That's if he stays at 55M this year. What's the point of paying all that money if the Cowboys have to keep restructuring his contract to compete? As you can see, he's 21% against the cap this year.
Extending Dak is going to be a colossal mistake. Wait and see.
Yeah and that’s kind of my point. Goff is getting credit for this Lions turn around and it seems to be unwarranted.
That argument would gave merit if he hadn't just taken the Detroit Lions to the NFCCG.
Honestly probably not. Not saying Goff is some savior, but they received 6 draft picks coming back to Detroit in that deal, none of them lower than a 3rd rounder. I think Detroit had the right idea in moving Stafford, and had the best buy low candidate they could have gotten in Goff. I also think it's a mistake to pay him now though. That team is a legit contender because of the depth of that roster, not because of the QB. IMO Jared Goff is a perfect example of how we overrate QBs in the modern era. Moving on from a QB helped them get to the next level, and Jared Goff has shown that he's pretty good when surrounded by talent at every position group, but pretty flawed when he doesn't have a great supporting cast.
If that man is deciding whether I should be making $45MM or $60MM I'm OK with that. It's ridiculous to compare this to the average american worker IMO. Dak can make more money in one year that 99% of the fans will make in their lifetimes, yet these same fans are the reason Dak is given the opportunity to make generational wealth for playing a game. Fans should be more than welcome to have an opinion on player salaries.
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I've begun to come to that conclusion as well. I would hope they'd actually spend if they didn't have that franchise qb money to worry about, BUT let's be honest..it's a long shot.
Kind of par for the course. My whole career politicians (other men, who COULDN'T walk in my shoes) have decided my salary.
Looks like a set up and then have money for the New coach to play with next year
Why not re-sign Dak . . . that's a good question -- possibly a good one for Jerry and Stephen to answer. So far, what Jerry has indicated, it seems because he's finally become disgusted with the amounts of money he's overspending on Dak (and his teammates) to win more in the playoffs and perhaps even a SB, as well. Jerry is nearing the end of the line for himself and getting desperate to solidify his legacy.
Very strange post. You do understand that fans only care what a player makes as it concerns the salary cap, right?
That's just not true though. The Cowboys have one of the lowest cap numbers in the league over the next 3 seasons, including the 8th lowest cap number in football for 2025. The Cowboys have complete cap flexibility to make whatever moves they want, they simply are choosing not to use it this year. That's not completely a bad thing as they don't continue to kick the can down the road as they've done time and time again, but don't for one second think that they don't have the ability to. The 2024 cap situation is a total choice by the Jones clan.
Everyone has the ability to push stuff into future years, doesn't mean they have salary cap room.
Sure it does. Paying bonus money now allows teams to move that cap number around. I’m going off estimates here but as of right now the cowboys have roughly $62M in cap space for 2025, $170M in 2026, and $250M in 2027.
He is not. GM Jethro made it that way by choice. Huge difference. His contract this year was for $29M + his prorated signing bonus. Total I believe was $42M.
