For Those Who Don’t Like That We Paid Dak, What Was Your Alternative?

[acr731]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

This sounds too much like the people who wanted to keep Garrett and kept saying "who do we replace him with"? Garrett sucked and Dak isn't playing anywhere close to earning what he is paid.

There is no alternative right now - we get that. But that doesn't mean Dallas should ignore the fact that Dak isn't playing worth a crap and maybe they should start looking for another QB in the next draft or in 2023.

 

[Beaker42]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

We should’ve drafted a kid and let some other team overpay for what we’re now getting.

 

[Creeper]

The alternative was not great but the decision was, do we sign Dak for $40 million and hamstring the team CAP-wise for the next 4 years, or do we franchise him and trade him and see if we can draft a QB in the next year or two.

I never felt Dak was not a good QB either. I think he is a good QB but he is not a $40 million QB. And next year when we watch other teams sign away about 10 of our players we will understand why $40 million was excessive.

 

[GoldenR]

NO! What's comedy is some on here really believe we didn't have options other than give a 3rd rate QB 40 million a year! Dak and Jerry playing all you fools now!

 

[817Gill]

the ignorance on this board is overwhelming

you don’t draft a QB for year
You do it for the next 10

Uhm what does that have to do with anything I said? The hit rate on QB’s drafted isn’t high. We would’ve most likely drafted someone who wasn’t the long term answer let alone this year.

 

[DOUBLE WING]

The alternative was not great but the decision was, do we sign Dak for $40 million and hamstring the team CAP-wise for the next 4 years, or do we franchise him and trade him and see if we can draft a QB in the next year or two.

I never felt Dak was not a good QB either. I think he is a good QB but he is not a $40 million QB. And next year when we watch other teams sign away about 10 of our players we will understand why $40 million was excessive.

The Cowboys have not been major players in free agency in years. Long before the ink dried on Dak's contract. It's more than likely that the money "saved" would have gone into more brilliant extensions like the ones your $90M running back or Jaylon Smith got.

 

[817Gill]

NO! What's comedy is some on here really believe we didn't have options other than give a 3rd rate QB 40 million a year! Dak and Jerry playing all you fools now!

Tell me Mr. Genius, what’s your alternative?

 

[817Gill]

So either sign Brady (of which there is no idea if Brady ever even considered the Cowboys or anyone but Tampa) or pie-in-the-sky trade scenarios that would have never happened. Sounds about right.

Literally ridiculous that people suggest things that have no indication of being real options.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

We can start by starting Rush.
What do we really have to lose at this point and yes he has better pocket awr and accuracy.
Then draft as no one wants that contract of Raynes pain.

 

[GoldenR]

We should’ve drafted a kid and let some other team overpay for what we’re now getting.

And that's like the 20th option that these clowns do not understand!

 

[817Gill]

We should’ve drafted a kid and let some other team overpay for what we’re now getting.

The fact that some of y’all think drafting rookie QB’s is anything close to a sure thing is hilarious. You pick the wrong guy and set your franchise back 5 years. I cannot wait until we draft our next QB and have a non-competitive team so we can all cry about how bad we are.

Go look at the last 5 drafts and tell me the hit rate on those rookie QB’s. I’ll wait.

 

[817Gill]

And that's like the 20th option that these clowns do not understand!

Drafting QB’s has a less than 50% hit rate, do you not understand how much of a gamble that is? You get a Daniel Jones or Dwayne Haskins and you’re nowhere near a competitive team for 5 years.

Offer a real alternative bud.

 

[Wolfpack]

The front office handled that whole thing poorly. Dak was going to bend them over no matter what but they gave up every bit of leverage they had over the course of the multiple year saga and ended up having to overpay.

They should be drafting QBs each year to try to have at least a development option. If they did that they may have had the next Dak or at least some leaverage to push back with. You know Dak wanted paid but you don’t know if he was willing to go to a crappy team to get it.

 

[DOUBLE WING]

We should’ve drafted a kid and let some other team overpay for what we’re now getting.

Drafted who, specifically? Name the player.

 

[817Gill]

The front office handled that whole thing poorly. Dak was going to bend them over no matter what but they gave up every bit of leverage they had over the course of the multiple year saga and ended up having to overpay.

They should be drafting QBs each year to try to have at least a development option. If they did that they may have had the next Dak or at least some leaverage to push back with. You know Dak wanted paid but you don’t know if he was willing to go to a crappy team to get it.

Guys lmao. How many developmental QB’s become actual options? Drafting QB’s is literally the biggest dice roll in the draft. Hardest position to evaluate. You don’t get Dak-like development from 99% of later round picks.

What kind of team drafts a QB every year anyway? You’d have to cut one every year there’s only so many roster spots. What is with y’all lol.

 

[dckid]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

Matt Jones would have been nice, but then no Micah.
I was open to Jameis Winston, Minshew as I mentioned both this off-season. Imagine paying one of those guys 5 million a year. It doesn’t solve your issue but it gives you options. You guys are acting as if if Dak is Aaron Rogers.

 

[Kwyn]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

From what I gathered the last two years it was Andy Dalton, Case Keenum or The Nooch

 

[817Gill]

Matt Jones would have been nice, but then no Micah.
I was open to Jameis Winston, Minshew as I mentioned both this off-season. Imagine paying one of those guys 5 million a year. It doesn’t solve your issue but it gives you options. You guys are acting as if if Dak is Aaron Rogers.

You’re acting as if a top 10 QB is easy to find. Winston threw for less than 100 yards a game multiple times. That’s not going to cut it. Minshew? C’mon man. What good are options if they don’t solve the issue lol?

Matt Jones is playing with the greatest staff of all time. I don’t see him as an upgrade at all.

 

[CATCH17]

You’re acting as if a top 10 QB is easy to find. Winston threw for less than 100 yards a game multiple times. That’s not going to cut it. Minshew? C’mon man. What good are options if they don’t solve the issue lol?

Matt Jones is playing with the greatest staff of all time. I don’t see him as an upgrade at all.

Most QBs are as good as their surrounding cast.

Dak is one of those guys. We can find another QB that’s as good as the guys around him. They’re everywhere.

 

[baltcowboy]

I’ve seen a lot of “we shouldn’t have paid him” talk and I’m genuinely curious as to what you resident CowboysZone GM’s would’ve done. He’s a top 10 QB. The way the market works is the next man up in that top 10ish bracket gets a top contract. He’s the 4th highest paid right now, in two years he’ll be the 8th or 9th. He’s not the highest paid QB forever. His teammates adore him there’s no way not signing him would go over well in the locker room. I don’t see any scenario where we let him go and are 10-4 at this point in the season.

What would’ve been y’all’s alternative? A rookie QB and miss out on the next best thing since LT? Try to sell the farm to Seattle when they obviously weren’t interested in trading away their only hope for winning football?

Seriously, what would y’all have done this offseason if you cut the chord on Dak?

The Cowboys should have paid Dak. He earned his money. My issue is the Joneses should have kept the pay similar to Watson or a little more. I think Dak would have caved and signed for 38 million annually. Jerrah caved to media pressure.