-
Read the latest Dallas Cowboys News!Dallas Cowboys Newswire
Don’t pay RB
- Thread starter BIGS87
- Start date
Creeper
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 13,964
- Reaction score
- 17,733
How is it cherry picking? It is every year since 2009.
There is an important point here. Zeke's 2022 CAP number is over $18 million. RB is not the important position it once was. I would gladly give up that $18 million CAP hit and sign a C and a LG, then draft a RB in the 4th round and I bet the Cowboys would have a better offense.
Creeper
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 13,964
- Reaction score
- 17,733
Zeke's 2022 salary is already guaranteed. And no one will take him for the money he is paid. So cutting him buys them nothing and costs them about $11 million in CAP space in a pre-June 1 cut. Even as a post June 1 cut they save nothing. But as a post June 1 cut they will have $11 million in dead money in 2023.
jnday
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 14,292
- Reaction score
- 11,422
If the offense is not going to use them properly, RBs are not worth a high cap hit.
Flamma
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 22,060
- Reaction score
- 18,853
I'd say if either team had a good running game in the super bowl, they would have won easily.
jnday
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 14,292
- Reaction score
- 11,422
The list is questionable to say the least. A list of any kind is not needed to know that paying a high salary to a RB is not very smart if the oline can’t run block and the RBs are not used very much in the offensive scheme. Power rushing offenses are not in style at the moment, but it only takes one team to build a good oline and have success with a smash-mouth running game and other copycat teams will follow.
jazzcat22
Staff member
- Messages
- 77,348
- Reaction score
- 96,006
JayFord
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 12,546
- Reaction score
- 21,229
They paid him because Garrett needed Elliott to make his offense run and it was a do or die season for Garrett
McCarthy has already made it known he likes Zeke and wants him to play but hes not getting all the touches he used to and the offense isnt designed around him
McCarthy has already made it known he likes Zeke and wants him to play but hes not getting all the touches he used to and the offense isnt designed around him
Hoofbite
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 40,572
- Reaction score
- 11,165
It's cherry picking because it's not an actual measure of what a team's leading rusher is paid and says nothing about how much they may have actually dedicated to the position. It's a chart that shows how much the player who had the most rushing yards in the Super Bowl was paid.
Seattle had Marshawn at a $8.5M cap hit in 2013
New Orleans had Reggie Bush at $10M 13 years ago
It's not like those teams weren't paying for the RB position. They just didn't get the production necessary from those high-paid players to make the chart based on a single game.
Which, according to the chart, wouldn't be a problem at all so long as Tony Pollard rushes for 1 more yard in the Super Bowl.
cowboysdoomsday
Active Member
- Messages
- 159
- Reaction score
- 171
Mixon had 72 yards and an average of 4.8 per carry. That's pretty good. The Rams had absolutely no run game but still won.
Zeke averaged 4.8 against Philly's practice squad in week 18. His most since week 5 against the Giants.
bewp7
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 2,567
- Reaction score
- 5,846
yes
the golden rule
never draft a rb in the top 20 (i really want to say 1st round but i can look past that as a luxury pick for really good team in the late 1st)
and
never, ever ever give a rb a second contract
invest in ol instead u will be so much better off
there is exciption to all of it but the odds say it is the right call
the golden rule
never draft a rb in the top 20 (i really want to say 1st round but i can look past that as a luxury pick for really good team in the late 1st)
and
never, ever ever give a rb a second contract
invest in ol instead u will be so much better off
there is exciption to all of it but the odds say it is the right call
Flamma
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 22,060
- Reaction score
- 18,853
Jerry had visions of Emmitt Smith when he signed that contract. Instead, he got Troy Hambrick.
plasticman
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 9,498
- Reaction score
- 16,103
Jerry doesn't base salaries on expected productivity during the length of the contract. He treats them like a reward for past accomplishments that includes a loyalty factor.
As well as the Cowboys have drafted recently, they negate that, in large part, with terrible salary and retention decisions. Their timing is terrible and they lose opportunities to trade some players for draft picks.
All the past 25 seasons of playoff ineptitude stems from this single factor. The top decision maker in football related matters is a stark amateur with no talent, no credentials, no previous experience or training, and especially, no accountability.
As well as the Cowboys have drafted recently, they negate that, in large part, with terrible salary and retention decisions. Their timing is terrible and they lose opportunities to trade some players for draft picks.
All the past 25 seasons of playoff ineptitude stems from this single factor. The top decision maker in football related matters is a stark amateur with no talent, no credentials, no previous experience or training, and especially, no accountability.
jnday
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 14,292
- Reaction score
- 11,422
Zeke’s decline should phase him out, but it is much harder to phase his cap hit out. Until the oline is rebuilt, they can sign UDFA RBs that will have similar results. The only positives that Zeke offers at this point is his running style which seems to allow him to always get an extra yard or two because he seems to always falls forward on his runs and his pass blocking , which is very good for a RB. These traits are certainly not worth his cap hit.
buybuydandavis
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 23,765
- Reaction score
- 20,838
It's not cherry picking, just an incomplete statistic for total cost. Cap hit is probably better, plus amortized draft value, if he's still on his rookie contract.
But I doubt that changes the conclusion much. The point is that teams that win SBs aren't spending a lot for their RBs. That looks pretty clear from that list.
McKDaddy
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 8,337
- Reaction score
- 8,587
Shazam!
McKDaddy
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 8,337
- Reaction score
- 8,587
atlantacowboy
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 18,112
- Reaction score
- 24,850
It is not cherry picking at all. Top 5 paid rbs play for the Panthers, Saints, Cowboys, Vikings, and titans. For those keeping score at home, that is a total of ZERO playoff wins.