DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

The Cowboys deal with DeMarcus Lawrence is nearly done, NFL Media reports, with the parameters in place on a five-year extension worth more than $100 million.

PFT reported earlier today the sides were nearing a deal.

Lawrence will get the most money ever in the first year of a deal for a defensive player, NFL Media reports. Khalil Mack had the previous best at $41 million.

Mack averages $23.5 million a season to lead all pass rushers in yearly average, with Von Miller coming in second at $19.1 million per season. Defensive end Trey Flowers left New England to sign a five-year, $90 million deal with Detroit, ranking him third in annual average.

The Cowboys used the franchise tag on Lawrence for a second consecutive year, but the defensive end had no plans to sign the $20.5 million tag for 2019 and has postponed shoulder surgery until he got a new deal.

PFT

Too much $ ... good for him, but bad move for the CowGirls.

Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

Go Cowboys...

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Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

Good for DLaw. That's a handsome contract.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Zeke, Dak Bortles & Amari Cooper down the road at Deathstar nation.

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Will not matter as long as Garrett remains their head coach. He is now the longest tenured head coach to not reach a conference title game. The other coaches who are also long tenured (Belichick, Tomlin and Payton) have all made it to at least one in the 2010s.

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Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

It's been reported locally here that DLaw will be out 4-6 months after surgery. The natives here are becoming restless :p...

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Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

Jones & Son have set it up nicely to get a replacement for Dak by having Dak exit in Free Agency because there's not enough soup after DeMarcus Lawrence took a big gulp of salary cap...

Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

Stephen and Jerry better come up with Plan B because Dak Bortles and his agent aren't accepting a "team friendly" deal.

Keep on eye on what happens with Carson Wentz's new deal up in Philly.

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Re: DeMarcus Lawrence agrees to five-year, $105 million deal
 

I watched Dak at MISS State and I think he could be a good QB under the right coach, which absolutely is not Jason Garrett. It's a shame he was drafted by Dallas, cause I'd easily root for him had it been an AFC team.

If he was playing under Payton, Reid or any other offensive minded coach who understands what type of QB he is (Gunslinger) and didn't try to make him something he is not, then he could possibly thrive.

Dallas does not run a system where the QB can thrive and develop. It's the 2010s and they are trying to run an offense from the 70's, by focusing on the run and trying to run the ball down everyone, which is backfiring on them badly. I watched a bunch of Cowboys games last year and was taken back at how horrible their play calling is. So many times they are running Elliott right up the middle, then on third down it's a play designed for a screen pass. Dak has looked horrible at times, but I'm not convinced he is the main problem. Any QB would look bad with that offense. Their problem is the red headed guy wearing the head set clapping his hands on the sideline. How Garrett has not been fired yet, is beyond me. I hope Dallas keeps him forever though cause as long as Garrett is coaching them, we have nothing to worry about. They'll never get to the NFC title game with that clown.

Alex Smith looked like a mediocre bust until he went to K.C. and Reid managed to make him into a respectable QB and he had the best season of his career (2017). Vinny Testeverde also comes to mind; people were so quick to label him a bust due to his horrible first years in Tampa, but he managed to have a few great seasons in his 30s and hung around the league long enough to gain respectability. If Dak could hang around and maybe become a journeyman, I think he could have a good year somewhere else.

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Jon Kitna was hired as new QB coach for a reason.

Based on some of the past contracts the Jones have signed, I'm sure they'll compensate Dak WAY more than he deserves.

Giants, Redskin and Eagle fans should rejoice.