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Elliot gets paid
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09-04-2019, 09:18 AM | #46 | |
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09-04-2019, 09:30 AM | #47 |
Kind of a mod
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Though I will always wonder what could have been if Kareem hadn't been an idiot last year, it's pretty clear to me that we wouldn't have held onto him after his rookie contract. RBs just aren't worth it in today's NFL.
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09-04-2019, 09:32 AM | #48 | |
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09-04-2019, 09:32 AM | #49 |
THIS .... IS... ARROWHEAD!!!!
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Arguable the best running back over the last three years. In 5 years they can cut him with no dead money.
He doesn't have a injury history at all, and they have verbiage in contract that voids money if he is suspended. But no our offense doesn't need a RB like him, Andy Ried makes no-bodies into something. But then again Cowboys don't have Mahomes. The Cowboys go as Zeke goes. |
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09-04-2019, 09:32 AM | #50 |
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09-04-2019, 09:33 AM | #51 |
THIS .... IS... ARROWHEAD!!!!
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09-04-2019, 09:42 AM | #52 |
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I hope the new CBA makes it so players who sit out are ineligible for a new contract somehow. Give them guaranteeed money and make it so they can't sit out. Part of the 'fun' of the NFL should not be 'how can my team be a cap wizard' or 'How many weeks will the best RB not play in the NFL'
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09-04-2019, 09:44 AM | #53 | |
THIS .... IS... ARROWHEAD!!!!
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Running backs should be exempt from rookie wage scale. Its bullshit that their earning potential is within the first 5 years, and after that they are screwed. |
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09-04-2019, 09:45 AM | #54 | |
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09-04-2019, 09:47 AM | #55 | |
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The position takes such a beating and is so easily replaceable for fractions of what they paid Zeke. Sure you probably won't get a player of Zeke's caliber, but that's not really the issue. Teams built around RB's don't win SB's. |
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09-04-2019, 09:48 AM | #56 |
testing ... 1, 2, 3
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I understand the theory ... the Girls aren't highly competitive without Elliot to make the offense go.
But that's the problem right there. When your offense is built around a RB, your house is built on sand. Very, very expensive sand. FAX |
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09-04-2019, 09:51 AM | #57 |
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09-04-2019, 09:53 AM | #58 |
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You aren't going to be able to do that, even in leagues where shit is guaranteed a guy could do that. But in reality I think they'll take being able to easily get out of a contract over having to actually live up to paying a guy 100 mill.
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09-04-2019, 09:56 AM | #59 |
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Big money goes to players at positions where the NFL has a scarcity. That's why you see QBs and LTs and pass rushers and corners get premium deals. Because high level play at those positions is rare, and the best players are irreplaceable to their franchises. On the flip side, the RB position in today's NFL is a carousel. For everyone. RBs have the shortest average career of any position and quality players are found in the mid- to late rounds of the draft every single year (this is where the "next man up" comment comes in...). The league just doesn't value RB the way it values other positions, and it hasn't for more than ten years. Whereas Jerry Jones operates like it's still 1992, and all he needs is the next Emmitt Smith, the next Troy Aikman and the next Michael Irvin (and maybe the next Mark Tuinei if we want to take it a step further).
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09-04-2019, 10:00 AM | #60 | |
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