Dak held out for top dollar. A lot of it is on him. He also agreed to a contract verbally the year before he signed the 40 mil one, and then renegged.
Here's the thing. The Cowboys front office doesn't act any differently regardless of Dak's contract. Their offseason is no different if Dak is being paid 1 dollar a year, or 60 million a year. We don't have Howie Roseman. We have Jerry Jones. He don't care about winning. Dak's contract does not limit the Cowboys. If Dak was paid nothing, the Jones boys change nothing.
Dak's does limit the Cowboys. There is simply no way that it doesn't.
The inability to actually evaluate Dak honestly and treat him like a superstar when he is just an average QB at best is a symptom of the Jones’ stupidity
It only limits how many of their own players they can pay. Having too many good players is not a problem Dallas has.
No, it limits how many FA's they can sign also. If an OL goes down, we typically don't have even a decent backup there because we've overpaid the skill positions.
The Cowboys don't pay for high priced free agents. Bottom line is, for what the Cowboys do, they don't need the extra money. They didn't do anything differently when Dak was on a rookie contract. If we need an OL, they'll get pick someone up cheap.
anyone who believe Kellen just all the sudden became Andy reid is fooling themselves.Perhaps hes better I havent paid close attention but Kellen went to the ideal spot. Incredible offensive line , great defense and defensive coordinator. talent at WR talent at RB talent at TE and jalen is talented at QB. These idiot cowboy fans and there are plenty in here that believe championships are tied to the QB are just that very uninformed and have a narrative that they are too stubborn to pass on.
Jerry is the bigger problem, of that there is no doubt. Because Jerry is the bigger problem, it does not follow that Dak's contract is not a problem.
I think he is saying if it wasn't Dak, it would be another player. It's the contract and the way Jerry does things you can insert any player. In this case, it's Dak, but who could blame him? Hell, Jerry could have made Dak the highest-paid QB with a $56M contract but he was too lazy to fight Dak and/or find a replacement. So he, instead, took the easy route and gave Dak exactly what he wanted. I'm 100% confident Dak knows he isn't worth $60M, but if you are going to give it to me, I'll gladly take it. Honestly, this is why I have lost some respect for him. Don't get me wrong, I'm for players getting their bag, but let's balance that with building a winning team. Dak was strictly business, winning be damned, and he's paying a bit of a price coz you sense he's lost some respect around the league.
I do not blame Dak at all. If I were him, I'd want out of this mess, and I'd take less to do it.
I should have been more specific. Dak's contract is not a problem to Jerry.
Now that is true, as Jerry can remain pseudo competitive w/ paying Dak that much. That's all he wants, win enough to keep attention on him and the Cowboys.
Since there is 231 mil out of 240 mil guaranteed, how is this possible?
Yes he is.
Zeke was rookie of the year or was it Dak?
