I just find it comical that people are acting like Zeke is doing something out of the ordinary in the context of the Cowboys FO.
The Cowboys FO has already stated for a couple years this is how they are going to work from now on. They will try and extend players that are talented before FA even comes around, so they can get them at good value. Stephen has already said they don’t have any plans to pay top dollar in free agency anymore and attributes their past failures as a result of moves that involve them. Basically, he’s masking their being cheap in football terms. He also ignores the elephant in the room of failures bring related to Jason Garrett and the “on-the-job training”.
Dallas wants to negotiate early and wants to negotiate early with Zeke, per their own words. Zeke is playing THEIR game as well. The ‘choir boy’ excuse is a crock of garbage. First of all, Jerry’s support of Zeke was a result of Zeke’s talent. Second, Zeke was suspended based on college life in reality and if it were Kraft or Mara, Zeke would have never been suspended anyways.