Cowboys had a 2nd round grade on him and he went high in the 1st. He plays the most important position in all of sports. It was just a 4th rounder to get him. Seems like a pretty reasonable cost. If he turns out to be a player it was worth it. If he doesn't, it was just a 4th. Draft picks are about acquiring talent. Yes Jerry is a fool but I don't see how trading for Lance proves it.
seattle? Tampa? let your spins begin
The franchise is set back because of it??????? No. That's being dramatic.
not a reasonable cost. why? he was 3rd stringer on the team. people come up with the excuse of he joined us 2 weeks before start of season. ok, then he couldn't take away the back up job by mid season? if he is a 1st round talent? or even a 2nd round talent? he couldn't take away back up duties from an UDFA, who is limited and been cut multiple times. and then cowboys refuse to pick up his 5th year option. which makes 2024 essentially his last year here and he is going to be what? at best Dak's back up....if they had faith in him they would have picked up the 5th. they have seen him for a year now and know what they have.
Well, if you think you can just flush draft picks down the toilet without consequence that's on you. I disagree strongly with that philosophy.
It turned out to be a lower 4th. Jerry obviously gambled on the team being good enough to only sacrifice that. My guess is other teams offered a 5th and so that’s why JJ went up to a 4th. This idea that Trey only garnered a 6th or 7th is just as speculative, and contradicts what Lynch said. After Trey requested a trade, a few days after Lynch said the phones were ringing and he was surprised for the demand which was greater than he expected from other teams. My guess is that it started out with a likely high 6th, some teams moved to a 5th, and then JJ decided to up the ante to a 4th and so got the deal. It’s not even close to being a bad deal despite all the open and closet Dak-stans pretending “woe is the team”, like the lost draft pick and money means something to them and was a huge sacrifice on their end. He was drafted in 2021 and injured for a significant amount of time, is going to be 24 this month, and was considered a high 2nd round pick by the Dallas draft team. Even if it’s more likely he may not work out than he will, in the grand scheme of even just NFL things, a 4th round pick lost and millions of dollars out of JJ’s pocketbook means nothing. JJ’s made far worse gambles and trades, and it’s the 49ers who lost way more in terms of money and draft capital.
The trade made little sense if Jerry gives Dak a new contract after this season. But we don't know where Jerry is going with this. He may let Dak walk for all we know.
he may let Dak walk. but he is starter in 2024. and neither of them are under contract in 2025. that's why the trade was stupid.
That doesn't mean they can't retain him for 2025. All they have to do is be the team with the best offer. Which won't cost much. They might work something out before the season starts.
LoL, read the post again, then reply. Or rather don't, as would be just nonsense again.
You mean the 49'er scout team, huh? You reveal yourself every time you post. Yeah, you are in a Trance, 49'er fan.
He could not show enough running the scout team to get a extension or 5th year. Maybe a waste of a 4th round pick, may get franchised next year, or will be a FA 2025 sign for another team.
they had and option to retain. they declined the option. can they retain him? yes, if they compete with anybody else that may want him.
Picking up his option was never going to happen under any circumstances. Declining the option tells us nothing about whether or not they want to keep him. All it means is that they don't want to pay 20M for him. They can pick him up cheap in FA if he wants to stay.
I think I gotta agree. He may very well turn out to be nothing. But a 4th rounder isnt the end of the world. Would it have been nice to have a 4th this year for a RB? Sure. But I think it's worth the gamble.
if he was good and had a future, they would have picked up the option. if he was top 10ish potential, then paying 25M would have been a great value for cowboys. that salary would put him top 17 in the league. a bargain these days.
Yeah, this move was simply not that much of a stretch. The 4th is where you start taking chances on players anyway.
Yup, but as per usual, we refused to play him to maybe get a glimpse.
