PFT: Ezekiel Elliott has privately said that he’s planning a training-camp*holdout

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

about 4-6 months ago big-mouthed bass Stephen Jones basically said that Elliott would get a deal larger than Gurley's. In my mind, if the Cowboys are offering 15 AAV and a proportionate amount of guaranteed money, the deal should be done. So either Elliott's demands are outrageous (16-18 AAV) or Stephen is going back on his previous comments where he pretty much said Elliott's deal would eclipse Gurley's. I'd truly love to know which is the case.

From the looks of things, Goof Son shot off his mouth too soon. They apparently want Elliott in at Bell money. Not Gurley money.

 

[Simpleton]

If that is truly the case then they're morons considering they literally said within the last 6 months that negotiations would "start at Gurley's deal and go from there". It could be a negotiation tactic though, basically to get Elliott to accept roughly the equivalent of the Gurley deal, which should be their ultimate goal. It'd make sense because the situation truly isn't critical until the week after the 3rd preseason game, but if they honestly think that Elliott is going to accept Bell money they're completely out of their minds.

 

[boozeman]

Unfortunately the Joneses are too chickenshit to enforce.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Unfortunately the Joneses are too chickenshit to enforce.

Yeah that's the problem. As soon as the new deal is signed that all gets forgiven. Which is total horseshit for a guy with 2 years left on his contract. There should at least be some cost to Zeke for doing this. Instead he is going to be the highest paid player at his position.

 

[boozeman]

Instead he is going to be the highest paid player at his position.

Not if they stick firm to the Bell money line in the sand.

 

[Simpleton]

"He's right there at the top of the best in the business, if not the best," Jones said of Elliott in February. "We certainly saw what Gurley got paid, and we know that's probably where it starts, and we'll go from there."

 

[Simpleton]

It really is complete bullshit if Jones is holding up a deal based on roughly 1.5 AAV after being on record like he is, assuming Elliott would accept a 4/60 deal with like 40 guaranteed.

 

[boozeman]

"He's right there at the top of the best in the business, if not the best," Jones said of Elliott in February. "We certainly saw what Gurley got paid, and we know that's probably where it starts, and we'll go from there."

Utterly stupid how they hand over leverage via the media. He did the same shit with Prescott.

 

[Simpleton]

What's even stupider is that they say shit like this and then seemingly go back on it. If the plan is to low-ball Elliott for a few weeks in an effort to get him to accept basically the Gurley deal, with the ultimate goal being to not go too far beyond the Gurley numbers, I can appreciate that. But that's the only thing that makes sense, anything else is comically idiotic.

 

[data]

Would trade for mid-1st round, 3rd and 4th.

 

[Sheik]

I’d be doing sit-ups in my driveway right now if I were Zeke.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

Guilty dog barks first. Woof Stephen. Woof.

 

[Simpleton]

What sense does it make to these morons that the market "reset" based on a deal that was done with a guy who literally sat out a season? The market for Elliott is clearly an inflation-adjusted Gurley deal, and yet they want to sit here and count pennies over what is presumably about a 1.5 million AAV difference? Please.

 

[boozeman]

What sense does it make to these morons that the market "reset" based on a deal that was done with a guy who literally sat out a season? The market for Elliott is clearly an inflation-adjusted Gurley deal, and yet they want to sit here and count pennies over what is presumably about a 1.5 million AAV difference? Please.

I don't know how these idiots negotiate in the business world, but they suck at doing it with NFL contracts.

 

[L.T. Fan]

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I love Zeke, but I would listen to any trade offers.

Careful. 1 big will get on your ass too.

 

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