News: Elliott Signs Contract

[JoeBoBBY]

Also had a lot more wear and tear

ohh the wear and tear argument......

AP had lots of wear and tear before last year.....

 

[robjay04]

ohh the wear and tear argument......

AP had lots of wear and tear before last year.....

AP also didn't have one full season without missing time because of injuries since high school(a season that was his contract year).

What's done is done.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

YES PLEASE. Minor league football in the off season so I don't have to watch the Blue Jays vs. White Sox. YAWN

I think it would be profitable to. People would go see the games. Open franchises in Ohio/Pa/Texas/ Florida/Cali..some state in the Midwest. Could even "test" markets by putting the teams in different mid-sized cities...I don't know, I actually think it would make money.....

no more PS stuff...

 

[JoeBoBBY]

AP also didn't have one full season without missing time because of injuries since high school(a season that was his contract year).

What's done is done.

whats done is done is correct. But to play the "wear and tear", "age", "injury", Contract year" cards are unfair....imho....

As it turns out, Romo got hurt last year so it was a wash anyway, and now we have what "may" be a better back. What "should" be a better back......

but its curious don't you think. One year we devalue the position, a few years later we draft one at the 4th pickle. --- I applaud them for admitting their ...miscalculations. I am impressed.

 

[rynochop]

Did anyone watch Murray last year? Does anyone think he would have been even a thousand yard rusher here last year? He was horrible, dude shut it down after getting paid.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Did anyone watch Murray last year? Does anyone think he would have been even a thousand yard rusher here last year? He was horrible, dude shut it down after getting paid.

Murray made a mistake to. Took the money and put himself in a bad position.......bad scheme for his skills....

An unhappy locker room to boot.....

 

[dogunwo]

Elliott, Brown, Frazier and Jackson have signed.

Why haven't the others signed yet? Holdouts?

Well, it only took this long for Elliot because they had to make sure it was possible to find a new helmet that fits.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 8m8 minutes ago
Ian Rapoport Retweeted Dallas Cowboys

$24.9M fully guaranteed over 4 years. $16.3M signing bonus

And to think the Cowboys less than a year earlier sqwaked @ paying Murray this kind of money.

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/dallas-cowboys-demarco-murray-contract-offer-free-agency-031215

If the Cowboys could have worked out a deal w/ Murray...then they wouldn't have been forced to burn a high draft choice on a RB

Sounds like an expensive way to learn a lesson

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone who watched Murray play last year still thinks we should have signed him for $6M per year. Yeah yeah, bad system fit yada yada: Murray was simply awful, and he's another year older now.

The lesson that should be learned here is: don't sign a 27-year-old RB who just carried the ball 400 times to a big multi-year contract. The Eagles are the ones who learned it the expensive way.

 

[Vero_F250]

25M guaranteed for a RB.

Yikes.

It was that or 25M guaranteed for a S/CB with 3 INTs in 3 years (and none in 2015).

YIKES!!!

 

[JoeBoBBY]

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone who watched Murray play last year still thinks we should have signed him for $6M per year. Yeah yeah, bad system fit yada yada: Murray was simply awful, and he's another year older now.

The lesson that should be learned here is: don't sign a 27-year-old RB who just carried the ball 400 times to a big multi-year contract. The Eagles are the ones who learned it the expensive way.

I am absolutely amazed that anybody thinks letting Murray walk, then replacing him with Randle was a ......good idea.

amazed that people think that was the right thing to do.

but hey, don't take my word for it...

just look at the resources we have allocated for the RB position this year....!!!!!!

 

[Vero_F250]

I am absolutely amazed that anybody thinks letting Murray walk, then replacing him with Randle was a ......good idea.

amazed that people think that was the right thing to do.

but hey, don't take my word for it...

just look at the resources we have allocated for the RB position this year....!!!!!!

I'm amazed people think that was the plan...

 

[robjay04]

I am absolutely amazed that anybody thinks letting Murray walk, then replacing him with Randle was a ......good idea.

amazed that people think that was the right thing to do.

but hey, don't take my word for it...

just look at the resources we have allocated for the RB position this year....!!!!!!

I don't think many will think it was a good idea. Letting Murray walk, maybe, but not drafting a RB last season in the 2nd or 3rd was the silly decision.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

I'm amazed people think that was the plan...

I am absolutely amazed that anybody thinks letting Murray walk, then replacing him with Randle was a ......good idea.

amazed that people think that was the right thing to do.

but hey, don't take my word for it...

just look at the resources we have allocated for the RB position this year....!!!!!!

I'm amazed at what amazes people!

 

[JoeBoBBY]

I'm amazed people think that was the plan...

Well, if that wasn't the plan........ the plan got royally screwed up!!! Don't you think?

What are your comments, if any, about the amount of resources allocated to the position this year?

 

[Vero_F250]

I'm amazed at what amazes people!

HAHAHAH! Well played...well played.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

HAHAHAH! Well played...well played.

Thank you Sir,,, I'm also astonished at what I find astonishing!

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm absolutely amazed that anyone who watched Murray play last year still thinks we should have signed him for $6M per year.

Plenty of us knew we should have passed on signing him to that contract before last year. What gets me is there are still some who believe we made a mistake letting him leave.

 

[Vero_F250]

Well, if that wasn't the plan........ the plan got royally screwed up!!! Don't you think?

What are your comments, if any, about the amount of resources allocated to the position this year?

Oh the plan definitely got FUBARed. The one year RBs go early in each round (last year) was the year they didn't have a solid back up plan and it bit them. Yes I agree they screwed up but still think letting Murray walk at the price Philly gave him was the right move. They made an offer mid season to him and he said no.

I think you said it earlier in the thread that at least they realized the mistake they made and addressed it this year. I agree with that as well. Taking two RBs this draft shows that Jerry and Co realized their mistake IMO.

 

[JoeBoBBY]

Plenty of us knew we should have passed on signing him to that contract before last year. What gets me is there are still some who believe we made a mistake letting him leave.

we went from 12-4, to 4-12.

There wasnt too much, if anything, we didnt screw up......healthy romo or not;

we let the leagues leading rusher go, then spend a 4 pickle trying to replace him....shore up the position....


Otay!!!

 

[Stash]

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