Cowboys sign Dez Bryant to 5 year deal
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Right now we have roughly 19 mil in cap space, so yeah I would say we could afford it. Now a large portion of that is still due to Hardy but we aren't talking about 14 mill of it. There would still be room to get both done. The problem is we would be pushed tight against the cap. It would also make us crazy tight for next year as well.
So yes we could have afforded Murray as well but I'm glad we didn't.
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After further review, Dez Bryant deal a win for both sides
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- Whenever a team and its star player end a standoff with a new contract -- as was the case when the Cowboys and Dez Bryant agreed to a $70 million deal -- there is a tendency to determine the winner and loser of the negotiations.
In reality, most often both sides win. The player gets the security (better known as cash) and the team gets the commitment.
Without question this is a good deal for Bryant. By next March, he will be guaranteed $45 million over the next three years. The guarantee actually was higher than I thought it would be or where the Cowboys wanted to go. I pegged the guarantee (effective or full or whatever you want to call it) in the $38 million range.
So if we wanted to use a scale, I would have tipped it in favor of Bryant.
But then I heard Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas mention the Cowboys could have used the franchise tag on Bryant for three straight years. Without question the Cowboys would have used the tag on Bryant in 2016 without a long-term deal, which would have guaranteed him $28 million over the next two years.
“Losing Dez never crossed our mind,” Stephen Jones told the Ben and Skin Show.
If the Cowboys used the franchise tag on Bryant in 2017, then by rule they would have had to have paid him the quarterback franchise tag, which should be north of $20 million by 2017. The QB franchise tag is $18.544 million this year.
For the sake of this post, let’s just round off and say the quarterback franchise tag in 2017 will be $20 million. Add up the totals from 2015 and ’16, Bryant could have made $48 million over the next three years.
Had the Cowboys used the transition tag on Bryant, which would have lowered the draft-pick compensation from two first rounders to a first- and third-round pick, in 2017, then Bryant’s three-year total would have been $46.674 million, again less than what they will pay him over the next three years.
Now, to pay Bryant the quarterback tag in 2017 would have been somewhat problematic. The cap should be somewhere around $170 million by 2017, but Tony Romo is set to count $24.7 million against the cap that year. If his health takes a hit or he decides to walk away earlier than anybody can possibly imagine now, the Cowboys would save $5.1 million in cap space with his release or open up $14 million in room as a post-June 1 cut.
While this scenario wasn’t likely, it certainly wasn’t impossible. But we’re just playing the hypothetical game here, so don’t get carried away.
So the deal not only gets the Cowboys a slight advantage on the three-year number over what they would have paid had they tagged Bryant three straight years, they also were able to get two extra years at $12.5 million per season, which could be a bargain as the cap keeps going up and up.
This doesn’t tilt the aforementioned scale in the Cowboys’ favor, but it does show how both sides actually won.
By Todd Archer
IRVING, Texas -- Whenever a team and its star player end a standoff with a new contract -- as was the case when the Cowboys and Dez Bryant agreed to a $70 million deal -- there is a tendency to determine the winner and loser of the negotiations.
In reality, most often both sides win. The player gets the security (better known as cash) and the team gets the commitment.
Without question this is a good deal for Bryant. By next March, he will be guaranteed $45 million over the next three years. The guarantee actually was higher than I thought it would be or where the Cowboys wanted to go. I pegged the guarantee (effective or full or whatever you want to call it) in the $38 million range.
So if we wanted to use a scale, I would have tipped it in favor of Bryant.
But then I heard Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas mention the Cowboys could have used the franchise tag on Bryant for three straight years. Without question the Cowboys would have used the tag on Bryant in 2016 without a long-term deal, which would have guaranteed him $28 million over the next two years.
“Losing Dez never crossed our mind,” Stephen Jones told the Ben and Skin Show.
If the Cowboys used the franchise tag on Bryant in 2017, then by rule they would have had to have paid him the quarterback franchise tag, which should be north of $20 million by 2017. The QB franchise tag is $18.544 million this year.
For the sake of this post, let’s just round off and say the quarterback franchise tag in 2017 will be $20 million. Add up the totals from 2015 and ’16, Bryant could have made $48 million over the next three years.
Had the Cowboys used the transition tag on Bryant, which would have lowered the draft-pick compensation from two first rounders to a first- and third-round pick, in 2017, then Bryant’s three-year total would have been $46.674 million, again less than what they will pay him over the next three years.
Now, to pay Bryant the quarterback tag in 2017 would have been somewhat problematic. The cap should be somewhere around $170 million by 2017, but Tony Romo is set to count $24.7 million against the cap that year. If his health takes a hit or he decides to walk away earlier than anybody can possibly imagine now, the Cowboys would save $5.1 million in cap space with his release or open up $14 million in room as a post-June 1 cut.
While this scenario wasn’t likely, it certainly wasn’t impossible. But we’re just playing the hypothetical game here, so don’t get carried away.
So the deal not only gets the Cowboys a slight advantage on the three-year number over what they would have paid had they tagged Bryant three straight years, they also were able to get two extra years at $12.5 million per season, which could be a bargain as the cap keeps going up and up.
This doesn’t tilt the aforementioned scale in the Cowboys’ favor, but it does show how both sides actually won.
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No crap. Does this really surprise anyone?
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No, but I don't get the idea that it is something new. To me, it makes perfect sense.
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Jerry Jones ‘very impressed’ with Jay Z: Dez Bryant listens to him
Jon Machota Email jmachota@dallasnews.com
Published: July 15, 2015 11:38 pm
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke glowingly of the work done by the folks at Roc Nation on Wednesday.
The management team that represents Dez Bryant worked with the Cowboys owner and the team’s executive vice president, Stephen Jones, into the early morning hours on Wednesday to set the parameters for a deal with the All-Pro wide receiver.
“I must emphasize, Roc Nation, Jay-Z, the key people in Roc Nation did a marvelous job of convincing us that managing Dez and managing him with his off the field, with his marketing opportunities, with his finances, that they’re a group that will really make a contribution to Dez,” Jerry Jones said during a Wednesday conference call. “They were very significant in us doing this deal with Dez.”
The Joneses flew to New York on Tuesday to meet with Bryant’s representatives. They presented a formal proposal around 3 a.m. that included more guaranteed money and a higher total value than their previous offers, according to a source. Both sides then returned to work out the details during the final hours of Wednesday’s 3 p.m. franchise tag deadline.
The five-year deal is worth $70 million, including $45 million guaranteed with a $20 million signing bonus. Of that signing bonus, Bryant will receive a third in the next 15 days, a third will be spread throughout his checks during the season and the other third will be paid on March 15. According to a source, there are no safeguards in the contract regarding off-the-field issues.
“As you know, the league has been addressing conduct policy significantly over the last 18 months,” Jerry Jones said. “Consequently, we put into any new contracts the things that the league wants in the contract relative to conduct, and Dez has the same thing in his and no more than other veterans that we recently signed.”
The Cowboys owner and general manager said Wednesday that although Bryant hasn’t always made the right decisions off the field, he has shown improvement in the areas where he has made mistakes.
“He has gotten better every year and you’ve got every reason to think at his age, which he’s young, that he’ll continue to get better and better and better on and off the field,” Jerry Jones said. “And I’m very proud of him.”
How does he feel about what Roc Nation has planned for one of the cornerstone pieces of the Cowboys franchise?
“They sold me on their commitment to have an associate in Dez that makes them proud, that makes Dez proud to be associated with them, and that makes Roc Nation proud,” Jerry Jones said. “I see that. I see they have a lot to gain and a lot to lose by giving good advice and by helping not only athletes but having entertainers reach their goals and, if you will, keep the money they earn. They’re good at it. They have the perfect textbook. It’s called their book. So they’re good at it. They’re genuine at it and I’m very, very impressed.”
During a Thursday morning radio interview on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM], the Cowboys owner told the New School show that Jay-Z was not personally involved with the contract negotiations, but he was involved with the “painting of the picture of off the field decisions.”
“That’s where Jay-Z is such an example,” Jerry Jones said. “The main thing is that people listen to him. Dez listens to him. Dez will listen to him. Why? We all should listen to him, he’s had tremendous success apart from being a great talent.”
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Interesting.
Jon Machota Email jmachota@dallasnews.com
Published: July 15, 2015 11:38 pm
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke glowingly of the work done by the folks at Roc Nation on Wednesday.
The management team that represents Dez Bryant worked with the Cowboys owner and the team’s executive vice president, Stephen Jones, into the early morning hours on Wednesday to set the parameters for a deal with the All-Pro wide receiver.
“I must emphasize, Roc Nation, Jay-Z, the key people in Roc Nation did a marvelous job of convincing us that managing Dez and managing him with his off the field, with his marketing opportunities, with his finances, that they’re a group that will really make a contribution to Dez,” Jerry Jones said during a Wednesday conference call. “They were very significant in us doing this deal with Dez.”
The Joneses flew to New York on Tuesday to meet with Bryant’s representatives. They presented a formal proposal around 3 a.m. that included more guaranteed money and a higher total value than their previous offers, according to a source. Both sides then returned to work out the details during the final hours of Wednesday’s 3 p.m. franchise tag deadline.
The five-year deal is worth $70 million, including $45 million guaranteed with a $20 million signing bonus. Of that signing bonus, Bryant will receive a third in the next 15 days, a third will be spread throughout his checks during the season and the other third will be paid on March 15. According to a source, there are no safeguards in the contract regarding off-the-field issues.
“As you know, the league has been addressing conduct policy significantly over the last 18 months,” Jerry Jones said. “Consequently, we put into any new contracts the things that the league wants in the contract relative to conduct, and Dez has the same thing in his and no more than other veterans that we recently signed.”
The Cowboys owner and general manager said Wednesday that although Bryant hasn’t always made the right decisions off the field, he has shown improvement in the areas where he has made mistakes.
“He has gotten better every year and you’ve got every reason to think at his age, which he’s young, that he’ll continue to get better and better and better on and off the field,” Jerry Jones said. “And I’m very proud of him.”
How does he feel about what Roc Nation has planned for one of the cornerstone pieces of the Cowboys franchise?
“They sold me on their commitment to have an associate in Dez that makes them proud, that makes Dez proud to be associated with them, and that makes Roc Nation proud,” Jerry Jones said. “I see that. I see they have a lot to gain and a lot to lose by giving good advice and by helping not only athletes but having entertainers reach their goals and, if you will, keep the money they earn. They’re good at it. They have the perfect textbook. It’s called their book. So they’re good at it. They’re genuine at it and I’m very, very impressed.”
During a Thursday morning radio interview on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM], the Cowboys owner told the New School show that Jay-Z was not personally involved with the contract negotiations, but he was involved with the “painting of the picture of off the field decisions.”
“That’s where Jay-Z is such an example,” Jerry Jones said. “The main thing is that people listen to him. Dez listens to him. Dez will listen to him. Why? We all should listen to him, he’s had tremendous success apart from being a great talent.”
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Interesting.
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Amazing. Dez deserves to absolutely how the fuck is this supposed to contribute to anything?
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Huh?
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Drew Pearson played in a completely different era. It's comparing apples and oranges.
Irvin was hurt his 1st couple seasons.
Irvin was hurt his 1st couple seasons.
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That is sorta what I was wondering.
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I think he had a stroke in the middle of posting.
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I think maybe he read too much of the Jerryese and has started posting like him.
So, basically Phil = Jerry. OH SNAP!
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Looks good. Odds are it restructures a couple times, like we do with all our big money players, but I like that apart from this year, the cap hit is pretty even through out, and never more severe than what it would have cost to franchise him in 2016.