TO agrees to new 3 yr extension!

[dbair1967]

Jerry better hope we are going uncapped into the future. Otherwise, cap hell is just on the horizon. It is almost as though he has a goal of making every player on the team the highest paid in the league. I don't see why he is getting more money than Moss who is younger and better.

I will scream if this hampers our ability to sign Ware.

please...




David

 

[Eskimo]

Yet we have people left and right wanting to sign Jason Taylor tomorrow.....

The thing about JT is it would have to be a deal with a major restructuring to Ellis type money. If that's not possible then we can't make the move. I don't know what JT's intentions/desires are at this stage of his career. He would have the potential to turn what should be a very good defense into a dominating type defense.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I never had a doubt.

Pegged it too.... 3 years extension

 

[panchucko]

Well I am glad he is signed. I wasn't a T.O. Fan at first but he won me over last year. So much I bought a T.O. Jersey, now I can wear it for years to come.

 

[Eskimo]

please...




David

No cap, no problem.

Ware is the best player on this team and very young. The parameters of his extension are a bigger priority than extending TO, IMO even though he still has two more years left on his deal.

 

[dbair1967]

No cap, no problem.

Ware is the best player on this team and very young. The parameters of his extension are a bigger priority than extending TO, IMO even though he still has two more years left on his deal.

dude step back from the ledge

Jerruh and Stevie know what they are doing with the cap...there are none better in this league

they wouldnt have done any of the deals at the expense of Ware

David

 

[Eskimo]

dude step back from the ledge

Jerruh and Stevie know what they are doing with the cap...there are none better in this league

they wouldnt have done any of the deals at the expense of Ware

David

If they are so good, explain the late 90s and early part of the millenium. There were problems then when he extended a bunch of older players who could not play out their contracts.

Who knows what Ware is going to command - start with Freeney money and then add a bunch more.

I just don't want to lose Ware. It took us 12 years to find Haley's replacement and we've got him in his prime. The only players I would think trading him for are Manning and Brady.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3423170

Cowboys give Owens new 4-year, $34 million deal

Without the controversy that led to his departure from Philadelphia, Terrell Owens quietly received a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, team sources told ESPN's Michael Smith.

The wide receiver was slated to earn $7 million this season in the last year of his contract, but he now receives a four-year, $34 million deal. Owens is slated to earn $27 million over the next three seasons, making him -- along with Randy Moss, Javon Walker and Larry Fitzgerald -- one of the highest paid wide receivers in the league.

Owens will receive $12.9 million to sign and $100,000 of his $830,000 2008 base salary guaranteed, for a total of $13 million guaranteed. He is now under contract through 2011.

In 2004, Owens was heading into the second year of a seven-year, $48.97 million contract with the Eagles when he began squawking about a new deal. He showed up for training camp wearing camouflage, signifying he was at war with the organization, and wound up getting sent home, leading to the bizarre scene of him giving interviews while doing sit-ups in his driveway. The saga dragged on for months, ending with a suspension, then his release.

He signed a three-year, $25 million contract with Dallas in March 2005 and has certainly lived up to it, leading the team in receiving both years while piling up club records. His 28 touchdown catches over the last two seasons are more than any other receiver, and that includes Moss, who set the league record for TDs in a single-season last year.

Michael Smith covers the NFL for ESPN. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

 

[Da Hammer]

gotta love jerry i was a bit mad at him for takin jones over mendenhall but im over it! i gotta say this came out of nowhere and it just shows how much T.O has matured not making and issue of it being in his final year by talking in the media and being patient waiting for his turn. T.O T.O T.O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3423170

Cowboys give Owens new 4-year, $34 million deal

Without the controversy that led to his departure from Philadelphia, Terrell Owens quietly received a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, team sources told ESPN's Michael Smith.

The wide receiver was slated to earn $7 million this season in the last year of his contract, but he now receives a four-year, $34 million deal. Owens is slated to earn $27 million over the next three seasons, making him -- along with Randy Moss, Javon Walker and Larry Fitzgerald -- one of the highest paid wide receivers in the league.

Owens will receive $12.9 million to sign and $100,000 of his $830,000 2008 base salary guaranteed, for a total of $13 million guaranteed. He is now under contract through 2011.

In 2004, Owens was heading into the second year of a seven-year, $48.97 million contract with the Eagles when he began squawking about a new deal. He showed up for training camp wearing camouflage, signifying he was at war with the organization, and wound up getting sent home, leading to the bizarre scene of him giving interviews while doing sit-ups in his driveway. The saga dragged on for months, ending with a suspension, then his release.

He signed a three-year, $25 million contract with Dallas in March 2005 and has certainly lived up to it, leading the team in receiving both years while piling up club records. His 28 touchdown catches over the last two seasons are more than any other receiver, and that includes Moss, who set the league record for TDs in a single-season last year.

Michael Smith covers the NFL for ESPN. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

If this is true, I believe that we just saved around 3 million more towards the cap which would have us at about 8.279mil under total. Plenty to sign Hamlin and Canty and prepare for Ware.

 

[Future]

Just reported by ESPN News, Michelle Bonner.

This offseason is giving me a bonner

 

[Stash]

If this is true, I believe that we just saved arount 3 million more towards the cap which would have us at about 8.3-8.4 under total. Plenty to sign Hamlin and Canty and prepare for Ware.

Or make a move for Jason Taylor.

Just sayin'...........

 

[TX_Yid]

one thing I don't understand. Why was TO disgruntled with his 7 year $49M deal with the Eagles (Avg $7M p/year) but he was happy with a 3 year $25M contract (8.3 p/year) and 4 year $34M contract (8.5 p/year).

Is the difference that big?

Not that I'm complaining of course

 

[theogt]

If this is true, I believe that we just saved around 3 million more towards the cap which would have us at about 8.279mil under total. Plenty to sign Hamlin and Canty and prepare for Ware.

I believe this lowers his cap hit by about $4.6 million, putting us closer to about $10 million under the cap.

Signing Hamlin to a long-term deal could save us another $2 million.

 

[theogt]

one thing I don't understand. Why was TO disgruntled with his 7 year $49M deal with the Eagles (Avg $7M p/year) but he was happy with a 3 year $25M contract (8.3 p/year) and 4 year $34M contract (8.5 p/year).

Is the difference that big?

Not that I'm complaining of course

$10 million over 7 years?

Next question.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

you're getting good w/ this cap, theo

good stuff

 

[kmd24]

one thing I don't understand. Why was TO disgruntled with his 7 year $49M deal with the Eagles (Avg $7M p/year) but he was happy with a 3 year $25M contract (8.3 p/year) and 4 year $34M contract (8.5 p/year).

Is the difference that big?

Not that I'm complaining of course

IIRC, it was that he deal was structured so that he would play for a very small base salary in the second year and could be cut with only a small cap hit to the Eagles. He was also under the impression that the Eagles would rework the contract, but they refused.

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

I believe this lowers his cap hit by about $4.6 million, putting us closer to about $10 million under the cap.

Signing Hamlin to a long-term deal could save us another $2 million.

How did you come up with 4.6?

Signing bonus was 12.9mil, divide that by 4 years, 3.23mil per year. Add in his base for 2008, $830,000, it comes to 4,060,000.00 for a cost for the 2008 season. Subtract that form his scheduled approxtimate 2008 salary of 7mil, and you save 2,940,000.00. Add that to the current cap of 5.339 and you have 8.279 and some change.

 

[ChrisCanty99]

Yahoo! Now let's get Hamlin and Canty!

 

[Hostile]

He flat out deserved this. I can't deny that at all.