Twitter: Cowboys and Zeke “on same page” re: Extension

[JackOfNoTrades]

as everyone should expect, where are Zeke, Dak and Cooper going?

 

[StarBoyz83]

who cares , its May for cryin out loud. Wake me when camp starts.

Wake me up when its September.

 

[Corso]

Zeke has to perform, and the franchise tag sure is appealing...

Also, get a damn haircut, Zeke!! The shaggy poodle-head needs to retire. If he'd just go short like when he was at OSU, then everything'd end up being money for him moving forward, guaranteed.

Lol... I kind of like the wildness, but I might be biased.

 

[Corso]

Wake me up when its September.

Send me an alarm to remind me.

 

[Rayman70]

EXTENSION HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT MEANING TO JJ...so lets hope they be on the right page lol

 

[jazzcat22]

I'm just looking for a page that doesn't have anything to do with contract talks

I am looking for a page that doesn't complain about a player or FO member or anything.
I am sure if there is a Cheerleader thread someone will complain about it.

Now Rowdy, heck yes, complain, complain, complain.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I think the deal is

-Coop needs to be extended this year.
-Dak needs to be extended this year.
-Jaylon, it would probably be better to extend him now rather than wait for him to hit RFA and basically let another team dictate our contract offer.
-Byron, needs to be extended this year if we're keeping him, although I haven't heard a single word about us doing that.

Zeke, OTOH, still has two years left on his contract.

But more importantly than that, the RB market is not going to change after this season. Look at your top 5 non-Zeke RBs in the game - I'd call them Saquon, Gurley, McCaffrey, Bell, and Kamara. David Johnson might have an argument to be on the list. Anyway, all of those guys save Kamara already have their big contract, or are like 3 years away from their big contract. The Saints have the option to extend Kamara after 2019, but they may wait all four years of his contract until they pay him.

So long story short, the top dollar for an RB isn't going to change between 2019 and 2020. No player is going to reset the market, so we're not really going to save any money if we pay him early. Couple that with 2 remaining years of team control, and holding off on an extension is a smart move.

I think the understanding is that the team will deal in good faith with Elliott and offer him a Gurley style deal, but they won't get around to hammering out specifics until they see how the final numbers for their other extensions look. Leaving Zeke on the back burner is good is business, but it's important to keep him placated with some real contract talks to keep him from holding out in the meantime. Imagine how different our outlook for the season would be with our brand new Mike Weber/Tony Pollard backfield.

My only problem with waiting two years is the extra wear and tear you've put only your elite player you're planning to give a monster contract. Other words, extend him next year, we can be out of the deal by the time he's 27-28. Not to mention, in two years, the Giants can extend Barkley, who I think is going to reset the position.

 

[DuncanIso]

I think the deal is

-Coop needs to be extended this year.
-Dak needs to be extended this year.
-Jaylon, it would probably be better to extend him now rather than wait for him to hit RFA and basically let another team dictate our contract offer.
-Byron, needs to be extended this year if we're keeping him, although I haven't heard a single word about us doing that.

Zeke, OTOH, still has two years left on his contract.

But more importantly than that, the RB market is not going to change after this season. Look at your top 5 non-Zeke RBs in the game - I'd call them Saquon, Gurley, McCaffrey, Bell, and Kamara. David Johnson might have an argument to be on the list. Anyway, all of those guys save Kamara already have their big contract, or are like 3 years away from their big contract. The Saints have the option to extend Kamara after 2019, but they may wait all four years of his contract until they pay him.

So long story short, the top dollar for an RB isn't going to change between 2019 and 2020. No player is going to reset the market, so we're not really going to save any money if we pay him early. Couple that with 2 remaining years of team control, and holding off on an extension is a smart move.

I think the understanding is that the team will deal in good faith with Elliott and offer him a Gurley style deal, but they won't get around to hammering out specifics until they see how the final numbers for their other extensions look. Leaving Zeke on the back burner is good is business, but it's important to keep him placated with some real contract talks to keep him from holding out in the meantime. Imagine how different our outlook for the season would be with our brand new Mike Weber/Tony Pollard backfield.

Have to fix Zekes money.

He can hold out , like Emmitt in ‘93 , and we go 0-2.

Does anyone remember the Emmitt holdout?!?