Twitter: Extension Elliott looking for would exceed Gurley's 4yr $57.5 million deal

[Rayman70]

This stuff is exactly as expected.
Of course Zeke wants to be the highest paid.
Of course DAL doesn't wanna hand out the highest contract ever awarded a RB 2 years before his deal is up.

None of this is surprising.

The only surprise is Zeke chose to do this year rather than next when he'd have more leverage when he'd have had 4 years in and would be an URFA if he sat out, be it 4 or 16 games.
Now that he chose this year he is out of good options. It's sit for good or play for whatever they are offering because there's essentially no cap relief for trading or cutting him and he has to get one more full season accrual to make FA and the big money.

All that said if DAL is offering between Bell and Gurley money and he wants just over Gurley money that is a very small gap.
13.1M vs 14.3M
1.2M per year....This is wayyyy less serious than people pretend.
Same as it was with DLaw.

These parties are battling but 90% of the way there.

exactly. Bad choice by the agent and he. Should have waited another season. This may prove to spell the end for him in Dallas. Goes to show you how bad judgment can come back to bite ya where it hurts, the wallet. Zeke needs to grow up.

 

[jterrell]

It’s not a nothing difference or it would be done. 10 mil In guarantees difference is significant

No, it's not.
He'd lose 4M by sitting out this year.
The margin is thin.

 

[jterrell]

exactly. Bad choice by the agent and he. Should have waited another season. This may prove to spell the end for him in Dallas. Goes to show you how bad judgment can come back to bite ya where it hurts, the wallet. Zeke needs to grow up.

I actually think it weirdly ensures he stays tbh.
I just don't see his options being great.
DAL is not going to panic when they have all the cards.

They don't look certain to need him until week 4 at earliest.
They can be patient.
He can sit out games with little to gain or play for 95% of what he is asking.
I think we can all guess which way that goes.

Zeke and all RB do get hosed. It's rough because they get eaten up in their rookie deals which are 10 cents on the dollar.
I do understand why RB are sick of this but the system isn't going to change unless they fight it with the NFLPA in the next collective bargaining agreement.
If every other position is fine letting RB get brutalized to ensure massive pay days at other positions on 2nd and 3rd deals then they have little recourse.

 

[ghst187]

Give him the money but put in a clause that it voids if he misses a game due to suspension or generally because he was stupid....

 

[Jipper]

No, it's not.
He'd lose 4M by sitting out this year.
The margin is thin.

i do not agree with you at all and you are discounting the difference in guarantees...a ~30% difference in guaranteed money is what Zeke sees and thats the issue because he sees himself as the top RB in the nfl and expects such....If he doesnt get the top dollar then he likely wants the gop guarnateed, neither of which is sounds like jerry will do.

 

[D4KADON]

Some of the responses here in regards to Zeke are disgusting.

Zeke getting money shouldn’t be a problem if this team continues to draft well. This is what happens when you have great players: you pay them.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Some of the responses here in regards to Zeke are disgusting.

Zeke getting money shouldn’t be a problem if this team continues to draft well. This is what happens when you have great players: you pay them.

I think most people are fine seeing Zeke being rewarded handsomely. There just isn’t a compelling case to make him the highest paid RB (unless it’s inflation?). Gurley has handily outperformed him (and everyone else) over the last couple of years.

 

[Praxit]

...Zeke might learn to late, that the NFL is moving away from workhorse runner to committee of backs. Made famous by Rams, Patriots both Super Bowl contenders.

 

[jterrell]

i do not agree with you at all and you are discounting the difference in guarantees...a ~30% difference in guaranteed money is what Zeke sees and thats the issue because he sees himself as the top RB in the nfl and expects such....If he doesnt get the top dollar then he likely wants the gop guarnateed, neither of which is sounds like jerry will do.

No problem agreeing to disagree but the reality is Zeke has ~14M GTD RIGHT NOW.

In reality he has about 25M GTD because he is getting 4 this year, the team already GTD the 9+ next year and you know at WORST he'd be franchised in 2020 for 11-12M.
I mean even seriously injured Zeke has been so good they aren't going to toss him away without a season or two of rehab efforts.

The "gain" of 10M GTD isn't all that big a deal especially if he starts reducing that GAIN by missing game checks which can't be re-paid.
Or he could do like DLaw; play and wait.
DLaw made franchise money then got his massive GTD deal. He casually stole a monster salary GTD on apove it year then got his top of line deal.
Zeke could do that and end up with a monster total earned over the next 4 seasons.
But if you early extend you gotta give somewhere.
The team knows this and so does Zeke.
His suspension and off-field strikes are legit leverage and so is the fact he can't afford ot not be accrued for at least 1 more season.

End of day team and Zeke can meet in the middle because middle isn't that far apart.
600K a year in AAV(on a 14m deal) plus 5M more GTD(out of 40m) is a major difference? Hard to justify that take imho.

 

[jterrell]

Give him the money but put in a clause that it voids if he misses a game due to suspension or generally because he was stupid....

he would absolutely not sign that and rightfully so.
which is why team is unlikely to hand him the largest overall deal in total and in GTD money.

all that said suspensions are usually with pay, meaning the player doesnt earn that money.

 

[davidariust24]

Sorry Zeke. That's not happening.

We should match it. No more no less.

 

[ghst187]

he would absolutely not sign that and rightfully so.
which is why team is unlikely to hand him the largest overall deal in total and in GTD money.

all that said suspensions are usually with pay, meaning the player doesnt earn that money.

I know, ‘‘twas a partial joke.

 

[dfense]

Gurly had 3 times as many TD's as Zeke last year and he missed several games with injuries.

 

[erod]

Gurly had 3 times as many TD's as Zeke last year and he missed several games with injuries.

Because Dallas was 26th in the league in red zone TD percentage.

 

[DuncanIso]

No problem agreeing to disagree but the reality is Zeke has ~14M GTD RIGHT NOW.

In reality he has about 25M GTD because he is getting 4 this year, the team already GTD the 9+ next year and you know at WORST he'd be franchised in 2020 for 11-12M.
I mean even seriously injured Zeke has been so good they aren't going to toss him away without a season or two of rehab efforts.

The "gain" of 10M GTD isn't all that big a deal especially if he starts reducing that GAIN by missing game checks which can't be re-paid.
Or he could do like DLaw; play and wait.
DLaw made franchise money then got his massive GTD deal. He casually stole a monster salary GTD on apove it year then got his top of line deal.
Zeke could do that and end up with a monster total earned over the next 4 seasons.
But if you early extend you gotta give somewhere.
The team knows this and so does Zeke.
His suspension and off-field strikes are legit leverage and so is the fact he can't afford ot not be accrued for at least 1 more season.

End of day team and Zeke can meet in the middle because middle isn't that far apart.
600K a year in AAV(on a 14m deal) plus 5M more GTD(out of 40m) is a major difference? Hard to justify that take imho.

There are 249 NFL players making more $$$ than Zeke.

#249 is a scrub DE playing for the Jets.

 

[John813]

There are 249 NFL players making more $$$ than Zeke.

#249 is a scrub DE playing for the Jets.

Henry Anderson had 7 sacks as a DE out of a 3-4 team.

How's he a scrub exactly, you watch tape of him?

 

[DuncanIso]

Henry Anderson had 7 sacks as a DE out of a 3-4 team.

How's he a scrub exactly, you watch tape of him?

Well, he’s a scrub compared to Zeke. 8)