Twitter: Bob Sturm: Zeke's contract did NOT reset the RB market

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

unless you have special back, like Zeke. Each case is on an individual basis.

 

[Flamma]

Especially since he was holding out with 2 years remaining on his contract. This makes the Roy Williams trade and sign look like a genius move.

That's why it's called a holdout, there has to be years left on your contract. Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald were preparing to hold out with 2 years left on their contracts too.

 

[kumizi]

Exhibit A the Cowboys are idiots.

Drafting a RB #4 overall and giving him that kind of money.

All the gems Will McClay can find cannot overcome this type of ineptitude.

 

[kumizi]

Hate the contract, not the player.

The Zeke hate around here is unwarranted. Dude is a really good football player that knows how to get the extra yard out of a blown up play just like Marion barber use to do. One of the best in the league at it if not the best.

This is the go to take when one cannot find any kind of statistical evidence the player is still productive.

 

[starfan1]

unless you have special back, like Zeke. Each case is on an individual basis.

And what’s so special bout zeke? His blocking? Please
Zekes numbers could have been peoduced by many and exceeded by some what was special was the line and now it no longer is

 

[Hoofbite]

Never. Ever. Never. Pay. Up. For. A. Running Back

Might be the worst position to spend money on given how the league has evolved into a pass-only situation.

I think there's value in running, but few seem interested in it. I guess it's easier to find 1 WR than a whole OL and a RB to get half the yards per attempt.

 

[CyberB0b]

That's why it's called a holdout, there has to be years left on your contract. Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald were preparing to hold out with 2 years left on their contracts too.

Good for them. It’s leverage for the team with more than 1 year remaining. Paying a running back top tier money with two years remaining on his rookie deal is asinine.

 

[DuncanIso]

Never. Ever. Never. Pay. Up. For. A. Running Back

try running the ball with scrubs.

 

[Whyjerry]

try running the ball with scrubs.

Did I say scrubs? Where exactly did I say scrubs? Ekeler is one of the top backs in the league. Undrafted. Was he a scrub a few years ago?

 

[Whyjerry]

Might be the worst position to spend money on given how the league has evolved into a pass-only situation.

I think there's value in running, but few seem interested in it. I guess it's easier to find 1 WR than a whole OL and a RB to get half the yards per attempt.

My post triggered a few low information types. To be clear I see the answer as consistently drafting at the position. Very good value to be had in rounds 3-4. Just don’t resign a guy with a record contract at the position. It is just stupid.

 

[blueblood70]

I'm sure I would be terrible at it. Doesn't mean I can't observe the return they got for Cooper various the other WR trades that happened this off-season.

Im betting you dont know that they didn't talk to 10 teams about coop and they didnt get you in on a 3 way LMAO

then you would realize coops not even in the conversation with Hill, Adams, and Hopkins type and that what coops value was at the time and they were on the hook time wise for his bonus or guaranteed money and decided to let him go for cup of coffee to save 22mil..its NOYB bro and you for sure only know what they allow as most in here like to make stuff up to fit narratives but the FO the Jones boys know business and they wouldn't give him, up for nothing unless that the best option they had at the moment, without waiting too long and on the hook for more money etc ..

show me the teams that publicly came out an said they would have offered MORE for old overrated coop boy?? the guys about as average a #1 WR there is , his numbers are so average for such an overrated player, im not sure how fans believe anything different, his career barely on the radar he never had an elite year not one unlike say Dez had 3 straight years of elite production..Coops good yes great, hardly...

those number he produces barely make him a 1.. seriously not saying i didn't like him but 22milk hes far from worth that..

like Randy, collins , cwill, Greg, and others let go all very overrated and or hurting the team all the right moves IMHO.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

In other words, Zeke is the highest-paid RB since 2019. LOL, maybe this is why Jerry is putting Zeke and focal point in the same sentence.






https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/salaries/breakdown/running-back

The REAL issue was Garrett. Jerry stayed in bed way to long with him. Zeke and his agent saw that Garrett was going to do to him what they did to Demarco Murray...and they got out in front of it. And frankly, I don't blame them. Run Zeke on 1st, run Zeke on 2nd, throw it to him on 3rd or have him pick up the blitz on 3rd. Either way, Zeke was getting hit on EVERY play. When you spend the draft capital on Zeke that we did...the idea should not have been "let's get 4 or 5 years out of him". If you are going to have that mentality, draft a RB in the 3rd (like Murray) or go RB by committee. That kind of draft capital should be reserved for 8 - 10 year players. And you were never going to get 8 - 10 years out of Zeke the way Garrett was using him.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

The REAL issue was Garrett. Jerry stayed in bed way to long with him. Zeke and his agent saw that Garrett was going to do to him what they did to Demarco Murray...and they got out in front of it. And frankly, I don't blame them. Run Zeke on 1st, run Zeke on 2nd, throw it to him on 3rd or have him pick up the blitz on 3rd. Either way, Zeke was getting hit on EVERY play. When you spend the draft capital on Zeke that we did...the idea should not have been "let's get 4 or 5 years out of him". If you are going to have that mentality, draft a RB in the 3rd (like Murray) or go RB by committee. That kind of draft capital should be reserved for 8 - 10 year players. And you were never going to get 8 - 10 years out of Zeke the way Garrett was using him.

Agree 100%......

 

[Sydla]

Ungrateful fans . . . The Cowboys had the Ultimate Weapon with their Offensive Line . . . They had an MVP candidate in Room . . . Dez was a Beast . . . Written was Balling . . . No one could stop Beasley

Who did you want them to draft?

It was Proven in 2014 This line with a talented RB would dominate . . . in 2015 an aging McFadden still produced. . . Elliott was almost a no brainer.

Of course Ramsey would have been a beast on this team . . . Bit He would not have brought us a championship.

Only thing that stopped the Cowboys from a championship was starting a rookie QB.

Elliott wasn't the wrong decision . . . Keeping Romo on the bench was the wrong decision

Elliott got paid. . . . who cares . . . good for Him
Jerry Sucks

You just disproved your own point. Murray was a third round TB. McFadden was a FA.

The evidence showed you didn’t need to use the 4th pick to get a great running game.

 

[Sydla]

try running the ball with scrubs.

LOL.

 

[Flamma]

Missing the point. By a lot.

RBs are almost always shot after their first contract. The empirical evidence can’t be argued against. Hence you look to replace them every 3/4 years.

Be better.

I'm not arguing your point. You're right. But why is this happening? Players like Tony Dorsett and Rodger Craig were as good 7 years later as they were 2 years into their career. They took a beating! Way more than the Panzy RBs do today. Not only that, but they often played on that horrible artificial surface they used to have. These RBs took way more abuse than these RBs today. Why are these RBs today flopping after only a few years? They're not leaned on nearly as much as before.

 

[Aven8]

I simply don't understand why Stephen is the guy that negotiates the contracts.
He's so terrible at it.

The same Bozo that added the language in Gregory’s contract at the end to make him bolt too……

 

[HungryLion]

Missing the point. By a lot.

RBs are almost always shot after their first contract. The empirical evidence can’t be argued against. Hence you look to replace them every 3/4 years.

Be better.

Yep.

Pay OL


Draft RB’s in the mid rounds every 2-3 years.


that’s how to have an effective running game worth the cost.

 

[Whyjerry]

I'm not arguing your point. You're right. But why is this happening? Players like Tony Dorsett and Rodger Craig were as good 7 years later as they were 2 years into their career. They took a beating! Way more than the Panzy RBs do today. Not only that, but they often played on that horrible artificial surface they used to have. These RBs took way more abuse than these RBs today. Why are these RBs today flopping after only a few years? They're not leaned on nearly as much as before.

I think defenders are just bigger these days. LBs are 250 pounds and run like the wind. Getting mashed by them is too much after a while.

 

[fivetwos]

I was never against giving Elliott the money he got. The structure that made him uncuttable for four years was the problem.

I really don't think we would have added an impact free agent with the savings, so it doesn't matter.