Dak's Contract Could be 24% of the Team Cap in 2024

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Doesn't change anything.

Dak has the Cowboys by the shorthairs and would be a fool to give up something like 3 yrs 150+ million, or 4 years 200+ million, with the signing bonus and guaranteed money, because you know... market rate....

The Cowboys have to do something and the fact that they have the most competitive team we've seen in almost 30 years indicates that slamming the window shut and starting over at QB next year seems very very unlikely.

Dak has all the leverage. The only leverage the Cowboys have is to make him sing for his supper this season, but that only gets them the lose/lose scenario of having to decide to slam the window shut or to pay an even higher "market rate" next offseason.

Going to be interesting to see how this play out.

well, yes. its about 2024. why even argue about hypotheticals about 23, where its just that, a bunch of hypotheticals.

and yes, Dak has leverage. Jerry's fault. he had no alternative plan and put himself in that position. he could have given him a long term contract 2 years before he gave him a contract and his average would have been much lower. he whiffed on getting him additional couple of millions per year, instead was forced to tag him and ended up paying that and much more any way.

it will be interesting. I think Jerry has cornered himself again. he has no one on the team that could replace Dak. he didn't draft anyone. not sure what's available next year. and then the cap hit is about 59M.
but Cowboys are now worth 9.2Bn. so I guess he achieved his goal of maximizing value and profit, which doesn't necessarily equal to winning championships as evident.

 

[Rockport]

So much for following the Reality rule of not using terms like haters.....but then again that is all you Dakfanatics know is to attack people personally when someone doesn't think like you.....typical left brain mentality.

Left brain types winning!

 

[Vtwin]

well, yes. its about 2024. why even argue about hypotheticals about 23, where its just that, a bunch of hypotheticals.

and yes, Dak has leverage. Jerry's fault. he had no alternative plan and put himself in that position. he could have given him a long term contract 2 years before he gave him a contract and his average would have been much lower. he whiffed on getting him additional couple of millions per year, instead was forced to tag him and ended up paying that and much more any way.

it will be interesting. I think Jerry has cornered himself again. he has no one on the team that could replace Dak. he didn't draft anyone. not sure what's available next year. and then the cap hit is about 59M.
but Cowboys are now worth 9.2Bn. so I guess he achieved his goal of maximizing value and profit, which doesn't necessarily equal to winning championships as evident.

I'm not "arguing" about the hypotheticals of 23.

We were discussing your assertion that the Cowboys could deal with the reality of the 24 cap hit by converting future salary to a bonus and adding years to his contract to spread the hit.

That is a hypothetical that would be very unlikely Dak would accept. From a purely financial perspective, it would be downright foolish.

That's all I'm saying. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Jarv]

it provides fodder for anti-Dak crowd to complain about something. we heard same complaints last year about 2023 season. complainers just want to complain. let them at it.

I was at the game last year in Santa Clara against the 49ers in the playoffs.

I hqve plenty to complain about.

 

[Hadenough]

History is the best way to predict the future. Dak will choke and Dak will get paid. Jerry will look like the fool that he is and will continue to sell the Kool Aid.

 

[blueblood70]

According to Fox Sports, Dak's cap hit is $59M which would an NFL record. With Parsons eligible and deserving of a hugh contract in 2024 and Zack Martin wanting to be paid as the best guard , it will be interesting to see who Jerry pays and who he doesn't.

It will not be a record because that's not what his average salary is that's because they underpaid him for the first three years of his contract so he was making less than the $40 million he was supposed to be making and now they have to make up for it over two seasons but that's bonus money not salary therefore it won't be a record I'm sorry I don't know where you get your information from but the way the salary cap is broke down which would be dead cap money bonus actual salary cap hit in his average salary you have to go to all those that will not be a record because they owe him money they paid him bonus money it counts against the cap but he's not actually making $59 million.. Let me be clear he literally is not getting $59 million for that year he's already been paid bonus money they just didn't come due on the cap until these two years at the end because they spread it out they backloaded it this is what teams do and it's not a record.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I'm not "arguing" about the hypotheticals of 23.

We were discussing your assertion that the Cowboys could deal with the reality of the 24 cap hit by converting future salary to a bonus and adding years to his contract to spread the hit.

That is a hypothetical that would be very unlikely Dak would accept. From a purely financial perspective, it would be downright foolish.

That's all I'm saying. Nothing more, nothing less.

jerry has cornered himself.

reality. I think Dak will get extended and new years and money will be added. given we have no other recourse at this time to do anything but.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I was at the game last year in Santa Clara against the 49ers in the playoffs.

I hqve plenty to complain about.

this is regards to complaints about training camp. now, you spin to 49ers playoff game!!! there is plenty to complain about 49ers on few people. dak included.

and you just complained for the sake of complaining.

 

[USArmyVet]

Left brain types winning!

You will win as much as Dak has won which means absolutely winning nothing other than a participation trophy.

 

[Jarv]

this is regards to complaints about training camp. now, you spin to 49ers playoff game!!! there is plenty to complain about 49ers on few people. dak included.

and you just complained for the sake of complaining.

Now you've complaining about my complaint.

 

[Vtwin]

jerry has cornered himself.

reality. I think Dak will get extended and new years and money will be added. given we have no other recourse at this time to do anything but.

Exactly. There really is no other option that doesn't jeopardize the window this defense has opened.

I actually have hope that McCarthy can maximize the potential of the offense with ball control to set up the deep game.

I am an optimist at heart.

 

[khiladi]

Man, what is the hurry. They have all season and they blamed it on Moore and now McCarthy has the reigns of the offense. If Dak completely stinks of up, it’s completely irrelevant what his cap hit is. Take the loss and move on as extending him would be even more catastrophic than one year.

 

[Jarntt]

24% not so crazy when you take into account that the cap this year is $224.8M and the most recent QB contract was $52.5M. Now we all know that teams backload the cap hit on these contracts but the entire amount will hit the cap. So 52.5/224.8 = 23%. Now in reality because of pushing money into outer years the cap hit is spread over an additional year. So a 5 year contract is spread over 6 years which brings the % down to 19.5%.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Quit watching

quit stalking me.

 

[atlantacowboy]

According to Fox Sports, Dak's cap hit is $59M which would an NFL record. With Parsons eligible and deserving of a hugh contract in 2024 and Zack Martin wanting to be paid as the best guard , it will be interesting to see who Jerry pays and who he doesn't.

Daks contract was designed to be extended. Cowboys will obviously be doing just that with his contract, since taking a 58M cap hit isn't an option.

 

[Rockport]

quit stalking me.

You ugly.

 

[AbeBeta]

According to Fox Sports, Dak's cap hit is $59M which would an NFL record. With Parsons eligible and deserving of a hugh contract in 2024 and Zack Martin wanting to be paid as the best guard , it will be interesting to see who Jerry pays and who he doesn't.

And that's by design so that he gets an extension instead of hitting the cap super hard. Many teams build in terms like this to create a timeline for a new deal.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Now you've complaining about my complaint.

aha, now you get it. I acted like you and you understood.

you learned a valuable lesson today.

 

[glimmerman]

Rarely does a player give a discount. This is the way JJ had the contract laid out. He will extend him. Like him or not JJ still wants him so that’s the way it is.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

According to Fox Sports, Dak's cap hit is $59M which would an NFL record. With Parsons eligible and deserving of a hugh contract in 2024 and Zack Martin wanting to be paid as the best guard , it will be interesting to see who Jerry pays and who he doesn't.

Jerald will pay up in this order
Dak
Parsons
Martin

It is not a fair world for anybody.