So you think he and his agent would have turned down an offer last season that would have made him the highest-paid WR $31M. If that is true, it is like saying THEY KNEW the market would bump the positional value by $4M and I'm not sure about that because I don't think anyone saw Jefferson getting $35M........$31M, $32M yes but not $35M.
You're not taking into account:
Agree.....its the WAY we do business ( 'liking our own', 'leaving to last minute', not trading ANY elite players). Players feel a security and can 'play' the Jones.
Yes, I believe he would of turned it down, based on ^^^^^^. His agent could see the Jefferson comparison escalating the top end WR market/Jones MO/Dak's need and Cowboys lack of a viable no.2 WR. There's not much risk that we wont pay.....even with Dak, he only played 5 games the season before we gave in to his contract demands.
Is it an extension or a completely new contract? If it's an extension, it doesn't take effect until the original contract is fulfilled (after the fifth-year option). If it's a completely new contract, the original contract is terminated and his new salary starts this coming season. Void the fifth-year option money. So it's calculated differently. I'm just asking which is it?
The issue's that both parties could of negotiated ,either, extension or additional years last year.
at the time they were negotiating. and there was a a 2-3M/ year difference in the ask vs. give. and Stephen played hardball. great for him. then he franchised him and paid all of it back in one season due to franchise tag. then cornered himself and gave in to Dak because they had no alternative in place. and ended up at 40M.
no its not. initial contract negotiations the year before was for 4, 5 years and Dak was asking for 28, stephen wanted to pay around 25-26....and he didn't sign him. then franchised him and paid it all back and then he cornered himself with not having an option and where the team was to sign him to a 4 year contract. Dak could have just decided not to resign at all. its the market. and that year, right before Dak, Watson signed for 40M. your opinion of what he is worth is totally irrelevant to QB market and contract values.
Wasnt the argument at all. We dont pretend we could do the job. He does.
Lol...I've met many of those coaches over the years. Even the ones we think our bad, are very knowledgeable....it takes players to make a coach. I do admit, that some coaches get cocky and don't want to change....those are the ones that need to set out to pasture.
Chemical engineering degree. It would not be surprising if Stephen Jones had difficulty creating something from an erector set. An educational summary of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys front office top executives from Day 1:
Nobody's giving the FO an 'Out', just explaining that the contractual issues aren't as binary as ALL being Jones' fault.....though there is a serious case to make that players/agents (especially the elite) can manipulate the situation,knowing that we have Jerry (who'll pay his own) and Stephen (who'll baulk at the figure).
No ....... I understand who makes the final decision on draft day ...... and that is Jerry.
