You know, when people have a take like what's in this thread, I'm curious what you think Dallas can/should actually do it.
Joe Burrows was picked #1 and Dallas hasn't picked #1 since 1989
And Lamar Jackson is the only pro-bowl QB taken *after* the Cowboys first pick since we've had Dak and I get the feeling, he wouldn't be too popular here either with his 1-3 playoff record
I mean we *could* have signed Brady...but I think it's laughable to think he was going to come here. And while we may have had more post season success this year with him, he wouldn't have been the difference between us and a Super Bowl last year with our defense last year.
I guess we also could have traded a ton of draft picks to move up from #17 to #1 for Joe Burrow...except according to Ian Rappaport the Dolphins offered three #1 pick including #5 and it was rejected
QBs are hard to find, we're spoiled in that we lucked into Romo and Dak without spending any real resource (Quincy Carter is the highest QB we've taken since the 1989 supplemental draft and that was the 53rd or so pick)
And sure, we can blow the team up and suck every year, but how many times have the Bengals picked in the top 5 since 1990? 8...including *four* #1 picks. How about Cleveland? Nine times, with *four* #1 picks
How many times have we picked top fiver during that time? Twice...never high than 4th
And that's not to say I'll take our lack of success since 1996 over the Bengals. They're playing for a Super Bowl next week so that trumps our accomplishments
But losing in order to land a QB isn't the smart play like some think, and we honestly haven't had a shot at a QB better than Dak in free agency