Tommy: He absolutely could, and all other 30 players drafted in the second round are facing the same predicament with their teams. If Ezeiruaku is unsigned, he can’t participate at camp, and of course that would be a massive detriment to Ezeiruaku’s development. Last year, you saw first hand how missing time in training camp effected Tyler Guyton, who was playing in one of the most important roles in the offense in his rookie season. Dallas is deep at defensive end, so losing Ezeiruaku for a short period may not detour things too much, but it would mean giving snaps to a player that maybe can’t do as much for you as Ezeiruaku can. That’s obviously not what anybody wants, so at some point, something is going to have to give in this stalemate between agents, players and teams. Whether that be a player deciding training camp reps are too valuable and settle for less guaranteed money, or a team deciding a player participating fully at training camp is too valuable and give away more guaranteed money, eventually I think we see a pretty quick finish to this once the first domino falls.
