Jerry Jones’ Statement on Zeke Release

[DuncanIso]

Sad day for our team.

 

[GMO415]

Thanks 21, but it was time. Good luck elsewhere.

 

[Xeven]

He will be here next year.

 

[Birch_Wood]

It's very possible that Jerry read this.

 

[iceberg]

Why? He's not being let go because he can't play. He's being let go because he costs too much. There is a sober assessment of every player to be had, and if any given player can be had at a right price, you put that on your list of options. It's just how it works. I don't make the rules. I just know what the rules are, and I don't pretend they don't exist.

That said, I'm already sensing from the chatter I've read that, nah, Zeke's going to get a pretty decent contract after all, and one beyond what our spreadsheet is able to afford.

oh no - he can't play anymore.

stats don't lie.

 

[LatinMind]

Almost nothing really affects me with this team, but like when hershal was traded, when Emmitt, Larry were released this one hurt a little. Because not everybody gives everything, but he did.

 

[Rockport]

Zeke was a warrior. Wishing only good things for him in the future.

 

[Cowfan75]

Some people acting like we just cut Emmitt Smith.

 

[Reid1boys]

So Zeke held out with 2 years left on the current contract - please tell me you don't think he did that for the team. Zeke is NOT a team player, he's an individual who was only focused on his own gains. He is the epitome of greed. Greedy people like Zeke will never be team players.


Thats not the sign of a team player, not one bit.....

You are far to naive to understand that the business side of things is one side, football is the other. The owners force players to do what they need to do.... and Zeke did what he needed to d before the team kicked him to the curb.... like they did today.

 

[CowboyRoy]

music to my ears!

bye!

poor Jerry doesn’t know when he’s been fleeced for a fool.

 

[CowboyRoy]

That is the way it should be. Zeke was a warrior that did all he was asked to do and never complained (except for holding out, and looks like he was right to do so as the end comes quick).

Guy was a team player and clearly made the team better. It was time, and it is the sad part of the business of football. But it happens to EVERYONE at some point.

I wish him luck.

He made the team worse the last 4 years. Talk all you want about the first 3 or 4. He was trash at the end.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I’m going to remember this year’s goal line TD against the colts where the crowd chanted his name as his last play.

Not when he got flattened in SF.

Forever thankful for what Zeke brought to this team.

Which was what exactly?

 

[stiletto]

Jerry acts like he is letting go of a hot blonde prom queen. Ridiculous. Shouldve happened 3 years ago if they could have gotten out of that insane Cabo sand running contract earlier.

 

[_sturt_]

stats The free agent market don't lie.

(Glad to help.)

 

[Mk2_Cowboys]

I will miss him . He carried us those early years . Good luck to him and I hope he can get another 2000 yards and he could end up with a shot at the HOF. Who knows.

 

[DallasEast]

Wasn't that because Tony Romo was retiring?

He did not retire at that point. He gave what was essentially a ’concession speech’ that he was no longer the starting quarterback.

He retired unofficially after the 2016 season ended. I am not 100% certain he ever filed his retirement paperwork with the league.

 

[plasticman]

It wasn't mutual. That's ridiculous.

So Zeke's desire to go elsewhere just happened to coincide with the Cowboys ability to release him at the point in the contract where they suffer the least amount of dead money? Well, that's convenient.

It makes Jerry look less cold hearted and ruthless, as well. Yes, Zeke wanted to be released, pick up the flag, there is no penalty here.

Gimme a break. Jerry is so transparent trying to control the narrative that it's insulting. Zeke loved this team and his teammates, he truly did want to win with them so much that he played hurt when others would have been placed on injured reserve. He played despite the fact that he may have only been 60% healthy at times.

Jerry didn't say a whole lot about why Zeke agreed with Jerry about being released.

 

[popp1234]

He did not retire at that point. He gave what was essentially a ’concession speech’ that he was no longer the starting quarterback.

He retired unofficially after the 2016 season ended. I am not 100% certain he ever filed his retirement paperwork with the league.

Aaah, ok. Thanks.

 

[diamonddelts]

Any sense that his market might be so limited that re-signing him remains an option?

Please stop it.

 

[diamonddelts]

Depending on how the draft shakes out and pollards recovery, I could absolutely see them bringing him back during the season

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