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And it's quite a contract at that.

6 years/$90 million, with $50 million guaranteed. Insane for a 2nd deal for a RB, IMHO.

Ezekiel Elliott agrees to 6-year, $90 million contract with Cowboys, becoming NFL’s highest-paid running back - cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2019/09/ez...nning-back.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The holdout is finally over for former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott.

Having missed all of training camp, the former Buckeye agreed to a six-year contract worth $90 million for the Cowboys on Wednesday morning. The deal, which guarantees Elliott about $50 million, makes him the highest-paid running back in the NFL.

The fourth pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Elliott was an All-Pro as a rookie and has made two Pro Bowls. He has rushed for 4,048 yards and 28 touchdowns, and caught 135 passes for 1,199 yards and six TDs in three seasons.

Earlier this offseason, Elliott’s former OSU teammate, Saints receiver Michael Thomas, agreed to a new contract that made him the league’s highest-paid receiver.

Elliott was one of several big name players who held out of training camp. Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and running back Melvin Gordon also missed their team’s respective camps. The Texans dealt Clowney to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday and the Chargers have not yet resolved Gordon’s contract situation.

Now Zeke has to stay out of trouble. His last intoxicated encounter with festival security got brushed over by the league, somehow. Let’s see if he can stay out of trouble now that he’s mega wealthy. I’m not holding my breath.

makes you wonder what kind of money can they get Dak?

Zeke is the best RB in the league in my opinion. Barkley will probably overtake him, but teams game plan to stop Zeke and he still produces.

The Cowboys have spent a ton of money recently to keep their own guys and still have to deal w/Dak and Cooper. It's pretty crazy.

Jerry most certainly saved him from suspension.

and yea i agree, dude has to stay out of trouble. but, he is the best back in football, but this contract definitely reset the RB market.

bro you know barkley is licking his chops right now

zeeke will be out of the league in 2 years sitting in jail.

That’s a huge pay day of course, but he’s gotta stay outta trouble now too because i’m Sure there’s a caveat with it

j/c:

I don't think Zeke should have been suspended for this latest incident. I also don't think he is as bad of a person as some claim. I think black guys get judged much more harshly by the media and a significant portion of the public than white players when they do mess up.

please dont, vers.

these guys get paid millions to play AND to stay out of trouble.

so i disagree with what you're saying. i mean there's video evidence on Zeke.

70% of the league is black, and yet only a handle of guys ever get into off the field issues.

has julio jones got in trouble?

AJ green? Chubb? jarvis?

they're black yet they havent been judged harshly. why?

cause there's no tape of them being absolute morons.

I get that and wasn't trying to say otherwise. My sentence was clunky, but I did add that they are judged more harshly "when they mess up."

I think Dak or any other ascending Qb's are the ones licking their chops after Goff just got a 4 year $134 million extension with $110 million guaranteed

JC

I think the main reason Zeke got the bad-boy image is because the first offense stayed in the news cycle for over a year. The suspension was on-again-off-again four freaking times. That's not to say it's the media's fault, that's all on Zeke. There was enough smoke there for a suspension.

This last time in Vegas was a drunk dude joking with security (they were both smiling until the dude basically tripped over a fence). Zeke may just be one of those young pups that has a hard time learning that "dumb stuff happens when I drink". Hopefully he wakes up to realize this and 90 mil doesn't make it worse.

As far as the contract.. Wowza. That's a lot of cabbage for any RB. I'd be more concerned about injury than anything else. The contract takes him to age 30, so they'll definitely get the best of Zeke. As a GM, the way the league chews these dudes up, I would probably trade someone like Zeke before the huge payday.

Or to a lesser extent, Cooper.

There is so only much money in the bucket. Those who come first have a better chance at getting their fill.

IMO, I do not see Dak as a franchise QB. The Dallas offense struggles too much without Zeke. If a guy is to be a franchise QB then he should be able to have some sort of success without a top 5 RB in the backfield.

Not saying he sucks, but also not a top tier QB.

Wow, these numbers are just getting out of hand..

Yes and no. The league is a cash cow and the owners have the money to spend, especially Jerry. According to Forbes, the Cowboys franchise is worth $5B, that's a "B". Agreeing to pay out $300M over the next 6-8 years is slightly above nothing. Jerry and the franchise will be fine.

I think it's up to the owners and players to develop some type of cap or contract structure to "control" it a bit. But hey, if you draft/trade right, you might have to pay out 3-5 max position contracts. Heck, I hope we have the same problem.

I'd kind of prefer the NFL to copy the NBA's cap method. Let Dallas go way over the cap, but tax them hard and route that money to the smaller markets. The NFL works so well because of the parity on the field. I don't like the "hard cap".

I think it’ll eventually go to something like having two caps: the regular cap and then the QB cap ... they’ll work on some ratio/percentage for both numbers

Less than half what Jared Goff got guaranteed.

Lets see what Dak does with a better receiving core this season. Remember, he got amari cooper during the season so this is his first time in training camp with him. Also, Randall Cobb is there.

And on top of that, Dak falls into the category that while there are better QBs, you won’t find any right now or in your draft position to replace him.

And he still got you two division titles. He’s gonna get paid. Just wondering how.

I understand that QBs get what they get .. and each one gets more than the last ... but I still was surprised he got THAT much guaranteed ... think about what Mahomes or Baker will get AFTER the new CBA lol

I don't think its insane. Hes the best RB in the league, and probably was the day he was drafted. He is that special. Guys like him don't come around a lot.

I don't think theres a back in the league I would rather have over Zeke. Maybe, MAYBE SB, but that's a MAYBE for me.

Zeke is that entire offense. He makes it go. I would even go as far as saying hes more important that Dak is to the offense.

The only thing I see here is that teams Like Dallas could buy up all the talent, and just pay the fees/fines.

I thought that was part of what the cap was trying to control, one team buying up all the talent because they had the money backing.

I know NE someone does it without overpaying, but lets see once Brady retires in 2032 , if their plug-in system maintains it's status.

Agreed, I despise the NBA cap structure. Look at it, only a few teams a year EVERY have a chance at winning a ship. I don't want the NFL to turn into the NBA, where its all about getting the best FA. The NFL should be about DRAFTING talent and developing it. Its part of the reason it is superior to other sports.

The NFL doesn't need to do a thing. The owners are still making a killing. If anything, they need to INCREASE the cap space to allow more money to the players.

I think a lot of the reason for the huge jumps in salaries (I mean, aside from the huge revenues now) is the rookie wage scale ... that has given more of the pie to the proven vets (as probably should be the case)

I completely agree w/this.

I don't think this is true. Now they just cut veterans and play younger players.

They should cap the salaries and the amount of money the owners make and reduce ticket and concession prices. JMO

I know that will never happen
I know the players won't be willing.
I know the owners won't be willing.

What I don't know is what your meme means.

I make a pretty decent living. I don't know how so many people can afford to be season ticket holders. Between the PSL's, the ticket prices, parking, concessions, souvenirs for the kids ...

(snowball's chance in hell)

Took me a minute.

Yeah, it gets costly when you count everything: gas, parking, food, etc. If I didn’t have access to a suite via a rich family member, I’d never attend (or rarely)

It was meant to be humorous. It's a snowball in hell. That's how much of a chance I would give the owners and players passing money back to the fans.

j/c

I certainly understand the sentiment in regards to the cost of going to games. On the surface it seems outlandish. Yet at the same time, I try to keep things in perspective.

MLB has a 162 game schedule.

The NBA has an 82 game schedule.

I know the crowd sizes are larger in the NFL for the most part. I'm aware that NFL season ticket holders get sucked into paying full price for the preseason.

But when I look at the disparity in how few games the NFL has to generate revenue than other major professional sports, I can certainly understand the high cost of attending games.

I know you meant it to be humorous. I just couldn't figure it out.
I saw a baseball being hit out of the sun
I was pretty sure that wasn't correct

LOL.............I was debating putting a caption w/it, but decided not to. I guess I should have.

We live in a country where building a business that's worth $5B should be celebrated and you want to prevent that? Are you a communist?

Would you say the same thing about a movie studio, a restaurant chain, a law firm or a web app?

I think he's where I am on this. I just think it's a shame that a working class person can't afford to regularly take his family to professional sporting events.