Why I wouldn't be opposed to Steven Jackson

[speedkilz88]

Always about the money. It may not seem like it this coming year but 2016 you will know why.

Sooner than that.

 

[Joe Realist]

There is always these guys:

 

[Nightman]

Always about the money. It may not seem like it this coming year but 2016 you will know why.

We are 12m under the cap this year and almost 40m under next year

oh yeah Carr has a cap hit of 12.7m this year and 13.8m next
Free is costing us 7m this year and 3m to cut him next year

McFadden and Dunbar equal half of Murray's cap number

 

[Maxmadden]

We are 12m under the cap this year and almost 40m under next year

oh yeah Carr has a cap hit of 12.7m this year and 13.8m next
Free is costing us 7m this year and 3m to cut him next year

McFadden and Dunbar equal half of Murray's cap number

When he is done in 2016 you still have to pay his dead money. We have finally started getting away from that.

 

[Nightman]

When he is done in 2016 you still have to pay his dead money. We have finally started getting away from that.

Murray wont be done in 2016

He is in great shape and works out as hard as anyone

No one can tell me 26 is the cut off for RBs

DAL has made a lot of great personnel decisions but they bought the wrong report on Murray

 

[Nightman]

Sooner than that.

Sometimes its more than money.

When the coach, the QB and the captain TE all fight for the guy, he is the type you keep

If you don't pay guys like Murray then what is the point of paying anyone. Just let every vet go and only play draftees

 

[Maxmadden]

Sometimes its more than money.

When the coach, the QB and the captain TE all fight for the guy, he is the type you keep

If you don't pay guys like Murray then what is the point of paying anyone. Just let every vet go and only play draftees

You just can't pay everyone. We tried that in the past

 

[Nightman]

You just can't pay everyone. We tried that in the past

Not everyone, but RKGs in their 20's that just set Franchise and 50 year old NFL records are OK.

 

[speedkilz88]

Sometimes its more than money.

When the coach, the QB and the captain TE all fight for the guy, he is the type you keep

If you don't pay guys like Murray then what is the point of paying anyone. Just let every vet go and only play draftees

Flat out if you overpay a position that is short lived comparative to other positions and easily replaced you are an idiot. Stephen Jones thankfully is not. If the guys was an exception to the rule special player like Emmitt or AD then I could see it. But Murray is not that guy.

 

[Maxmadden]

Not everyone, but RKGs in their 20's that just set Franchise and 50 year old NFL records are OK.

I wanted us to resign Murray because I think he is a really good RB and I wanted the continuity on the offense.. They offered him a boat load of money but Philly overpriced him. Sometimes you just got to fold so you can play another round. I certainly can see your point of view but it is what it is and we will see in a couple of years if we made the right decision..

 

[Nightman]

Flat out if you overpay a position that is short lived comparative to other positions and easily replaced you are an idiot. Stephen Jones thankfully is not.

Easily replaced is why we are having SJackson threads in August.

 

[Zimmy Lives]

why did we dump Murray again???

Last I heard, he was slow, injury-prone, used up, couldn't hold onto the ball, and left too much food on the field, or something like that.

 

[Nightman]

I wanted us to resign Murray because I think he is a really good RB and I wanted the continuity on the offense.. They offered him a boat load of money but Philly overpriced him. Sometimes you just got to fold so you can play another round. I certainly can see your point of view but it is what it is and we will see in a couple of years if we made the right decision..

Clearly I think we made a big mistake, but I will be right there rooting for him to fail and prove me wrong.

Going to the Eagles is the worst.

 

[Maxmadden]

Easily replaced is why we are having SJackson threads in August.

I can see why we are having running back discussions but I'm not sure why we are having Stephen Jackson discussions.

 

[Maxmadden]

Last I heard, was slow, injury-prone, used up, couldn't hold onto the ball, and left too much food on the field, or something like that.

I can certainly agree with a lot of that but it sure did cloud the 2015 season.

 

[jrumann59]

Murray wont be done in 2016

He is in great shape and works out as hard as anyone

No one can tell me 26 is the cut off for RBs

DAL has made a lot of great personnel decisions but they bought the wrong report on Murray

No its not but 28 is where things can start to fall off and 30 the fall off is even steeper. Murray will be 28 at the end of the 2015 season

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

CJ2K is the better option.

 

[Bullflop]

NO registered members of the over-the-hill gang, please! We need young-uns who can help us significantly and be reliable enough to consistently stay away from the trainer's table. The oldsters routinely lack that tendency.

 

[cowboyschmps3]

I think at this stage in his career he can be a effective role player. He doesnt have the quickness anymore to be an effective starting back in this league. However he can still run with power, pick up the blitz and catch a few passes out of the backfield.

Alot of good stuff has come out about Randle early in camp, and it looks like he has the early lead. McFadden when/if he is gets healthy offers us alot as a 3rd down back. But with the term "dirty yards" thrown around during the offseason, I dont think we have that back. I think that is where Jackson still has capabilities. Let me ask you this, in a critical 3rd and one situation, would you rather have an untested HB or would you rather have a player like Jackson that still has the power to make that play, and knows exactly what he has to do and where he has to go to get to that marker and move those chains

Not only that we need a big back for when we decide to go for 2, teams will start looking for 2 point specialist especially now with that new rule.

 

[conner01]

And you know this how?

I can count
Look at our roster and consider where your talent is and where you have to carry extra players because of suspensions
The depth of talent on this team is not at RB
You have to carry extra players because of suspensions and you don't want to cut a talented WR or olineman to carry an over the hill RB
There is no way we carry 4 rb's
So if you add a guy then someone has to go. It's not going to be Randle for sure
So that leaves Dunbar and dmac
If dmac can't stay healthy he could go but otherwise that means any RB added has to beat out Dunbar
It's simple math