well I disagree with you on the negotiations thing. He is a franchise QB & all good solid QBs are gonna get paid. We cant just recycle rookie QB contracts, while paying everyone else. As good as that sounds. Just not realistic.
We will still have a good team with the same coach and QB. Just not a SB caliber team. Straight up, in 2 years do you want to give Dak $50 million when his deal comes due? Understanding that Pollard, Lamb, Diggs, Steele, and Micah are all going to be in line for enormous raise from rookie deals to top 5 or beat at their position pay? And knowing that Zeke, Shultz and Tyron will all likely be gone already? I would rather keep all those guys and get picks for Dak in a couple of years and build around a young QB with one of the best rosters in the NFL around him(as we did once with Dak when the Cowboys chose him over Romo). If you want to pay Dak top of the league QB money then thats great, just tell me which 2 of Pollard, Lamb, Diggs and Micah we are going to part with to make that happen
Look at all those top 5 bust qbs the Browns have drated over the decades. It got them nowhere..
so. You are agreeing with me.
I think what you and PDay are saying may well be right, if your goal is to be a good team but not a Super Bowl team. I think if the last 30 years have proven anything, its that there are really 2 models that win the Super Bowl in the NFL. Either you have an Elite QB, like Mahomes, Brady, Manning, etc. Or you have a great team built around young QB that is not making franchise money yet. There are exceptions, like the Rams last year who mortgaged their future for a SB, and are now a terrible team for about the next 5 years to come. Otherwise it takes a great QB or a great team. The Chiefs have a great QB and still had to let go of Tyreek Hill. Dak is a good player, but when we start losing Diggs or Parsons on D and Pollard or Lamb on offense, its gonna be a long road
The pick in our own end of the field right after Jacksonville scored turned the game, plain and simple.
yeah. Lots of ways to get there. Injuries will always play apart of a superbowl championship.
Depends on who the QB is. The one we played today would do pretty well with this team around him.
Not saying that Pday.
thats the point.
I agree. But they should have signed him a year or two before and gotten a $32-33 million deal instead of 40+. But now, they have done a great job at drafting and the bills are coming due soon. Parting with Cooper and Collins is one thing. Parting with some of the players we will have to with a $50 million is another
Not sour grapes. Just an opinion. From the time he was paid, I have lobbied every draft for them to draft QB's to develop. You don't have to throw all your marbles down on drafting someone in the first round at the same moment you cut your starter. That would be the stupidest thing ever. But just like when Romo was here, that's never gonna happen. What would Jimmy Johnson have done? He would have taken a QB even when he had Aikman and then either had a QB in reserve or landed a draft haul for him
well I disagree there too.
After parting ways with multiple veterans we could have used. But we have drafted fantastic to cover that up. So play along just for fun. Pick 3 players from Shultz, Steele, Pollard, Lamb, Parsons, and Diggs that we part ways with over the next couple of years, because all 6 are going to want franchise level money. Tell me which 3 you would part with
well Like I sad. This could be a long convo back & forth. Its cool if we disagree. on this.
I agree Brother. Like most on this board, we have all been watching the Cowboys for decades. I think today's game was tough to take not only because it's a game we could have easily won, but it showed up holes in the team that are going to be hard to mask.
