Meh everyone always says the same things. They said this when Zeke held out and got paid and look how that turned out. They said this when we gave Jaylon that insane extension. They said this when we gave Crawford that insane extension. The list is endless. The Dallas Cowboys very rarely ever end up on the right side of anything and it shows. We are a top heavy "star" powered roster that folds every year especially late in the year due to a lack of quality depth. But hey if you guys are happy because we are paying top dollar again for an OG then I guess that is all that matters. No reason not to change the way we operate as we are the franchise with the highest overall value after all.
Comparing Martin to Jaylon Smith, Zeke Elliott and Crawford is the first mistake in this analysis.
For starters, Martin is a significantly more accomplished player than any of the three at the times of their extension. In the case of Crawford and Smith, they tried to get them on the "cheap" after a good season thinking it would only get more expensive down the road. They guessed wrong on both. That isn't the case here with Martin. They aren't banking on just one good year here as to why they gave him more money.
Elliott played a position that the Cowboys even admitted sees fall off sooner than any other position. In all these cases, they were longer term extensions. Martin has no additional years, just more money that can be spread out over some dummy years already created by a prior restructure.
Martin was already on the books for the next two years. So you had him anyway, so the talk of star top heavy makes no sense in the context of Martin unless you just planned on cutting him between now and next season. The cap hits are manageable due to dummy years and don't be surprised if there is actually an extension this offseason to trim that cap hit for next year (which was high even before the new money).
