Has Dak alienated much of the Fanbase

[KingCorcoran]

Ya, not for me. I started a company and gave my key managers ownership. When I sold out we all shared in the purchase price. I made plenty of money and didn't need all of it.

And yes it is on par with what we are talking about here. I didn't have to take less, but cared about my teammates.

Dak could easily take 40 or 45 million per year and his grandkids would not have to work.

Jerry could easily have offered $45 million…if he thought that was an appropriate amount. Look at all the teams that recently have scrambled for starting quarterbacks. Some still are. Happens every year. So what? Jerry didn’t want to do that so he offered Dak the contract Dak agreed to.

Owners are never going to turn over the decision on what player compensation should be to the players. That includes Dak Prescott. Dak indicated what he thought was fair. Jerry responded with an offer. That also happens every year.

 

[kskboys]

Fans complain about these absurd contracts but fans are also at the root of the problem. Paying a regular guy more than a neurosurgeon to catch, throw, or shoot a ball in a children's game is outright stupid.

But the fans continue to attend the games, buy merch, and blow up TV ratings. If people really demanded change they would stop partaking in any of the aforementioned activities until the owners bottom line was in question.

Instead fans do not want to change any of their viewing and spending habits while at the same time demanding a change with league market value, contracts, etc.

Owners like Jerry can continue to do whatever they would like in perpetuity. They have a captive audience which does not have the gonads or the stomach to temporarily withhold their viewership and stop giving the league revenue in order to enact real change.

No one is complaining about player salaries in general.

 

[ShiningStar]

its Jerrys way of trolling some fans.

Wow some of the posters around here.

 

[GINeric]

The Dak contract was horrendous when signed but as time goes on, it just gets worse.
The fact that Dak had to hold out for the Maximum amount feasible rubs me, and others I'm sure, just for the fact that he came across as more greedy than committed to winning.
Watching all the FA activity for all the other teams and how so many don't sign to the maximum but for amounts they seem respectable.
But not Dak. He didn't seem to give a squat about helping the team. He signed the most crippling contract he could for the teams sake.
Not only will his contract hinder us presently, with the restructures where they convert his salary to a bonus, he will be causing us cap problems well after he is gone for two to three years afterwards.
While his restructuring helps us short term, it will limit us for many years.

Our team has led the NFL in penalties for many of the years Dak has been here. While we all understand Dak isn't elite, how has leading the NFL in penalties has he been responsible for? I'll patiently wait.....

While we think on a response for that, let me know how many quarterbacks or head coaches have had success being part of a team who leads the league in penalties multiple seasons.....

 

[Swagger]

Dak wouldn't have been taking a pay cut. The question is why push for the absolute max $60 million over 4 years when say $45-$50 million a year over 5-6 years would have still been a pay rise and easier to build around.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Jerry could easily have offered $45 million…if he thought that was an appropriate amount. Look at all the teams that recently have scrambled for starting quarterbacks. Some still are. Happens every year. So what? Jerry didn’t want to do that so he offered Dak the contract Dak agreed to.

Owners are never going to turn over the decision on what player compensation should be to the players. That includes Dak Prescott. Dak indicated what he thought was fair. Jerry responded with an offer. That also happens every year.

Of course Jerry offered him $45m.

......and im sure France advised Dak to accept.

There is, just like the last contract, a form of hubris, especially from QB's about being the top, be it AAV or Guaranteed Money or length of contract.

There is nothing in that contract that indicates there were any negotiations, if that were the case that imbecile of an owner would of got something from him.

The problem for Dak that his performance and health has brought him into the Problem Category, which previously was the sole domain of Jezzah.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Of course Jerry offered him $45m.

......and im sure France advised Dak to accept.

There is, just like the last contract, a form of hubris, especially from QB's about being the top, be it AAV or Guaranteed Money or length of contract.

There is nothing in that contract that indicates there were any negotiations, if that were the case that imbecile of an owner would of got something from him.

The problem for Dak that his performance and health has brought him into the Problem Category, which previously was the sole domain of Jezzah.

Jerry Jones agreed to the contract. He did not want to see Dak Prescott sign with another team. Blaming Dak for Jerry’s decision is nonsense.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Jerry Jones agreed to the contract. He did not want to see Dak Prescott sign with another team. Blaming Dak for Jerry’s decision is nonsense.

Again, we're blaming Jerry for giving it.....but Dak for sucking on it.

It's not an either/or.

 

[Chasing6]

Of course Jerry offered him $45m.

......and im sure France advised Dak to accept.

There is, just like the last contract, a form of hubris, especially from QB's about being the top, be it AAV or Guaranteed Money or length of contract.

There is nothing in that contract that indicates there were any negotiations, if that were the case that imbecile of an owner would of got something from him.

The problem for Dak that his performance and health has brought him into the Problem Category, which previously was the sole domain of Jezzah.

Maybe GM Jethro offered him $80M and Dak took a team friendly deal at $60M.

 

[kskboys]

Jerry Jones agreed to the contract. He did not want to see Dak Prescott sign with another team. Blaming Dak for Jerry’s decision is nonsense.

Blaming Dak for insisting on a short term maxed out deal is on Dak.

It can be both.

 

[kskboys]

Our team has led the NFL in penalties for many of the years Dak has been here. While we all understand Dak isn't elite, how has leading the NFL in penalties has he been responsible for? I'll patiently wait.....

While we think on a response for that, let me know how many quarterbacks or head coaches have had success being part of a team who leads the league in penalties multiple seasons.....

Holds onto the ball too long, and has a huge contract which limits player acquisitions which means the OL backups are often trash.

 

[KingCorcoran]

Blaming Dak for insisting on a short term maxed out deal is on Dak.

It can be both.

Jerry Jones owns the team. Dak works for him. Jerry Jones did not have to agree to anything. If Dak couldn’t get what he wanted from the Cowboys he would have to go offer his services to another team. Either way, Jerry Jones still owns the Cowboys. Dak Prescott was confident he would be successful whether or not Jerry agreed to his terms. Jerry Jones was not confident enough as owner/GM he could be as successful without Dak. Jerry acquiesced. Not Dak’s responsibility to instruct Jerry Jones on proper handling of player compensation.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

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Blaming Dak for insisting on a short term maxed out deal is on Dak.

It can be both.

I am going to ask for $100M contract for two years....I insist. that's what I want. that's my demand. now give in............

who gave him the deal? he could have walked away and if in your opinion he sucks, then walking away would have been the option.
as a seller, I can ask for anything I want. as a buyer, the ultimate choice is yours to buy or not to buy.

the fact that Jerry waited until an hour before the game (literally) to get the contract signed. how stupid is that!? deal could have happened earlier and been structured in many different ways. Jerry just doesn't give a ****....

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Holds onto the ball too long, and has a huge contract which limits player acquisitions which means the OL backups are often trash.

well, perception is one thing. reality is another.



our emotional biases get in the way of judgement. that was the 2023 stats.

Disclaimer: This is by no means a defense of Dak and his play or lack there of. Its putting facts in place of perceptions. Dak needs to improve his play. The Cowboys need to improve their play.

 

[GINeric]

Holds onto the ball too long, and has a huge contract which limits player acquisitions which means the OL backups are often trash.

This is a new angle that I've never heard before, I'll give you that. But I'll have to respectfully disagree with you. Our penalty issues weren't just the offensive linemen.

We had offensive holding issues on top of illegal formations, false starts, defensive pass interferences, defensive offsides, defensive holding, hands to the face by both offensive and defensive lines, etc.

So again, you blaming Dak for the Cowboys leading the NFL in penalties for multiple seasons is pretty hilarious.

That's the first time I've ever heard of a quarterback being blamed for league leading team wide penalties. What other quarterbacks in history have you ever seen blamed for their team leading the NFL in penalties.

What are their names, im just curious....

 

[OGSixshooter]

Dak hasn't alienated anyone. It's the clown of an owner who gave him the deal.

There's actually a lot of truth to this. Granted, most of us don't like some of Dak's responses, ego-protection and coping after losses but...who of us would do any better in that position? None of us - I presume - are good enough to be QB1...and neither is Dak...but it's Jerry who put Dak and us in this position. He should have saved Dak from himself and us from this torture.