Jefferson at 35M/Y a year is a fair deal for both sides. You could argue he's worth more, but given he just came off an injury-plagued season that's worth it for him.

35m AAV is lower than I expected, thought he would push 40m.

Now, let’s see what Chase gets.

Dallas is screwed 

15 hours ago, GoEagles614 said:

I feel like Greg Ward could’ve been the guy if we gave him that spot. He caught everything. 

No RAC...☹️

30 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Dallas is screwed 

I'm pretty convinced Dallas is hitting the reset button, which is what makes the national media's obsession with calling them a Super Bowl contender hysterical. They are planning on starting 2 rookie OL at positions they have never played before (Guyton at LT and Beebe at C). If they move Smith to LT, then I have no idea who plays LG - maybe Beebe and then they have a nobody at C. They keep talking about the guys they need to pay, but that's total BS -- had they extended Prescott and dropped his cap number, they could have signed FAs. If they didn't want to extend him, they still could have converted ~$27mm of his base salary into a signing bonus and freed up ~$24mm in cap space (would have added to the '25 dead cap hit). If you're actually going "all in," you do one of those 2 things. Extending Lamb would have also freed up space since he is a ~$18mm cap hit on the 5th year option.

The fact they didn't extend of restructure Dak makes it clear that (a) they have zero intention of resigning him or (b) they are the dumbest organization in sports because they will end up extending him without getting 2024 cap relief. And the same thing applies to Lamb. 

The only thing that makes sense is -- Jerry is just gonna roll an inferior team (vs. last year) out there this year and pray for a miracle. When it doesn't happen, they let Dak and Lamb walk, have a bunch of cap space and try to reset. But I can't discount them being idiots and re-signing both of them after the season after blowing their chance this year, because the organization is that poorly run.

The technology of these new LG refrigerators is getting crazy. Here's one interacting with humans and answering questions.

 

 

Great player. RIP.

 

5 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Great player. RIP.

 

Oh man, that's sad. During the 90s Cowboys dynasty, I was never jealous of Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman or Michael Irvin. I wanted Larry Allen, Mark Stepnoski, Erik Williams and that OL.

21 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

Oh man, that's sad. During the 90s Cowboys dynasty, I was never jealous of Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman or Michael Irvin. I wanted Larry Allen, Mark Stepnoski, Erik Williams and that OL.

Sad day for football fans for sure. What a player he was.

2 hours ago, GoEagles614 said:

JJ deal not that much different than AJ’s recent extension. 

3 year extension on a 2 year existing deal vs 4 year extension on a 1 year deal.

$84M vs $110M guaranteed

$19.875M signing bonus vs $88.743M

 

Yea, not much different at all.

 

Pretty wild how WR has become the second most valuable position based on pay. They’re getting top tier NBA money now. 

38 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Great player. RIP.

 

Wow.

1 hour ago, Diehardfan said:

Dallas is screwed 

Still need to pay Parsons and Dak too lol

49 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I'm pretty convinced Dallas is hitting the reset button, which is what makes the national media's obsession with calling them a Super Bowl contender hysterical. They are planning on starting 2 rookie OL at positions they have never played before (Guyton at LT and Beebe at C). If they move Smith to LT, then I have no idea who plays LG - maybe Beebe and then they have a nobody at C. They keep talking about the guys they need to pay, but that's total BS -- had they extended Prescott and dropped his cap number, they could have signed FAs. If they didn't want to extend him, they still could have converted ~$27mm of his base salary into a signing bonus and freed up ~$24mm in cap space (would have added to the '25 dead cap hit). If you're actually going "all in," you do one of those 2 things. Extending Lamb would have also freed up space since he is a ~$18mm cap hit on the 5th year option.

The fact they didn't extend of restructure Dak makes it clear that (a) they have zero intention of resigning him or (b) they are the dumbest organization in sports because they will end up extending him without getting 2024 cap relief. And the same thing applies to Lamb. 

The only thing that makes sense is -- Jerry is just gonna roll an inferior team (vs. last year) out there this year and pray for a miracle. When it doesn't happen, they let Dak and Lamb walk, have a bunch of cap space and try to reset. But I can't discount them being idiots and re-signing both of them after the season after blowing their chance this year, because the organization is that poorly run.

I see Dak as good as gone too for the same reasons. 

 

But IMO they are going to keep Lamb to pair with a rookie QB next year.  You want to give the kid the best chance to succeed and you don't do that with what's left.  Cooks?  31 years old and on the last year of his deal, doubt he's coming back.  Tolbert, Turpin, and Brooks?  That's a group that rivals the 2000 eagles WR corps.  I guess they could lean on their running game..... oh wait.

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Still need to pay Parsons and Dak too lol

If they are resetting like @vikas83 mentioned, (I thought they were doing to same thing back in March leading up to the draft), they should trade Parsons and get top ROI now vs waiting...never know what they are thinking/doing...fairly apparent they do not know how to pay top talent and keep good role players around...

I said it before...you can't pay three guys 125-130 million/yr...and that is what it will take to sign Dak, Lamb, and Parsons. 

5 minutes ago, paco said:

I see Dak as good as gone too for the same reasons. 

 

But IMO they are going to keep Lamb to pair with a rookie QB next year.  You want to give the kid the best chance to succeed and you don't do that with what's left.  Cooks?  31 years old and on the last year of his deal, doubt he's coming back.  Tolbert, Turpin, and Brooks?  That's a group that rivals the 2000 eagles WR corps.  I guess they could lean on their running game..... oh wait.

I would keep Lamb at a price, but with how much they have waited, he's going to want ~34mm AAV. Which would make him the highest paid non-QB other than JJ. I just don't see Lamb as a top 5 guy worthy of that money. If they were dead set on keeping Lamb, they should have done the deal by now. Waiting has cost them millions.

49 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Great player. RIP.

 

He was a great great player. Probably the best guard ever.

52 minutes ago, bpac55 said:

The technology of these new LG refrigerators is getting crazy. Here's one interacting with humans and answering questions.

 

 

You think he gets any back talk from his players?

2 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

If they are resetting like @vikas83 mentioned, (I thought they were doing to same thing back in March leading up to the draft), they should trade Parsons and get top ROI now vs waiting...never know what they are thinking/doing...fairly apparent they do not know how to pay top talent and keep good role players around...

I said it before...you can't pay three guys 125-130 million/yr...and that is what it will take to sign Dak, Lamb, and Parsons. 

I'd let Dak walk, extend or tag Lamb and extend Parsons. Lamb and Parsons are young enough to be cornerstones for the future. Maybe just tag Lamb at this point for 2025, but I would extend Parsons as a game changer. He's basically an Aaron Donald level guy that you can build a defense around. 

Just now, just relax said:

He was a great great player. Probably the best guard ever.

What Shaun Andrews should have become if he stayed happy and healthy.

Ungodly combination of power and quickness. The Jason Peters of guards.

Pretty interesting butterfly effect if the alternative that everyone wanted happened. No AJ, no DeVonta, maybe Jefferson saves Wentz's job. Arguably the worst draft pick this team ever had might have ended up being a blessing. 

3 minutes ago, Joe Ball said:

If they are resetting like @vikas83 mentioned, (I thought they were doing to same thing back in March leading up to the draft), they should trade Parsons and get top ROI now vs waiting...never know what they are thinking/doing...fairly apparent they do not know how to pay top talent and keep good role players around...

I said it before...you can't pay three guys 125-130 million/yr...and that is what it will take to sign Dak, Lamb, and Parsons. 

I've honestly thought they were on the rebuild/reset track since the moment they opened FA with no adjustment to Dak's contract (other than the small $5mm on the option bonus). Any logical reading is that they are not trying to win this year, but you have to accept the reality that with Jerry, there really is no logic. Dallas does a fantastic job with the draft, but they are abhorrent at cap management and roster building (see, Zeke and Dak extensions). If Jerry and Stephen has any clue how to manage the salary cap, Dallas would be much more dangerous.

The comedy will be when they blow the season and then Jerry resigns Dak and Lamb at the top of the market. Would be the most Jerry thing ever.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

The comedy will be when they blow the season and then Jerry resigns Dak and Lamb at the top of the market. Would be the most Jerry thing ever.

I laughed at this...so true.

17 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I would keep Lamb at a price, but with how much they have waited, he's going to want ~34mm AAV. Which would make him the highest paid non-QB other than JJ. I just don't see Lamb as a top 5 guy worthy of that money. If they were dead set on keeping Lamb, they should have done the deal by now. Waiting has cost them millions.

No arguments here that they should have got it done already.  But he is only 25 and like Parsons is a top teir piece to build around.  For all we know the hold up can be from Lambs camp.

11 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Pretty interesting butterfly effect if the alternative that everyone wanted happened. No AJ, no DeVonta, maybe Jefferson saves Wentz's job. Arguably the worst draft pick this team ever had might have ended up being a blessing. 

Eh that's stretching it a bit. Teams could have doubled or tripled Jefferson and Wentz would still have to play hero ball because the rest was trash cans he was throwing to and get injured. Who says Jefferson would have stayed?