How high does Dallas go to keep Dez?

[Doomsday101]

There has been a lot of talk about how much Murray should get, out of curiosity what is the max you would go on Dez? If you look at the highest avg at WR is at 16 mill a season so how high should Dallas go to retain Dez?

 

[perrykemp]

Sure hope it doesn't go above $13m or so. $13m seems very reasonable.

 

[d_dub88]

If JJ has to go over 14 mil a yr he may as well use the franchise tag. Johnson and Fitzgerald's contracts are cap killers.

 

[LittleD]

Sure hope it doesn't go above $13m or so. $13m seems very reasonable.

Just franchise him for the next two years if he won't accept 13mil per yr for 6 years. After the next two years, Romo & Witten will probably
be retiring so we would have to start over anyway. Might as well get an all new offensive group to go with the championship line
that will be left.

 

[Doomsday101]

If JJ has to go over 14 mil a yr he may as well use the franchise tag. Johnson and Fitzgerald's contracts are cap killers.

Dallas may have to but both Dallas and Dez will want a longer term contract if not then we are right back in the same boat next season. I think Dez will be the 2nd highest paid player on the team behind Romo when all is said and done.

 

[Vinnie2u]

If Fitz gets cut or takes a paycut... How does it effect the franchise tag for WR's

 

[slick325]

My guess and hope is...$13.5mil/yr. with $30mil guaranteed. Either 7yrs. $94.5mil or 8yrs. $108mil.

 

[d_dub88]

Dallas may have to but both Dallas and Dez will want a longer term contract if not then we are right back in the same boat next season. I think Dez will be the 2nd highest paid player on the team behind Romo when all is said and done.

Agreed. A longer term contract is the way to go if it can get done and in the end Dez will be the second highest paid player on the roster. But how high is JJ and or Stephen willing to go? I really think the front office will go as far as it can to stay away from restructuring Romo's contract. So I can see them going over 14 mil a yr with a backloaded contract.

 

[Idgit]

Something ~$14/per would be where I'd hope to come in, but the sticking point is going to be the guaranteed money. Probably going to guarantee a similar (or higher) percentage of the deal than Calvin got if you expect an AAV that's less than his several years after Calvin's deal was signed. That's a lot of guaranteed dough.

The Fitzgerald deal looks comparable on an AAV basis, but only about a quarter of it was guaranteed.

 

[Doomsday101]

Agreed. A longer term contract is the way to go if it can get done and in the end Dez will be the second highest paid player on the roster. But how high is JJ and or Stephen willing to go? I really think the front office will go as far as it can to stay away from restructuring Romo's contract. So I can see them going over 14 mil a yr with a backloaded contract.

I think Romo contract will be restructured based on comments by Jones

MOBILE, Ala.
In an effort to create more salary cap space, the Cowboys are expected to restructure Tony Romo’s contract at some point this offseason.
That’s how the Cowboys designed their six-year, $108 million contract for Romo two years ago, a deal that has $55 million guaranteed. Essentially, the Cowboys will convert his base salary into a signing bonus to create cap room.
Romo is scheduled to make $17 million in 2015 with his cap number coming in at $27.7 million, something that will be significantly reduced assuming the Cowboys restructure his deal for the second consecutive offseason. Last year, the Cowboys created about $10 million in cap space by doing so.




“This was carefully thought out when we made our agreement with Tony,” Jerry Jones said. “We knew that as we moved along there will be reallocation is the best way to say it with his salary, moving it around so that at a given time we could put the best group together with his supporting cast.”

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article7965012.html#storylink=cpy

 

[d_dub88]

I think Romo contract will be restructured based on comments by Jones

MOBILE, Ala.
In an effort to create more salary cap space, the Cowboys are expected to restructure Tony Romo’s contract at some point this offseason.
That’s how the Cowboys designed their six-year, $108 million contract for Romo two years ago, a deal that has $55 million guaranteed. Essentially, the Cowboys will convert his base salary into a signing bonus to create cap room.
Romo is scheduled to make $17 million in 2015 with his cap number coming in at $27.7 million, something that will be significantly reduced assuming the Cowboys restructure his deal for the second consecutive offseason. Last year, the Cowboys created about $10 million in cap space by doing so.




“This was carefully thought out when we made our agreement with Tony,” Jerry Jones said. “We knew that as we moved along there will be reallocation is the best way to say it with his salary, moving it around so that at a given time we could put the best group together with his supporting cast.”

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article7965012.html#storylink=cpy

I can see it going that way since it will give the most cap space. But here's Stephen on that point...

“Obviously you don’t like to mortgage your future if you can help it,” Jones said last week at the Senior Bowl, as documented by Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com. “We started making the move toward being a younger team and going a different direction in terms of pushing money out, so we’d prefer not to do that, but at the same time every situation has ramifications and you have to make tough decisions sometimes. I don’t think there’s an exact science, ‘Hey, we’re going to do it or not do it.’”

 

[Longboysfan]

I can see it going that way since it will give the most cap space. But here's Stephen on that point...

“Obviously you don’t like to mortgage your future if you can help it,” Jones said last week at the Senior Bowl, as documented by Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com. “We started making the move toward being a younger team and going a different direction in terms of pushing money out, so we’d prefer not to do that, but at the same time every situation has ramifications and you have to make tough decisions sometimes. I don’t think there’s an exact science, ‘Hey, we’re going to do it or not do it.’”

I just want them to make a smart move on the CAP space they need.

 

[Phoenix]

How high?

Whatever it takes.

 

[CF74]

What he deserves we can't afford so they will probably franchise him two years in a row barring some miracle restructure of the team...

 

[Nation]

How high?

Whatever it takes.

I love Dez, but the Lions are about to watch a 27 year old All-Pro player walk away with minimal compensation because they took a Whatever-It-Takes approach on the contract of a receiver entering his 9th year in the league who may be starting to break down already.

 

[Phoenix]

I love Dez, but the Lions are about to watch a 27 year old All-Pro player walk away with minimal compensation because they took a Whatever-It-Takes approach on the contract of a receiver entering his 9th year in the league who may be starting to break down already.

But Dez is younger, he's at the top of his game, and arguably the game's best receiver. And this offense and the team's hopes would dearly miss him if he were gone.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Either 7yrs. $94.5mil or 8yrs. $108mil.

After last night the Powerball is only $40M.

 

[xwalker]

There has been a lot of talk about how much Murray should get, out of curiosity what is the max you would go on Dez? If you look at the highest avg at WR is at 16 mill a season so how high should Dallas go to retain Dez?

The amount of the franchise tag which is about 13M.

 

[xwalker]

If Fitz gets cut or takes a paycut... How does it effect the franchise tag for WR's

The tag is based on the past 5 years so it wouldn't be a huge change based on 1 year.

IIRC the current year is not in the calculation.

 

[Nation]

But Dez is younger, he's at the top of his game, and arguably the game's best receiver. And this offense and the team's hopes would dearly miss him if he were gone.

My worry is not Dez not be able to live up to the contract or the contract hurting us in year one of a new deal. Where it gets you is years 3 and 4, similar to where Calvin is at now. At the time he signed the deal Calvin was younger, was at the top of his game, and he was the game's best receiver. When he got hurt this past season they had pieces that helped them stay afloat on defense, but now that they are in the higher salary years of the contract they can't retain those pieces.