News: Yahoo: Cowboys once again are eating contracts they created

Hawkeye0202 said:

Raise your hand if you think this only happens to the Cowboys.........look around, every team is cutting players they feel are overpaid or can't afford. I think the fact we haven't won a SB in over 20 years, fans are frustrated with any moves from the front office.

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TexasFrog said:

This is a pretty good hatchet job on Stephen

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/league-approaches-appears-cowboys-once-011359874.html

The Dallas Cowboys are about to hit free agency with a bang, but is the metaphorical gun aimed at their own players? Paying their own before investing in outside free agents has been the mantra for about a decade now as executive VP and COO Stephen Jones has taken over more control of the money decisions form his father and owner, Jerry Jones.

Fans of the team are not necessarily fans of the philosophy. The Cowboys are rarely aggressive with top-tier free agents who could help improve and get Dallas over the divisional round playoff hump. It has been 10 years since the organization has spent big money on an outside free agent on a long-term deal.……..


It boggles many a mind the way the Cowboys approach team building. The Cowboys love to say they pay their own, but on many occasions, it takes them too long to do so, driving the price up. It took the franchise two extra years to pay quarterback Dak Prescott and wound up paying more than they likely would have when they extended him last offseason. They took the same path a few years earlier with Lawrence, who was forced to “prove it” before he got a long-term deal. Wide receiver Dez Bryant was in the same boat before that.

To compound the issue, too many times after they overpay they end up releasing the player before that new contract runs its course.

DE DeMarcus Ware – 2009: Six-years, $78 million with a $20 million signing bonus and $40 million guaranteed. Ware played five years of the deal, which was for a total of seven years because it was an extension.

QB Tony Romo – 2013: Six-years, $108 million with a $25 million signing bonus and $40 million guaranteed. Romo lasted just four of those six years.

WR Dez Bryant – 2015: Five-years, $70 million, with a $20 million signing bonus and $23 guaranteed. Bryant lasted just three of those five years.

LB Jaylon Smith – 2020: Five-years, $64 million, with $35.5 million guaranteed. Smith lasted six weeks into the second season.

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Sydla said:

Elliott will be the cream on top of this crap sundae in terms of bad contracts.

And what makes the Elliott deal worse is that just a few years earlier they came out and said that their research showed overpaying for TBs wasn't smart because of the wear and tear, drop in production and not nearly the return on investment you see with other positions.

Basically, they just like shiny toys.

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StylisticS said:

Seems the media is just beginning to pile on the Cowboys. Like many fans, Jerry will find it hard to sell what they have been doing from point on.

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