mattjames2010
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the problem is that at some point you have to just roll with what you have. You don’t have to have Tom Brady to win a Super Bowl. It certainly helps (and having the greatest football coach in history doesn’t hurt), but there are times when it makes sense to churn churn churn trying to find an elite QB and there are times where that doesn’t make sense
I’m of the opinion that Dak is good enough to win a championship with the right team and coaching around him. His teammates love and follow him and that counts for a lot.
Im also of the opinion that our team is too old and too good to burn it down and start over. If he only had Cooper Rush at QB i might be advocating for a tear down, fire sale scenario but I’m that situation I would have liked to see a Matt Rhule type of selection at HC
we’re not a rebuild. I just don’t like the disruption and random crap shoot of trying to bring in the “next Aikman” on a team that has a shot at truly competing at a high level with the offensive talent already in place.
Oh, and the last time we drafted a QB in the first round ... it was #1 overall. I don’t think that proves your point as much as it proves mine.
one final note about Aikman. Just this morning on the Ticket, you could hear that he was *still* pissed about Jimmy bringing in Steve Walsh to compete for the job. 30 years later and he’s bringing it up.
Having an open competition for QB is not something to be entered into lightly. If you’re spending high draft picks on a QB you are telling the entire team that you might not have faith in your starter. That was ok when the Cowboys were 1-15, coming off 3-13. It’s maybe not such a good idea when you have a team where all the players think they are capable of winning a championship next year
You don't need a Tom Brady, but the chances of winning a Super Bowl without a QB playing at an extremely high level lowers the odds a great deal. Flacco and Nick Foles played like they were HOF QBs in their post-seasons. Outside of Flacco and Foles, here are the Super Bowl winning QBs since 2010
Brady x3
Eli Manning
Peyton Manning
Flacco
Foles
Rodgers
Wilson
It's much tougher in today's league to get a mediocre QB and build a lasting team around them that carries them to a Super Bowl.