RE: Chops316 Monday Morning Quarterback: 2019 Week 11
You might be a cowboys homer but these are actually pretty honest and insightful recaps. Better than most of the crap passing for reporting on espn.com tbh. I still have the feeling that by the time the playoffs roll around the Patriots offense will be clicking on more cylinders but man the Ravens really look like a tough out.
I think Dallas is just the latest case against paying RBs big money. Handing a running back a big contract extension, particularly if it is an extension while you already could have kept them on rookie scale for another year or two, is looking like the worst value move you can make in the NFL as a general manager. If you look around the league at the production you can get out of mid round pick running backs still on rookie contracts, or even backs picked up from waivers, off other teams' practice squads, etc. - really tough to make an argument that RB is a position worth investing big in.
Thanks Carl. Yes I wasn't very happy when Dallas gave Zeke that big contract. That salary cap space could have been used better to improve the team as a whole.
I'm afraid it's going to be like the late 90's all over gain. By the time Dallas paid Aikman, Irvin, Smith, Sanders and Larry Allen there wasn't much cap space left to fill the roster. The Cowboys had a bunch of stars surrounded by a lot of scrubs and the dynasty fell apart.
I have no doubt the Patriots will figure out their issues before the playoffs start. They always do. I just hope they don't figure it out this week.