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  • For the 100th time what is so bad about the franchise tag?

    Cowboys have not started contract talks with Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper
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    3/30/2019 10:56:04 AM
    The Dallas Cowboys have numerous young, key players in line for new contracts but they seem to be in no hurry to lock them down as negotiations with quarterback Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper have not yet begun according to Clarence E. Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

    Neither will be easy to sign, given the trail blazed by Kirk Cousins and Trumaine Johnson via the franchise tag. If the player resists signing a long-term deal and opts to collect two years of the franchise tag, the team may have no choice but to let the player hit the market in year three.

    And first in line for a long term deal is defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, who is scheduled to make $20.56 million under the second year of his own franchise tag. Those talks have thus far gone nowhere as Hill reports the Cowboys initially offered Lawrence $17 million per year before bumping it up to $20 million. And there is no reason for Lawrence to accept that deal as he can make more on the 2019 tag and then the team would be on the hook for $29.6 million if they franchise-tag him again in 2020. And if the Cowboys opt for the right-of-first-refusal-only approach under the transition tag (at a tender of $24.67 million), Lawrence still gets a shot at the open market.

    Regardless of how it plays out, Lawrence, Prescott, and Cooper have plenty of leverage. And if they plan to use it to the maximum, the Cowboys will have a very hard time getting them all signed. Then of course there is running back Ezekiel Elliott, who is two years away from free agency himself and could demand a new deal-and threaten to sit out if he does not get one. Any way you slice it, the Cowboys could either be in salary cap hell and/or lose the talented core of their team in the near future.
    "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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    For the player it just means they don’t have guaranteed money in the future but it’s basically grossly overpaying someone for two years

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      Originally posted by WCPhan View Post
      For the player it just means they don’t have guaranteed money in the future but it’s basically grossly overpaying someone for two years
      Unless you pull a Cousins you make more money than the bonus over 2 years with the franchise tag. A lot of those guaranteed bonuses aren't really guaranteed either because they are roster bonuses. It's not that big a deal other than a pride thing or being "disrespected". To me the only party that gets hurt are the GMs who can't spread the tag money out for a few years. I don't get it, especially after reading this article about the Cowboys. The players are holding all of the cards. All that you have to do is sit out camp and show up for the first game and they have to pay you for the season. To me it's better than a bonus because you either get tagged again the next year or sign a new contract and you end up in better shape than if you had signed the contract the year before.
      "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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