Yes the organization will suffer some with his absence but not as much as him financially. Monetarily he is taking the risk. The best thing he can do now is to suck it up and take the franchise tag money. Assuming an agreement isn't reached tomorrow.
Actually if sitting out forces the Cowboys to agree not to franchise him again in 2016 it could pay off huge for Dez. Instead of getting a franchise tag in the 15 mil range in 2016 he would hit free agency and almost certainly get a 50 mil type signing bonus. May be worth missing a few game checks this up coming year.
But you are looking at about $820,000. a pop and in one season if he forfeits 4 games that's over $3. Millions. More than his entire salary last season. Then he had to run the risk of not getting injured the rest of the season or that could lower his value. Again all the risk is leveraged against his own pocket.
Only hurting himself? How so? He's applying what little leverage he has in this situation to try to get the deal he wants. I don't see how he's hurting himself at all.
Next season he could be tagged again. If he works a deal where the team agrees not to tag him again if he signs the tender, then it's better than what he's looking at right now. If the team decides to let him walk, he'll be laughing all the way to the bank. No harm done to him there.
So he sacrifices 3 mil for the potential at 35 mil more the following offseason. I'd say it could be worth the risk for him.
Yeah...if he got hurt he'd have to get by on 12 mil.
Signing the one-year franchise tender is a bigger risk. Get $12m and then Michael Irvin/Joey Galloway injury happens or just a bad season. No more paydays.
Miles counts 5 million this season.
Yeah it's really that simple.
I think I indicated how because the financial loss is all on him.
You are taking the approach that he will get paid if he doesn't play? What my premise is that he looses if he doesn't play.
And the reward can be so much bigger than what he loses, it's his right to use any leverage he has.
Might be but it's still a risk and he could loose.
If he wants to throw millions at the wind that's his prerogative but it's still his loss and risk.
And the Cowboys risk losing a top level talent in the prime of his career.
But he doesn't have that leverage as long as the franchise tag Is available.
You act like he is walking away from football, he will remain a valuable commodity.
I believe I was clear about the risk being a financial one. I conceded the organization would suffer also.
