We couldn't trade Dez for anything huh?

[Mobinvans]

Why do we always just release players but other teams manage to trade their stars for something?

You mean to tell me we couldn't trade Dez for nothing?... Nothing?

 

[Shinaoi]

His contract was the problem. I’m sure someone would have taken the talent.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

When they know you’re gonn cut hiM, you lose all leverage. If the Cowboys came out and said they’re keeping him if a trade doesn’t get underway, then that’s something. But that obviously wasn’t the case. Why trade a 6th rounder for a guy on a bad contract when you can get him on a better one 3 days later for no draft compensation?

 

[Mobinvans]

I have no problem getting rid of Dez, but we should have been able to get something from him, come on

 

[d_cowboy31]

Why this front office has been telegraphing that they were probably going to release him since the end of the season is absolutely beyond me. At that point what team would trade for him?

 

[Mobinvans]

His contract was the problem. I’m sure someone would have taken the talent.

Other teams do it

 

[visionary]

Why do we always just release players but other teams manage to trade their stars for something?

You mean to tell me we couldn't trade Dez for nothing?... Nothing?

Jerry knows players know he is a football idiot so the only way for him to get their "respect" is to over pay them and then release them so everyone thinks "Jerry is great to his players "

Never mind that it impacts the team negatively

 

[DIAF]

Who in the world is going to trade ANYTHING for a #2 WR making what, 13 million a year?

 

[JBell]

Not only that, but we couldn't even release him early in free agency so that another team could give him a big contract, and we'd at least get a high comp pick next year.

Just an incompetent front office.

 

[Idgit]

It's obviously the ration of production to contract here.

It's also obvious that GMs would enquire about Dez even if, for whatever bizarre reason, our front office didn't make their own inquiries about trading the player. Everybody knew this was at least a possibility. If you're a GM on a team that wants him and can live with his current deal, you place a call.

You guys have to stop thinking that just because it's not reported it didn't happen. Generally speaking, sports journalists are deep-throating **** for us. They take what's handed to them by the teams, players, and agents, and are happy to get it. If it's not handed to them, they don't report it.

 

[Chuck 54]

Other teams do it

Not when the player in as unproductive as Dez has been in recent years. If you are on a crazy contract, you need to still be at the top of your game and production to have a team want to trade for you.

 

[hornitosmonster]

Why do we always just release players but other teams manage to trade their stars for something?

You mean to tell me we couldn't trade Dez for nothing?... Nothing?

Bad contract. Is that hard to understand?

 

[Mobinvans]

I bet he gets a good contract making about what he makes now..watch

 

[Idgit]

He seems to know already which teams have an interest if he's saying he's going in-division. Which also might mean he's already got a ballpark for what a deal might look like.

There's been stuff going on behind the scenes on this one.

 

[CATCH17]

Why do we always just release players but other teams manage to trade their stars for something?

You mean to tell me we couldn't trade Dez for nothing?... Nothing?

Fisher said teams had made offers for Dez but the Cowboys drug their feet on all of this.

 

[TheDude]

Why do we always just release players but other teams manage to trade their stars for something?

You mean to tell me we couldn't trade Dez for nothing?... Nothing?

You cant when you signal he'll just be cut and bad mouth the inventory


Its like trading a car and publically stating "Well, it is smoking after driving 10 minutes and then backfires, give me market.."

 

[408Cowboy]

If he gets paid the same or more by his future team what will everyone saying it's because of the contract say?

 

[DeaconMoss]

If your'e going to pay his dead money as a cut then they should have included that in the trade. Pay the difference and get a 4th rounder. Geez. They got nothing for him and are paying crazy money to do it.

 

[John813]

His contract was the problem. I’m sure someone would have taken the talent.

12.5mil salary for next two years with zero guarantees is unmovable?
If he didn't pan out with said team, they take zero dead cap if they cut him.
Sure, you can make the argument that he has declined and his route running sucks, but 12.5mil isn't that crazy, especially with no strings attached.

 

[theebs]

of course not this front office is not good enough to get anything in return for him.

Now here is another story about how Jason Garrett went to Princeton......