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ahhh, not so sure....Jerry is driven by money and only money. it goes beyond dak and its been the case for 30 years, so not Dak related at all.There is bad blood between Dak and Jerry.
Jerry thinks Dak took advantage of him demanding to be the highest paid player in the NFL and Dak thinks he was taken advantage of by having to play out his rookie deal with no extension, then had to play not once, but twice on the franchise tag, and then had to wait till literally hours before kickoff on a new deal this year.
Both men despise each other and they only agreed to a new deal for business decisions. Jerry had no other QB that he could sell to the masses and Dak was not going to get $60 anywhere else but Dallas. So, they both swallowed their pride and did a deal but dont think for a second the bad blood is gone. So yeah, Dak is going to talk chit all he wants about Jerry at this point, besides, what is Jerry going to do about it? Eat $240 million? Yeah, right.
he sees everything as a profitable transaction....he signed Dak because he had no choice and two from business perspective it made sense. its not about championships. its about butts in seats and jersey sales and cowboys in the news (positive or negative as he never shuns from anything cowboys related). he knew he would sign Dak and could have, but waited until literally an hour before first game of the season...What in the Hell!?
and Dak despite everything was still 2nd in MVP and top 20 Jersey sales in NFL...you might call it empty, meaningless, etc. but from business perspective who gives a damn!!!.
you have to realize Jerry doesn't pander to die hard fans, he wants the casual and fringe fans and goal is to give them a good game day experience and have merchandise fly off the shelves.
and the 60M is irrelevant as you can see. he has to spend minimum based on CBA, so who gives a darn spending it on Dak vs. player A or player B. if I spend 60M on play A+B, and sell hald the number of jerseys as Dak, then I lose profits.
I think you are reading too much into this, perhaps because you may be biased in your view and wanting it to be this way. Dak is going to be here for next 3 years...as Jerry also doesn't like to let players go until end of their contracts.