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Cowboys helped by quiet DeMarco Murray front
March, 9, 2015

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- The NFL might not like how this has all come out, but we know Ndamukong Suh will be playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2015 and for how much. We know Jeremy Maclin will be moving on from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Kansas City Chiefs and for how much. We know Byron Maxwell and Frank Gore will be in Philadelphia and for how much.

So far with Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray, there has been nothing but media conjecture.

The Jacksonville Jaguars might be in on Murray, but we haven't seen any numbers attached to them like we have in their dealings with another Cowboy, Jermey Parnell, who's expected to sign a five-year, $32 million deal with $13 million guaranteed when the market opens on Tuesday.

We have seen Mark Ingram re-sign with the New Orleans Saints for four years for $16 million. We have seen LeSean McCoy pick up a new deal to facilitate a trade from the Eagles to the Buffalo Bills worth $8 million a year and $26.5 million guaranteed.

But the news with Murray is slow with the general belief among teams that he will rejoin the Cowboys.

While that may happen, it's not a fait accompli and never was.

But it's clear the whispers at the NFL scouting combine of a deal close to $10 million a year were unreliable. While he has said he would like to return, he will also be unafraid to leave for another team if it's the best offer.

Players have to cash in when they can cash in and this is Murray's best chance -- and last chance -- to really cash in.

Free agency hasn't even started yet, but the longer this goes with Murray not being attached to another team, the better it is for the Cowboys.

All along they have set a price -- which is unknown publicly -- on Murray and would be disciplined in that approach. Jerry Jones said he has flexibility in what he would be willing to pay Murray, but that doesn't mean the Cowboys will reach Jones' threshold even if he is the owner and general manager.

Perhaps all of this changes tomorrow when the shopping begins for real, but there is a real sense that if Murray's agent had a top-of-the-line deal in the neighborhood of what McCoy got from Buffalo and Marshawn Lynch got from the Seattle Seahawks, then we would have heard about it already.
 

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By Mike Florio

Before free agency officially unofficially opened, the Cowboys did a nice job of getting the word out that running back DeMarco Murray would bring any non-offer offers that he receives during the three-day negotiating window back for the Cowboys to match, or at least come close to matching.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Murray is willing to move on for a better opportunity, if that better opportunity presents itself.

Murray realizes the importance of the decision, and he plans to take his time and be methodical in his thought processes. While that may seem odd at a time when teams and agents are doing deals before visits are even taken, Murray’s approach is the smart one.

He’s the top free-agent running back available, and he’s not really competing with any other tailback hitting the market. So he can wait and see how things play out without seeing his market drop.

If anything, his market may increase — especially if Adrian Peterson ends up with a new deal that pays him $20 million or more in 2015.
 

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By Mike Florio

Before free agency officially unofficially opened, the Cowboys did a nice job of getting the word out that running back DeMarco Murray would bring any non-offer offers that he receives during the three-day negotiating window back for the Cowboys to match, or at least come close to matching.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Murray is willing to move on for a better opportunity, if that better opportunity presents itself.

Murray realizes the importance of the decision, and he plans to take his time and be methodical in his thought processes. While that may seem odd at a time when teams and agents are doing deals before visits are even taken, Murray’s approach is the smart one.

He’s the top free-agent running back available, and he’s not really competing with any other tailback hitting the market. So he can wait and see how things play out without seeing his market drop.

If anything, his market may increase — especially if Adrian Peterson ends up with a new deal that pays him $20 million or more in 2015.
That's not gonna happen. It's stupid to even infer it might.
 

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Quote Originally Posted by BipolarFan View Post
By Mike Florio

Before free agency officially unofficially opened, the Cowboys did a nice job of getting the word out that running back DeMarco Murray would bring any non-offer offers that he receives during the three-day negotiating window back for the Cowboys to match, or at least come close to matching.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Murray is willing to move on for a better opportunity, if that better opportunity presents itself.

Murray realizes the importance of the decision, and he plans to take his time and be methodical in his thought processes. While that may seem odd at a time when teams and agents are doing deals before visits are even taken, Murray’s approach is the smart one.

He’s the top free-agent running back available, and he’s not really competing with any other tailback hitting the market. So he can wait and see how things play out without seeing his market drop.

If anything, his market may increase — especially if Adrian Peterson ends up with a new deal that pays him $20 million or more in 2015.
That's not gonna happen. It's stupid to even infer it might.
Does this clear it up?
 

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Yeah, I don't know why I would expect anything else besides idiocy.
Dood! I just read on Bleacher Report that Adrian has agreed to come to Dallas for $25 million guaranteed.

He wants to have the star on his helmet! It's happening! :dunce
 

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Dood! I just read on Bleacher Report that Adrian has agreed to come to Dallas for $25 million guaranteed.

He wants to have the star on his helmet! It's happening! :dunce
yay
 

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The Jags and their 66 million in cap space can buy DeMarco lock stock and barrel. Jones has no chance of matching it.

The only saving grace there is by the time the Jags are competitive, DeMarco will be too beat up and old to be part of the success.
 

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The Jags and their 66 million in cap space can buy DeMarco lock stock and barrel. Jones has no chance of matching it.

The only saving grace there is by the time the Jags are competitive, DeMarco will be too beat up and old to be part of the success.
I am a little surprised we have not heard a peep out of Murray's camp, nor Dallas.
 

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That can only mean he really wants to stay.
I don't think that has been in question.

I am just a little surprised with all this crazy ass money being thrown around that there wasn't some rumor of him going to the Colts or Jags or something.
 

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I don't think that has been in question.

I am just a little surprised with all this crazy ass money being thrown around that there wasn't some rumor of him going to the Colts or Jags or something.
I believed that as well but for them to not be pumping the market at all is very unusual.

But then he is in the family portrait now.:lol
 

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Parnell is getting 5 years and $32 million????

No wonder Jacksonville is a joke. And we got Free for $15m.
 

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Parnell is getting 5 years and $32 million????

No wonder Jacksonville is a joke. And we got Free for $15m.
Go over to the zone and read the thread about Parnell's signing. XWalker and his band of merry idiots are basically beating the gong over how Parnell is the superior player to Free, and Parnell signing the bigger contract proves it. Among many other tasty tard-bits to chew on.
 

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Go over to the zone and read the thread about Parnell's signing. XWalker and his band of merry idiots are basically beating the gong over how Parnell is the superior player to Free, and Parnell signing the bigger contract proves it. Among many other tasty tard-bits to chew on.
No damn way.
 

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Go over to the zone and read the thread about Parnell's signing. XWalker and his band of merry idiots are basically beating the gong over how Parnell is the superior player to Free, and Parnell signing the bigger contract proves it. Among many other tasty tard-bits to chew on.
By that logic Carr is our best cb :lol
 

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Dood! I just read on Bleacher Report that Adrian has agreed to come to Dallas for $25 million guaranteed.

He wants to have the star on his helmet! It's happening! :dunce
Bleacher Report click-bait and Cowboys homers are at the same level of awful
 

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@AdamSchefter: Now we know why DeMarco Murray has deleted Cowboys' references on his Twitter account: team has not called him since last week, per source.
 
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