Please all you Dak Hater's I kindly ask you answer 2 questions
1. Which players did we lose to Free Agency because of Tony Romo's Market Value setting contract?
2. Which players on the roster will we lose that we would have wanted to keep if we sign Dak to Market Value Contract.
Thank you!
Money is fungible. There are all sorts of players we could have signed or extended for the Romo money.
Post facto, the Romo contract was bad. We got one healthy year (a great year in 2014) for 3 years of record setting pay. We were also in a position to trade him and a couple of years that voided on his previous contract because he was still on the team.
That's the risk of guaranteed money. Players can break. Dak isn't old, but he could break too. Hearing about his recurring shoulder injuries to his throwing shoulder in college did not encourage me.
The example of Romo's record breaking contract is not evidence *in favor* of signing a big money guaranteed contract to *any* QB.
Guys we may not sign because of Dak - Byron, Quinn, Brown, Bennett, Jarwin extension, other young guys we could extend now, other available free agents.
Somebody would probably give us some picks in trade for Dak. We save 35mil/yr and 100mil+ guaranteed. That's a lot of extra cash to build a team with, and not locking in guaranteed money leaves you free to pursue and hit on QBs on their rookie contract.
Churn running QBs, maybe you get one who can throw too. Like Dak.