He wants to be highest paid, based off what? He has issues with accuracy, can't carry a team on his back, and only has a high percentage throwing the ball because most of his throws are short range
Real fans don't need numbers to see he struggles with throwing a WR open ( if you have proof post a video of him doing it multiple times), throwing in tight windows, and deep/intermediate passes.
He knows this, he knows he's not that good. He knows this is his only chance to cash out, because he knows he might get exposed as not to good(like flacco), especially if Zeke doesn't play.
He's trying to scam us and strong arm us because really and truly I do agree with him, right now we have no better option. Doesn't make him a great option, just a convenient option. He knows Jerry can get desperate.
Let the guy play and show the world who he really is. If he balls out, I'll for sure rue. But I doubt he can put together a great season, and wow most of us.
he is not scamming. he is what he is. agreed that his accuracy needs work and his pocket awareness needs improvement, but he has the intangibles. he plays it safe and he minimizes his mistakes, he leans on his teammates and knows how to maximize their talents and given good resources he can translate those to wins. he has the ability to raise his play late in games, thus leading to the comeback wins. I would credit the team on that, given it seems like the team raises their play in late 4th quarter close games....he is not elite or upper echelon, he is probably 2nd tier QB at this point in his career. a lot of his problems are due to flaws in his fundamentals which based on reports he has improved and we wait and see if its helping his accuracy issues. Kitna should help him there a lot.
I have also wondered if his pocket awareness and tendency to hold the ball too long is because he didn't trust himself basically because of his fundamentals and accuracy issues, but if his fundamentals are improved, his accuracy improved, then perhaps he will tend to trust himself and not hold on to thee ball as much and perhaps better pocket awareness.
at this point, he needs a strong supporting cast, but given those resources he can translate those to wins, thus the Dak Fanatics keep pointing to that....compare that to Cousins who has similar resources, but tends to struggle to translate that to wins. lets see how he does this year. given what cousins got and how the QB market has moved, 30-33 is about the right number. lets see if he improves. we don't need to change our offer to him, if he improves, we have the option to tag him for a couple of years and give ourselves opportunity to sign him. if he doesn't and continues to be middle of the pack, then we still have options, knowing that we need to look for the next guy given we probably won't give him the 36 mill a year he is looking for.
with that said, asking to be highest paid, gave us a little glimpse into his mindset. where Wentz, Brady and few others took a little less to provide team flexibility to sign other players and focus on winning championships. him wanting to be highest paid....knowing it will handicap the team, kind of gives me the feeling he is not 100% wanting championships....does he want to win? yes, they all do. but what will he sacrifice to win.....right now...seems like nothing.
