Pollard expected to receive franchise tag

[rambo2]

We're not winning games because of the running backs , it's a throwin league. Take a look at the last 10 superbowl winners there champ. No one knows who the RB's even were. Facts. 28 years but they get it huh? Go to bed!

I don't go to bed until after midnight. Last 2 years, they get it and they draft very well.

 

[gimmesix]

2nd contracts are earned.

The owners make a killing on those 4-5 year deals.

Don’t feel sorry for Jerry.

I don't feel sorry for Jerry. I feel sorry for our team. Cycling backs provides the best opportunity to build one, especially if we're going to try to do it the way the Joneses do.

 

[gimmesix]

Whatever they do with Elliott will be expensive. Even a new contract with a pay cut will not be cheap. If they cut him they still have to pay him. Trade him and still pay a big chunk of his check. Add to that a tag price for Pollard and you have a pot full of money tied up in one position with the expectation of little production in 2023.

We can easily get it under $20 million for both, but yeah, expecting less than that isn't realistic. Franchising Pollard and cutting Elliott would cost us more than $20 million (although we can spread Elliott's hit over two years).

 

[WillieBeamen]

Do not pay runningbacks

 

[MyFairLady]

Zeke would sell more jerseys than all of those RBs combined. Jerry wins. Case closed.

 

[John813]

Do not pay runningbacks

Interesting, but wonder why base salary was used and not cap hit? Cowboys could restructure Zeke to a 1.1mil base salary and he would be right in the range of those salaries but with a much higher cap hit.