Jerry Jones’ Statement on Zeke Release

[RustyBourneHorse]

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

That would be cool. I'd love for him to be resigned at a lower price.

 

[Coogiguy03]

That’s the nature of the business……always strive to get better regardless of nostalgia some fans have for players that no longer produce

out wit da old and in wit da new

Amen

 

[Coogiguy03]

He won’t retire. He likely left knowing he will get paid his money and JJ will give him a new 4 million one year deal if he can’t get more. I think JJ still wants him. He protects Dak as much as a LT. What happens the first time Dak gets smeared because Pollard misses a block.

You tell Mike to use that 30 percent change in the offense to get the ball out quicker

 

[Coogiguy03]

That would be cool. I'd love for him to be resigned at a lower price.

No no no no

 

[DuncanIso]

That would be cool. I'd love for him to be resigned at a lower price.

Those RB careers are too short.

Tony Pollard is about to discover that truth.

 

[dfense]

The wall comes fast. ~ D. Murray

 

[lukemartin79]

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.

Well said. He was a good Cowboy, he was a blast to watch. He was a good blocker, which is not a stat that shows up on the scoresheet and you don't get the $ for it - its about team. He was a good team guy, played hurt many times. Tough as nails. This is the right move $ wise for the Cowboys right now. Thanks for the years Zeke.

 

[glimmerman]

You tell Mike to use that 30 percent change in the offense to get the ball out quicker

We can only hope.

 

[iceberg]

(Glad to help.)

Yea. We've never overpaid for a name.

No one has.

What the hell was I thinking.

Now don't edit my quotes.

 

[Bobhaze]

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.

Well said Reid. Zeke was a special player who was loved and respected by his teammates. As you said, his career here is a reminder of how short a career even a great RB like Zeke can have in today’s NFL.

That game he had at Pittsburgh his rookie year was one of the most exciting and memorable I’ve ever seen. All the best to Zeke in his future.

 

[khiladi]

That OL was so good. Elliott in his early years had speed and also had the ability to break it outside if there was nothing.

But man, we wasted that RG and OL with that QB. I can only imagine how many explosive plays we gave up by keeping that game manager in.

 

[Reid1boys]

Well said Reid. Zeke was a special player who was loved and respected by his teammates. As you said, his career here is a reminder of how short a career even a great RB like Zeke can have in today’s NFL.

That game he had at Pittsburgh his rookie year was one of the most exciting and memorable I’ve ever seen. All the best to Zeke in his future.

yep, he clearly brought excitement to our games because he was damn good. It is amazing how quickly he dropped.

 

[_sturt_]

Yea. We've never overpaid for a name.

No one has.

What the hell was I thinking.

Now don't edit my quotes.

Yeah. And stats have never been a function of injury.

What the hell was I thinking.

Now sober up.

No one signs merely a name... they may be optimistic, might even be overly optimistic about what the player's production could be. But that assessment is the fundamental component in a team deciding on their price range.

Zeke has value. I sure has hell hope whoever we have penciled in to take his role is someone who is capable of QB protection.


That said, I've already moved on from this conversation. Agree with those saying we're almost certainly going to draft a #2 we think can be a #1 if Pollard walks in 2024.

 

[CowboyFanInLexKy]

League minimum on June 2nd! He'll make much more in endorsements.

Exactly. Same can be said of the QB. Well I wouldn't necessarily say league minimum for QB but with all the endorsements he can get, he definitely doesn't need to be paid what he's getting...

 

[iceberg]

Yeah. And stats have never been a function of injury.

What the hell was I thinking.

Now sober up.

No one signs merely a name... they may be optimistic, might even be overly optimistic about what the player's production could be. But that assessment is the fundamental component in a team deciding on their price range.

Zeke has value. I sure has hell hope whoever we have penciled in to take his role is someone who is capable of QB protection.


That said, I've already moved on from this conversation. Agree with those saying we're almost certainly going to draft a #2 we think can be a #1 if Pollard walks in 2024.

you talk a lot for someone who's moved on.

 

[_sturt_]

you talk a lot for someone who's moved on.

Compared to... ? You???

That's rich for someone who has something like 3,000 more posts here than I do.

Wait. Did I say 3,000?

Silly me. I meant thirty thousand.

Unsolicited advice... yeah, maybe just stick to the substance being discussed. The personal jab kinda just boomerangs and you end up slapping yourself.

 

[iceberg]

Compared to... ? You???

That's rich for someone who has something like 3,000 more posts here than I do.

Wait. Did I say 3,000?

Silly me. I meant thirty thousand.

Unsolicited advice... yeah, maybe just stick to the substance being discussed. The personal jab kinda just boomerangs and you end up slapping yourself.

i didn't say i moved on. then came back.

twice.

and you're the one who started if off by editing my posts as if i should have no opinion.

don't **** out the **** if you ain't hungry enough to eat it.

 

[_sturt_]

i didn't say i moved on. then came back.

Contortion much?

Unsolicited advice... ask more questions so as to avoid presuming something that's not actually there.

I "moved on" from my original assertion in this thread that, perhaps, there was a path to Zeke returning after all, once the market settles out. (Hence, the follow-up comment to the "moved on" comment o'mine.)

Oh. And.

Once.

and you're the one who started if off by editing my posts as if i should have no opinion.

I replied to your reply, actually, that suggested that "stats don't lie."

Apparently that reply... in essence that the market is a more reliable measure of a player's current value... was taken so much more offensively than one would ordinarily expect.

But yeah. Stats lie all the time in sports, once they're taken out of the silo of just reflecting past history... once you start using them to predict future results, it gets dicey sometimes. Not telling you anything you don't know. The market does too (lie), but the market at least requires someone to put some significant money down as, in effect, a bet that their analysis of all the data points is predictive of winning the bet.

(Probably making this my last engagement with you... pardon the observation, but you seem to lean a bit toward the hyper-sensitive persuasion... welcome to whatever last word you'd like, but just make sure you address it for the benefit of others since I won't be reading it.)

 

[iceberg]

Contortion much?

Unsolicited advice... ask more questions so as to avoid presuming something that's not actually there.

I "moved on" from my original assertion in this thread that, perhaps, there was a path to Zeke returning after all, once the market settles out. (Hence, the follow-up comment to the "moved on" comment o'mine.)

Oh. And.

Once.


I replied to your reply, actually, that suggested that "stats don't lie."

Apparently that reply... in essence that the market is a more reliable measure of a player's current value... was taken so much more offensively than one would ordinarily expect.

But yeah. Stats lie all the time in sports, once they're taken out of the silo of just reflecting past history... once you start using them to predict future results, it gets dicey sometimes. Not telling you anything you don't know. The market does too (lie), but the market at least requires someone to put some significant money down as, in effect, a bet that their analysis of all the data points is predictive of winning the bet.

(Probably making this my last engagement with you... pardon the observation, but you seem to lean a bit toward the hyper-sensitive persuasion... welcome to whatever last word you'd like, but just make sure you address it for the benefit of others since I won't be reading it.)

That's a lot of typing.

I almost wanted to read it.