AP to Dallas?

[Hardline]

Stop it....
Please just stop it.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

So Peterson to Dallas rumor popped up on my phone, how do I post a link?

I think what had happened with your phone is... You asked SIRI, "where is the closest pizza joint" and it came back with = Adrian Peterson rumored to Dallas

 

[MichaelWinicki]

So Peterson to Dallas rumor popped up on my phone, how do I post a link?

Please. Don't.

 

[Jenky]

In the bwahahahazone

HAHA oh man, that was amazing.

 

[DallasEast]

I think what had happened with your phone is... You asked SIRI, "where is the closest pizza joint" and it came back with = Adrian Peterson rumored to Dallas

I wouldn't mind getting crazy rumors texted to my cell if they were sent by the SIRI who played on The Big Bang Theory:

 

[DTown214]

I like the idea, but I'd probably rather have a 5 year younger Demarco Murray at a cheaper price.

 

[Rockport]

I've explored this before. A lot of people still don't understand how the salary cap works. Is the trade financially feasible? Absolutely it is.

There is currently only 4.8 million in dead money on Peterson's contract with the Vikings. They actually SAVE money by trading him. To the tune of about 10 million dollars in free space.

So the question becomes, can we afford him?

The answer would also be yes.

His base salary for the year is 11.75 million, which could be converted into a prorated restructure bonus.

His base salary for the year would be 855k dollars plus the prorated portion of his bonus money (10,895,000). Which is 2,179,000. Or in other words he would cost us 3,030,400 dollars this year.

Now the cost to cut him the next year would be 8.716 million, and it would become difficult to afford him and his nearly 13 million dollar contract + the 2 million in proration, bringing the total to a little over 15 million.

That said it would come down to, does Peterson bring you to a championship with what would be the best offense in NFL history, and what would you have to give Minnesota to get him. Our salary cap is a bit tight in 2015, but 2016 and on, we could probably afford him. The question also becomes what is he worth in advanced age in 2015 and 2016 and so on.

That's using one credit card to pay another. I hope the Cowboys wouldn't do this.

 

[Rockport]

How would it be better value again? You just said Peterson's short deal would be 40 million a year? There's no way in hell that we couldn't sign Murray to a much more reasonable deal than that.

..and Murray was the better back last season statistically.. and has much less wear and tear on him.

It'd be silly to sign AD over reupping on Murray, imo.

Never use stats to make a point. Most times it makes you look silly. This is one of them for obvious reasons. Peterson is much, much better than Murray.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Never use stats to make a point. Most times it makes you look silly. This is one of them for obvious reasons. Peterson is much, much better than Murray.

No, actually stats can show quite a bit. Like how thinking Peterson is much, much better than Murray at this point in their careers simply isn't true.

Murray is very underrated by some, and has the talent to be a top 10 back in this league easy.. and top 5 most likely. He's averaged 5 ypc in his 3 years since coming into this league..only the past year behind a decent OL, when his TD numbers went way up.

 

[Rockport]

No, actually stats can show quite a bit. Like how thinking Peterson is much, much better than Murray at this point in their careers simply isn't true.

Murray is very underrated by some, and has the talent to be a top 10 back in this league easy.. and top 5 most likely. He's averaged 5 ypc in his 3 years since coming into this league..only the past year behind a decent OL, when his TD numbers went way up.

LOL. Ok, you're entitled to your opinion.

 

[SWG9]

That said it would come down to, does Peterson bring you to a championship with what would be the best offense in NFL history .

Not sure if serious

 

[RoyTheHammer]

LOL. Ok, you're entitled to your opinion.

As you are yours. Just gonna say, there's a good reason why more and more GM's and front offices in multiple professional sports leagues are moving to taking an analytics approach towards how they build their teams.

To say stats don't really show the truth is nothing more than poppycock, imo.

 

[Rockport]

As you are yours. Just gonna say, there's a good reason why more and more GM's and front offices in multiple professional sports leagues are moving to taking an analytics approach towards how they build their teams.

To say stats don't really show the truth is nothing more than poppycock, imo.

McCoy, Forte, Charles, Morris, Spiller, Blount, and Ball just to name a few all had more YPC than Peterson.

Yea, stats don't lie.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

McCoy, Forte, Charles, Morris, Spiller, Blount, and Ball just to name a few all had more YPC than Peterson.

Yea, stats don't lie.

Stats only lie when you have tunnel vision like that and focus on one stat, rather than taking them all into consideration.

 

[DallasEast]

McCoy, Forte, Charles, Morris, Spiller, Blount, and Ball just to name a few all had more YPC than Peterson.

Yea, stats don't lie.

There were dozens of players who averaged more yards per carry than Murray. However, Murray carried the ball 217 times last season. No running back who carried the ball as often as he did or more often had more yards per carry than Murray (5.2 YPC).

EDIT: Dozens of players, not running backs only.

 

[Rockport]

Stats only lie when you have tunnel vision like that and focus on one stat, rather than taking them all into consideration.

I agree, but you're the one that said Murray was better than Peterson based on stats. LOL!

 

[Rockport]

There were dozens of players who averaged more yards per carry than Murray. However, Murray carried the ball 217 times last season. No running back who carried the ball as often as he did or more often had more yards per carry than Murray (5.2 YPC).

EDIT: Dozens of players, not running backs only.

Exactly. That's why you can't rely on stats. BSPN does that a lot and the mouth breathers take it as gospel.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

I agree, but you're the one that said Murray was better than Peterson based on stats. LOL!

I said he had a better season..meaning production wise. Certainly you can see the difference between the two statements i would hope.

As for who is "better", its kind of a vague statement. Certainly, AP has been better in the past, he's been the best back in the league for a few seasons now. As they go further in their respective careers though, i can only see Murray getting better as he enters his prime, and AP going on the decline in the next few seasons. I'd want Murray as my guy going forward.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Exactly. That's why you can't rely on stats. BSPN does that a lot and the mouth breathers take it as gospel.

lol

I don't think you understood his point.. not surprising though. Mouth breather, indeed. How's Eli doin this offseason, bro?

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

Dallas is involved in every rumor because it increases pageviews.

I clicked on the page just to see what it was about, and I know there is no chance of this happening. Put the Dallas Cowboys name in any story, and people will be interested.