Martin contract getting closer but not official until contract details are released

[atlantacowboy]

Yep then they wonder why Rodgers marches down field and scores on us at will.
Look on the bright side we will have the most expensive NFL offline in history!
Another waste of much needed cap dollars (Defense!!!!) for a game plan that hasn't produced squat and will continue to produce squat!

P.S. Wait till they 8 man us or we face the Eagles and Jags then most of you will feel the need for a GREAT DEFENSE BABY!

I like Martin.......but he's a dam guard which is one of the positions you should be able to fill for a reasonable salary. Now, we got the most expensive one in history.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I have almost no confidence in the Jones yet this extension was never in doubt for me.

Absolute no-brainer.

 

[Vero_F250]

I’m loving this O-line for quite a while!

 

[windward]

Yep then they wonder why Rodgers marches down field and scores on us at will.
Look on the bright side we will have the most expensive NFL offline in history!
Another waste of much needed cap dollars (Defense!!!!) for a game plan that hasn't produced squat and will continue to produce squat!

P.S. Wait till they 8 man us or we face the Eagles and Jags,Texans,then most of you will feel the need for a GREAT DEFENSE BABY cause not even the great wall of China gonna stop those defenses....

The Texans have a good defense?

 

[iceberg]

I like Martin.......but he's a dam guard which is one of the positions you should be able to fill for a reasonable salary. Now, we got the most expensive one in history.

and in a year or two, he won't be anymore.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Curious to see what his first year cap # will be.

It was $9,341,000 before the extension.

 

[Captain43Crash]

And they had all better handle the Eagles defensive line. No excuses.

That will tell it all right there!! I for one, would rather spend big on a dominate D line, than a dominate O line. Look what Denver did to our O line last year. I hope that never happens again.

 

[DejectedFan1996]

Yes! We need to continue spending huge amounts of cap space on the OL in order to prove to the rest of the league that way works. They can take their "elite defenses" and shove it.

Right on! 22 years of no rings and counting!

(I know you’re being. Sarcastic as am I)

 

[Rayman70]

Very key signing. This oline will be dominant for the next 5 years at least.The road to the playoffs goes thru our oline,period. How they go...WE GO. Its our bread and butter..the hogs.

 

[phildadon86]

I like Martin.......but he's a dam guard which is one of the positions you should be able to fill for a reasonable salary. Now, we got the most expensive one in history.

Martin is a future HOF and the best guard in the league. You dont let players like that walk. In regards to your elite defenses comment. That OL you seem to not want to have, usually destroys those elite defenses to the point where they give up playing in the 4th quarter. See Seattle 2014, GB, Pitt, TB, Baltimore 2016.

 

[northerncowboynation]

On Twitter now:

Ian Rapoport
@RapSheet

The #Cowboys are giving star G Zack Martin a 6-year contract extension that makes him the highest-paid guard with the largest guarantee at his position in NFL history, source said. Richly deserved, as Dallas locks up another key building block on the O-line.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[exciter]

How childish.

Bingo!

 

[Doomsday]

6 years, $80 million seems pretty reasonable to me. $32 guaranteed is quite a bit though.

Thought he would average more than $13.3 a season.

 

[Sydla]

I'll be honest.

I could have gone either way on this. I love Martin and don't have a problem paying him top dollar. But if the organization had decided that that much money invested in an OG is unwise, I could have gotten on board with that.

 

[GMO415]

Cool, please show up to Mini Camp tomorrow to get this SB run started.

 

[Rayman70]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In my best Ric Flair voice.... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Distraction averted..Awesome day for the Cowboys organization.

 

[dwreck27]

Curious to see what his first year cap # will be.

It was $9,341,000 before the extension.

Could we top load it now since we are done with transactions/trades (unless SJ and co have ET on the mind) to alleviate cap going forward?

 

[northerncowboynation]

back flip time

 

[Rayman70]

I’m loving this O-line for quite a while!

^^^^^THIS MATTERS^^^^^

 

[phildadon86]

Wondering if getting Martin done had more to do with mini camp starting, or ET publicly saying he wont be attending his. Or both.