Dallas needs to pay the man his market value for three reasons:
1. D Law balled out while injured this year and was a good soldier while playing under the tag. He is a top 3 DE right now in the NFL— pay him what he deserves
2. The philosophy the FO has established and communicated is that they want to build through the draft, develop their players, and sign their guys longterm that produce. If they let D Law walk— they lose credibility with players and the result could easily be a loss of trust that the FO will give their productive core players long term security in a very violent sport.
3. They lose further credibility with the fan base. You can’t tell us you will stay out of FA bc you want the cap to sign your best players— and then you let a guy like D Law walk. Fans will question their commitment to winning (more than they already do) and moves like this cement the narrative that the Jones family are only in this for money.
Bottom line: sign D Law for what he is worth. Honor your players when they produce and they will run through a brick wall for you.
The FO doesn't have a lot of credibility with me but not signing him to this amount wouldn't make them lose any with me, it would actually make them gain some with me.
As far as losing credibility with players, how? With not signing one player they drafted? They signed, Fred , Martin , Smith, Crawford, Lee, Dez. Some of those to highest paid or top 3 at their position and 1 who probably didnt deserve what he got. So I can't see not signing Dlaw as them losing any credibility with their players