MMC
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I thought it might be interesting to have a thread to track all of the players who are holding out into the preseason/season over contract disputes.
The RBs have to do this. Their earning window generally does not exceed 8 years.
Can’t risk getting tagged until they run you into the ground.
The Cowboys have a salary problem. They have metric tons of money tied up in their o-line, and they also need to sign all three of their QB, their RB, and their top WR. In reality, there's no way they can afford to pay all three. This is where the Zeke holdout comes in. Of the three, Zeke is the most expendable. As good as he is, he's already super high paid for a RB. Of the three positions, it's easiest to replace Zeke.
The Cowboys have a salary problem. They have metric tons of money tied up in their o-line, and they also need to sign all three of their QB, their RB, and their top WR. In reality, there's no way they can afford to pay all three. This is where the Zeke holdout comes in. Of the three, Zeke is the most expendable. As good as he is, he's already super high paid for a RB. Of the three positions, it's easiest to replace Zeke.
I don't blame NFL players for holding out at all. Once you're good, you need to cash in. The sport is brutal.
Leave it to Washington to find a way to make a bad situation with a player worse.
Instead of mending fences with left tackle (and team captain) Trent Williams or trying to trade him, Washington reportedly hopes that mounting fines, at $40,000 per day, eventually will get Williams to cave. Per a league source, it won’t work.
Williams continues to want a trade. He continues to want nothing to do with playing for Washington. And he continues to believe that the team’s training and medical staff mishandled the growth/tumor that was removed from Williams’ head earlier this year.
He has not signed so no issues there. Just make sure he doesn’t get hurt coming in late.