They couldnt tender him any lower then a 2nd and get a pick.
If they tender him lower they would have had right of first refusal.
Same as they did with Jeff Heath.
And what happened with Heath? They signed him to a 4 year deal worth just under 8 million.
Had DAL put the lower tender they could have agreed to trade him or even better, like with Heath, extended him long-term.
The R2 tender locked him out of any talks with anyone and pretty much guaranteed this stalemate.
Again this is not a johnny come lately take by me, I stated this all off-season.
The move was and is stupid.
I don't care if you see Martin and Collins injured, I wouldn't want Leary in the game mad at the team protecting my franchise QB of either now or the past decade.
This isn't some DL you watch dog it then bench him.
This guy can get a QB killed.
Teams may well have interest but the guy isn't doing anything so how can they feel they get any value this year?
And next year he's a free agent.