Murray offered 4 years, 16 mil per NFL network

[MichaelWinicki]

There are several reasons to be happy to let Murray walk: he has a bad injury history, he fumbles, he leaves a lot of yards on the field due to his poor vision, he inexplicably runs towards the defender when he gets to the open field, and has nothing resembling breakaway speed (again, leaving yards on the field. His age does not help and A lot of backs could do better behind this offensive line. I would prefer they invest in someone else. I do like his style of gliding through the hole and his size, reminds me a little of Duane Thomas.

And his fumbling reminds me of Tiki Barber.

 

[JoeKing]

That's a lot of cabbage for a guy with persistent fumbling issues.

 

[Jenky]

Murray probably won't see 1,500 yards again.

And the point about Fosett is that he was a off-the-street FA who made 1,200+ yards and had 5.4ypc.

The Cowboys can find someone who can come close to replacing Murray.

Yes, did you want to take the chance of finding an off the street FA who can protect Romo's back too?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Yes, did you want to take the chance of finding an off the street FA who can protect Romo's back too?

Don't even have to go to a street FA.

There is plenty of RB depth in the draft. Plus you have Randle. You have Williams. And there's a slew of FA running backs on the market.

I do love the "Murray is the ONLY RB ever to be able to pick up a blitz" mantra.

 

[Nightman]

Yes, did you want to take the chance of finding an off the street FA who can protect Romo's back too?

Blitz pick up is probably the weakest part of the OL and any RB has to know what to do. A rookie will get Romo killed.

 

[Sportsbabe]

I love this aggressiveness.

 

[crashintonickdm]

its insulting if... he doesn't fumble the ball with day light in front of him and probably sealing a win.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Blitz pick up is probably the weakest part of the OL and any RB has to know what to do. A rookie will get Romo killed.

Come'on! That's a reach. You have absolutely no idea what a back can bring to pass protection.


You want to protect Romo's back?


Get him to throw away the darn ball!

 

[Jenky]

Don't even have to go to a street FA.

There is plenty of RB depth in the draft. Plus you have Randle. You have Williams. And there's a slew of FA running backs on the market.

I do love the "Murray is the ONLY RB ever to be able to pick up a blitz" mantra.

You name the guys who aren't even proven to be good at pass protection. I'm not sure that helps your cause.

Murray is an all around back. I'm not sure why people have a fit with paying him a little more than the initial pathetic 4 years 16 million.

 

[TheFinisher]

That's a lot of cabbage for a guy with persistent fumbling issues.

He had nearly 500 touches this year. 5 fumbles with that volume of touches is actually not bad.

 

[Gameover]

Why not the 7 years $45m ($16m guaranteed) that Jones graciously gave Marion Barber way back in 2008 despite the fact that Barber had never gone over 1000 yards?

Yikes

I wouldve franchised him in 2008, then let him walk after that season.

I said that before the contract.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

He had nearly 500 touches this year. 5 fumbles with that volume of touches is actually not bad.

It's not good either.

And the last one cost this team a chance to play this weekend.

 

[John813]

Hmm. So he'll probably go to FA and see what offers he gets there.

Can't blame him or the Cowboys.

 

[Jenky]

And his fumbling reminds me of Tiki Barber.

Which Tiki Barber was able to correct.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

You name the guys who aren't even proven to be good at pass protection. I'm not sure that helps your cause.

Murray is an all around back. I'm not sure why people have a fit with paying him a little more than the initial pathetic 4 years 16 million.

Actually it won't matter if we think the amount is low, high or whatever.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Hmm. So he'll probably go to FA and see what offers he gets there.

Can't blame him or the Cowboys.

This. We're being smart and so will he. Don't blame either side if it doesn't get done

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Which Tiki Barber was able to correct.

I wish it was corrected before the GB game.

 

[Eskimo]

Yikes

I wouldve franchised him in 2008, then let him walk after that season.

I said that before the contract.

We didn't even have to franchise Barber. We just had to tender him as a RFA and he would have been back for the whole year at a salary around $1.5M. Then we would have seen him fall flat on his face and save the franchise about $25M.

We also could have waited for RW11 to hit FA instead of acquiring him back in week 6 of 2009 and preserved our 1st and 3rd round picks. If Roy continued to struggle as he did the remainder of the year with us he probably would have come to us about $30M cheaper, too.

I really hope Jerry has learned better how to evaluate skill players and how much you should pay them.

 

[NeonNinja]

He had nearly 500 touches this year. 5 fumbles with that volume of touches is actually not bad.

Six if counting the huge fumble in playoffs.

 

[Gameover]

We didn't even have to franchise Barber. We just had to tender him as a RFA and he would have been back for the whole year at a salary around $1.5M. Then we would have seen him fall flat on his face and save the franchise about $25M.

We also could have waited for RW11 to hit FA instead of acquiring him back in week 6 of 2009 and preserved our 1st and 3rd round picks. If Roy continued to struggle as he did the remainder of the year with us he probably would have come to us about $30M cheaper, too.

I really hope Jerry has learned better how to evaluate skill players and how much you should pay them.

Didn't like either move. Jerry made a lot of contract blunders during 2008-09(Ken Hamlin?). I think he got desperate after having some big(win total) success in 2007.