Signing(s): Cowboys & RB Ezekiel Elliott agree on a 6-year, $90M extension

[John Price]

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[Bakayoko Ono]

Massive deal.

 

[Voight]

He certainly earned it, Jones finally realized playing hardball wasnt going to work.

Honestly I thought he'd sit out the first game, then the Cowboys possibly lose and fans go ape shit forcing Jerry to agree to his terms.

 

[GKJ]

Shock of no one this got done

 

[NJDevs26]

Even though I have Zeke on both my fantasy teams, I’m mostly glad this is over so I don’t have to hear all the breathless speculation anymore.

 

[Kel Varnson]

Guess it's time to drop Tony Pollard

 

[Josepho]

What an awful contract.

 

[Troy McClure]

No real surprise. When you draft a RB as high as this and make him the focus of your offense, you have set yourself up to have to pay him big.

They really had no choice. What were they going to do? Let him walk as a free agent? If they do that, it's a total bust of a #4 overall pick.

This is one more reason why drafting a RB this high is a bad idea.

 

[darko]

This will backfire.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Why put the '#' in the title?

Even your titles are tweets.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Why put the '#' in the title?

Even your titles are tweets.

No Reddit link, either

I don't think this will be a good contract, but their hands were tied.

 

[Troy McClure]

No Reddit link, either

I don't think this will be a good contract, but their hands were tied.

It also sets up Barkley getting a similar deal in only two years.

 

[Bob Richards]

No real surprise. When you draft a RB as high as this and make him the focus of your offense, you have set yourself up to have to pay him big.

They really had no choice. What were they going to do? Let him walk as a free agent? If they do that, it's a total bust of a #4 overall pick.

This is one more reason why drafting a RB this high is a bad idea.

<-------------- Giants fan

Yup. Can't wait for their own version of this.

 

[Blitzkrug]

It also sets up Barkley getting a similar deal in only two years.

If anything, Barkley will have even more leverage than Zeke given he is literally the giants offense at this point.

With Zeke you could throw the "lol the offensive line can make anyone a star" argument, possibly lowering his value in negotiations. Not so with Saquan.

I predict he'll break Zeke's mark as highest paid RB in NFL history

 

[tony d]

No surprise this deal got done. He's a good player but the contract length is a bit much IMO.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Jerruh should have told him to take a hike and trade him next offseason.

RBs are not worth 15M a year.

 

[Troy McClure]

Jerruh should have told him to take a hike and trade him next offseason.

RBs are not worth 15M a year.

Jerry is staring at his own mortality and is going all in on this group.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Jerry is staring at his own mortality and is going all in on this group.

Sure, but still a stupid deal. The Cowboys will be incredibly top heavy very soon.

Belichick would have traded his ass in a minute.

 

[Suiteness]

You people do realize Sak Prescott is getting 115 million guaranteed by the end of the week, right?

 

[Troy McClure]

It turns out this isn't quite the scary contract first assumed. The Cowboys can get out of it after four seasons with a minor $6 million cap hit.

In other words, this is actually only $48 million over four seasons before it will be terminated by the Cowboys. Zeke gets to brag about the biggest contract ever for a RB, and the Cowboys get to walk away before actually paying a lot of it.

 

[fin8]

I’m just hoping he doesn’t do something stupid and gets suspended. If he stays out of trouble, then I have no issue with his contract at all. He’s a great player. It’s the NFL. Stars get paid.

 

[c9777666]

Zeke got fed

 

[Boeser Fan]

Guess it's time to drop Tony Pollard

No always handcuff son.

 

[EpochLink]

Sure, but still a stupid deal. The Cowboys will be incredibly top heavy very soon.

Belichick would have traded his ass in a minute.

Dak is next, Jerry will give him near next to what Jared Goff got.
Not sure how Cooper will get paid to be honest, Cowboys love to pay their own drafted players..

 

[Canes]

Good for Zeke. Get that Jerry money. And keep up the Cowboy playoff futility.