defense?

conner01

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Pay Dak the $40-45M he's so selfishly demanding or spread that cash around on the defense???

Imagine the players we could acquire for that kind of coin!!

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Please, Jerry!!! Please just let Dak walk for nothing and roll Dalton, then go out and spend that money on an ELITE defense...

Try to justify it anyway you can, but Dak simply does not embody the heart and attitude of a true Dallas Cowboys' QB1 - it's a privilege, and he doesn't have any business in that roll - to bad, he isn't able to look past his covetous desires as necessary to build up the entire TEAM, so he might actually win a SB..

Anyone who actually believes Dak wants a SB has got to have serious issues - he's obviously only concerned with one thing: his money, and grubbing for every single dirty penny he can steal from the team...

Please, Jerry - eliminate the problem NOW. Show all the players that being a Dallas Cowboy means more than worshiping money; instead, guys like Troy knew exactly what it being the DC QB1 is really all about - WINNING...
First it was 40, now 45
By next week people will be saying Dak wants 50
In reality you have no clue what he wants
The majority of reports seem to be the money is not the issue at all
Just the years
 

fivetwos

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Keep in mind we dont know the true story of what the hangup had been in negotiations.

Its does seem to me though that the time to pay him is NOW, but he also wants to be protected IF the cap goes up in future years.

It probably will, but what if it doesnt?

Another issue is teams greatly rely on restructuring the QBs contract to create cap room over the life of the deal to retain or sign new players, and it would seem his demand for a shorter deal so he can cash in again would make that more difficult for the team.

Over the next four seasons, Prescott is going to have to win, or it's going to be time to move on anyway.

It's a win/win for the team. Just give him the four years and keep drafting well.

As I've said before, there may NOT be an impasse in negotiations. Theres NO good reason for Jerry to write a 50-60m check tomorrow when the team isnt doing anything.
 

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Id rather not see another stupid Dak thread just worded differently but I guess you have to click on it to confirm stubbornness or stupidity. I look at some of the contributors and have my confirmation.
 

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Keep in mind we dont know the true story of what the hangup had been in negotiations.

Its does seem to me though that the time to pay him is NOW, but he also wants to be protected IF the cap goes up in future years.

It probably will, but what if it doesnt?

Another issue is teams greatly rely on restructuring the QBs contract to create cap room over the life of the deal to retain or sign new players, and it would seem his demand for a shorter deal so he can cash in again would make that more difficult for the team.

Over the next four seasons, Prescott is going to have to win, or it's going to be time to move on anyway.

It's a win/win for the team. Just give him the four years and keep drafting well.

As I've said before, there may NOT be an impasse in negotiations. Theres NO good reason for Jerry to write a 50-60m check tomorrow when the team isnt doing anything.

I tend to agree. If within 4 years he is not helping this team and competing in championships then Dallas can walk away. Dak is betting on himself that he will be helping this team get over the hump and in doing so will have a chance to hit FA market after 4 season. If he is wrong he will not see that 3rd contract, he will be seeking backup money. There is some risk on both sides of this
 

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To start Andy Dalton week 1 would not only be a giant setback to the fans and coaching staff, but it would be a kick to the nuts to Mike McCarthy and why he was hired. This cannot happen.
 

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Pay Dak the $40-45M he's so selfishly demanding or spread that cash around on the defense???

Imagine the players we could acquire for that kind of coin!!

dallas-signs-qb-andy-dalton-to-1-year-deal-1000x600.jpg


Please, Jerry!!! Please just let Dak walk for nothing and roll Dalton, then go out and spend that money on an ELITE defense...

Try to justify it anyway you can, but Dak simply does not embody the heart and attitude of a true Dallas Cowboys' QB1 - it's a privilege, and he doesn't have any business in that roll - to bad, he isn't able to look past his covetous desires as necessary to build up the entire TEAM, so he might actually win a SB..

Anyone who actually believes Dak wants a SB has got to have serious issues - he's obviously only concerned with one thing: his money, and grubbing for every single dirty penny he can steal from the team...

Please, Jerry - eliminate the problem NOW. Show all the players that being a Dallas Cowboy means more than worshiping money; instead, guys like Troy knew exactly what it being the DC QB1 is really all about - WINNING...

Would you rather have an avatar that looks looks a girlish-boy or not?
 

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So you don't understand what you're reading then. Explains it.

Yep, I can't read..

But to be sure, do you mean to insinuate that Dak's agent isn't asking for 45, in order to counter-offer down from an inflated initial bargaining position?

I'm pretty sure, most skillful negotiators start out asking for the moon, just to repeatedly counter-offer in "good faith," so as to "meet in the middle," while actually arriving at a figure they always considered ideal from the outset.

The problem with Dak's camp is that he'd poisoning the water hole, if he doesn't perform at levels that aren't even attainable, the entire team and most of the fan base will utterly hate him for decimating our teams competitiveness, for nothing more than his raw greed. I'd bet he'd sell Zeke and Cooper down the river, just to make a couple million more...

*Newsflash* Leading a football team doesn't involve worshiping money, and doing everything necessary to bite, claw, and scrounge his way for a few more dollars. It's pretty pathetic.

I thought the guy had high character, but his selfishness screams failure, and I fear he'll never even return to 2016 levels of play..

If you want to do it right as a Dallas Cowboy, you learn to play the game Jerry's been peddling with current and former Cowboys for decades, which is nothing more than simply playing nicely with the organization while leaving it all on the field. Nobody is going to sit here and claim Jerry hasn't always attempted to pay and overpay his guys. That said, Dak's apparently so self-centered that even Jerry, as deluded and senile as he is, can't even be convinced - that's a pretty impressive feat..

If Dak gets anything close to what he's asking, not only will be forever box himself into a future of unrealistic expectations, constant scorn, and unrelenting criticism, but he'll be subjected to this all while suiting up with an inferior team, just because he's apparently a selfish punk. People that blinded can't be trusted to actually give a crap about the team.

Show me a guy willing to give concessions in a salary negotiation like this, in honor and respect for the Dallas Cowboys, and I'll show you a man setting himself up to be an undying legend, with generational wealth so vast his great grandchildren will be trust fund babies...

Dak just doesn't understand Texas or what it means to be a real Dallas Cowboy, and he makes me sick... I wish he'd go back to that guy who said and did everything you could ask for in 2016, but that seems like a distant memory now...

You can't win with a player like that; I'm sorry to all the Dak supporters, but it's true...
 

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Would you rather have an avatar that looks looks a girlish-boy or not?

My avatar?

Let's see what you've got behind that greasy computer screen - remember the saying RE glass houses..

I'm guessing we're dealing with a guy with a whole lot of character in his face, perhaps just like this:

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Yep whipping on teams like the Skins and Giants 4 times a year is a most difficult task.
And when you consider all his wonderful passing stats when we have lost the game and the smell of Garbage is in the air OMG how does Dak do it?
40 million a year is a bargain for such a rare talent!!!
Now in band camp.....:omg:
I've come to the conclusion... You know absolutely nothing about football. In fact, I would be willing to bet, you've never played a single down of any organized football in your life. Almost 8,000 posts, and 99% of them come across like the teacher from Charlie Brown.

Your narrative about garbage time and easy teams is simply BS. According to you, Dak ran up all of his stats in easy games and garbage time. Well... given the fact the Cowboys only won 8 games, I would say the other 8 were hard games. So... People are supposed to believe, Dak threw for almost 5,000 yards and 30 TDs in 8 games? Damn... Imagine if he had showed up for the other 8. Then this garbage time nonsense. When exactly does "garbage time" start in a game? Every game I've ever watched, the teams played until time was off the clock. Garbage time is usually 2 possessions at the end of the game. At best, it would be the final half of the fourth quarter. During which, the opposing team would get the ball also. So... How many yards and stats can a QB make up in those type of situations? Damn sure not 5,000.

Another of your BS arguments is talent gets paid, that's why Dak hasn't. This narrative is so blatantly stupid, I'm surprised even you try to pedal it. Dak has been offered a contract. Dak chose not to sign it. So... No matter how you try to twist it... The Cowboys want to pay Dak. While I'm on this topic... If talent gets paid, and elite players should carry their team to victory, despite what the rest of the team is doing... Why didn't your boy Zeke shoulder the load, put the team on his back, and win the game by himself? Don't bother answering... Anyone who knows football, already knows the answer, and knows a loss isn't solely Zeke's fault.

I'm not one of those guys who thinks Dak is the best QB in the league. Or... That he is worth 40 million a year. But... I damn sure know he is better than the Walmart greeter you are trying to make him out to be. You know... You would be taken more seriously if you just came out and admitted Dak was a decent QB, but you didn't think he was the guy to carry this team to a SB win. Instead, you persist on making yourself look like some circus clown, with your constant unfounded attacks on Dak, and your BS narrative that he isn't even good enough to play as a back-up QB.

Now... Call me a Dak-zoid, Dak employee, or any of your other elementary school level monikers.
 

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Both the Cowboys and the Daks agent have both denied the rumor of making the FIFTH YEAR of a contract at $45.
Not only was that fake but word is from the Dak camp that any deal with a 5 year plan in it is a NON STARTER.

So can we stop with this silly threads that first originate from some silly rumor and after that seem to take on a life of it's own.
 

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sorry but no Defensive Fa will help without a good QB and if you think Dalton is an acceptable alternative than you are even more delusional .
 

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Fair enough, but the question remains: would you rather spend that money on the defense, or give it all to a guy who doesn't even acknowledge the benefit of being QB1 for the best sports franchise in the world.
I would say defense, but apparently jones boys and many fans here think it is better to give it to dak.
 

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Dak has earned his money I say. Throwing for almost 5k yards, is not easy, especially doing it with one hand tied behind his back from the HC makes it even more worthy.


Hmm so what's this guy worth then?

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Exactly!!!! Next please!!!!
 
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