Dez Bryant isn't worth his contract

Kevinicus

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haleyrules said:
So did Murray. That was his big year and it was on the back of the running game. Then, in their brilliance, the FO lets Murray walk and signs Bryant to the big contract when they should have signed Murray and franchised Dez. They always get it wrong. Sizzle over substance.
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They did franchise Dez. He then signed a long-term contract at the deadline.
 

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Dez is the reason we weren’t embarrassed as the number 1 seed after being down 21-3 last year. I’ll take his low reg season numbers if it translates to 8 rec 140 yards and 2 TDS in the playoffs
 
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Kevinicus said:
They did franchise Dez. He then signed a long-term contract at the deadline.
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Everyone complaining about the Dez deal is signing up for the exact same thing with Lawrence

It is absolutely the wrong way to go.......once you Franchise someone that number becomes the salary floor ......if he is good his costs will only go up........ there is nothing to win

Make a fair offer now and stick to it........if he leaves they get 17m in cap space and a 3rd comp

Free Agency by design is expensive.......it is not a fair market.......it is what it costs to keep or acquire another player without draft picks or trades..... you pay a premium for that

3 years ago we couldn't afford to lose Dez.......he was performing like a 20m player on his rookie deal and no one was complaining.......now he performing like a 10m player that is making 14m...... so what?????

All the incessant whining is just moronic.......Dez is not the problem...... if you can bring in a better WR you would be replacing Butler or Switzer or NBrown........ not Dez .......so STHU for the 1000th time(not you....verdict and Xwalker)
 
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Can’t we just get a Dez sucks super merge thread pinned somewhere?
 
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I've watched almost every pass thrown to Dez this year on All-22 and most of the routes he has ran when he has not had the ball thrown his way.

Dez's main issue is that his hand technique is poor when he hasn't played or practiced in a while. He struggled with that early on. It happens every year and usually as he gets going and playing and practicing more it becomes good enough to get by. That's why Garrett always harps on Dez getting practice time in...when he doesn't practice his hand technique suffers and he doesn't have the deep speed to get away with it.

Up until the past 3 games or so, Dez and Dak were having issues with sight adjustments. And I'm as big of a Dak fan as there is, but from my vantage point Dak has usually been wrong on the sight adjustment. And the quickest way to discount somebody's analysis of Dez is when they talk about him being a 'poor route runner.' Particularly this season because his route running has been really, really good.

But what I don't like out of Dez is his technique catching the ball has regressed. He's made some uncharacteristic drops. Other than that, the biggest issue is what Romo said...you have to throw the ball to Dez differently than you do to most receivers. On a deep pass contested by the DB, you can't throw it long and expect Dez to run under it. Instead, you are better throwing it high and short, letting Dez win a jump ball battle. If you were near the goal line, normal WR's you could throw a corner fade or a back shoulder fade. But with Dez you want to throw a back shoulder high fade.

Even Tony took some time adjusting to having to do that with Dez.

So in essence, yes, he's overpaid. I do think he fits the offense well and I think there's plenty of tread left on the tire. And I wouldn't be so quick to restructure his contract because lately Dak and Dez have been much better on the sight adjustments and if Dak can develop a feel of where to throw to Dez...I can see Dez putting up some big numbers.





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CF74 said:
What's your limit?
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1. My first option would be to get him to take a pay cut and treat him as the possession receiver that he is. He is a good #2 chain mover. He is worth about half of his current annual salary. That way you don't have his bonus accelerating into the cap like you would have in a cut or trade. That would never happen because he still thinks he is top 5.

2. What is the cash value of a first round pick? It is probably worth giving up Dez and paying $5 million of his salary per year to get a first round pick in trade. You could get a replacement receiver with that pick, pay the pick's salary, and pay the $5 million per year and still be getting off cheap. Plus you would have control of that player for 5 years at least.

Moreover, you could use your current first round pick and the newly acquired pick to move up into Julio Jones range in the draft. Keep that in mind.
 
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Of course, coach of not even a pop warner team.

You name athletes with a QB established.

How many years has Dak been QB?

Dude......stop acting like you know football. Fantasy league's fans are the worst
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You remember Romo? yeah, he played with Dez too.
 
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That's true. It's merely an opinion. But tell me, if you were a real executive would YOU give up that for Dez?
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It really depends on the situation but we know Jerry did it once lol
 
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