Is Dak Disrespecting the Cowboys?

14 Dak threads on the front page of this board...

Dak's made $36,312,172 over 5 years. That's $7,262,434.40 a year. As the starting QB of the Dallas Cowboys, with 106 passing tds, 40 ints and 24 rushing tds.
I cannot fathom why anyone would think he's the one being disrespectful in these negotiations.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dak-prescott-19089/cash-earnings/

*sighs* yet another Dak thread. I really was hoping not to have to repeat a joke. I don't know what else to debate my points about Dak. I want him to stay. I don't think he's disrespecting the Cowboys. I just want them to get the deal signed so we can move on to more fun things like the draft. If they don't want Dak, that's fine too. I'd just like an answer sooner or later so we can end this debate. It has become boring than a long car ride and older than Wakko's sandwiches.

*sits at a piano and starts playing*

Posters have run out of ideas for fresh new threads,
So Cowboyszone did the only thing it knows
Can we afford Dak Prescott
Is Dak staying with the Cowboys
Is Dak the worst QB is what they're craving
(I know that's a thread worth saving *rolls eyes*)
I vote for Dak's a great QB for the next thread

*puts on a Dak jersey and tosses a football*

Reboot them, renew them
Reshoot them, redo them
And reuse them, retool them
Abuse them, just do them
If you wanna make some easy likes, just recycle and rehash the Dak posts

Repeat them, rеinstate them
Reheat the posts, rеcreate the old ideas
There's no need to feel frustrated with new threads
Simply just regurgitate them

For a guaranteed likes smash
Dig up the Dak threads out of the trash
Come on
Just reboot them

Dak should stay, and Dak should go
Is Jerry set on keeping Dak?
Dak's ankle, Twin Dak threads and trade Dak
Go catch Dak in San Diego

Just relax and take the flak
If people want them, bring them back
Dak needs to stay, Dak needs to go, and you don't know football if you think otherwise
Just reboot it, 'cause it sells

Take something debatable, then drag it on for days
Shamelessly make it aggressive
Even if the old fans hate it

Get the Dak threads cleared

You've done sequels, tried for prequels of debates
Think of all the threads that equals
Utilizing these techniques will make your threads revered
Threads revered

Reboot them, renew them
Reshoot them, redo them
And reuse them, retool them
Abuse them, just do them
If you wanna make some easy likes, just recycle and rehash the Dak posts

Repeat them, rеinstate them
Reheat the posts, rеcreate the old ideas
There's no need to feel frustrated with new threads
Simply just regurgitate them

For a guaranteed likes smash
Dig up the Dak threads out of the trash
Come on
Just reboot them

(For those that don't know, this is a parody of a song from the new Animaniacs reboot)

Hi, I'm Furboy, and all jokes aside, these Dak debates are a symptom of what's probably going to be a long offseason brought on by yet another year of futility with Jerry Jones running the show. This leads to fans needing to debate things on end and jokes having to be recycled. So if Jerry would be so kind as to build a defence and make a decision finally on Dak, that would be cool.

I think some of us take these negotiations way too seriously!

Nobody's the bad guy and nobody's the good guy!
Just business, as usual . . .

C'mon, man, get real.

no.
gives everything he's got on the field.
he does everything the right way off the field.
not sure we could ask or demand anything else from the man.
he handles business.
too my knowledge....he didnt even hold out of camp before his deal was up.
not holding out now.
he wants the best deal he can get.
thats what he should do.
on the flip side...Dallas is doing exactly what they should do....get the best deal...long term...or short term...they can.
no bad guys on either side.
turn the tube off.

Doomsday101 said:

Sorry not everyone agree with you. Dak contact within 3 years will not even be top 5 money, the cap will continue to grow., Evidently you see only 1 year in front of you. If you told me the cap will never budge then I would be more willing to agree but these contract are not some 1 year thing, and guys who looked to be making league high 3 years ago is not even top 5 money and considered a pretty damn good deal. So claiming if we do this deal that our window is 1 year? BS

Click to expand...

So in 3 years the contract won't look so bad?

So you agree with me that we may open a 1 or 2 year window in about 3 years if we're lucky...?

ondaedg said:

Why so many assumptions? No one knows what Dak and the Cowboys have discussed or what either is thinking. And why is it ok for other QBs to get paid and not Dak despite him performing at a ridiculously high level? I don’t want to see him just get paid for the heck of it. I just want the forces of supply and demand to kick in and he get fair market value whatever that may be.

Click to expand...

Fact is for every player they know they will get 1 maybe 2 shots at FA if they are lucky, they are not looking to give so called hometown discounts they are striking while the iron is hot because after this FA odds of seeing another big pay day for all of these guys are slim.

CATCH17 said:

So in 3 years the contract won't look so bad?

So you agree with me that we may open a 1 or 2 year window in about 3 years if we're lucky...?

Click to expand...

No chances are the 1st year of the deal will be cap friendly with much of the money pushed towards to tail end, as the cap grows and as we restructure contracts they will be able to free up money. So no I don't buy into this false window BS

cowboyec said:

no.
gives everything he's got on the field.
he does everything the right way off the field.
not sure we could ask or demand anything else from the man.
he handles business.
too my knowledge....he didnt even hold out of camp before his deal was up.
not holding out now.
he wants the best deal he can get.
thats what he should do.
on the flip side...Dallas is doing exactly what they should do....get the best deal...long term...or short term...they can.
no bad guys on either side.
turn the tube off.

Click to expand...

You know, when I was younger, first getting started in the IT industry, I worked for a company based out of Albuquerque NM. I landed a pretty big services deal and was supposed to get paid 20% on it. That would have worked out to about 1.4 mil. Now, the Company I was working for would have never paid me on that and I knew it. So, I asked to be paid what my normal compensation would have been on a deal of this size, which would have paid me around 245K. Why was I willing to do that? Because I was young, divorced, working three jobs and trying to move out of a two bedroom apartment so that my Son could have a yard and a decent place to live. That Company rejected my offer and offered me 30K to settle up. I turned in my resignation and caught a plane to Sunnyvale Ca., where I got another job and from there, I worked my way up until I made a lot more then I ever imagined I would in my life.

That company owed me that money and I certainly earned it. But I understood the business and so I made the best of it and I moved on. Sometimes it's not about how good or bad you are, sometimes it's not about what a person deservers or doesn't deserve. Sometimes it's just business and you have to understand that. Sometimes you just have to make the best of it.

PJTHEDOORS said:

Romo got paid elite $$$ while not achieving top tier success on field..

Click to expand...

Yep, so why keep doing the same thing?

Jkyle said:

All of the pundits and former players on the NFL shows say that the Cowboys are disrespecting Dak by not caving into his demands. Well, it can just as easy to say that Dak is disrespecting the Cowboys by holding out for a contract that will put him in the top tear of QB's pay wise while not achieving Top Tear success on the field. Along with not seeming to care that meeting his demands will hinder the teams ability to field a team necessary to help them achieve post season success.

Click to expand...

well, he is producing top tear, offensively which is his responsibility...team wins and losses are on offense, defense, special teams, coaches....but seemingly you are trying to put the entire win losses on Dak and only Dak, and holding nobody else responsible or accountable...why?

Doomsday101 said:

No chances are the 1st year of the deal will be cap friendly with much of the money pushed towards to tail end, as the cap grows and as we restructure contracts they will be able to free up money. So no I don't buy into this false window BS

Click to expand...

This is the problem. QBs who are on 4 year deals aren't extending contracts. They are looking to hit FA and do another record deal. The old way of doing business is not longer how it's done. Teams are going to agents and asking them to extend and they are telling ownership to pound sand. That's the problem IMO.

ABQCOWBOY said:

This is the problem. QBs who are on 4 year deals aren't extending contracts. They are looking to hit FA and do another record deal. The old way of doing business is not longer how it's done. Teams are going to agents and asking them to extend and they are telling ownership to pound sand. That's the problem IMO.

Click to expand...

Roethlisberger is about to do it with Pitts.

Seahawks are looking to do the same with Russell Wilson to free up cap space.

They are both negotiating and, so far, it appears to be in good faith. They just can't seem to come to an agreement. It hasn't gotten ugly and Dak hasn't gone to Cabo to hold out. Right now the fans are the only ones having a hard time dealing with the business aspect of the league in terms of contract negotiation.

Jkyle said:

All of the pundits and former players on the NFL shows say that the Cowboys are disrespecting Dak by not caving into his demands. Well, it can just as easy to say that Dak is disrespecting the Cowboys by holding out for a contract that will put him in the top tear of QB's pay wise while not achieving Top Tear success on the field. Along with not seeming to care that meeting his demands will hinder the teams ability to field a team necessary to help them achieve post season success.

Click to expand...

First off it's not all the pundits and really what side are former players going to take, the players side or managements side. Those former player remember what it was like getting paid. Next, contract negotiations is the business side of the NFL and the players know that teams aren't just going to take whatever demands they throw out. Players start out high, teams start out low and they negotiate to somewhere in between. Unfortunately with Prescott his agent France really didn't negotiate and just kept repeating the same demands. Prescott finally realized that and back on July 15th in the final hour or so Prescott was doing his own negotiating but they couldn't get the length and guaranteed amount done in time.

I seriously don't think Prescott thinks the Cowboys disrespected him and I seriously doubt that the Cowboys think Prescott disrespected them. They all know it's just part of the business side.
.
.

Why anyone would side with management/ownership when it comes to matters of compensation is beyond me.

gjkoeppen said:

First off it's not all the pundits and really what side are former players going to take, the players side or managements side. Those former player remember what it was like getting paid. Next, contract negotiations is the business side of the NFL and the players know that teams aren't just going to take whatever demands they throw out. Players start out high, teams start out low and they negotiate to somewhere in between. Unfortunately with Prescott his agent France really didn't negotiate and just kept repeating the same demands. Prescott finally realized that and back on July 15th in the final hour or so Prescott was doing his own negotiating but they couldn't get the length and guaranteed amount done in time.

I seriously don't think Prescott thinks the Cowboys disrespected him and I seriously doubt that the Cowboys think Prescott disrespected them. They all know it's just part of the business side.
.
.

Click to expand...

Exactly, football is a business. Yes, they have to work as a team to achieve their goals, but they are going to do what's financially in their own best interests. In Dak's case, he should be wanting what is a fair price considering where the QB market is. He didn't set the market, but he sure played under market value when drafted, so he probably deserves a bit more than what Goff and Wentz did considering that they were first round picks and he outperformed them as a 4th round pick.

He is essentially spitting in Tom Landry's face.

All of these pundits want is to see Dallas crash and burn....plain and simple. Booger blew it years ago by not locking Dak up at a lower price, but he is actually doing the right thing now....if Dak was one of Boogers favorites, he would have been signed a long time ago.