The Dallas Cowboys held court on Tuesday for their press conference to start training camp in Oxnard, and as they did matters are officially underway.
The opening presser is a tradition for the team at training camp, and to a lesser degree so is an extension for one of the team’s players while the team is in California. Everyone being together in a tighter compound just seems to be a recipe for deals to get done, and the subject of a particular one coming together came up.
Stephen Jones noted that
the Cowboys have held discussions with Quinnen Williams’ agent about the process of a hypothetical extension. He noted before he said that the team is quite invested in Williams which is the case as they executed a trade deadline deal to acquire him last season.
On some level this gives Williams a bit of leverage. His representation knows that the Cowboys traded what they did for him so they are pot committed on some level. It doesn’t help that the defensive tackle market is on the rise at the moment, consider that about an hour before Stephen said this that the Philadelphia Eagles gave Jalen Carter a four-year, $152M extension. That is the new going rate.
Training camp has just begun so perhaps a deal will come together. Williams is the only player of note who the Cowboys have to work with on something like this at the moment, keep in mind that George Pickens is playing on the franchise tag and as we are past the July 15th the team and he can literally not negotiate a new deal until the season is over.
Would you pay Quinnen Williams the new going rate? Why or why not?
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