News: Zeke Won't Return without Deal

[The Natural]

Either your Zeke, his mom, or his boyfriend.

What are you going to do when Jaylon Smith needs a contract, but we can't afford him because your drunken boyfriends contract is so big and he's 29 years old averaging 2.9 yards a carry?

It's not my job to manage the cap. You sound like you ready to go shoot something up

 

[Hawkeye0202]

 

[waldoputty]

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will not play in the 2019 season without a new contract, a source close to the situation told ESPN's Josina Anderson on Tuesday.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27332566/zeke-play-dallas-deal

BS - he will at least return for last 6 games

 

[Stash]

How many total TDs did he have last season? If you actually can sit there and say Zeke isnt a game changer and doesnt help our passing game you are out to lunch.

When was that ever said? Try to have a conversation without having to resort to making things up and strawman arguments.

You think defensive coordinators will sit there if Zeke isnt in and say, we need to gameplan to stop Alfred Morris? Please just stop.

Drop the strawman attempts argue what has been said.

The truth hurts and Zeke on the field is much better than a no name rookie or Alfred Morris. You keep bringing up Ajayi. A noted locker room problem.

Not according to the coach he won a Super Bowl with.

 

[Dallasfann]

It's not my job to manage the cap. You sound like you ready to go shoot something up

Thank god it's not. Shoot something up...Are you upset? I am just having a discussion with someone who seems to want to have a deeper relationship with our RB then I do.

 

[Stash]

And Jerry has an entire league of alternatives to get through this year with. And a recent history of Super Bowl Champions that show you don't NEED any ONE running back.

 

[The Natural]

Thank god it's not. Shoot something up...Are you upset? I am just having a discussion with someone who seems to want to have a deeper relationship with our RB then I do.

Let me spell this out for you. Nothing you or I say here influences negotiations. I'm in the camp that believes Zeke deserves to be the highest paid RB in the league. That's my stance and I'm not moving on it. If you disagree that's your prerogative, you dont need to keep quoting me.

 

[Carnes]

Good for Zeke. He should get his money while he can.

After he fullfulls his contract he signed it.

 

[John813]

I wonder if the holdup over Zeke is over guarantees, what voids them and the payout structure of said guarantees?

 

[32BellyOption]

Looks like the FA list is as follows:
1. Ajayi
2. Alex Collins
3. Chris Ivory
4. uhhh

Yuck! I’d stick with the guys we have before signing any of those bums. Perhaps there’s a back we could trade for.

 

[Ranching]

I’ve played on the Oline as well and I hated every minute of it......sorry but D line was my thing

I preferred DL as well. I made my name for myself coaching DL. One year as DL coach, 1 year as DC and 13 years as HC. DL was very good to me.

 

[Blackspider214]

this is a bad take.

Because it doesn't benefit your rooting interests while you sit on your couch? This is their lives. NFL players in general have short careers, especially RB. I have zero issue with a player wanting his true value. Owners cut players whenever they want. They force them to take less money. And people like you say stuff like "that is just business". Well this is business, too.

 

[John813]

Yuck! I’d stick with the guys we have before signing any of those bums. Perhaps there’s a back we could trade for.

Duke Johnson would be an interesting guy to think about.

 

[Dallasfann]

Let me spell this out for you. Nothing you or I say here influences negotiations. I'm in the camp that believes Zeke deserves to be the highest paid RB in the league. That's my stance and I'm not moving on it. If you disagree that's your prerogative, you dont need to keep quoting me.

When your RB is the highest paid RB in the league, your team is done. If you don't want to be quoted you should probably quit posting.

 

[Stash]

A tidbit from PFT:

"Elliott doesn’t have that same posture. His contract runs through 2020. If he skips a full season, his contract tolls by a year, pushing his $3.853 million salary from 2019 to 2020 and likewise nudging his $9.099 million salary for 2020 to 2021."

If that is accurate, Elliott will never hold out for the season.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...gains-nothing-by-sitting-out-the-full-season/

 

[The Natural]

When your RB is the highest paid RB in the league, your team is done. If you don't want to be quoted you should probably quit posting.

or just stop quoting.

 

[Blackspider214]

My proof is that everyone said McFadden sucked and yet he ran for 1000 yards in a season where we had zero QB play.

In the words of Randy Galloway, "watch the dang games". Stats on paper mean zero without context. McFadden put up so many empty stats. This offense was junk in 2015. Could not sustain drives. We were terrible at short yardage. 1,000 yards in a NFL season is a little over 60 a game. Which is 15 a quarter. Nothing to really brag about.

This offense we have designed does not work with a RB by committee. Design a new offense if you want that.

 

[Stash]

Duke Johnson would be an interesting guy to think about.

He's the ultimate dual threat option for a running back by committee.

 

[Dallasfann]

or just stop quoting.

No.

 

[khiladi]

Best news I’ve heard. Now the real evaluation on the worth of Dak can be made.

The only problem is it gives Garrett another excuse.