Just maybe The Jones have come to the same conclusion many of us fans have

[KJJ]

Oh no I’d hate to get high draft picks and potentially draft a young franchise QB.

I’d rather continue this path of not being good enough.

We could end up with high draft picks every year and never end up with a franchise QB. Look at the Jets they’ve had two top 5 QBs go bust in the last 7 years. Washington has been looking for a franchise QB the past 2+ decades. This will be the third time since 1994 they’ve selected a QB with a top 5 pick. No assurances they’ll end up with a franchise QB. It will take years for Pittsburgh to replace Big Ben. You’re just one of those who thinks great QBs grow on trees. I would rather continue the path of having a chance in the playoffs every year with a solid QB and hope the team finally steps up.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

I want to believe this theory but the Jones’ just seem too in love with the guy to let him go for nothing. I see a massive extension that probably has the no trade clause taken out.

The issue here is that they gave him his no-trade clause so they can hardly be butt hurt over getting nothing for him.

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

I have a problem with letting QB1 walk. If they're going to move on from Dak they need to facilitate a trade to maximum ROI. Letting Dude walk is a 3rd comp pick barf...while, a trade is multiple premium picks and a player or two.

To do this they need to have Dak willing to waive his no-trade clause and the only potential team that will have the space for his salary is going to be a team that doesn't have much around him.

 

[CowboyChris]

We could end up with high draft picks every year and never end up with a franchise QB. Look at the Jets they’ve had two top 5 QBs go bust in the last 7 years. Washington has been looking for a franchise QB the past 2+ decades. This will be the third time since 1994 they’ve selected a QB with a top 5 pick. No assurances they’ll end up with a franchise QB. It will take years for Pittsburgh to replace Big Ben. You’re just one of those who thinks great QBs grow on trees. I would rather continue the path of having a chance in the playoffs every year with a solid QB and hope the team finally steps up.

or we could end up with a Mahomes, Allen, Stroud, or even a Herbert, all of those weren't 1st overall picks either.

 

[CATCH17]

We could end up with high draft picks every year and never end up with a franchise QB. Look at the Jets they’ve had two top 5 QBs go bust in the last 7 years. Washington has been looking for a franchise QB the past 2+ decades. This will be the third time since 1994 they’ve selected a QB with a top 5 pick. No assurances they’ll end up with a franchise QB. It will take years for Pittsburgh to replace Big Ben. You’re just one of those who thinks great QBs grow on trees. I would rather continue the path of having a chance in the playoffs every year with a solid QB and hope the team finally steps up.

Blah bluh blah bluh blah bluh blah

The path we are on now is leading us to nowhere and it’s a bad recipe in general for trying to win in the NFL.


The Cowboys found Dak in the 4th round and Romo in UDFA so spare me this big fear of drafting a guy early because we’re finding projects and playing with them for a decade.

 

[KJJ]

Blah bluh blah bluh blah bluh blah

The path we are on now is leading us to nowhere and it’s a bad recipe in general for trying to win in the NFL.


The Cowboys found Dak in the 4th round and Romo in UDFA so spare me this big fear of drafting a guy early because we’re finding projects and playing with them for a decade.

The path we’re on has led us to the playoffs three straight years with two division titles. The path is giving us a chance. You mention Romo and Dak but we couldn’t and can’t get over the hump with either one. It’s a “team” problem that’s holding us back. It’s going to be very difficult doing better than either of those QBs but you seem to think QBs like Mahomes are there for the taking every year. If there is a potentially great QB on the board you have to be in position to draft them. Carolina had their choice and chose wrong last year because drafting QBs is a crapshoot.

 

[ChuckA1]

It's time to move on from Dak for all the reasons listed in the 2,000,000 Dak posts. My hope is they are working on a plan to trade or release him. Either way, it will be tough going for a while, but that's what great teams do.

Now, go draft a MLB or 1T and get the defense beefed up.

 

[Dorsett33]

Will they get better if we extend him. I think I'd rather draft 2 QBs a year than do that.

Good thing you're not in the front office. This makes absolutely no sense. Cowboys haven't won a SB in 21 years prior to Dak. If he leaves....it's a good chance you can add 10 more to that. The chances are better to keep him.

 

[HungryLion]

Maybe they have.

Now we just need them to come to the same conclusion most of us had, in regards to them sucking at their jobs and needing to go.

 

[blueblood70]

Or just maybe fans don't know what they're talking about and their conclusions are completely false and Calling a top 6 team mediocre, says you didn't finish math in its most basic form in fifth grade...
literally 32 teams, average would be 16... so I hate to break it to you we're one of the top six teams in the league most of the last three seasons, add two division titles, say we're not mediocre, that we're beating the team that does more in our division two out of three years, 36 wins, Prescott been to the playoffs five out of eight years, he has no losing seasons, MVP caliber year, and you're saying you don't think they can get to a Super Bowl with him when we've seen less make and/ or win a Super Bowl...

So just maybe 10 days into free agency fans are just being ridiculously impatient and have no idea that there's six months left to build a team and trying to get into the inner workings of a front offices mind is futile!!​

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it means nothing, you're guessing.. you're making mountains out of molehills... I believe it was two years ago when the predictions were and the very words were used historically bad offseason the predictions were bad season was ahead and somehow they manage to get to the second round of the playoffs and also win 12 games that year so again now we're getting earlier and earlier with these preconceived notions that they front office is going to blow the team up and that's going to tank and they're going to get rid of Prescott and all the little things in your head that means nothing except for that you're overreacting.... You do remember the big part of this fan base here in the zone saying it was a historically bad offseason how is it historically bad if you could make it to the second round of the playoffs that same season it means y'all are not good predictors....​

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there's nothing to see here unless we roll into the season with nothing but not 8 days into free agency before the draft before any camps before anything, so I come to the conclusion that most of y'all are insane!!!​

 

[SBWinner]

The Jones have come to the same conclusion many of us fans have. Our situation is this, 1. Our QB isn't good enough to take that big of a cut of the cap space and we win a super bowl. 2. You can't field the kind of team around him to win it for the same reason. So what do you do? Resign him and continue to be mediocre, or roll the dice let him walk next year and start a soft rebuild this year? With the way they have approached Free agency so far the writing is on the wall.

This is a very real possibility. They will bite the bullet for a year on Dak's contract, take the comp pick, and rebuild around their young core. They believe they can draft a winning team and are likely gearing up to take a 1st round QB in the 2025 draft, develop Lance, and/or trade for a guy. Stephen has repeatedly said signing a QB to a big contract restricts your ability to build a winning team, and that the QB has to be a difference maker if you are going to do it. I don't hate Dak overall, but I think it is time for a change and wouldn't be against this strategy.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Possibly. Jimmy did the best tank job I've ever seen, led to 3 super bowls. Would've been more if not for Jerry's obstinacy.

I was watching the Browns’ video where they’re greeting Jameis Winston, and I had to pause because something written on the whiteboard in their GM’s office caught my eye

I wonder what Jerry would say if anyone said this to him

 

[ArtClink]

The Jones have come to the same conclusion many of us fans have. Our situation is this, 1. Our QB isn't good enough to take that big of a cut of the cap space and we win a super bowl. 2. You can't field the kind of team around him to win it for the same reason. So what do you do? Resign him and continue to be mediocre, or roll the dice let him walk next year and start a soft rebuild this year? With the way they have approached Free agency so far the writing is on the wall.

No, our front office isn't good enough to build a winner on both sides of the ball. Have you been watching the past 28 seasons?

 

[Jimbo69]

We could end up with high draft picks every year and never end up with a franchise QB. Look at the Jets they’ve had two top 5 QBs go bust in the last 7 years. Washington has been looking for a franchise QB the past 2+ decades. This will be the third time since 1994 they’ve selected a QB with a top 5 pick. No assurances they’ll end up with a franchise QB. It will take years for Pittsburgh to replace Big Ben. You’re just one of those who thinks great QBs grow on trees. I would rather continue the path of having a chance in the playoffs every year with a solid QB and hope the team finally steps up.

We know exactly what you think.

 

[Chasing6]

The Jones have come to the same conclusion many of us fans have. Our situation is this, 1. Our QB isn't good enough to take that big of a cut of the cap space and we win a super bowl. 2. You can't field the kind of team around him to win it for the same reason. So what do you do? Resign him and continue to be mediocre, or roll the dice let him walk next year and start a soft rebuild this year? With the way they have approached Free agency so far the writing is on the wall.

That they need a real GM?

 

[Mr_437]

To do this they need to have Dak willing to waive his no-trade clause and the only potential team that will have the space for his salary is going to be a team that doesn't have much around him.

I totally get what you're saying, but to lose Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper and only come away with a 3rd and 5th round pick is a colossal failure.

 

[KJJ]

We know exactly what you think.

You’re probably another one who thinks great QBs grow on trees. Just use a high pick on a QB and BINGO.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Good thing you're not in the front office. This makes absolutely no sense. Cowboys haven't won a SB in 21 years prior to Dak. If he leaves....it's a good chance you can add 10 more to that. The chances are better to keep him.

Dak is not good enough to eat much cap space period. Paying him what he demands kills any hope of building a good team around him.

 

[4lifecowboy]

so it took 29 years for them to figure out they can't build a winning team?

Or you can count from Romo, in which case Romo and Dak have been solid.

 

[31RoyW31]

It's like a remodel. Maybe your place is functional...just not to your liking. Things get MUCH worse before they get better.

Just finished a remodel, so true!!