Running back market seems to be 8 million

[reddyuta]

pass on all the RBs,the only ones in our budget is guys like Ronald Jones,its better we use the Draft for RB.

 

[Reid1boys]

Zack Moss and draft a rookie.

Zack Moss was leading the league in rushing until JT returned.

 

[Staubacher]

Well just look at the fans on Cowboyszone. No one wants to spend 8 million which is nothing on Derrick Henry or Aaron Jones when we just paid Pollard 11. We're actually saving money but no it's not cheap enough we need to sign one with our 6th round pick.

There's a mistaken belief that we can address all the holes in the draft with Day 1 starters.

 

[Coogiguy03]

My thoughts are that if the market is 8 million for Tony pollard and the cowboys passed on that, then the cowboys will sign someone in the 4,5,6 range and draft the running back of the future.

Yeah but the guys talked about on here are going to want more

 

[Coogiguy03]

Henry for 2 years 16m. Get er done.

Yeah about right or more

 

[Coogiguy03]

For now
It will be 1 million in 4 weeks when we sign our RBs

True

 

[CTcowboy203]

Yeah but the guys talked about on here are going to want more

Really confused by what you mean….lol my point is that if the cowboys passed on 8 million and the guys talked about here cost more then we can deduce that 8 for Dallas is too high a price which eliminates those players and simultaneously makes $7m the ceiling at best but likely much lower.

Which means the cowboys likely want to spend between 3-6m per on a vet and use him along with a rookie rb.

 

[Kwyn]

Really confused by what you mean….lol my point is that if the cowboys passed on 8 million and the guys talked about here cost more then we can deduce that 8 for Dallas is too high a price which eliminates those players and simultaneously makes $7m the ceiling at best but likely much lower.

Which means the cowboys likely want to spend between 3-6m per on a vet and use him along with a rookie rb.

How you get “cowboys didn’t pay 3yrs@8 per = 3m per offer” seems weird to me.

I’m sure they came in much closer to 8

 

[CTcowboy203]

How you get “cowboys didn’t pay 3yrs@8 per = 3m per offer” seems weird to me.

I’m sure they came in much closer to 8

What are you talking about…pollard signed a 3 year deal for 24 million. 24/3 is 8. So 8 was too much for Dallas to pay Tony pollard. So we know from that that they don’t want to be at 8 for a running back and weren’t ever going to be in Barkleys price range

 

[big dog cowboy]

Several running backs signing today for 8 million dollars, we kind of have a ball park estimate of what the top guys will want. I guess we really are going to wait! Please give your thoughts

Oops!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kwyn]

I must have misunderstood your comment.

When you said 3-6 you were leaving pollard out of that possible range. That’s where I was confused

 

[Jayinem]

Oops!!!!!!!!!!!!

See that's where I agree with you that's a bad contract.

But I'm not a Saquon fan.

However it shows a professional team still thinks the running back position has value and you can't just bargain bin shop for them like you want to.

If we don't sign a rb and go draft only like you want, we better nail it or we're screwed.

Deuce was only a 6th round pick but still shows that production in college doesn't automatically translate to production in the NFL.

 

[Teague31]

Too much. Give me a 5th rounder

 

[big dog cowboy]

However it shows a professional team still thinks the running back position has value and you can't just bargain bin shop for them like you want to.

If we don't sign a rb and go draft only like you want, we better nail it or we're screwed.

I've said all off season they should sign a vet and draft a RB. But I'm sure as hell not paying that insane amount to a RB.

Give me a back like Moss (for example) and draft Allen and the Cowboys would be in far better shape at RB than the Eagles now.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Deuce was only a 6th round pick but still shows that production in college doesn't automatically translate to production in the NFL.

He never had a chance last year. I'll never understand why MM said they would have a package for him, and never did. Just one more reason I wanted him gone.

 

[Sully]

Several running backs signing today for 8 million dollars, we kind of have a ball park estimate of what the top guys will want. I guess we really are going to wait! Please give your thoughts

Well-- Henry is certainty to not sign for less than 8M. No way and Dallas isn't going to pay anywhere close to 8 with their cap problem.

 

[sunalsorises]

Maybe they can bring Zeke back for that kind of money.

It wouldn’t surprise me, though I don’t think they would have to pay him that much. Word is Belichick blocked the reunion last year.

 

[gimmesix]

Several running backs signing today for 8 million dollars, we kind of have a ball park estimate of what the top guys will want. I guess we really are going to wait! Please give your thoughts

Don't worry, we'll bring back Elliott for $4 million or less.