ESPN Dallas: No franchise tag on Miles Austin, for now

[Randy White]

I wouldn't even mess around with this. Get him locked up or at the very least franchised. There would be a team willing to part with a 1st and 3rd for him.

Forget any team picking in the top 15 picks, so let's take a look at the bottom half ( realistically speakign ):

16th - Titans = Doubt it. They like their 1st round pick from last year.
17th - 49ers = Nope.
18th - Steelers = Nope
19th - Falcons = Nope
20th - Texans = Nope
21st - Bengals = maybe. They like Andre Caldwell but L.Coles has been a bust.
22nd - Patriots = Nope
23rd - Packers = Nope
24th - Eagles = Nope
25th - Ravens = " Very much " yes. It would make perfect sense.
26th - Cardinals = Nope
28th - Chargers = Nope
29th - Jets = " Very much " yes. They showed interest last year soooo....
30th - Colts = Nope
31st - Saints = Nope

So possibly the Ravens or the Jets, with the Bengals as an outsider.

I'd tag him with the 1st and a 3rd and see what interest for him it's out there. If anything, the Cowboys have a right to match any deal he gets anyways.

 

[Randy White]

I wouldn't trade Miles for the 1st pick in the draft. Who would we take? The bust in waiting in Suh? .

You must be an Oklahoma fan..

The only thing SUh is going to bust is offensive line's collective butts for the next 10 years..

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[Randy White]

of Igor at LDE, Ratt at NG, and Suh at RDE ????? Plus Ware and Spencer ?


" Oh lord have mercy on me... cuz they sure won't.. "


The prayer from the Qbs who'd face the Cowboys next year, and well into the next decade.

 

[L-O-Jete]

He's already in Dallas, so no, there is no team that would give up a 1st and 3rd for a WR who has had 1 thousand yard receiving year in his career.

Jerry gave that and more for Roy Willie...

http://www.nfl.com/players/roywilliams/profile?id=WIL511864

 

[Monster Heel]

Jerry gave that and more for Roy Willie...

I'm going to choose to bite my tongue here. :laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

I'm going to choose to bite my tongue here. :laugh2:

You type with your tongue?

 

[Monster Heel]

You type with your tongue?

And occasionally the point of my elbow.

What can I say? I'm talented.

 

[CF74]

Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said the organization would like to give Austin a long-term contract, probably five years, but if not Austin could get a first-and-third round tender offer. If that's the case, Austin's salary would be $3.168 million.

What?

I say let the market dictate his contract, then sign him.

 

[tomson75]

Oh my gosh, a sensible post. Who are you and what have you done with Monster Heel?

Sensible or not, that's exactly what Jerry gave up for Williams. To see him be on the wrong end of similar deals in such a short matter of time....well, I'd hate to be a moderator here.

Why dangle him out there to force the issue?

 

[DeaconBlues]

Forget any team picking in the top 15 picks, so let's take a look at the bottom half ( realistically speakign ):

16th - Titans = Doubt it. They like their 1st round pick from last year.
17th - 49ers = Nope.
18th - Steelers = Nope
19th - Falcons = Nope
20th - Texans = Nope
21st - Bengals = maybe. They like Andre Caldwell but L.Coles has been a bust.
22nd - Patriots = Nope
23rd - Packers = Nope
24th - Eagles = Nope
25th - Ravens = " Very much " yes. It would make perfect sense.
26th - Cardinals = Nope
28th - Chargers = Nope
29th - Jets = " Very much " yes. They showed interest last year soooo....
30th - Colts = Nope
31st - Saints = Nope

49ers would consider it. They have two first rounders, and would love to have a second WR to pair with Crabtree. Issac Bruce isn't scaring anyone.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

49ers would consider it. They have two first rounders, and would love to have a second WR to pair with Crabtree. Issac Bruce isn't scaring anyone.

Austin is better than Crabtree

Do all of you not relieze that the guy had 1320 yards and 11 TDs in 11 starts? He was producing while drawing double coverage.

Miles Austin will have a hall of fame career barring injury.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

You must be an Oklahoma fan..

The only thing SUh is going to bust is offensive line's collective butts for the next 10 years..

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Ratliff is the best DT in football this year :bang2: WHY WOULD YOU REPLACE THE BEST OF SOMETHING?

Would you replace Peyton Manning with Sam Bradford or Jimmy Clausen?

Comeon now. Im a UT fan

 

[tomson75]

Austin is better than Crabtree

Do all of you not relieze that the guy had 1320 yards and 11 TDs in 11 starts? He was producing while drawing double coverage.

Miles Austin will have a hall of fame career barring injury.

Just a suggestion, but I'd refrain from calling other members of the forum idiots; while, in the same post, anointing Austin into the Hall of Fame after one season.

Food for thought anyhow....

 

[fannypack]

Dunno this just kind of reminds me of Marion Barber all over again.

 

[DasTex]

Ratliff is the best DT in football this year :bang2: WHY WOULD YOU REPLACE THE BEST OF SOMETHING?

Would you replace Peyton Manning with Sam Bradford or Jimmy Clausen?

Comeon now. Im a UT fan

It's not hard - Rat moves to DE to replace Spears, and Suh moves to NT or the other way around, which ever works it's way out in camp.

 

[jobberone]

I'd just franchise him unless we can get a long-term deal before the FA signing season starts. I don't want some team with a low-first rounder to try and steal Austin with a poison-pill contract knowing they only have to give up a first and a third for a young pro bowl WR who averages 100 yds/game and 1 TD/game in a starting role. By giving him the franchise tag, now other teams have to give up two first rounders and the math is much different and the incentive to go fooling around with "funny contracts" is much less.

I think it would be a good idea to let Austin play out the year for the $10M and then in the middle of the season try and work out a reasonable long-term deal for both sides based on his level of production during the year.

I can easily see Miles being a $9-10M/yr player. I really wouldn't have any major qualms with 5 years, $50M.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to get him signed this year? If he and his agent say they want to stay in Dallas and agree with the FO to get a contract signed then I'd go with the highest tender offer until a contract can be worked out. No need to wait or worry this was an aberrant year. Miles is the real deal.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

31 other teams would do it.

You just can't help yourself can you?

There are not 31 other teams who would do it. Cardinals, Falcons, Colts, Saints, Patriots, Giants, Eagles, Texans, Steelers, and 49ers are all teams who wouldn't give up a 1 and 3 and then a huge contract to get Austin from us and that's just the teams off the top of my head.

You really just don't know how to not over value and over blow everything you say do you?

Just a suggestion, but I'd refrain from calling other members of the forum idiots; while, in the same post, anointing Austin into the Hall of Fame after one season.

Food for thought anyhow....

We should all really be used to it by now. Especially with Miles Austin since half way through the season he became 'the best WR to ever play football.'

He's a kid though. He doesn't know any better.

 

[Randy White]

49ers would consider it. They have two first rounders, and would love to have a second WR to pair with Crabtree. Issac Bruce isn't scaring anyone.

They already have their 2nd WR in Josh Morgan who's, technically, their 3rd option behind Crabtree and Vernon Davis. Bringing a high cost WR like Austin would be waste of resources and draft pick because all they'd be doing is cutting down Crabtree's attempts, in an offense that's geared towards running the football first.

It goes back to the point I've been making for the past few years in here: there's only so much passes an offense throws in a game. Unlike a popular believe amongst the younger generation, the NFL is not Madden Football where you throw the ball 70 times per game and 3 receivers go for 150 yards every week. Even the most passing offenses ( which the 49ers O is far from being one ) might throw the ball in the upper 30's, lower 40's per game ( shootouts notwithstanding ) which is enough to involve your top 3, maybe 4 receivers at the most. And when I say " receivers ", I'm not necessarily talking about wide receivers either. It includes TEs, and RBs.

In their case, if they draft a WR, it will probably be in 2nd or 3rd round and it will be a speedy guy who can play the slot, but it's primeraly a P or KO returner.

 

[Randy White]

Ratliff is the best DT in football this year :bang2: WHY WOULD YOU REPLACE THE BEST OF SOMETHING?

Who said anything about Suh replacing Ratt ?

Im a UT fan

It figures.. Suh planted McCoy into the turf so hard that even UT fans ended up with concussions..

 

[Eskimo]

Wouldn't it be a lot easier to get him signed this year? If he and his agent say they want to stay in Dallas and agree with the FO to get a contract signed then I'd go with the highest tender offer until a contract can be worked out. No need to wait or worry this was an aberrant year. Miles is the real deal.

I'd agree option #1 is to try and work out a 5-year deal.

If that fails option #2 is to franchise him over tendering him as a first and third rounder. The advantage of the tender is the contract is only $3M or so but I think the FO would rather pay Miles a more reasonable wage this year which can be accomplished with the franchise tag.