So what did Jerry accomplish?

[cowboybish]

I mean really did he accomplish anything by prolonging the new contract of CD Lamb? Could he have saved money if he signed him many months ago or even during last season? He thinks he’s a real good GM, do you? How long will he prolong and will it cost him more money to take care of Micah and Dak?

 

[Reality]

I am not one to defend Jerry, but you are making assumptions that we have all of the information and we most likely do not.

It could be that Lamb wanted a lot more money or more years or he wanted no-trade/no-franchise clauses in his contract.

In the end, most deals get completed because both sides compromise and that's likely what happened here.

 

[J_Allen]

We just don't know.

He went from almost everyone on here calling him a bust (including me) to making $34 million a year though.

 

[Havic]

It doesnt make sense to me to sign Lamb to a massive contract if Dak is not going to be here, especially with Lance faltering.

 

[Jipper]

It's done and everyone got exactly what they wanted and no side feels like they won- that's how you know it was a fair outcome

 

[ShiningStar]

he keeps the Dallas Cowboys on the medias lips.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

We just don't know.

He went from almost everyone on here calling him a bust (including me) to making $34 million a year though.

Who called ceedee a bust lol what games were you guys watching

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I think a lot of theee guys don’t like training camp

 

[J_Allen]

Who called ceedee a bust lol what games were you guys watching

We were watching the Cowboys games.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

We were watching the Cowboys games.

If you guys ever called ceedee a bust at any point you were saying foolish things

 

[JBS]

If you guys ever called ceedee a bust at any point you were saying foolish things

That never happens around here

 

[Chasing6]

I am not one to defend Jerry, but you are making assumptions that we have all of the information and we most likely do not.

It could be that Lamb wanted a lot more money or more years or he wanted no-trade/no-franchise clauses in his contract.

In the end, most deals get completed because both sides compromise and that's likely what happened here.

Curios what part of the contract do you think CD compromised on?

It was a 4 year deal, not 5.
$136M or $34M/year - 2nd highest paid.
$100M guaranteed.

 

[rags747]

CeeDee wanted $37, he finally met Jerry at $34m. Great job Jerry!

 

[ShortRound]

Generated a lot of press

 

[ghst187]

CeeDee wanted $37, he finally met Jerry at $34m. Great job Jerry!

Now we sign a few more cast off past prime Vikings

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I mean really did he accomplish anything by prolonging the new contract of CD Lamb? Could he have saved money if he signed him many months ago or even during last season? He thinks he’s a real good GM, do you? How long will he prolong and will it cost him more money to take care of Micah and Dak?

I mean he didn’t get as much as Jefferson so maybe that’s his win.

 

[dagreat1_87]

The more this happens, the more I think Jerry always plans on giving these players what they want. He just drags it along to make it seem like he had no choice to pay to them or risk losing games

 

[CTcowboy203]

This is the same old song and dance…media reports we are working on extension, cowboys use players contract situations to rationalize being inactive in offseason, extension doesn’t happen as quickly as we want, cowboys hard-line negotiate through the media, media eats it up and talks about cowboys moving on or trade scenarios, and ultimately the player gets damn near everything they want.

Literally has nearly happened with every big name negotiation the cowboys do.

 

[Flamma]

I think a lot of theee guys don’t like training camp

Years ago, back in the 80s for sure, star players would not show up, or show up late to camp. Just because they didn't like camp.

 

[Reality]

Curios what part of the contract do you think CD compromised on?

It was a 4 year deal, not 5.
$136M or $34M/year - 2nd highest paid.
$100M guaranteed.

I have no idea, which was my point.

Not sure why you mentioned it was a 4 year deal, everyone knows it was a 4 year deal.

As I said, we don't have all of the details as there are many different variables in contracts that go beyond "years", "total contract amount" and "guaranteed money" that can become obstacles to completing a deal.

Sure, it may be both sides compromised on one or more of those things or it may be something completely outside of that.

Again, that's my point. We have no idea where the sticking points were for either side.

Maybe some of those will leak in the coming days, but even so, I doubt we will ever know all of them.

In the end, they both likely compromised to some degree (one side may have gotten the better deal of course) and the deal was completed.