Watch Colin Cowherd of FS1’s The Herd explain his theory on why he thinks the Dallas Cowboys went out of their way to execute an inferior off-season with an ulterior motive in play.
Check out the segment above as Colin details why Jerry Jones would want ‘leverage’ on quarterback Dak Prescott, and thus purposely fail to properly equip him this off-season during a contract year for the 30-year-old.
Colin Cowherd: “The Dallas Cowboys did not get any better in free agency. They had no money because they're overpaying Dak, and did not draft a running back, although they need two desperately, and they need another receiver or three, and they only got one in the sixth round. They will be more dependent on Dak Prescott than ever before. There are basic lines that we know are true -- if Dak doesn't get a 100 yards run support he's got a losing record. Dak has feasted on losing teams in the NFL, and with Philadelphia signing AJ Brown, DeVonta Smith, acquiring Saquan Barkley, and upgrading coordinators, you better be ready, and you better have ammo... And Dallas signed Zeke, who is washed -- we saw it in New England.
Don't confuse tanking with strategy. Billionaires would rather have an average season but maintain leverage. Jerry is not going to Super Bowls in the last 25 years anyway -- what he doesn't want to do, and the reality of how Jerry Jones has lived the last several years, is paying a ‘B’ quarterback ‘A+’ money, and he does not want to do that again. He would rather sacrifice this season. They'll be good, they won't be terrible, they got too many good players , and it's the weak NFC East... But Jerry does not want to lose leverage again like he did last time on Dak and massively overpay for him. The rumors are that Dak wants is $55-60 million a year. That's Mahomes territory and he's not close to Mahomes.
What did the Cowboys do? Didn't draft the young running back, didn't really attack receiver, they rebuilt their offensive line for Dak, perhaps, or the next quarterback. I thought it was strategy. In a contract year I'm not going to let your numbers soar. Mahomes won a Super Bowl without a number one receiver. YOU’VE got a number one receiver. You have a more than capable head coach who won a Super Bowl. You've got a good solid tight end. But we're going to build the offensive line. That's how we got you to be 13-3 when you entered this league.
I thought it was a strategy draft and I don't disagree with it, but billionaires do not like losing leverage. They're okay losing football games, but they don't like losing leverage, and Jerry wants leverage in negotiations. When you take Dak’s run game away his numbers drop. You can win games with that new o-line and that defense, but it won't be a Dak-led team.
Jerry knows the truth here. This is going to be a completely Dak-led offense and there will be limitations in a contract year.”
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