Signed by Cowboys Cowboys and Martin reach deal. Zack Martin ends holdout

[CTcowboy203]

It's always about more cash, but this one had a different twist. Players usually hold out for an extension and more guaranteed money. Martin just held out for more money in the last two years of his contract.

Absolutely but different twist or not his goal was to be better compensated today than he was currently projected to be had he not held out- he achieved that.

 

[Rayman70]

He’s being paid more money right now than he was scheduled to be paid and more money than before he held out. He absolutely won. He received a pay increase. That’s exactly what he wanted by holding out…more money to be compensated closer to top players at his position he is.

Reasonable or not….it’s why holdouts do work contrary to what a few people here said

on paper it worked and he got more money technically. The devil is in the details. BTW Holdouts are a nasty way to do business when a guy has a signed deal with years remaining. It doesn't always work. Fact is, hes still on the same deal. Money was simply moved from the added years via extension then handed to him like a bonus. Lets call it a raise. But whatever.

 

[Whyjerry]

Championship after signing RG?

Need a K. How about Gould?

 

[gimmesix]

This will insert him into the top-15 highest paid offensive lineman in the NFL, per OverTheCap.com. He was originally slated to make $13.5 million in 2023 and $14 million in 2024, and had been engaged in a holdout that saw him accrue over $1 million in fines, per K.D. Drummond of USA Today's Cowboys Wire.

Martin will now become the second-highest paid player on the Dallas Cowboys, overtaking defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who makes $17.1 million in 2023. The only player on the Cowboys roster who will make more than Martin this season is Dak Prescott, who is set to take home $26.8 million in 2023.

Cowboys' Updated Salary Cap After Zack Martin Agrees to New 2-Year Contract​

JACK MURRAYAUGUST 14, 2023

Bleacherreport, Dallas Cowboys


Before Martin's extension, the Cowboys had the third-most Top-51 Cap space in the NFL at about $22 million, behind only the Arizona Cardinals ($23.5 million) and Philadelphia Eagles ($22.1 million). Martin's extension will drop that number from to under $18 million, which will allow the Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts to jump ahead of them.

The cap situation in 2024 will be much different however, as Prescott is projected to jump to $59 million cap hit. The Cowboys cap space will drop to $9 million over the cap, which will be 20th in the league.

Martin's extension is well-deserved, given his production. He has been named to eight Pro Bowls and designated as All-Pro six times. He was elected to the 2010's All-Decade team and has been key protector for a Cowboys team that ranked in the top half of the league in 2022.

It is not an extension. He was on the books for this year and next year and then there were two void years. He's still on the books for this year and next year followed by two void years. He's just getting paid more. I wanted it to be an extension, but we can't call it that.

 

[nobody]

99 times out of 100, Jerry caves. Players know it. We know it. Only Jerry doesn't seem to remember it.

 

[gimmesix]

It's always about more cash, but this one had a different twist. Players usually hold out for an extension and more guaranteed money. Martin just held out for more money in the last two years of his contract.

Yep. No extra years were added from everything that's being reported. It's just a raise.

 

[gimmesix]

if we must pick a winner, sure. Zack won the shoving match. But reality is, if this didnt happen now, it would have after the year. What I like is the adults got into the room and figured it out and didn't hurt the team $ wise. They just added years and flipped a switch, that yes . is a raise if u average it. The base deal is his same deal.

I was hoping we'd use that $13 million in nonguaranteed base next year to talk him into adding a year or two to the deal by guaranteeing it (mostly as bonus). I guess he or the Joneses weren't interested in that.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[john van brocklin]

Other than going into the Giants game and not having Ball start at RG you mean?

Correct, some type of Financial benefit that will free up money to sign Parsons and Lamb.

 

[john van brocklin]

No politics on this site, bro. @Reality won't stand for it.

LOL, grammer is not my strong suite LOL

 

[john van brocklin]

Having the best OG in football is a pretty good benefit.

Indeed, and getting some financial benefit that will help us keep one of the best LB/DE and WR on the team when their contracts are up would be nice as well....

 

[john van brocklin]

Which in

In the end, it really means nothing. It will work itself out. As always.

Only so many slices in the pie bro....
I saw the team lose much the 90s talent because of the cap....

 

[john van brocklin]

Peanuts in the big scope of it. Salary cap will go up way more than his raise next season. Premier player, captain of the OL. 3-5 years still left, probably. Dude is an anchor, a top G. If the Cowboys didn't want that to happen, they should've take the top G in the draft. They had every chance to. They didn't do it, miscalculation. If Mazi ends up a bust, they'll hate that worse than paying Zach.

Why could they not have added a year to the new deal at decent money ?

 

[Risen Star]

 

[Calvin2Tony2Emmitt2Julius]

Call it what you want they need Zack out there at RG, and he's a HOF. Jerry was tripping taking a hard stance toward paying him. Good, now everyone is back so the offense can build for Week 1.

Jerry was just doing what Jerry does . I said it before, do you think Jerry wasn't factoring a pay raise for Zack a long time ago? Billionaires aren't caught off guard like that

 

[jazzcat22]

Only so many slices in the pie bro....
I saw the team lose much the 90s talent because of the cap....

That was when the cap 1st started. And Dallas was the best. Everyone wanted their players. Now it is just how to manage it better since teams have learned a great deal since then.
But they all still have brain farts over it.

 

[john van brocklin]

John, I'd like for you, if you would indulge me, to explain why you are worried about the cap.

The team never actually pays top dollar for free agents. Jerry and Stephen use NFL coupons and shop the cast offs bins of other teams to the point suggesting if they had more money, the implication would suggest they would change their tactics/cheapness.

So what about the cap's current state of affairs leads you to believe they will not have enough money to throw it at whomever they want to sign that fits within their miserly posture?

If you were being sarcastic then, mea culpa, and well played.

No I am serious, and I agree with you 100% on Jerry and Stephen being too cheap with free agency.
The problem is they are ill qualified to run the team and give out monster contracts to the likes of DLaw and J. Smith.
Now that we have some real talent like Diggs, Parsons and Lamb that are going to want top dollar I hope they have not hurt their ability to resign them.

 

[john van brocklin]

That was when the cap 1st started. And Dallas was the best. Everyone wanted their players. Now it is just how to manage it better since teams have learned a great deal since then.
But they all still have brain farts over it.

Yep our front office has brain farts with contracts.
They wont sign quality free agents
and overpay their own.
Been a problem for years.

 

[gimmesix]

That was when the cap 1st started. And Dallas was the best. Everyone wanted their players. Now it is just how to manage it better since teams have learned a great deal since then.
But they all still have brain farts over it.

Yes, if this was the 90s Cowboys I'd be worried. Stephen and crew learned about managing the cap after going through some hard lessons. Moving money around in the NFL is practically an art form now.

 

[Buzzbait]

I don't support a player holding out and failing to honor his own contract which has already made him a multi millionaire, but on the other hand I'm sure glad to see Martin back where he belongs! Let's go Zack!