At the trade deadline they offered a second round pick for ET and Seattle said no. We also know from reports that they offered ET $10-11 million when free agency started and ET said no.
Now I only have a UT education (you know, one of the schools people are cheating to send their kids to) so maybe I am missing something.
How is 2nd pick + $10-11 = great deal, but $14 million and keeping your 2nd round pick =bad deal.
Using that logic, they are saying that $3 million out of $188 million cap is more important than a 2nd round pick. No other way to logically explain they would do the first deal but not the second deal.
From another thread where I responded to the same question from you about why they wanted him last year and wouldn’t go higher this year:
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Assuming Dallas
did indeed offer a second last year for him (I never really saw or heard compelling proof of that), here are some reasons their minds could have changed:
1. Thomas has had yet another season ending injury since they made the offer. The Cowboys know they likely dodged a bullet last year when he broke his leg right after the trade fell through (if there was a trade offered).
2. Thomas is now a year older. With the end of his pro bowl skills likely coming in about 2-3 years, 1 season is a big percentage of what’s left of his career.
3. He’s now on the open market making him and/or his agent feel like he is in a better bargaining position, thus expecting more money.
4. Xavier Woods played better than they thought and the need for a center fielder in Dallas has subsided.
5. With Woods solid play, they may feel like they have bigger needs than a FS that’ll bench one of their promising young DB’s. Maybe a slot WR with Bease gone. Maybe a better interior DL. Maybe they think a strong safety is more of a need with Woods’,good play.
Any combination of those reasons would be enough to keep Dallas from pulling the trigger on this. It certainly would be enough reason not to up an offer to an unreasonable number. To just set a dollar figure you’re comfortable with and let it play out.
I’m in that same boat with them, if that’s the case. I wouldn’t mind him being here but it isn’t very imperative to me that Thomas is in Dallas. There are bigger things to worry about, IMO.
