Twitter: Cowboys Not Expecting to Extend Dalton before deadline

[TequilaCowboy]

I am not in the room or know Schultz agent. But I can almost 100% guarantee you that David Njokus 4 year, $56 million dollar deal is the starting point and only going up. Njoku hasn’t had a season close to what Schultz had last season and just cashed in.

If this is so...then that would be overpaying him on this team. Let someone else deal with it. He is not worth that kind of money.

 

[baltcowboy]

I see that Mr. Shultz is the 8th rated tight end by the coaches, scouts, and front offices. Funny how half the board would have let him go and started Sprinkle, McKeon or a 5th rounder from Wisconsin in his place.

You can make an argument that after CeeDee, Shultz is our most important offensive skill player.

 

[DogFace]

Good.

1 good year shouldn't get you top money.

Your most sensible post since you were on the Dak bandwagon at the beginning of last year. Good job.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

So what big deal!
The only reason he even got the Tag is that our QB cannot utilize his WR correctly and ends up looking for Jag Dalton to throw to.....

 

[LittleD]

Never pay TE's and RB's. They are a dime a dozen and just draft a new one every year. Let Schultz get his big deal from some other team. We'll just take the draft pick. Cap money is just too valuable these days.

 

[CowboyRoy]

And we'll draft another TE if we have to, as we did Schultz.
We'll leave it up to the McClay player personnel group who scouted/selected Schultz.

Schultz was an underneath security blanket vs zone coverages, and play action roll outs, the scheme and design made him better
than what he is. He's a product of the system.

We didn't have to go thru many TEs because of Witten's longetivity, And Witten was a different, much bigger impact than a Schultz.

Cowboys drafted like 5 TE's in between Witten and Shultz and none have ever done what Shultz did for the Cowboys.

Cant just go draft these guys.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Agreed, but keep an eye on rookie TE Jake Ferguson. He has the tools to become both a good pass catching and blocking TE.

I like Furgeson. Similar traits.

 

[CouchCoach]

They need to keep the options open and have a season to check out Ferguson.

I do think tagging Schultz was the smartest move they made in the off season. If they don't see what they want from Ferguson, they can tag Schultz again and draft a TE. And I still think they should be tire kicking ATL about Pitts and what they would want.

 

[TexasHillbilly]

Zeke held out with 2 years left on his deal. He didnt even get to the point of being able to tag him.

And he got paid. Good move by Zeke, not so much for the cowboys FO. I think they call that hindsight.

 

[CouchCoach]

And he got paid. Good move by Zeke, not so much for the cowboys FO. I think they call that hindsight.

They should have had the foresight not to initiate his 5th year option. That's what set this in motion.

 

[OmerV]

They need to keep the options open and have a season to check out Ferguson.

I do think tagging Schultz was the smartest move they made in the off season. If they don't see what they want from Ferguson, they can tag Schultz again and draft a TE. And I still think they should be tire kicking ATL about Pitts and what they would want.

Or they can decide Schultz is playing at a level that warrants a multi-year deal. Another year as good or better than last season could make that a possibility as well.

 

[MWH1967]

I understand the players are putting themselves at risk for injurie or maybe even life altering events. I surely am not mad at them being lucky enough to make the money.

The thing is, at what point does it get out of hand?

How would you like to have this job?
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[CouchCoach]

Or they can decide Schultz is playing at a level that warrants a multi-year deal. Another year as good or better than last season could make that a possibility as well.

Indeed it could because Schultz might prove himself even more important to the QB this season with the changes at WR.

I don't know why so many discount the #2 target and receiver with the best hands on the team.

The other thing is with the other signings of TE's in the off season and the rep of the Cowboys being blinkers with agents, why would he cut them any kind of deal? They need him more than he needs them.

If they hadn't tagged him, he would have gotten a better long-term deal than they've offered because he is the #2 commodity at TE, a chain mover. #1 is playmaker but there aren't many of those. Blocking is no better than 3rd.

No position in football has changed more than the TE in the last 15 years. Schultz would have been the top TE signed had he entered FA.

 

[CowboyRoy]

They need to keep the options open and have a season to check out Ferguson.

I do think tagging Schultz was the smartest move they made in the off season. If they don't see what they want from Ferguson, they can tag Schultz again and draft a TE. And I still think they should be tire kicking ATL about Pitts and what they would want.

Pitts? Are you serious with that? They would want the farm.

How was tagging Shultz not a good move? You think they should have just let him walk?

 

[zrinkill]

Please Lord somebody hide Jerry's phone ...... Or place a teenage stripper in front of him to distract him until after 4.

 

[MarcusRock]

I understand the players are putting themselves at risk for injurie or maybe even life altering events. I surely am not mad at them being lucky enough to make the money.

The thing is, at what point does it get out of hand?

How would you like to have this job?
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The owners are the ones paying it. Not sure why some around here are mad at players for saying, "okay."

 

[CouchCoach]

Pitts? Are you serious with that? They would want the farm.

How was tagging Shultz not a good move? You think they should have just let him walk?

I said tagging him was the smartest move they made, they had to do that and his agent knew it with 3 WR's and a TE leaving.

And yes, kicking the tires on Pitts wouldn't cost anything and maybe they deal a 1st and some other capital and Schultz to a team on the rebuild. They do not have a franchise QB and this next draft has some better ones than taking Ridder in the 3rd. Franks and Mariota are not it.

If they want the farm, fine, walk away. But Pitts would be a game changer on this offense and ATL is going nowhere this season and they know it.

 

[MarcusRock]

I said tagging him was the smartest move they made, they had to do that and his agent knew it with 3 WR's and a TE leaving.

And yes, kicking the tires on Pitts wouldn't cost anything and maybe they deal a 1st and some other capital and Schultz to a team on the rebuild. They do not have a franchise QB and this next draft has some better ones than taking Ridder in the 3rd. Franks and Mariota are not it.

If they want the farm, fine, walk away. But Pitts would be a game changer on this offense and ATL is going nowhere this season and they know it.

They could get higher than our projected 20-something draft pick elsewhere easy so we'd have to sweeten the pot.

 

[CouchCoach]

The owners are the ones paying it. Not sure why some around here are mad at players for saying, "okay."

And this owner has the rep of overpaying for critical needs players and I do think Schultz fits that.

But, that's par for the course. All of the ones that don't like him would take a hometown deal and leave money on the table with one of the worst negotiators in the league. Suuurrre they would.

All Schultz is doing is what every person involved with the NFL is doing, making as much as they can while they can.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I said tagging him was the smartest move they made, they had to do that and his agent knew it with 3 WR's and a TE leaving.

And yes, kicking the tires on Pitts wouldn't cost anything and maybe they deal a 1st and some other capital and Schultz to a team on the rebuild. They do not have a franchise QB and this next draft has some better ones than taking Ridder in the 3rd. Franks and Mariota are not it.

If they want the farm, fine, walk away. But Pitts would be a game changer on this offense and ATL is going nowhere this season and they know it.

We have plenty of pass catchers and Shultz does just fine. We dont need Pitts.

They blew a top 5 pick on a TE and I am sure they are regretting it, but I highly doubt they are going to admit their mistake this quickly.

Why would we make the same mistake they did? Our problem is Oline, not pass catchers.

Uh oh!!! Were one of the "draft Pitts" over Parsons guys?