The Fan just said Brandon Moore re-retired

WoodysGirl

U.N.I.T.Y
Staff member
Messages
79,278
Reaction score
45,637
CowboysZone ULTIMATE Fan
Ross Tucker ‏@RossTuckerNFL 29m
Brandon Moore joining us on @SiriusXMNFL right now to discuss decision to retire rather than sign with Cowboys

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet 11m
Crazy turn of events: After signing a deal with #Cowboys and scheduling a flight to join the team, G Brandon Moore instead decided to retire
Brandon Moore has a young family and couldn't bring himself to leave them for 5 months, per agent Deryk Gilmore. Cowboys still searching

Bob Sturm ‏@SportsSturm 10m
Hearing Brandon Moore on Sirius just now did nothing to help make you feel better. Sounds like a class dude that didn't want to show up...
And not play at a high level because it is August 7. Had this move been in March/April, he said it would be different. Too late to prepare.
Moore played 11 seasons from his house with his family. Leaving them for 5 months wasn't worth the trouble he decided.
 

Ren

Well-Known Member
Messages
12,218
Reaction score
1,944
Ugh I was excited about our offense for almost a full day
 

Machete

Well-Known Member
Messages
1,991
Reaction score
2,321
CowboysZone LOYAL Fan
can't Jerry just move his entire family with him. JJ does have a guest house.
 

jobberone

Kane Ala
Messages
54,219
Reaction score
19,659
Brandon Moore Retires

Adam Schefter discusses G Brandon Moore's decision to retire after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Cowboys.
Tags: Brandon Moore, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Retire, Adam Schefter, SportsCenter, Butt Fumble

After reaching an agreement Tuesday night with the Dallas Cowboys, guard Brandon Moore has decided to retire, according to a league source.



[+] Enlarge
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Brandon Moore, who had played his entire career for the Jets, has decided to retire rather than join the Cowboys for this season.

Moore could not bring himself to get on a plane and leave his family and informed the Cowboys of his decision Wednesday morning.

In deciding to retire, Moore passed up $2 million in 2013. He was to receive a $500,000 signing bonus, a base salary of $1.25 million, which was fully guaranteed, and a $250,000 play time bonus in his one-year contract.

Moore, 33, played for offensive coordinator Bill Callahan for four years with the New York Jets. He spent his first 11 seasons with the Jets, starting 142 of 144 games in his career and every game since 2005.

Read more:

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/_/id/9546490/brandon-moore-retires-join-dallas-cowboys
 

TheRomoSexual

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,057
Reaction score
4,958
I wonder if a two-year deal would change is tune...

Bah, I'm just clinging to hope at this point.
 

InmanRoshi

Zone Scribe
Messages
18,334
Reaction score
90
Just think about it for two seconds: dude is 3 years older than Moore, is considered a step down from Moore, and was apparently the Cowboys' second option.

Since Moore was going to come in for 2M, I'd bet $100 we could snag Waters for 1.5 pretty easily.

Brian Waters walked away from almost double that paycheck last year with the Patriots because he didn't think it was worth it. That's the deal with signing old vets. A lot of them have already made their money and aren't desperate for a paycheck. They're also staring at their longterm health and quality of life after football. The same reasons why John Abraham and Richard Seymore aren't currently in a training camp playing for a 1 year deal.
 

burmafrd

Well-Known Member
Messages
43,820
Reaction score
3,379
what is really bad about this was how good it made you feel when the news of signing him first came out. Double downer
 

Oh_Canada

Well-Known Member
Messages
10,083
Reaction score
4,222
The roller coaster of emotions in being a Dallas Cowboys fan! From highs to lows!

Oh well, time to move on. Guy doesn't want to play, so guess they saved themselves a few bucks and maybe some large disappointment.
 

Mr Cowboy

Well-Known Member
Messages
26,612
Reaction score
32,654
Amazing, when the OL finally looks like its a RG from being pretty solid, some here are still wanting to go with Arkin. There is a reason why they are trying to unretire some of these old folks, that's because Arkin is no good and Berny is damaged goods. You can't continue to use up a roster spot on a guy who has no chance of playing in a real game. Berny is a good backup, at best.

I hope they continue looking, maybe bring in Hangartner in, he's the one who had Berny sitting on the bench in Carolina. But they can not put the whole season on Arkin or Berny. It's like the 3rd stringer fighting a JV 2nd stringer for the starting job on the varsity.
 

big dog cowboy

THE BIG DOG
Staff member
Messages
101,838
Reaction score
112,751
CowboysZone ULTIMATE Fan
In deciding to retire, Moore passed up $2 million in 2013. He was to receive a $500,000 signing bonus, a base salary of $1.25 million, which was fully guaranteed, and a $250,000 play time bonus in his one-year contract.

Wasn't the deciding factor on playing this yearso those numbers don't matter.
 

links18

Well-Known Member
Messages
24,322
Reaction score
20,087
What a flake. is there a vet guard out there who is almost broke and needs the money? ;)
 

CowboysLegend365

Well-Known Member
Messages
743
Reaction score
826
Brian Waters walked away from almost double that paycheck last year with the Patriots because he didn't think it was worth it. That's the deal with signing old vets. A lot of them have already made their money and aren't desperate for a paycheck. They're also staring at their longterm health and quality of life after football. The same reasons why John Abraham and Richard Seymore aren't currently in a training camp playing for a 1 year deal.

Abraham's a Cardinal.
 

Idgit

Fattening up
Staff member
Messages
58,971
Reaction score
60,826
CowboysZone ULTIMATE Fan
Bleh. This just sucks. Moore signing just made sense. There's not another option out there that excites me in the least.
 

WhizKid

Well-Known Member
Messages
1,561
Reaction score
1,014
tumblr_mob58hwzxp1rnikqmo1_250.gif
 

EMMITTnROY

Well-Known Member
Messages
4,079
Reaction score
6,648
Man, I feel like a fool.

I wasted two hours last night (when I should have been doing some work) watching Moore highlight videos and reading about him. And I sent a bunch of texts to my brother and two friends who are also big Cowboys fans, telling them how awesome this was and how it solidified our offensive line and bla bla bla.
 
Top