Well done !
We got amateurs running the team Bob.
Alright Now?????
When Jimmy and Bill were here.
Jeez ......... found the Jerry fan
I've never understood this argument. Just because there are NFL guys who do this for a living doesn't mean they always make the right moves or even mostly make the right moves. In fact most GMs and HCs are fired and replaced every 2-4 years which means aren't happy with their progress the majority of the time.
There’s a big giant fallacyin your theory. Smith has an agent and that agent isn’t stupid. Both Smith and the agent know he’s going have the negotiating power to be able to smash the current highest paid guard… maybe even demand a little more considering he can perform at a high level as a tackle in a pinch. They can also project what that number will be next year with a fair amount of accuracy. I’m sure Smith’s agent would love to sign him a year early… that’s more potential money when his 3rd contract comes up. But you can bet he’s not going to unless it’s at the 25-26 million he’s most likely projected to be able to command next season. There just isn’t any incentive to do so otherwise. In the end all you’re accomplishing is throwing away the last year of his rookie contract!
Sort of...but the Cowboys have a 5th year option + 2 franchise tags in their back pocket if they really need to use them. The 5th year option for Smith would be right at $21M. I agree the Cowboys would still have to pay a premium to lock up Smith this year, but $25-26M feels a little high. I would think you're still around Trey Smith money at $23M at most.
but what about the drama? what about the media attention? what about everyone just like now going what's happening? where would Jerry get all the attention? there are jerseys to sell, there is branding and marketing to be done....football is secondary to all of it. Cowboys are a business first and foremost. its not about winning. its about money and profits and value.
Good points. But here’s where I disagree:
Too bad many on here seem to be only in the second grade.
When Jimmy Johnson was the coach of the Dallas Cowboys
March 28, 1994.
Most of the people on here don't follow what other franchises do. They just follow the Cowboys, disparage everything they do, and call them a circus. They have no idea what goes on around the rest of the NFL.
The Cowboys for years have liked to negotiate on a deadline because they think it makes both sides work harder to get the job done instead of slow-playing it to see if the other side budges. But a lot of teams wait until the fifth-year option year to negotiate a new contract. Can't blame them in a sense. Football is a high-injury sport, so why guarantee a player more money until you have to? The fifth-year option is usually so high that it becomes advantageous to the team costwise to do a long-term deal then.
1988
Totally agree. It’s all about being decisive. If you aren’t gonna extend a guy you trade him with one year left so he has value. If he’s part of your plan, then you extend him at first chance. It’s cheaper, it gets contract issues settled quickly without all the drama in the media. And it shows a commitment to winning and a plan. You can’t wing decisions on a roster. The key to managing the cap is a plan and every contract effects another. The most frustrating thing with Jerry is there is no plan.
The biggest thing is certain players you aren’t letting get away. Others you’d keep at the right price. And others you just don’t see as worth a srcond contract. If you start early you get those guys you aren’t letting get away done. You know where you at with the guys that only at the right price so you can trade them if it looks like they are gonna be out of your range. The ones you don’t want to keep anyway might have some value with someone else. If not no loss
