Scalper
03-09-2021, 09:29 PM
Jerry is definitely operating on insider information...
Won't matter as long as he or his pork-chop son are the GMs. You could give them double the salary cap of other teams they still wouldn't bring home a trophy. JJ's ego is pitiful, and he is of course who THE DAN modelled himself off of. He has won nothing without Jimmy Johnson and the roster he assembled. JJ couldn't handle Johnson getting all the credit, was pure ego, so ran him off. What a tool. All he had to do was sit back and let Johnson do his thing and Dallas would have won multiple additional Superbowls.
Scalper
03-09-2021, 09:41 PM
How. Can. They. Afford. That.
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They can't.
Dak will be 20% of their cap moving forward, give or take, and will have much less talent around him moving forward. If they keep talent on O, D will stink.
As a Redskins fan, I love this signing.
It means the Cowboys will not be contenders.
Dak is a good but not great QB. He is not worth this kind of money, especially not coming off injury. He has played behind a top-five OL, with a top-five RB, with a top-ten WR, and has still never won diddly, though Jones and horrible coaches like Garrett and Pork Chop 2.0 (McCarthy) not his fault.
QB contracts are just insane. I don't blame Dak for driving the hardest bargain and getting maximum value, but it is a cautionary tale as well. Makes so much more sense to draft a QB, in 1st round especially, and have him on 5 years of rookie deal. Also makes a ton of sense to draft and develop solid plan B, so if you end up with an above average QB looking to get paid like a bionic Johnny Unitas, you can let him walk.
In terms of on-field performance, Dak worth no more than $25M, economics of QB just insane.
To think of trading a boatload of picks and then paying preposterous contracts like this, versus drafting a rookie, is insanity given pricing of QBs.
I give Mahomes credit. He is certainly not dumb and could have demanded an inflation adjusted contract in a number of different ways, but he wants to win instead.
You put Dak on a team without a stud RB, stud OL, stud WRs, talent EVERYWHERE on O, he is an above average QB nothing more.
Can't help laughing about the choke artist Romo. Dak not that bad, Romo was the gift that keeps on giving, but I hope Jerry lives to be 7,000 and continues as Dallas GM. Long live Jerry!!!
Scalper
03-09-2021, 09:45 PM
Also, LOVE having McCarthy coaching Dallas. If he could only win one SB with Aaron freaking Rodgers at QB, he's not winning any with Dak Prescott at QB. LOL. Long live Jerry!!!
skinsfaninok
03-10-2021, 10:32 AM
The NFL informed teams this morning that the salary cap has been set at $182.5 million, per sources.
Scalper
03-10-2021, 11:01 AM
I don't think the cap is a joke, it's just that teams probably already know the players that can be released to give them cap relief AND/OR players that are likely to restructure their contracts.
This is why I laugh when fans say that "players should honor their contracts." Because most of the time it is teams that do not honor a contract. And I get it, it is a business decision, but still.
There are times when holding out may be defensible, especially if you have massively outplayed your contract and it is nearing end. In the first year of a $156M contract less than a year old that made you the highest paid player in league history at the time it was signed is not that time.
Give the NFL owners credit for being smart. They brought in scabs for a year to maintain control of the league and would do so again in a heartbeat. The owners wield most of the power, love it or hate it. The bottom line is that NFL careers are so short only the superstars could afford to hold out the 2-3 years it would take to get a player-friendly labor deal, and not even then. In baseball or basketball, players regularly play decade or more so can stare at 2-3 years no pay and still feel like they'll make a pile. Not the NFL.
BaltimoreSkins
03-10-2021, 11:29 AM
The NFL informed teams this morning that the salary cap has been set at $182.5 million, per sources.
Dang down 15 million. As Cred said there will be blood
SunnySide
03-10-2021, 11:44 AM
The NFL informed teams this morning that the salary cap has been set at $182.5 million, per sources.
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My enthusiasm has been muted by all the Wrs getting tags and Lamonte David being resigned .. but lets go!
KI Skins Fan
03-10-2021, 11:46 AM
Also, LOVE having McCarthy coaching Dallas. If he could only win one SB with Aaron freaking Rodgers at QB, he's not winning any with Dak Prescott at QB. LOL. Long live Jerry!!!
Preach! If anyone is keeping score, McCarthy had to lead the league in horrible coaching decisions last season. Please keep him around, Jerruh.
Dang down 15 million. As Cred said there will be blood
buyers market and we're set to do some buyin'
BaltimoreSkins
03-10-2021, 12:01 PM
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My enthusiasm has been muted by all the Wrs getting tags and Lamonte David being resigned .. but lets go!
What's the old military adage? Hurry up and wait