The front office needs this hold out

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If I was the gm I would welcome the hold out. If played correctly by Jerry and son you could set this up as a 2-3 game contract rehearsal for Dak. If he shines you pay him, if he doesn’t you look to get a better deal with him.
I would look to sign Zeke after week 1 or 2 and get him back and ease him in kinda the same way they did with Emmitt in 93.
 
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glimmerman said:
Why.. This is regular season. You want the best team you can put together on the field. Win as much as you can. Don’t waste a game.
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fans arent seeing that, whatever it takes to distract from not getting teh SB. thats the way to go.
 
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Zekeats said:
If I was the gm I would welcome the hold out. If played correctly by Jerry and son you could set this up as a 2-3 game contract rehearsal for Dak. If he shines you pay him, if he doesn’t you look to get a better deal with him.
I would look to sign Zeke after week 1 or 2 and get him back and ease him in kinda the same way they did with Emmitt in 93.
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Zeke will be rooting for Dak to fail miserably, then?
 
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I agree but for different reasons. Management needed to take a step back and really examine where they were headed with all of those remarks early on about extending the QB, RB and WR after making the DE the highest paid 4/3 DE in the league. And what COO of any team makes the statement that the negotiating starts at the highest paid RB in the league's salary?

If they don't sign any player still under contract, here is what they have up next season: Prescott, Cooper, Cobb, Austin, Witten, Jarwin, L. Collins on O. Quinn, M. Collins, A. Woods, S. Lee, J. Smith, B. Jones, A. Brown and Heath on D. Maher and Ladouceur on ST. Depending on the D and O set, those players are all starters. Of the starting base 25, that's 15 plus 2 that will see a lot of playing time. They have a DE, LT, C and RG already in the top 6 paid at their position. How many more can they afford before they either are offense lopsided and have too much going to too few?
 
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..or the other way around. If the Pollard, Weber, Morris experience works. They will save a $$$$$$, ...that eventually would be applied to other players. If it doesn't then, Jerry might be forced to bite the bullet and pay Zeke.
 
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I don't any this matters to Zeke now.........IMO as of now, he and his only cares about a new contract or preserving his ($15M) his body/skills. Meaning he's either going get his deal or play the system ( only showing for X number of games).
 
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Cut Zeke, fire Garrett, promote Moore to Grand Poobah, promote Richard to HC.
 
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CouchCoach said:
I agree but for different reasons. Management needed to take a step back and really examine where they were headed with all of those remarks early on about extending the QB, RB and WR after making the DE the highest paid 4/3 DE in the league. And what COO of any team makes the statement that the negotiating starts at the highest paid RB in the league's salary?

If they don't sign any player still under contract, here is what they have up next season: Prescott, Cooper, Cobb, Austin, Witten, Jarwin, L. Collins on O. Quinn, M. Collins, A. Woods, S. Lee, J. Smith, B. Jones, A. Brown and Heath on D. Maher and Ladouceur on ST. Depending on the D and O set, those players are all starters. Of the starting base 25, that's 15 plus 2 that will see a lot of playing time. They have a DE, LT, C and RG already in the top 6 paid at their position. How many more can they afford before they either are offense lopsided and have too much going to too few?
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It's unreasonable to think they can keep all free agents. The bigger question is who's their core players. Obviously Martin, Fredbeard, Smith, DLaw but what other players/positions are you going add to this. You may keep a few key role players but the rest gets churned.
 
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Zekeats said:
If I was the gm I would welcome the hold out. If played correctly by Jerry and son you could set this up as a 2-3 game contract rehearsal for Dak. If he shines you pay him, if he doesn’t you look to get a better deal with him.
I would look to sign Zeke after week 1 or 2 and get him back and ease him in kinda the same way they did with Emmitt in 93.
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But when all said and done; if JJ gets his way will Zeke play hard and too is fullest ability or slack off because he feels short changed.
 
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Zekeats said:
If I was the gm I would welcome the hold out. If played correctly by Jerry and son you could set this up as a 2-3 game contract rehearsal for Dak. If he shines you pay him, if he doesn’t you look to get a better deal with him.
I would look to sign Zeke after week 1 or 2 and get him back and ease him in kinda the same way they did with Emmitt in 93.
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By all means, after three seasons, 51 starts, plus three off-seasons to make a full evaluation of Dak, let's make the big decisions on him based on 2 games.
 
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Zekeats said:
If I was the gm I would welcome the hold out. If played correctly by Jerry and son you could set this up as a 2-3 game contract rehearsal for Dak. If he shines you pay him, if he doesn’t you look to get a better deal with him.
I would look to sign Zeke after week 1 or 2 and get him back and ease him in kinda the same way they did with Emmitt in 93.
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That's not a bad idea except for two things:

1. It appears the Cowboys have already decided they want Dak, despite some apprehension among the fan base.
2. Dropping 2 of those first 3 games could be costly for this team. These aren't the '93 Cowboys, coming off a SB win.
 
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Hawkeye0202 said:
It's unreasonable to think they can keep all free agents. The bigger question is who's their core players. Obviously Martin, Fredbeard, Smith, DLaw but what other players/positions are you going add to this. You may keep a few key role players but the rest gets churned.
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Agree and that's what separates the very good teams from the others, they make those decisions and one guy in NE makes it before it gets to the point of any player holding him hostage.
 
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CouchCoach said:
I agree but for different reasons. Management needed to take a step back and really examine where they were headed with all of those remarks early on about extending the QB, RB and WR after making the DE the highest paid 4/3 DE in the league. And what COO of any team makes the statement that the negotiating starts at the highest paid RB in the league's salary?

If they don't sign any player still under contract, here is what they have up next season: Prescott, Cooper, Cobb, Austin, Witten, Jarwin, L. Collins on O. Quinn, M. Collins, A. Woods, S. Lee, J. Smith, B. Jones, A. Brown and Heath on D. Maher and Ladouceur on ST. Depending on the D and O set, those players are all starters. Of the starting base 25, that's 15 plus 2 that will see a lot of playing time. They have a DE, LT, C and RG already in the top 6 paid at their position. How many more can they afford before they either are offense lopsided and have too much going to too few?
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This team will be dependent on there ability to draft well and have these picks be immediate impact starters at there position. RB is the one of the only ones that can do that.
 
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