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I would love that for Dak and hate that for the other two. If Cooper walks after 1.5 seasons and we don’t win the SB it’s the worst trade in Cowboys history
Joey Galloway
I would love that for Dak and hate that for the other two. If Cooper walks after 1.5 seasons and we don’t win the SB it’s the worst trade in Cowboys history
Always trying to nickle and dime. If only we held the head coach to the “prove it deal” standard
I know one was Buffalo, who we crushed in the superbowl and lost to without Smith in September 8 months later. Not sure who the other was, bottom line tho JJ caved to Emmitt after the 0-2 start and signed him. I think ES still won the rushing title and then we killed Buffalo again 6 months later in the next superbowl.Were those two teams in '93 as bad as the current Giants, Commanders, and (first pick in the 2020 draft!) Dolphins? I don't recall that they were. In fact, I think one of them was in the Super Bowl the year before? Correct me if I'm wrong though.
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I know one was Buffalo, who we crushed in the superbowl and lost to without Smith in September 8 months later. Not sure who the other was, bottom line tho JJ caved to Emmitt after the 0-2 start and signed him. I think ES still won the rushing title and then we killed Buffalo again 6 months later in the next superbowl.
Damn......this could get ugly
Yep.. it just shows the ‘nepotism’ in the organization.
Like I said, Jerry just bought a 250 million dollar yacht and gave Garrett one of the most expensive coaching contracts in the league at their respective times, while he floundered around and ruined Romo’s career.
The "Romo" mistake still taking its share of victims!
Jerry your are a great owner and a terrible GM......
Now go give Dak 30 million and destroy another generation of talented players as this is your special GM quality!
The problem is, the ownership seems to be the growing influence of Stephen.
I’ve maintained that Dallas is just trying to be cheap nowadays. Stephen Jones said in 2017 pre-draft this organization was allegedly hurt by spending big money in free agency and they would no longer do it. He was saying they would try and build out of the draft and try and extend the guys ‘they develop’ early, before they hit even free agency, getting them at value deals. Stephen mentioned they would basically sell this as allowing them to build around the players a better team.
The 2016 season was the defining moment where this FO officially became even further delusional. It allowed them to sell Garrett again and gave them the excuse they needed to be cheap.
I would love that for Dak and hate that for the other two. If Cooper walks after 1.5 seasons and we don’t win the SB it’s the worst trade in Cowboys history
It isn’t ugly...it’s just business....and Elliott is the only one who doesn’t need a prove it deal
I like Dak but I’d be lying if I said he’s not replaceable and it hurts me to say it because I want him to retire a Cowboy
And Coopers only been here half a season I wouldn’t even bother with numbers right now for him
If they have concerns about him staying out of trouble then they need to save their money. He’s about to be a 4 year pro. Those days should be over.
That's not being cheap, that's just good arbitrage.
The best value in the NFL is a first-contract starter. We have Dak playing for $2M this season while his real market value is probably in the neighborhood of $30M. LVE is playing for $2.5M when he could get $15M on the free agent market tomorrow were he eligible.
But with free agency, you don't get that kind of value. To be fair, there's a few diamonds in the rough; Eric Ebron was priced cheaply because Detroit misused him, and he turned $6M salary into 15 TDs for the Colts. But that usually doesn't happen. Most of the time, you either get what you pay for, or you overpay in lean years when too many dollars are stuck chasing too few good free agents. Rarely do you get a player who's worth more than what you signed him for.
So Stephen's just being smart. Free agency has its uses (the Broncos built two Super Bowl teams on the back of free agency), but the name of the game is maximizing the value of your cap dollars, and draft-and-develop is a lot higher probability way to do that. Every draft pick you hit on is basically stealing money from the cap.