Jerry: Hopkins unlikely, Zeke possible

[Risen Star]

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Elliot has no future.

Therefore he will be a thorn in the Cowboys side because Jerry can’t quit him.

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Double whammy.

 

[Praxit]

...welp, there you have it. I guess Zeke, Deuss, TP tandem for 23'. I cant wait.... ..

 

[Tangle_Foot]

A guy that can make the big play, we have no interest in
A guy that can't make the big play, sure why not

 

[Shane612]

Jerry has a hard time letting go of the past.

 

[Nova]

One kick for each nut

Thanks Jerr

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

 

[rambo2]

Elliot has no future.

Therefore he will be a thorn in the Cowboys side because Jerry can’t quit him.

That's bs, they certainly could go either way with him and having a reliable short yardage back isn't a thorn in the side.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Jerry has a hard time letting go of the past.

He actually doesn’t. They typically don’t go back to guys they cut. Maybe Witten but they let him go to the Raiders first.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

That's bs, they certainly could go either way with him and having a reliable short yardage back isn't a thorn in the side.

Yeah it’s like it’s a fear people have of bringing him back. At the end of the day I just had an issue with his salary. I don’t see a problem with him as a short yardage back.

 

[Carson]

Man I wish I didn’t pay for Mike Fishers breaking news

/sarcasm

 

[Risen Star]

 

[Risen Star]

Deuce Vaughn would be my short yardage/goal line back.

 

[TheFinisher]

I can’t remember an example of a team cutting a player, getting hit with dead cap from the contract, and then re-signing that player in the same off-season.

Why would we do this? He refused to re-do his deal, so now that we’ve taken the dead cap hit and his camp realizes he has no market, we’re going to shell out more money to him?

Make it make sense.

 

[Flamma]

The Cowboys standard operating procedure tells us they're not signing Hopkins. Almost zero chance. Jerry's comments on Zeke was simple lip service.

 

[thunderpimp91]

One of those players will cost money, the other comes cheap. That's all Jerry needs to know.

 

[KJJ]

A guy that can make the big play, we have no interest in
A guy that can't make the big play, sure why not

The guy that can’t make the big play moved the chains in a lot of critical situations and punched the ball in the endzone 12 times last year. If we can’t pick up a yard or two in critical 3rd and 4th down situations and near the goal line, it’s going to lead to problems. We added a WR threat in Brandin Cooks but we have a lot of uncertainty with our short yardage backs and who knows if any of them can block. For those who think Zeke didn’t provide any value weren’t watching the games.

 

[KJJ]

The biggest problem adding Hopkins is he would be a progress stopper for Jalen Tolbert. Granted Hopkins is way better than Tolbert, but signing him would pretty much cause of the Cowboys to have to move on from Tolbert and they don’t want give up on the third round pick after only one season. Tolbert would never have a chance to improve on his rookie season with four receivers ahead of him. Someone has to go if you bring in Hopkins.

 

[thunderpimp91]

I can’t remember an example of a team cutting a player, getting hit with dead cap from the contract, and then re-signing that player in the same off-season.

Why would we do this? He refused to re-do his deal, so now that we’ve taken the dead cap hit and his camp realizes he has no market, we’re going to shell out more money to him?

Make it make sense.

I believe the Eagles did this with Fletcher Cox just last year didn't they? Not sure if they took much of a cap it or not, but know that they released then resigned him.

Odds are the move to release + resign to a vet min contract once he realizes that he has no market probably saves the Cowboys more money than having him take a pay cut alone. Zeke wasn't owed any actual money on his existing contract, all guaranteed cash had already been paid so by cutting him the Cowboys owed him $0. It really was just about the cap hit.....maybe that could have been lessened with Zeke redoing his deal, but to do so you probably have to add years which I get the sense the Cowboys were never wanting to do.