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acr731
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It's killing you that he signed.
I would understand the hold out more if he were coming off an NFL record season or a super bowl championship, but it was neither. His hold out was purely about greed and nothing else.
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Very few players have Zeke's talent/leverage, especially for a team built like the Cowboys.
If he was on the Chargers or Pitts, he would still be unsigned.
If Chido were to play this game next year, I doubt the FO gives a big **** and will probably openly fine him.
Or Woods for that matter.
This was simply a top 3/5 player, key cog on the offense, who decided to holdout. It was a blinking game, with some public leaks here and there to see which side would cave in.
Other factors come into play too, like the position Zeke plays is a volatile one, where value can fluctuate very quickly, and usually negative for most backs.
And then some agents don't believe in going with the all or nothing angle too for a new deal.
Dak, for example, will get paid a lot, by a handful of teams next year if the Cowboys can't keep him for whatever reason.
Zeke, otoh, wouldn't have the market for "market value" by a lot of teams.
If he was on the Chargers or Pitts, he would still be unsigned.
If Chido were to play this game next year, I doubt the FO gives a big **** and will probably openly fine him.
Or Woods for that matter.
This was simply a top 3/5 player, key cog on the offense, who decided to holdout. It was a blinking game, with some public leaks here and there to see which side would cave in.
Other factors come into play too, like the position Zeke plays is a volatile one, where value can fluctuate very quickly, and usually negative for most backs.
And then some agents don't believe in going with the all or nothing angle too for a new deal.
Dak, for example, will get paid a lot, by a handful of teams next year if the Cowboys can't keep him for whatever reason.
Zeke, otoh, wouldn't have the market for "market value" by a lot of teams.
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New message from Jerry........... pull a surprise holdout and i'll cave.......after a little tough talk.
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Except he wouldn't have been the center of attention.
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if you're good enough
Irvin88_4life
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Dak is out there making millions less. He is a true leader and a great Cowboy with class.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but only two players ( Emmitt and Zeke ) have held out since Jerry's purchased the team. That's over a 30 year period we talking 2 players and they were both top 3 RBs. Yet some of you are posting like new grounds are broken coz it doesn't mesh with your personal agenda. Zeke had the so-called perfect storm that gave him incredible leverage that he took advantage of but as I said earlier, I'd love to see couple younger players try it. I'm 100% confident it will not work unless he's a dominant league-leading player at his position.
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Until next year when he wants top money.
superonyx
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BS!
I would understand the hold out more if he were coming off an NFL record season or a super bowl championship, but it was neither. His hold out was purely about greed and nothing else.
If he came off a SB you would be crying saying crap like "Don't you care about trying to be a part of a dynasty, why are you trying to break up our chances of back to back".
If he came off of a record season you would be saying "Would Zeke give some money back if he had a bad season"
The man did what almost everyone does. He wanted to be paid equal to what he is worth. And now he is. He isnt stealing money or getting paid and checking out like Fat Albert Haynesworth did.
You are only thinking about you and your own entertainment interest. If fact you are doing the same thing you are hating Zeke for doing.
Kind of ironic isnt it?
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Some fans are close to carrying the hypocrite card.........not saying you are but it's close IMO.
superonyx
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It's killing you that he signed.
I can never see this GIF of Tyson and NOT laugh (lol)
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I say it’s only 50/50 Zeke gets to finish out that contract.
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I don't think there's any doubt about it. There's clearly a message being sent that if you want to stay here with this team and are willing to take a little less on a team friendly deal in order to allow us to keep more of this team's nucleus, it will happen. I'd be willing to bet that there have been offers made to several of the team's 2020 free agents already.
I think that long-term contract proposals have already been offered to Maliek Collins, Byron Jones, and Anthony Brown, and likely several others as well. And it simply comes down to taking a bit less and wrapping it up now and staying with this team, or waiting and going for as much as you can on the open market. It's up to the individual to decide what is most important to them.
If anyone watched Zeke's interview with the media yesterday, he mentioned it as being one of the biggest messages the team made to him. They're stating and restating it over and over and over again to get the message across to everyone. Then it's up to the players to decide what is more important to them. And there is no right or wrong answer on that, it's simply a matter of what's more important to the individual.
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AH..NO...Jerry got some of what he wanted too. We were able to spread out the cap hit by adding a lot of years to his already existing rookie deal which had 2 years left on it...so 8 YEARS. That's a win for the team capwise.. It enables the team to sign key players. The final deal numbers are just fluff. The devil is in the details..length of the deal.
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Which he deserves, he has been the most under paid player in the league.