I was thinking the same (that he should have taken the contract, not necessarily that he was greedy...he just thought he could do better)
The cowboys offered him 35m/yr he wanted 40m/yr how is that not close. Reports are they were very close to signing a deal (yearly money wise) but the cowboys wanted a longer deal and Dak only wanted a 3-4 year deal cause he wanted to get another larger deal after the tv contract got negotiated
The cowboys line sucks. Lost 2 of their best lineman for the year. It's arguably worse than the line he struggled with in Cincinnati
When I saw the replay of Daks injury the first thing I thought about was your fantasy team. I'm sending positive thoughts to you and your team.
Alex Smith is the feel-good story of the NFL this year. I watched the ESPN special on Alex and I am surprised that he can walk let alone play in the NFL. Iron stones for sure.
Yeah that's fair, saying they weren't close wasn't really accurate. It just sucks the way teams hold all the leverage over QBs and can realistically franchise tag them 3 times unlike other positions where it gets expensive after 1 year to do it
have to think that the franchise tag system will have to be dramatically changed. Can't imagine any big time player playing under one after this
worked out ok for Kirk Cousins....when they get franchided 3x, they get additional increases. Dak took a risk by not signing for 35M /year and that's why it's called a risk
Deshaun Watson got $40M a year with $111M guaranteed, so to me that is below market. Can definitely argue whether he deserved it or not, but when a QB gets an extension you usually have to top the previous one (except Mahomes now because he's Mahomes)
Yeah I wasn't sure of the timing of all these Dak offers, but I definitely agree they should have extended him before the Watson one came
Yeah it worked out for Cousins, doesn't make it right though that a team can do that to a player though
Players agreed to the system...what's so wrong about it? I don't think a system that pays someone 35 million/year is so bad...It's much worse for the undrafted FA RB that has the same thing happen without a huge nest egg.
Well hopefully Dak doesn’t get $ 0 money next year bc trying to get $5 million extra contract money.
It won't change for a while. It was collectively bargained and a new long term deal with the owners and NFLPA was just signed in the last year. They are stuck with it.
I think the intention of the rule is good, to allow smaller market teams to keep their star players. But in practice it just gives way too much power to teams. You're locking a player to a team for anywhere from 5-6 years in a league where the average career length is a short. Puts all or most of the risk on the player's side
I understand your point and don't disagree...but the guys who get franchised are getting life changing money with one franchise tag. The guys at the other end have the same/.higher risk of injury yet without the financial security
I could have swore that Dallas had a serviceable running back and wide receivers. I didn't realize that the only skill positions were on the O-line, my bad.
