"Pay Dak after sign Dalvin Cook!" - Rich Eisen tells ESPN on Cowboys' contract talks with Prescott

lamb got signed yesterday or the other day and he spoke with the media yesterday yeah and there are we've seen this movie over and over and over again where the Cowboys have an insanely talented player insanely talented player it's time for that player to get paid and then there's some sort of standoff that really should shouldn't be because the cowboy should have acted way before anybody else got signed so the price goes up and the jonesers are basically sitting there holding their breath and they're they're trying to negotiate with this guy even though they don't have much of a hammer and everybody knows they're going to sign him anyway and they wind up signing him to more money than they really had to if they had acted before and there's different stages of it we've seen it before with EMT we've seen it with Zeke we've seen it with Dak once before it's happening with Dak again and we just saw it with CD lamb it's going to happen with michah Parsons too just to name a few and so what stage are we in right now with CD lamb we're in the laughing about it stage because it's all over that's what we're in right now there is less pie CD lamb was asked yesterday where were you when you found out you're now the second highest paid wash wide receiver in the National Football League where were you when you got the word when you sleep I mean where no no no I was up I was literally in a living room talking to my guys I had my homeboys with me um we was just chatting then my agent FaceTime me uh he was actually kind of it was it's kind of crazy because he hit me with a yeah man this is going south d I'm like what do you mean he's going south like we you know it's time like and then he me yeah they're only going to try to pay you 34 a year uh you know I'm like well where do I sign listen we're also in another phase here I like that we're in another phase here that is funny but but again it just feels like it's the we've seen it we've seen the movie for here's the other stage another stage which is the boy that sucked stage going through the the mental hurdles that you had to jump over going through a process where you're being grinded this is the business part of it but the review of the mental anguish portion of it this whole process was it was very crazy for me as we all know um very Bittersweet uh enjoyed it all obviously had plenty of time to you know revamp myself um physically become more prepared for the season granted I wish I would have had a camp but it's okay though uh it'll work out anding back in but um very excited for the moment cherish every bit of it shout out my agent um grateful for the whole opportunity uh going back and forth the phone calls with him obviously thanking God every morning get the chance to wake up and do what I do but yeah man was Sur Real loved it here we are we are did you doubt that it would get done did I no I had no doubt I had no doubt one bit but uh I will say I was getting impatient yeah okay cuz he wants the ball oh yes because that's the third fi and final stage which is the coming to grips with the man that signs the check it's a business relationship and it's time to ball cuz you now through it that's that's the final that's like kind of the last last stage of this whole process that the Joneses go through with their best players hit it what was your interaction with Jerry um when you signed the deal obviously we had a businessman conversation we just had the clear room everything is behind us I'm not worried about nothing we got what we needed to get done and now it's time for me to go ball time for me to go ball let's go let's go yeah cuz he's good at the balling part of it mhm he's good at the footballing he's good at the catching he's good at the leading he's good at he's good he's good at everything good at the touchdowns yeah yep yep yep yep y yards so where's Dak right now in all this where Dak is in the it's still serious phase Dak is in the stand off with Jerry Jones phase and it sure looks like he's in the Jerry negotiating through the media stage yeah that's where appears Dak is at right now Jerry Jones telling Clarence Hill Jr Cowboys ins sire about the Dak deal we just don't need to get it done before the season because it's in all of our interest Dak and everybody to have a great season as a matter of fact that's probably not realistic to think before the season but my thought sitting here is we'll have Dak meaning after this season but all I'm going to say is this it's not done yet now then before we get to this part we'll take this one at a time if you don't mind Mike hosin let's take this one at a time it's not done yet does that mean between Dak and the cowboys after this season because you have to you know we're not seeing it we're hearing it because Jerry sometimes talks elliptically it's not done yet does that mean he's saying that after you know dak's going to be here be Beyond this season not done yet between the two of us even if there is no contract or it's not done yet talking about a contract this year because right now he's saying we don't have to do it it's not realistic to do it this is a midnight 5 minutes after midnight league so they this could literally be done five minutes after midnight Cleveland time the night before the Cowboys and Browns open up the season this could be done five minutes before kickoff of that game actually technically could be done even during the season but this usually is the stuff like we're going to not deal with it during the season because Dak doesn't have to takes two to tango Dak can actually walk I mean we've been through this before Dak has the hammer you can't franchise him you can't tra he can't trade him without his consent he's not going anywhere if you let him hit the field in Cleveland without a new deal he will hit free agency and he will hit it big and we had Andrew witor here yesterday saying the all-in aspect of of this is that if you see Dak and you see he does everything right and you're a leader in the locker room and you see he's leading in the locker room and you see he does absolutely everything right professionally personally all of that and he's not getting his that leaves a large churn in your locker room of people wondering well how does how does one get paid around here even though they can also point we paid CD now then it's further Jerry said this adding this just so we're clear we can win with Dak I'm looking at having less Supporting Cast around him than he's had any time in his career he's going to have to make up for that and some because we haven't gotten to the games we want to be playing and and he's going to have to do it in the future with less of a supportting cast that's what I'm fighting for what does that mean let's take that piece you're looking at me like you don't know what that means I'm thinking about it from the Dak perspective why would I want to be there if I'm going to have less of a Supporting Cast well I'm looking at it from the Jones perspective as well and that seems to me if I may to say Hey you want what you're asking for and that we haven't agreed to yet because I think it's too high well you're going to have less of a supporting Caster on you that one's on you where's the where's the hometown discount you want to go above X that's above market value we're not pushing that because I could see what CD costs and I could see what mic costs and if you want a Supporting Cast around you that I H I I can pay well why don't you call why don't you call tb12 and see what he did all those years for New England yep different era that's a JP that's a Jones problem that is not a DP and in case you're wondering if I may be off on this or not whether Jerry's sending messages look at this last piece of the sound what kind of Supporting Cast can we have around D I'm wondering if that's in relation to the question that was asked of him or he's just beginning oine still I know you understand that meaning Clarence who covers a team because of caps and stuff like that right do our fans do our fans know that Dak is going to have less of a Supporting Cast than his career has allowed him to have up until now that's now that's basically saying hey're TJ Jefferson I'm a fan hey TJ you're the fan that's me talk do you realize that Dak may have less of a Supporting Cast around him do you sir oh wait a minute so if he takes more money we can't make the team better around him apparently yeah exactly oh well then dak's going to take less money they seems like is is this a division is he trying to like divide the fan base I don't know I'm just saying he's put he's putting the fans against Dak wants all his money there's going to be less good players around so we may not win as many trying play I don't think no no I don't think tring to he's not trying to play you off of each other and off of Dak what he's trying to do is just explain the realities of the situation TJ there is Les pie I mean well he keeps saying that there is he's right I mean and I guess to be completely Fair name me top of the team that has top-of-the-line quarterback okay being paid I'm thinking topof the line wide receiver being paid the tight end top of the line well tight ends don't get paid like wide receivers sir know what you're trying to do here and Top ofthe Line defensive player the Chiefs are pretty damn close with Chris Jones and Mahomes but to those guys as Mahomes making he's making apy numbers that are really great that nobody or that don't look great but you take a look at Cash being brought in he's at the top of the line there chiefs were able to do it is all I'm saying this sounds like to be a negotiation through Clarence Hill quite frankly to be straight up with you and in terms of you know giving more though it's not like they're just saying we're we're l Cowboys announced a signing today dvin cook everybody off the couch let's go from ATC Dalvin cook has been signed by the Dallas Cowboys being added to the running back room now terms of that wait a minute I'm being told that we still don't know if this is the dvin cook that ran Wild for the Minnesota Vikings or was the one that played for the Jets last year that's what I'm being told now then to be fair the Jets uh over the last 13 years not making the playoffs MH uh one thing that they have been expert at is taking your Veteran running back and retiring them now it could be on Lev on Bell right just as I'm just just as for instance you know guy guy that ran wild and was dominant yeah Hall of Fame trajectory and shows up and then all of a sudden he's useless can't even put him on the field that's what Dalvin was last year for the Jets and in ter in terms of that you know hey Bree Hall still ran for th000 yards behind that dumpster fire I mean that in terms of a fire that was a dumpster or a dumpster that was on fire Jet's offense was that last year so but in dalin's defense he said that last year he wasn't fully recovered from that shoulder injury says he feels a lot better so you take him at his word he should get time he should yeah I mean running back by maybe it's real but we'll find out I would hope for your sake that works well my life's going to go on regardless you God willing you know so dude did you just go Jim ERS on me here we talk about this stuff seriously every single day and you're like yeah it doesn't really matter come on man it matters I it's just amazing to me that we've seen this movie before I don't like it multiple times well guess what this means dak's going to get p before the season then they'll laugh about it but if not oh my gosh so do do you think there's any chance that he like this doesn't get signed of course there a a chance I more than 50% but to me the this just see seems to me that didn't he say there was no urgency about CD lamb he did okay but he got it done know exactly so here's a guy saying I don't think it's going to get that we don't have to do it and I don't think we're going to do it and I just wonder if he understands that there's going to be less that he has to do with and now and then some because we haven't played the games that we want to play in and whose fault is that maybe part of it is his and do the fans know I know that there's only a certain amount of cap space and you know media but do the fans know do you know fascinating good Lord fore [Music] let me H the allall one here [Music] is look look look [Laughter] [Laughter] I spee for you [Music] [Music] for for core [Music] fore fore [Music] spee spee in [Music] going fore spee spee spee [Music] fore spee foreign fore to you back