The Cowboys want to retain wideout Cole Beasley, but it’s going to cost them a pretty penny to do so. Clarence Hill Jr. of the Star-Telegram tweets that receiver is seeking a deal that will pay him at least $20MM in guaranteed money.
The team has made it very clear that they’d welcome back the 29-year-old with open arms, but coach Jason Garrett acknowledged that it might be difficult to meet the receiver’s monetary demands.
“Oh, we love Cole Beasley,” Garrett told Charean Williams of ProFootballTalk.com. “If you followed our football team the last few years you know the impact that he’s made on our team…We want him with our team as we go forward for a long, long time, but business will creep into that on both sides. Hopefully we can get to a point where we can make a deal with him and some of these other guys where it works well for everybody and we keep moving forward.”
$20MM in guaranteed money isn’t some unprecedented number, but it’s debatable whether Beasley deserves to be on that tier of wideouts. For comparison’s sake, DeSean Jackson and Emmanuel Sanders both earned $20MM guaranteed when they signed their previous deals, and those two players had shown a whole lot more than Beasley up to that point of their careers.
Despite only starting four games for the Cowboys last season, Beasley still played more than 66-percent of the team’s offensive snaps. He lead Dallas with 65 receptions, and he hauled in 672 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Beasley has also contributed on special teams during his seven-year career.
Ummmm……bye
No I rather say by to howdy doody!
And I want to fingerblast Shakira, doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen
Not a chance he will get $20mm guaranteed from any team. Looks like he has played his last game as a Cowboy.
nor should he get paid that much in being an undersized slot receiver in which dallas already said they would love to have hurns play inside and now written as the drop off option should tell beasley he is over pricing himself. with that said watch for the packers to identify him as a high priority
Maybe for a 20yr contract…then he would be as old as Witten when it was over.
There’s nothing wrong with setting a high bar for yourself, but $20MM guaranteed is just not happening.
The only time he sets the bar low is in limbo.
He’s greedy and selfish for wanting that much money….
beasley able to get a 20M contract?
Love Beasley but he can walk, We have Ryan Switzer and he’s still playing on his rookie deal. Jerrah is always one step ahead of y’all. Oh s*** cancel that thought.
Switzer was traded last year my friend
Twice
uhhhhh Switzer is in oaktown
Uhhhhh… Switzer is in Pittsburgh
Notice the sarcasm…
He will be in NE next year
He would be a great fit, can do what Edelman does
They all end up in New England sooner or later. Adam Humphries could get there first though
3 years 12 mill with 5 guaranteed sounds right
He and Terrance Williams can find work elsewhere. Not worth the money considering this years crop of free agents and draftees.
I, too, would love to get $20 million guaranteed from the Cowboys. I’d say I have about as much chance as Beasley does.
I like Beasley but the only way he gets $20M guaranteed is if he signs a 10 year $40M contract and that’s not going to happen. I love the slot receivers in this draft so cya later Beas. Good luck wherever you land.