2025 NFL Off-Season

[bluejerseyjinx]

Why can’t we just talk about the chiefs 24/7? That’s the only team that matters

I believe they will be one of 8 teams that will really matter this year. But I thought you and your side kick preferred to talk about the Cowboys more.

I’m just trying to give Jerry jones more attention. Mr B. says this is what he wants. I’m just trying to help the cause!

I think you guys should pay more attention to the Rams and the Lions. Jerry has enough money. Its the new generation Cowboy fans that are bankrupt or about to be.

[Jaydubb]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

[wco81]

"Shocked" Saquon Barkley declines invitation to Trump's Spurs Council, which consists of mostly pro athletes who are Trump supporters.

I was definitely a little shocked when my name was mentioned. I'm assuming it's something great, so I appreciate it but was a little shocked when my name was mentioned."

On July 31, Trump signed an executive order establishing the council, which is tasked with advising the president and recommending actions on a number of fronts, including challenges and school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education; fitness goals for American youth, with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens; and strategies for reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test.

The council will have up to 30 members, per the executive order. During a news conference announcing the order, Trump named Barkley as a member of the council along with a group that includes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell; fellow football players including Nick Bosa, Tua Tagovailoa and Harrison Butker; Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor; retired legends Jack Nicklaus and Wayne Gretzky; and current LIV Tour golfer Bryson DeChambeau.

Prior to the Eagles' White House visit in April to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Barkley spent time with Trump at the National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey and flew with the president back to Washington on Marine One.

Barkley also played golf with former President Barack Obama at Merion Golf Club in October, which he noted in response to criticism he received online after spending time with Trump.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45899838/eagles-saquon-barkley-shocked-trump-sports-council-mention

[Mr Swagtastic]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

[Jaydubb]

"Shocked" Saquon Barkley declines invitation to Trump's Spurs Council, which consists of mostly pro athletes who are Trump supporters.

I was definitely a little shocked when my name was mentioned. I'm assuming it's something great, so I appreciate it but was a little shocked when my name was mentioned."

On July 31, Trump signed an executive order establishing the council, which is tasked with advising the president and recommending actions on a number of fronts, including challenges and school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education; fitness goals for American youth, with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens; and strategies for reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test.

The council will have up to 30 members, per the executive order. During a news conference announcing the order, Trump named Barkley as a member of the council along with a group that includes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell; fellow football players including Nick Bosa, Tua Tagovailoa and Harrison Butker; Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor; retired legends Jack Nicklaus and Wayne Gretzky; and current LIV Tour golfer Bryson DeChambeau.

Prior to the Eagles' White House visit in April to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Barkley spent time with Trump at the National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey and flew with the president back to Washington on Marine One.

Barkley also played golf with former President Barack Obama at Merion Golf Club in October, which he noted in response to criticism he received online after spending time with Trump.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45899838/eagles-saquon-barkley-shocked-trump-sports-council-mention

Who cares. Saquon wants to focus on football, I don’t blame him. It’d also be a distraction if he didn’t decline. Good for him

[Jaydubb]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

Crazy that a billionaire doesn’t know how to negotiate a deal. Like you said, you’d think he’d learn from past mistakes but I guess not

[Mr B]

"Shocked" Saquon Barkley declines invitation to Trump's Spurs Council, which consists of mostly pro athletes who are Trump supporters.

I was definitely a little shocked when my name was mentioned. I'm assuming it's something great, so I appreciate it but was a little shocked when my name was mentioned."

On July 31, Trump signed an executive order establishing the council, which is tasked with advising the president and recommending actions on a number of fronts, including challenges and school-based programs that reward excellence in physical education; fitness goals for American youth, with the aim of fostering a new generation of healthy, active citizens; and strategies for reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test.

The council will have up to 30 members, per the executive order. During a news conference announcing the order, Trump named Barkley as a member of the council along with a group that includes NFL commissioner Roger Goodell; fellow football players including Nick Bosa, Tua Tagovailoa and Harrison Butker; Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor; retired legends Jack Nicklaus and Wayne Gretzky; and current LIV Tour golfer Bryson DeChambeau.

Prior to the Eagles' White House visit in April to celebrate their Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Barkley spent time with Trump at the National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey and flew with the president back to Washington on Marine One.

Barkley also played golf with former President Barack Obama at Merion Golf Club in October, which he noted in response to criticism he received online after spending time with Trump.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45899838/eagles-saquon-barkley-shocked-trump-sports-council-mention

Saquon better watch out, he’s going to get himself deported.

[Mr B]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

Not exactly. Jerry is absolutely losing his mind. The local team insiders and radio guys have been talking about this a lot. Here’s what happen.

Jerry had a face to face conversation with Micah back in March at a charity event. During that conversation they talked about his contract. Keep in mind Micah’s agent wasn’t around. Apparently Jerry thought he had a handshake deal done with Micah. Then before they could make anything official Myles Garrett signed and then TJ Watt signed. That’s when Micah’s agent wanted to negotiate something official and actually out pen to paper. According to Jerry they already had a “gentleman’s agreement”.

I also heard that this is Jerry’s deal. He’s actually handling this signing. Usually it’s Will McClay or Stephen that handles these deals. This is Jerry’s deal. He’s showing everyone again that he’s too old to be doing this. He’s lost his damn mind. He knows he has to deal with his agent. Jerry just has to own up to the fact that he **** up by not actually getting the deal done in March. That **** up is going to cost him financially.

The Cowboys have almost all the leverage in this deal so Micah isn’t going anywhere. They have control of him for the next 3 seasons if they want. Jerry talked about his offer being in the “almost $200M guaranteed” range. So a deal will get done we’re just going to have to see them drag it out and then make a huge spectacle once he actually does sign. I expect he will say something like he loves being a Cowboy and wearing that star on his helmet, and how he wants to retire a Cowboy. Lol

[Mr B]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

Stephen Jones mis-read the RB market. That’s why they didn’t sign Henry. No surprise because he’s horrible at his job.

[bluejerseyjinx]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

[Mr Swagtastic]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They did this with Emmitt Smith as well after winning the superbowl.Emmitt should've got whatever he wanted he came off a 1700 yard td with another 500 yards through the air. He's always been this way I guess his age plus bigger social media presence has made tyre spotlight bigger. Here's a link to tyre story if anybody wants to read it.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-17-sp-36152-story.html

As for Parsons it would be comical if he was traded to Philly, IMHO they have to move him to the AFC him being motivated to play Dallas 2x times a year it's going to be a PR disaster even bigger then it is now. If I am Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincy or KC I am doing everything to get him. I could see Denver being a dark horse team

[Mr B]

Sounds like Jerry Jones doesn’t even want to negotiate with Micah’s agent, he wants to talk directly with Micah. That sounds super shady and he probably just wants to take advantage of Micah.


I don’t blame him for requesting a trade if Jerry is only gonna negotiate under those conditions. That would scare the hell outta me. This might be the biggest contract of Micah’s lifetime, don’t want to allow a snake to sneak something in there under a small sub paragraph on the 48th page.

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They’ve been in pretty bad cap hell a few times. The whole Dave Compo era they were in cap hell. Plus they drafted bad back then. The only thing really keeping the team afloat now is that they draft really well.

[Jaydubb]

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They did this with Emmitt Smith as well after winning the superbowl.Emmitt should've got whatever he wanted he came off a 1700 yard td with another 500 yards through the air. He's always been this way I guess his age plus bigger social media presence has made tyre spotlight bigger. Here's a link to tyre story if anybody wants to read it.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-17-sp-36152-story.html

As for Parsons it would be comical if he was traded to Philly, IMHO they have to move him to the AFC him being motivated to play Dallas 2x times a year it's going to be a PR disaster even bigger then it is now. If I am Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincy or KC I am doing everything to get him. I could see Denver being a dark horse team

It’s interesting to me that this is how Dallas does business and yet the eagles are over here giving saquon Barkley a pay raise after 2k rushing yards and a Super Bowl run. Barkley signed a 3 year deal, nobody would’ve batted an eye if the eagles didn’t give Barkley an extension this offseason. They didn’t have to, but they wanted to. The cowboys have to pay these guys, but don’t want to..lol

[Jaydubb]

As far as trading Micah to the eagles, I agree with Mr. b. I seriously doubt that happens. Before the draft day trade when the cowboys helped the eagles get devonta smith, it’d been like 15 years or something since the two teams made a trade and I think that previous trade was the only trade between the two teams in the Jerry jones/jeffrey Lurie era.

They made another insignificant trade in like 2021 or 2022 when they swapped mid round picks but I really don’t anticipate the cowboys trading a star pass rusher to the eagles even in a major overpay on the eagles part.

[Mr B]

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They did this with Emmitt Smith as well after winning the superbowl.Emmitt should've got whatever he wanted he came off a 1700 yard td with another 500 yards through the air. He's always been this way I guess his age plus bigger social media presence has made tyre spotlight bigger. Here's a link to tyre story if anybody wants to read it.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-17-sp-36152-story.html

As for Parsons it would be comical if he was traded to Philly, IMHO they have to move him to the AFC him being motivated to play Dallas 2x times a year it's going to be a PR disaster even bigger then it is now. If I am Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincy or KC I am doing everything to get him. I could see Denver being a dark horse team

There is no way in hell Jerry would ever trade him to Philly or Washington. The first team I would look at is the Raiders. If I’m trading within the NFC if look at the Bears.

[Jaydubb]

The Jones' lost all sense of reality in this salary cap era. Jerry thinks hell I have Americas team they should let me spend how I want. This drama is getting messy and shouldn't be how owners do business, they should have jumped at the opportunity Parsons gave them before guys like Garrett, Crosby and Watt reset the market. He should've learned from overpaying Dak and Ceedee and not being able to get Henry who again made it clear he would've played for Dallas.

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They’ve been in pretty bad cap hell a few times. The whole Dave Compo era they were in cap hell. Plus they drafted bad back then. The only thing really keeping the team afloat now is that they draft really well.

This is part of the reason I think it might actually be beneficial to blow the team up. The cowboys are very good at drafting. Problem is, the cowboys are stuck with dak so honestly they can’t blow it up. The decision should’ve been made before the dak extension and they chose to continue to compete so they gotta keep trying. If they blow it up now they will honestly just stay in purgatory for like 3 years in the 8-9 win range where it might not be enough for the playoffs but not good enough for a good pick either.

[Mr B]

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They’ve been in pretty bad cap hell a few times. The whole Dave Compo era they were in cap hell. Plus they drafted bad back then. The only thing really keeping the team afloat now is that they draft really well.

This is part of the reason I think it might actually be beneficial to blow the team up. The cowboys are very good at drafting. Problem is, the cowboys are stuck with dak so honestly they can’t blow it up. The decision should’ve been made before the dak extension and they chose to continue to compete so they gotta keep trying. If they blow it up now they will honestly just stay in purgatory for like 3 years in the 8-9 win range where it might not be enough for the playoffs but not good enough for a good pick either.

Yea they can’t move on from Dak until after next season. I do think that will be the end for Dak in Dallas. It’s going to be interesting to see what they do in the next draft. If they end up not giving Micah an extension and then end up franchising him next off season there is a chance they could use Micah in a trade to move up for a QB. Personally I would love Manning (so would Jerry) but he is still likely the #1 overall pick. Next year’s draft is loaded with top end QB’s though.

Can Jerry jump into the top 5 for a QB if he uses Micah to make that trade? What is a pissed off Micah on a franchise contract worth? I would say at least 2 FRP’s for a player of Micah’s caliber. The best pure pass rusher in the NFL in his prime.

[bluejerseyjinx]

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They did this with Emmitt Smith as well after winning the superbowl.Emmitt should've got whatever he wanted he came off a 1700 yard td with another 500 yards through the air. He's always been this way I guess his age plus bigger social media presence has made tyre spotlight bigger. Here's a link to tyre story if anybody wants to read it.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-17-sp-36152-story.html

As for Parsons it would be comical if he was traded to Philly, IMHO they have to move him to the AFC him being motivated to play Dallas 2x times a year it's going to be a PR disaster even bigger then it is now. If I am Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincy or KC I am doing everything to get him. I could see Denver being a dark horse team

There is no way in hell Jerry would ever trade him to Philly or Washington. The first team I would look at is the Raiders. If I’m trading within the NFC if look at the Bears.

There has been some chatter in my neck of the woods that the Bills may be all in with a Parsons deal. They think a guy a Parsons is the final piece of getting over the Chiefs/Mahomes hump and are willing to part with James Cook and some first round draft picks. I don't think it would be a good deal for the Cowboys to be honest if they offered James Cook and 3 first round draft choices. I really don't think getting 3 late round draft picks in the first round will help their cause.

[bluejerseyjinx]

This isn't the first time Jerry has put the Cowboys in salary cap hell. This also happened the previous decade before most of us even joined RealGM 10 years ago. Right Mr. B.? Jerry had the Cowboys in an awful mess in the Tony Romo era as well. It wasn't just the absolute horrible trades like the Roy Williams deal and giving up all those number 1"s, but also, never mind. This isn't good for my heart. I better stop here. I will get too worked up rehashing all this again. Its the reason I'm so jaded today.

They’ve been in pretty bad cap hell a few times. The whole Dave Compo era they were in cap hell. Plus they drafted bad back then. The only thing really keeping the team afloat now is that they draft really well.

This is part of the reason I think it might actually be beneficial to blow the team up. The cowboys are very good at drafting. Problem is, the cowboys are stuck with dak so honestly they can’t blow it up. The decision should’ve been made before the dak extension and they chose to continue to compete so they gotta keep trying. If they blow it up now they will honestly just stay in purgatory for like 3 years in the 8-9 win range where it might not be enough for the playoffs but not good enough for a good pick either.

That's why I wanted to blow the whole F,,,ing thing up two years ago, but Jerry had to ruin the whole damn thing by resigning Dumb Dak. I would have found a way to get dak to get rid of his no trade clause and traded his azz to get what I could out of him. Then I would have traded both Parsons and Lamb for a huge boat load of draft picks and got to work rebuilding. But nobody listens to me. Told Cowboy fans 5 years ago Dak was not the guy. What do they do, they resign him and make him the highest paid QB in the league. Just like I've been telling that idiot Ravens poster that keeps coming in here the past 8 years boasting about his Ravens and Lamar Jackson are always going all they way and going to take down my Chiefs. Been kinda fun proving him wrong.

[wco81]

At Jerry's age, he's not going to start from scratch again.