NBC: Stephen Jones denies that Dez Bryant threatened to miss time **merged**

[erod]

What did Jordy Nelson get?

Offer that and be done with it.

 

[jobberone]

Again posturing means not much

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Correct. Our first year with Dez. The 2009 season with the playoff win was one which had many people worried about our WR ability because we had cut TO.

I saw what you did there....but please believe....we play without dez....we r in trouble

 

[Nightman]

Pay then man he's earned it

He's been paid almost 12m for what he has done already. It wasn't community service.

And they are willing to pay him another 28m the next 2 years..........the Horror.........

That is over 40m on the field alone and doesn't count anything he gets off the field.

 

[lostar2009]

Ridiculous.

Romo is a QB. Dez is just a receiver. Who was the great wide receiver for the Super Bowl champions last year?

Edleman and Gronk... Brady did enough to get them to the show. But I doubt the production they got from those guys can't be replace any time soon.

 

[erod]

Edleman and Gronk... Brady did enough to get them to the show. But I doubt the production they got from those guys can't be replace any time soon.

Edelman is Cole Beasley. Gronk is a tight end who blocks like an offensive lineman and catches like Dez Bryant.

 

[lostar2009]

Edelman is Cole Beasley. Gronk is a tight end who blocks like an offensive lineman and catches like Dez Bryant.

Doesnt matter they do the same thing.

 

[erod]

Doesnt matter they do the same thing.

And neither of them get Calvin Johnson money.

 

[conner01]

I think more and more....I am becoming convinced....that Dez will NOT play for the franchise tag!

I suspect he will and if he has half a brain he will
He has no other option
Set out the season and get nothing? And then he doesn't accrue a season so he will be in same spot next year
Players hate the tag and I get it. But that is the system they voted to play under

 

[xwalker]

That post is a little out of context haha. I posted it in one of the many merged threads.

Merged threads can be a pain in the backside.

 

[Doc50]

He's been paid almost 12m for what he has done already. It wasn't community service.

And they are willing to pay him another 28m the next 2 years..........the Horror.........

That is over 40m on the field alone and doesn't count anything he gets off the field.

Methinks Dez doth protest too much.

22 years ago, Emmitt held out for more $$$, but he was not locked in, and still negotiating. After an 0-2 start, he got the contract he wanted.
No doubt, he was clearly underpaid in '92, rushing for over 1,700 yds and getting $465K. And JJ was definitely wanting to make things right, but they were more than $8mil apart as the season began. JJ caved and made him the highest paid RB in history, @ $13.6mil. Fortunately for us all, he earned it.

Dez may have dreams of such leverage and relative importance, but he's in a different dilemma -- he will only hurt himself with a holdout past July 14, when the franchise tag gets locked in.

Surely his agent and attorneys have made this clear. His media tantrums are indication that he's realized his predicament, and he's appealing to public opinion to rise up and smite the 'Boys FO.

Will likely sign at the deadline for something that he can claim victory on, while the FO will have actually achieved what they wanted in the first place.

 

[xwalker]

Ahhh so just speculation spouted as fact here on the zone.

Par for the course.

Read my original post again. I did not say it was a fact. I said most people think...

 

[Nightman]

Methinks Dez doth protest too much.

22 years ago, Emmitt held out for more $$$, but he was not locked in, and still negotiating. After an 0-2 start, he got the contract he wanted.
No doubt, he was clearly underpaid in '92, rushing for over 1,700 yds and getting $465K. And JJ was definitely wanting to make things right, but they were more than $8mil apart as the season began. JJ caved and made him the highest paid RB in history, @ $13.6mil. Fortunately for us all, he earned it.

Dez may have dreams of such leverage and relative importance, but he's in a different dilemma -- he will only hurt himself with a holdout past July 14, when the franchise tag gets locked in.

Surely his agent and attorneys have made this clear. His media tantrums are indication that he's realized his predicament, and he's appealing to public opinion to rise up and smite the 'Boys FO.

Will likely sign at the deadline for something that he can claim victory on, while the FO will have actually achieved what they wanted in the first place.

I think a 7/91m with 28m guaranteed is the highest DAL will go.

 

[coult44]

And neither of them get Calvin Johnson money.

None of these guys who say we shouldn't pay up think about this. Regardless of how much we like Jason and how much he grows every year, he isn't Bill Belichick. Regardless if how much we love Tony, he isn't Brady. Our team is built completely different. NE will probably start the season off 3-1 or 4-0 without Tommy Boy. What would our record be for the first four if Tony wasn't available? Those guys are first ballot HOF guys who could go down as the GOAT's....We need all the pieces of our puzzle. If we have them, we could have a special year. If we don't, it's over...

Can you imagine what this year would be like if Dez holds out, and if Williams and/or Beasley gets hurt in TC. That's why we have to pay Dez, and move in with this craziness.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

If Dez doesn't sign, isn't he a UFA next year?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

oh great a team held hostage by mr saggy pants.

most of yus here say he be the second coming but no player be expendable!
but his enablers half persuaded him he is.
luckily stephen jones half backbone.I dont care if we play a rookie but he has to want to play here.

 

[Nightman]

If Dez doesn't sign, isn't he a UFA next year?

No, he has to sign by Week 10 to get credit for the year.

And even if he does DAL can tag him again.

 

[Kevinicus]

None of these guys who say we shouldn't pay up think about this. Regardless of how much we like Jason and how much he grows every year, he isn't Bill Belichick. Regardless if how much we love Tony, he isn't Brady. Our team is built completely different. NE will probably start the season off 3-1 or 4-0 without Tommy Boy. What would our record be for the first four if Tony wasn't available? Those guys are first ballot HOF guys who could go down as the GOAT's....We need all the pieces of our puzzle. If we have them, we could have a special year. If we don't, it's over...

Can you imagine what this year would be like if Dez holds out, and if Williams and/or Beasley gets hurt in TC. That's why we have to pay Dez, and move in with this craziness.

I'll take Tony over Tom, please. But boy would I relish a Belichick coach.

 

[Frozen700]

This could get ugly. I really hope a deal is done by Wednesday

So they can't make a deal even after Wednesday?

 

[Corso]

oh great a team held hostage by mr saggy pants.

most of yus here say he be the second coming but no player be expendable!
but his enablers half persuaded him he is.
luckily stephen jones half backbone.I dont care if we play a rookie but he has to want to play here.

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In whatever manner this conclusion presents itself.
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