DeMarco Murray is not mad at the Dallas Cowboys; he's just mad at their offer.
NFL.com reported that the Cowboys running back, who set a franchise rushing record with 1,845 yards in 2014, 484 yards than the next closest rusher last season, was irritated with the suggestion that the franchise could replace him and save money in 2015.
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"I would like to see how it goes," Murray said to former Dallas Cowboy-turned NFL analyst Michael Irvin on NFL Network. "I would like to see how that plan would work for them. I don't pay attention to it. You know, I have full confidence in myself and my ability to do what I'm capable of doing. I know my talents, I know how hard I play and, you know, I know what I bring to the table. So I'm not worried about it and, you know, I don't hear it."
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The Cowboys have a four-year, $16 million offer on the table for the Cowboys running back.
"It's an insulting offer for a player who was saddled up to carry the team on his legs for the majority of the franchise's best season in nearly a decade," NFL.com wrote earlier this month. "On the other hand, it connotes an awareness of the NFL's ongoing devaluation of the position and the effects of a career-high 497 touches for a previously injury-prone tailback who was never viewed as a franchise workhorse."
Murray told Irvin that he would take the value of playing with his teammates and head coach into consideration as he continues contract negotiations.
"I love playing with them, I love playing for coach Garrett, I love playing for the great Dallas organization," he said. "And, you know, those guys you play hard for, you come out, you lay it on the line for those guys -- it's easier to do it because they're going to do the same thing for me and vice versa."
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