Originally posted by Cisco0623:
Originally posted by tankle104:
Originally posted by Izyniner:
Originally posted by tankle104:
same for us. Lol Aiyuk said he thought the deal was done early in the off season. Def cost us more by not closing the deal thenCowboys waiting to sign CeeDee Lamb has cost them big $$$
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 30, 2024
prior to this offseason, only 1 WR was making over $28M/yr
...now there are 5
prior to this offseason, 0 WRs had over $75M guaranteed
...now there are 4
nice work Jerry
No way Aiyuk was going to sign early his only leverage was to wait until the majority of wrs were extended. That's exactly what he and his agent have done.
Aiyuk said it himself - there where a couple times early in the off season where I thought they had a deal done and was getting ready for the signing/press conference.
they must of been really close and then something came up a few times that delayed it, then other WRs started signing and the market exploded. Then Aiyuk wanted more cause the market went up and up. Now we are were we are.
people seem to forget that at the end of the season, Aiyuk was looking at approx $23M a year deal as market value at the time.
It makes more sense to me that Aiyuk delayed it knowing the market because everyone expected it. But who knows
Yeah, I'm not sure. Im just going off of what Aiyuk said but that may be the case. I do tend to believe the team did it because paarag and his team are notoriously stingy and almost always get team friendly terms unless you're a superstar like Bosa.
i was hoping we would have good news by now. Bummer
And that feels really good