Cowboys 'Not Fair' In Diggs Contract Talks? CB Wants 'Guaranteed' Deal?

[Buzzbait]

The only thing guaranteed is his lack of effort when you need it most.

Yup. "Guaranteed" translates to "lack of incentive".

 

[gimmesix]

Hold out for a better deal

I tried that and was told that I'm just a running back.

 

[DuncanIso]

There's only one thing missing in that suggestion....... incentive.
If a player receives a large guaranteed sum of money, it reduces the incentive needed to produce full effort.
That's the one thing many seem to forget when it comes to large guaranteed salaries, the lack of incentive.

I don’t think that’s how they roll.

It took a lot of dedication to get to that level.

Elite.

 

[kskboys]

Is it overpaying when you pay the market rate?

It is if the definition of market rate is erroneous. Market rate is only relevant if all things are equal.

 

[kskboys]

the TOP market rate should only be applied to top complete players.

If it’s a corner that can shut down receivers AND tackle at a high level AND is a ball hawk, he should set that rate…..but if its a CB that is not all that he should be paid commensurate with that level…..despite what the sports media cries for

Pretty sure we said the same thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bag of corn full of weevils is not worth the market rate of corn.

 

[MyFairLady]

Perhaps we can build the softest mos5 coddled team in NFL history to ever win a super bowl. Somehow I doubt it.

 

[Flamma]

Is it overpaying when you pay the market rate?

If he's not worth the market rate, it's over paying. All cornerbacks don't make market rate coming off rookie contracts. Only quarterbacks do.

 

[MyFairLady]

Baby ran away from contact in the playoffs for this very moment and now people want to reward him for it. I said it then he was making buisness decisions and here we are. He would rather self promote through his kids than make a tackle that could help win a playoff game. Wrong kinda guy.

 

[Flamma]

Diggs value is hard to figure out at this point. The team will have a better idea after this season as team's will start to throw his way more with Brown no longer the starter opposite him. I think we are headed down that franchise tag next season with Diggs.

It would probably be cheaper (cap hit wise) to give him a contract with an out after 3 years.

 

[Flamma]

Anybody know why he failed to deliver a kill shot on Kittles in the playoff game?

He was avoiding contact all game. But I will say one thing, had he hit Kittle, I think there is a 99% chance he gets flagged for hitting a defenseless WR. The rules committee wants players to do what Diggs did.

 

[Cowboyny]

It would probably be cheaper (cap hit wise) to give him a contract with an out after 3 years.

I think the team would like to lock him in longer.

 

[Flamma]

I think the team would like to lock him in longer.

I'm not saying to give him a 3 year contract. Just that there is an out after 3 years.

 

[BEARCATSKLZ]

I see a lot of corporate boot lickers all over here. Then trying to compare your life to theirs. Newsflash, they trained and worked all their life to get the leverage they can. No, your desk job isn't the same and making those comparisons are ignorant.

Also, millionaires or not, these players have a very short window in a violent sport without guaranteed contracts to make the most money they can. I see so many side with these greedy billionaire owners who do absolutely nothing but cut checks. And they got to that position by exploiting constantly.

Owners expect players to take paycuts constantly and no one bats an eye. Second players want the most they can get, everyone gets up in arms.

Billionaires don't do nothing...? lol... how about run the business that pays and finance these salaries... market to you and make the team viable, btw, most OWNERS come from the boot linking corporate world... i.e. more to Corporate America than saying welcome to McDonald's may I take your order...

Most successful businessmen executives have the same amount of years dedicated to thier craft... while guarantees aren't provided... parachutes and stocks options are... which provide the same incentives to share in the company (teams) success.... you need to reevaluate if you are not negotiating for your own life ... 100

 

[Vtwin]

He was avoiding contact all game. But I will say one thing, had he hit Kittle, I think there is a 99% chance he gets flagged for hitting a defenseless WR. The rules committee wants players to do what Diggs did.

Exactly.

As much as I would have loved to see him lay Kittle out Steve Atwater style, you just can't do that in today's league.

 

[kskboys]

Basically, if you overpay Diggs, you are decreasing the chance for a super bowl.

 

[Pass2Run]

I don't understand these people. They really don't get how lucky we are to even have Diggs. But that's their answer..."move on and get someone else" as if it was easy to find the one we had.

I get we can't pay everyone but i'm in A WIN NOW mode. Why in the hell would I trade him? I'd rather lose him eventually if that's the case.

Correct. But Diggs needs to show us why he's worth the contract this season. Let him earn it this year.

Trevon is probably the most underrated on the team.

 

[coult44]

Diggs is starting to get in my craw. No way he should get a guaranteed salary, can you imagine what Lamb and Parsons will ask for if that happens?.. Slippery slope. May even want a no trade clause like Dak did. The Jones' are fools and it could happen.

Diggs is not as important as Parsons in the defense. Stay in your lane buddy.

My problem is 100% of everything you’ve heard is not from Diggs. He’s been silent. It’s from others. It’s second hand information. I’ve never understood why people get mad at people who didn’t really say anything. You’re really getting mad at someone else’s opinion of what someone is saying. It’s goofy

 

[DallasBlockersClub]

Curious what his trade value would be.

 

[Vtwin]

CB may be the position fans are the hardest on, next to QB.

Some solid CB's like Carr, Scandrick, Jones, were not liked, in no small part because they weren't ball-hawking interception getters.

Now we have a legit ball hawk and he is not liked because he is not a fierce hitter.

As far as guaranteed contracts go... I wouldn't hate to see the league go the way of guaranteed contracts. Of course this would mean shorter contracts, no more huge signing bonuses/upfront money and the big one... much less flexibility in manipulating the cap.

Instead of 4 years, 160 million, 66 million signing bonus and 126 million guaranteed, it would be 4 years 31.5 million/year, all guaranteed .... end of story.

My first preference would be to get rid of the cap completely so we wouldn't have to care at all about what these guys can get from the owners.

 

[AmericasTeam81]

He was avoiding contact all game. But I will say one thing, had he hit Kittle, I think there is a 99% chance he gets flagged for hitting a defenseless WR. The rules committee wants players to do what Diggs did.

I would taken the 15 yard penalty to lay the wood on Kittles.