I think Dak got sick of watching Dez quit on his routes after crying and bitching on the sideline to get the ball
And that pretty much sums it up. We can all talk about what we think will or should happen, but when all is said and done Jerry is the wild card and who knows what he'll decide. I think the comments he made about 'not even considering a scenario in which Dez wasn't on the team this year' are telling, but will that change? Maybe. Will Stephen convince him to cut Dez? Maybe. But when Jerry is making the decisions they final decision doesn't have to be based on common sense. So really none of us has a clue...
I haven't seen the numbers, but I'm not sure he will be making enough for that to matter
I don't see a trade happening. Why would a team with no allegiance to him give him $12.5M per year for two years after watching the tape of him the last couple of years and also give up a pick to do it? One benefit is that if he would come with no guaranteed money so if he doesn't look better they could cut him and pay him nothing, but you don't usually give up anything in return for that. Who knows
If I'm not mistaking playing time and performance are also used in the comp award process. I might be wrong.
The problem with that argument is that he didn't even play like an 800 yard receiver last year. If anyone not named Dez Bryant played that poorly they would have been on the sideline. He was awful. I think if Dez wasn't playing Dak would have looked a lot better because he would have spread the ball around more and not had a guy missing balls and not being in the right place and causing ints. You can't try to argue Dez wasn't horrible last year. As a Dez fan I think your argument is he can be much, much better this upcoming year. Me, I'm still real torn...
Totally agree with this. Taco could end up a superstar, but he was no help to this team last year. There is no guarantee a rookie will contribute year one, or ever. Ridley (or whomever) could be a week 1 All Pro or barely see the field all year. It's a crap shoot
Correct. All of those are factors. But what I remember is if you make under a certain amount you aren't eligible. They've never released the actual "formula"...which could just be Goodell doing this:
I hope you are rigtht, but history says that rarely happens. He does not seem like a cant miss to me.
If Gregory is reinstated and manages to not get suspended this team is going to be deep at DE.
Dez was a below average receiver last year and that's being generous. He was honestly bad. If your QB has to constantly throw you open, you are not playing at a high level. Dez consistently had 1 on 1 situations against average to below average corners and nobody respected him enough to get open, but when Dak throws the ball and it sails over Dez's head, Cowboy fans think that's on Dak when Dez couldn't beat a below average corner in a situation where he has to beat his man in order for Dak to throw the ball in a position where Dez can get it.
I'm not so sure all of these guys will make the team or if they do, contribute much. Put Hurns aside and you can make an argument that one honey badger is worth all of these guys combined (and maybe even with Hurns). Let's not overstate what they did in free agency here. I'm happy with every single signing, but are any of these guys really the type of guy that you would have been disappointed if we didn't sign them? I think that like the draft sometimes we bring a guy in and we assume he will be what he "could" be and think we are going to get the best case scenario. Last year we did the exact same thing in free agency and it was a disaster. When we have the holes we have we can't get better just by bringing in depth. But, again, I am happy with each individual signing. I just don't know how much better we made the team. I think Hurns and Fleming are the two we need to have hit on and at this time I feel like we did...
I still wish we would have cut Gregory. If he gets reinstated it will be interesting to see what happens. Has he kept in shape? Is he mentally stable? Can he produce at this level enough to be worth the constant concern over what he will do next? I don't think he plays for Dallas this year, but who knows. The good thing is that because of all of the players that we added on the DL (and likely continue through the draft) if he does play for us he can just focus on 3rd and long which is what he should be best at.
Man, I gotta disagree with you Bud. Honey Badger would be a solid starter no doubt. But look at the 6 guys they added...they will all make the team, and at the least be solid depth. What that has done is allow the team to go into the draft and take the best player available regardless of position. If we had spent all the money on Honey Badger, OL and WR in the first two rounds would have been almost mandatory. Now, if the team takes a WR in round one, it means Dez will be getting cut, if they don't, it means he stays, but they have improved either way IMO. Now play it to next year...if Dez is here, it means he got back to being who he used to be, in other words, worth his salary, or gone. Romo's dead money will fall off. Outside of Witten, pretty much the whole team will be young or in their primeI'm not so sure all of these guys will make the team or if they do, contribute much. Put Hurns aside and you can make an argument that one honey badger is worth all of these guys combined (and maybe even with Hurns). Let's not overstate what they did in free agency here. I'm happy with every single signing, but are any of these guys really the type of guy that you would have been disappointed if we didn't sign them? I think that like the draft sometimes we bring a guy in and we assume he will be what he "could" be and think we are going to get the best case scenario. Last year we did the exact same thing in free agency and it was a disaster. When we have the holes we have we can't get better just by bringing in depth. But, again, I am happy with each individual signing. I just don't know how much better we made the team. I think Hurns and Fleming are the two we need to have hit on and at this time I feel like we did...
Cowboys doing better in FA than last off season for sure. Imagine Vea being doubled all the time?
