The Dallas Cowboys and proprietor Jerry Jones noticed firsthand the “what may have been” throughout a troublesome Week 3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
Among the many many speaking factors from a 28-25 loss was the Cowboys’ determined want for assist at operating again, and the participant many followers hoped proprietor Jerry Jones would pursue in 2024 free company. Derrick Henry was a high identify on the operating again market this previous offseason. He signed with the Ravens and on Sunday, the Cowboys obtained a dose of the participant they missed out on.
Henry ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries, together with a formidable 26-yard rating to push Baltimore’s result in 28-6 within the third quarter. Following the sport, Jones mentioned Henry and defined why the Cowboys could not afford the operating again in free company, as The Athletic’s Jon Machota detailed.
“I do not know, why cannot you purchase a mansion whenever you dwell in a unique sort of home?” Jones stated. “We could not afford it. We could not make that every one match. That is so simple as that.”
Whereas Jones and the Cowboys had quite a few contract extensions to barter, together with two agreed to in CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott, Henry’s cope with the Ravens did not break the financial institution. The longtime Tennessee Titan signed a two-year, $16 million deal to hitch Lamar Jackson and firm. When it comes to annual wage, Henry checks in at No. 9 in the NFL amongst operating backs.
The Cowboys opted to re-sign Ezekiel Elliott as a substitute, inking the workforce’s former first-round choose to a one-year, $2 million deal value as much as $3 million with incentives.
To make issues worse, whereas Henry ran everywhere in the Cowboys, Dallas’s run sport was practically nonexistent. Rico Dowdle led the way in which with eight carries for 32 yards, whereas Elliott had simply six yards on three makes an attempt. This comes one week after an analogous end result from the speeding assault within the Cowboys’ loss to the New Orleans Saints, as Dowdle had seven carries for 30 yards, with Elliott totaling 16 yards on six makes an attempt.
It will have taken some work on the wage cap facet for the Cowboys to make a cope with Henry work, however primarily based on his impression to this point with the Ravens, it is laborious to argue that the transfer would not have been value it.
