Straight from the horse's mouth (no pun intended)

[5Stars]

Aside from Dak's stupid cadence, Cam's was just as bad if not worse.

 

[acr731]

And it has nothing to do with Jerry paying big money on 2nd contracts. As some will make it out to be that.

Are you sure about that? Dak isn't loyal to anything but money. I guarantee you if random team X offered Dak 60 a year and Jerry wasn't willing to go any higher than 50, Dak is a member of team X right now. Loyalty means nothing to the super greedy. Who ever is willing to open the check book the widest is the new best friend. That just happened to be Jerry last year.

 

[MarcusRock]

Is that last paragraph w/i the rules?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That very last part had "that's what she said" written all.over it. Lol.

 

[jazzcat22]

Are you sure about that? Dak isn't loyal to anything but money. I guarantee you if random team X offered Dak 60 a year and Jerry wasn't willing to go any higher than 50, Dak is a member of team X right now. Loyalty means nothing to the super greedy. Who ever is willing to open the check book the widest is the new best friend. That just happened to be Jerry last year.

That was not what my statement was about.

 

[acr731]

That was not what my statement was about.

If your statement wasn't about Jerry's well known tendency to overpay, then what was it about? No one comes to Dallas thinking it's their best chance of competing for a super bowl, they come to Dallas for other reasons. And those 'other' reasons are very well known. Dak doesn't stay in Dallas if the money wasn't right. Neither does Lamb.

Cam Newton said early in the video that Dallas's marketability was a reason why he would have wanted to play in Dallas. If his comment wasn't about money, then what was it about? Dallas doesn't have a history of being a winner, definitely not in the past 30 years, so what else could he be referring to?

 

[TwentyOne]

He is correct. Who does not want to play for the Dallas Cowboys.

Easy answer to your question:

- Any player that really wants to achieve something meaningful in his sport.
- Any player that is authentic and wants to play for and with authentic people.

All the other trash ? You can behold accumulated in our team.

You are still in that dream, consisting of that PR rubbish JJ put in your brain: "Dallas is the place everybody wants to play for". That was maybe 20 years ago.
Players with ambitions dont want to come here. Dont think we arent signing FA because we dont want to spend money. We dont sign good players because of two things:

a) we have no clue about talent evaluation
b) nobody with ambitions and talent and a career in front of him wants to play for us

 

[acr731]

Easy answer to your question:

- Any player that really wants to achieve something meaningful in his sport.
- Any player that is authentic and wants to play for and with authentic people.

All the other trash ? You can behold accumulated in our team.

You are still in that dream, consisting of that PR rubbish JJ put in your brain: "Dallas is the place everybody wants to play for". That was maybe 20 years ago.
Players with ambitions dont want to come here. Dont think we arent signing FA because we dont want to spend money. We dont sign good players because of two things:

a) we have no clue about talent evaluation
b) nobody with ambitions and talent and a career in front of him wants to play for us

I doubt Brock Purdy would want to come play second fiddle to a lesser QB or play for a team where the focus is on marketability rather than winning.

Derrick Henry.... sure, he said he wanted to come to Dallas, but he never once said he thought Dallas was his best chance to get a ring. His motivation was nothing more than a chance to be closer to home.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

He is correct. Who does not want to play for the Dallas Cowboys.
And it has nothing to do with Jerry paying big money on 2nd contracts. As some will make it out to be that.

Also, as he said, or any other high profile team.
Some would say the Steelers, or back in the day they were dominant. SF, same for them, GB, yes.
However, Dallas would still top the list of most. Unless they grew up an avid fan of a team.

everybody at the end of their career want to come to dallas to play one last contract. cruise to retirement. they don't come here to win championships.

 

[TwentyOne]

I doubt Brock Purdy would want to come play second fiddle to a lesser QB or play for a team where the focus is on marketability rather than winning.

Yes, i doubt that too.

And to me its a joy to watch him demanding a lower deal than the one he could have gotten.
I dont see such players on our team. Character avoids us.

We get people like Prescott. And to me we (the Joneses) deserve those.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The guy on the left was actually thinking about football. Cam just cared about branding and marketability. Not one comment about actual football.

And that's Jerry's team in a nutshell.

Yeah for both situations those were the right answers. If you are serious about football go with a mastermind like McVey. But if you want to monteize your brand and make money? Cowboys.

 

[acr731]

In 1995 it would have been great to have 'Dallas Cowboys' on your resume. But those days are long gone.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Yes, i doubt that too.

And to me its a joy to watch him demanding a lower deal than the one he could have gotten.
I dont see such players on our team. Character avoids us.

We get people like Prescott. And to me we (the Joneses) deserve those.

DId you see what Purdy got? Based on production it was the worst contract ever signed. No one has ever got that much money without a All Pro.......

People rag on Tua, Lawrence and Love but they at least had the best seasons of their career and threw for 4k yards. Purdy's production warranted a Sam Darnold contract.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

In 1995 it would have been great to have 'Dallas Cowboys' on your resume. But those days are long gone.

What resume? I don't know if you're talking in the sense of football or what but just having any professional team on your resume is a good look lol. Joe Thomas resume is legit despite playing for the Browns. I get it you want the Cowboys brand to be worse than it actually is. But guys are still getting media jobs based on being "Cowboys". They gave JAson Witten a prime time gig despite his terrible wig and the charisma of a cardboard cut out.

 

[acr731]

DId you see what Purdy got? Based on production it was the worst contract ever signed. No one has ever got that much money without a All Pro.......

People rag on Tua, Lawrence and Love but they at least had the best seasons of their career and threw for 4k yards. Purdy's production warranted a Sam Darnold contract.

He doesn't get the 'market' excuse like the others get?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

This is perfect.

As I get older, not many sports personalities bother me— not even trolls like Lesean McCoy.

But Cam Newton irritates the crap out of me.

Undeniably he has some good insight, but he’s so out of touch with reality when inserting himself into the subject matter— and he always finds a way to insert himself.

Yeah that's shocking.....your opinion on Cam isn't off base but man I can't stand Shady. Not even because of the Cowboy hate.....he's terrible. Not a good terrible like as i've grown older I realize the genius of a guy like Randy Galloway in Dallas. I use to couldn't stand his takes and always disagreed with him....but always listened. I can't listen to Shady or that idiot Jim Rome.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He doesn't get the 'market' excuse like the others get?

What do you mean?

 

[acr731]

What resume? I don't know if you're talking in the sense of football or what but just having any professional team on your resume is a good look lol. Joe Thomas resume is legit despite playing for the Browns. I get it you want the Cowboys brand to be worse than it actually is. But guys are still getting media jobs based on being "Cowboys". They gave JAson Witten a prime time gig despite his terrible wig and the charisma of a cardboard cut out.

Nah, not at all. All I desire is to see the production on the field match the level of marketing and hype. It's been far too long since we saw that. The occasional one-and-done doesn't do it for me.

 

[acr731]

What do you mean?

"He's just being paid the market value" was frequently thrown out there as justification for Dak's obnoxious contracts. That's what I meant.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Nah, not at all. All I desire is to see the production on the field match the level of marketing and hype. It's been far too long since we saw that. The occasional one-and-done doesn't do it for me.

Unfortunately, you can't have both. Something Jerry and co. haven't realized. You can't have hype and marketing and want a respectable NFL team. Might work in the 90's with no salary cap but I Don't think its been proven to succeed for anyone post salary cap.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

"He's just being paid the market value" was frequently thrown out there as justification for Dak's obnoxious contracts. That's what I meant.

Was he not? Esecailly based on what Tua, Lawrence and Love got?