News: PFT: Ezekiel Elliott has privately said that he's planning a training-camp holdout

[DuncanIso]

So the alternative it bow to him and overpay him?

That sounds smart.

See Emmitt in 1993.

They paid him.

After we went 0-2

 

[baltcowboy]

I'm a huge fan of Elliott on the field. But, holding out when you have a contract for two more years and you've seemed to have off the field issues pop up every year, I'm not sure what I do. Let him hold out and see if you have something in your 3rd round back? That's a bad plan, probably. I'm just not sure I'm all in right this minute.

Edited to add...no source for this rumor of course.

Florio at his best. He wants Zeke to holdout so bad. Florio has been hinting at this since last year. Zeke should holdout. He is the best player on the team. The optics look bad though because of the trouble he was getting into.

 

[conner01]

He’s making 3.8 mil this season.

He’s an elite RB with two rushing titles.

His market value is at least 10-15 mil per year.

When his contract is up he will get paid

 

[ShortRound]

Tasty.

 

[DuncanIso]

When his contract is up he will get paid

Said Jerry to Emmitt back in 93.

I think Jerry learned his lesson.

They will pay Zeke.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Pay that man



Hes earned it

 

[DasTex]

Well given the source - I'm skeptical.

However, if true - this potential holdout would be not be good for Zeke. While he is amazing on the field - his past issues and how the organization has stood behind him through everything, would irk most the fan base. Typically these holdouts, most the fans support the players. Not sure that would be the case here.

 

[Future]

He's not underpaid. He's on a rookie contract, so he is paid exactly what he's supposed to be paid.

Rookie contracts, by definition, underpay players, relative to the market. The NFLPA wanted it because it's run by veterans and allows them to get a bigger piece of the pie. The Owners want it because it gives them cost control over players.

The only say rookies have is holding out - and Zeke is right to do it, as is Melvin Gordon, to a lesser extent. We're going to start seeing this with quarterbacks sooner than later.

 

[baltcowboy]

What if Dak, Zeke and Amari hold out together? Get your popcorn ready.

 

[CouchCoach]

Is Weber going to be able to roll at camp? Let he and Pollard take the reps and give Elliott a drop dead date or bring in another back.

 

[Avery]

 

[Common Sense]

At this point, it's just a rumor. But it's worth asking that if Zeke were a Patriot and held out, would Belichick trade him and move on?

Between not knowing when he's going to get himself suspended again or holding out years before his contract is up, this kind of stuff puts the team's success in jeopardy. You don't commit $15M+ per year to a RB who poses that kind of risk, regardless of how good they are.

 

[CouchCoach]

Rookie contracts, by definition, underpay players, relative to the market. The NFLPA wanted it because it's run by veterans and allows them to get a bigger piece of the pie. The Owners want it because it gives them cost control over players.

The only say rookies have is holding out - and Zeke is right to do it, as is Melvin Gordon, to a lesser extent. We're going to start seeing this with quarterbacks sooner than later.

Don't think so, the leader of the team holding out hasn't happened yet for a good reason.

Gordon has more extent because he's only got one year left. Any team acquiescing to a player holding out with two years left is establishing a precedent that will bite them in the butt with other players.

 

[jazzcat22]

So if this was said privately why is there a story about it?

I call BS.

 

[Stash]

I'll believe he's going to hold out when I see it.

But if he's does, I'm fine with letting him. He's under contract for two more years.

He has very little leverage.

But until I see something like this happen, I'm sure not going to get worked up about it.

 

[CouchCoach]

At this point, it's just a rumor. But it's worth asking that if Zeke were a Patriot and held out, would Belichick trade him and move on?

Between not knowing when he's going to get himself suspended again or holding out years before his contract is up, this kind of stuff puts the team's success in jeopardy. You don't commit $15M+ per year to a RB who poses that kind of risk, regardless of how good they are.

He wouldn't get to the hold out point in NE, he'd already be gone. He wouldn't even consider giving a RB top 5 money and his RB's know it. He drafted Michel in the 1st last season and then followed up with Damien Wilson in the 3rd this season. Keep them young and coming and cheap.

 

[CouchCoach]

So if this was said privately why is there a story about it?

I call BS.

He told that security guard. I thought he should have given that apology like he really meant it at the time. When he told the guard, he fell down from the shock of it.

 

[Cowboy-33]

I hope this is just click bait. As close as he came to being suspended again the last thing he needs to do is hold out. Not a good look for fans, teammates and especially not to Jerry.

 

[Future]

Any team acquiescing to a player holding out with two years left is establishing a precedent that will bite them in the butt with other players.

Doesn't matter. Players and their agents don't care about that - and they know that teams have pressure to pay their top players. SD can let Gordon walk because he's a replaceable talent. Zeke, in Dallas' offense, isn't. He knows that, his agent knows that, and the Joneses know that. Think Jerry doesn't remember the start of 1993?

This is why I said the NFLPA should step in.

 

[bodi]

well all the people on here say RB's are dime a dozen

lets see what
Mike Weber Jr an Tony Pollard can do