2019 Off-Season "Around The League" Thread

**wickedsolo** · 07-17-2019, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by Bhcforlife

Tough call. Zeke is a special RB IMO, but at the end of the day he's still a RB. I don't see how you can pay all three of Zeke, Dak, and Cooper top of the market deals, and Zeke simply by nature of his position is the most easily replaceable of them.

I just don't know what you are getting in return for him and what team is going to be hungry to pay a RB top of the market money right now. There was little to no market for Bell outside of the Jets and w/ Gurley's health issues since signing his deal...RBs just aren't highly sought after.

Makes more sense for the Cowboys IMO to wear him out the next 2 years and move on then. Unless he's willing to pull a Bell, and I'm not convinced we are going to start seeing more players doing that just because he did, he doesn't really have any say in it.

The Cowboys have one of the best OL's in the NFL. They could probably plug most RB's in there and they'd have decent seasons.

**HotInHere** · 07-17-2019, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Bhcforlife

Tough call. Zeke is a special RB IMO, but at the end of the day he's still a RB. I don't see how you can pay all three of Zeke, Dak, and Cooper top of the market deals, and Zeke simply by nature of his position is the most easily replaceable of them.

It's not just the triplets that are expensive. Their o-line is pricey. Frederick's cap number is $11MM. $15MM for Smith, $14MM for Martin, and $10MM for Collins. Add that up and you've got a $50MM offensive line. They've got some major cap decisions to make coming up, even if they let Zeke go.

**New !** · 07-17-2019, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

The Cowboys have one of the best OL's in the NFL. They could probably plug most RB's in there and they'd have decent seasons.

Agreed. Right now running back is the most over valued position in the league. Look at the what happened with the Steelers last year, or the 49ers, or the Seahawks, or us.

**The Excellector** · 07-17-2019, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

If I was Jerry Jones I would trade Zeke

Thoughts?

I'm with you.

**The Excellector** · 07-17-2019, 06:17 PM

For me, it's not the position, so much as its the reality that I can't even trust the guy to not pull a woman's top off in public for Christs sakes.

**GOTA** · 07-17-2019, 07:50 PM

Jerry loves stars. He's not trading Zeke.

**HbgPARavenfan** · 07-17-2019, 08:00 PM

Without Zeke the cowboys need to find a new franchise QB.

Paying Zeke is the only way to avoid a rebuild.

**The Excellector** · 07-17-2019, 08:11 PM

Well, you know what, with that offensive line, I’m going out and I’m finding me a new RB and a new QB.

**alien bird** · 07-17-2019, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

An example of how the WNBA handles Domestic Violence situations: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id...s-dom-violence

The WNBA plays a 34-game schedule, so a 10-game suspension in the WNBA is equivalent to a 5-game suspension in the NFL. (10/34th is 29%; 5/16th is 31%)

**Ravenswintitle** · 07-18-2019, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by The Excellector

I'm with you.

they're going to have to either give this guy a double digit percent of their salary cap or move on. He doesn't move the needle to justify the ROI.
Play action is a little better when he's in the game but overall he's not significantly better than what they could do with a platoon IMO. It's going to set them back if they pay him IMO

**pslholder96** · 07-18-2019, 09:28 AM

LeVeon Bell really has paved the way for these guys. Both Zeke and Gordon intend to hold out and Gordon may even sit out if he doesn't get what he wants. Crazy

**Mmcclend** · 07-18-2019, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by pslholder96

LeVeon Bell really has paved the way for these guys. Both Zeke and Gordon intend to hold out and Gordon may even sit out if he doesn't get what he wants. Crazy

To be fair though, running backs get treated like shit. They should only have like a 2 year deal coming out of college and a 2+1 for first round picks. They do way too much to get ran into the ground and not get paid.