Per nick Eatman's article... The Cowboys indeed made an offer to Murray in the neighborhood of $6 million per season.
So at $5 million four years is 20
At $6 million four years is 24
High or low of neighborhood of 7 to 11 more is more than a few.
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2...s-eagles-five-years-42-million-sixth-fa-leave
You get the point, right? They value the guy who carried the load significantly less than another team. Pinheaded move.
But there will be many rejoicing. And if and when this comes back to bite the team on the butt, they will come up with some other sleight-of-hand deflection to push this off on Murray.
Yet, after the season ended, and he signed the waver indicating he did not need any surgery as all the healthy players do, he didn't clean out his locker. He hung around, going to games with teammates and the head coach. He left every impression he wanted to be here. Only after well over a month did he get the picture this team did not hold him in the same esteem he held them.
So some of this is on Murray. An old school sort of guy who wanted to be here and allowed his heart to guide him, until the team - in their arrogance - low balled him, and held him in disrespect. The same type of arrogance displayed by the fans of this team on this board daily, as they rock in their barco-loungers, making football sounding thoughts with little real knowledge of the inner workings of this game.
If he had been the horse's arse that most of these millionaires are, he would have cleaned out his locker and rejected the team, forcing them to believe he would not stay.
That is not my idea, of course. That is what Nate said yesterday evening. I take it his thoughts have some semblance of legitimacy since he played this game at the highest level.
This is a Jones move playing GM. He overspends for Carr and a whole host of other players, then when he has a real jewel in his hands he plays it tough.
Can Dallas replace Murray's yards? Maybe.
Can they replace his ability to block the one off blitzer? Maybe.
Can they replace his love for the team, loyalty, and leadership? Highly doubtful.
The window is now in the Dallas Cowboy's House of Glass. And Jerry Jones is practicing with his new slingshot. This was a monumentally stupid move.