Are we really going to dump everything into Dak?

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I ve been a fan of this team for 50+ years.

Ever since FA appeared, we have tried to beat the system and try to circumvent the rules.

Now the system has boxed us into a corner.

The team has tried Dak as the Franchise QB and just can't get it done.

Multi-million dollar OL..

Multi-million dollar RB..

soon to be multi-million dollar WR..

soon to be multi-million dollar QB

No titles on the wall..

HC and staff just fired.

Sorry.

Paying Dak at this point will destroy this team for the next 5 years or however long Dak is signed for.

The Jones made a huge decision to finally end the Garrett Experiment in favor of a real football coach.

They righted the ship. But now they are about to mortgage all the future on Dak?

Beyond belief to me.

We have worked for decades to fix our cap, draft wisely, hire capable executives like Will Clay to steer the course..

and we are going to sink everything into a 4th rd draft pick who has come up short like Dak has?

Impossible to believe but it's about to happen.

Whoda think it?

Don't want to beat this into the ground but this team is really in a pickle.

Pass the ketchup and chili.

I need something to disguise this hotdog as I am being asked to eat this thing as a fan.

I know there are tons of threads screaming about alternative paths for this.

As I look at teams who have paid their QBs the big contract, I see them on the sidelines and not playing for a SB.

The Vikes, Packers, Commanders, Pat's, Chargers, Carolina and several others nailed to cap numbers that are designed to stop their ambitions.

Only the 9ers with Jimmy G is paid and playing for a title. But look closely.

He did not have a great season. He completed like 6 passes in each half of the NFC Championship.

I think if that is what it takes..

then keep your money Jerrah.

Let Dak walk and find another QB. I could care less if Dak has the team over a barrel or visa versa.

If Dallas pulls the contract off the table..we are free of all this. Dak can hope some other team to spend the huge salaries required to support his average skill sets.

They won't. Plus pay him $35 mil/yr?

Not going to happen.

I would prefer letting McCarthy go find a QB he wants and play ball.

Draft a defense and another QB or sign a FA QB and in a couple of years before all the offensive guys we have signed start retiring. .

we will have a real shot.

For once I want to see a coordinated push with management, coaching and players and fans united in a clear goal we all agree can work.

Too much to ask?

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Yes.. We're stupid.

We reward players like they have won a championship when they haven't...

Buh buh buh the market... That is the excuse.. Because other teams are stupid means Dallas has to be as well.

Meanwhile we just keep seeing QB's on rookie deals and elite QB's taking paycuts win titles.

I'm holding out a small bit of hope because the Cowboys have not paid the guy yet and these tactics by Stephen Jones may be to apply pressure and they will hold firm at their price.


They always supported Garrett publicly and still do but eventually got rid of him.

I think they can support Dak publicly but hopefully in private they aren't delusional about the type of money he is worth.
 

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I ve been a fan of this team for 50+ years.

Ever since FA appeared, we have tried to beat the system and try to circumvent the rules.

Now the system has boxed us into a corner.

The team has tried Dak as the Franchise QB and just can't get it done.

Multi-million dollar OL..

Multi-million dollar RB..

soon to be multi-million dollar WR..

soon to be multi-million dollar QB

No titles on the wall..

HC and staff just fired.

Sorry.

Paying Dak at this point will destroy this team for the next 5 years or however long Dak is signed for.

The Jones made a huge decision to finally end the Garrett Experiment in favor of a real football coach.

They righted the ship. But now they are about to mortgage all the future on Dak?

Beyond belief to me.

We have worked for decades to fix our cap, draft wisely, hire capable executives like Will Clay to steer the course..

and we are going to sink everything into a 4th rd draft pick who has come up short like Dak has?

Impossible to believe but it's about to happen.

Whoda think it?

Don't want to beat this into the ground but this team is really in a pickle.

Pass the ketchup and chili.

I need something to disguise this hotdog as I am being asked to eat this thing as a fan.

I know there are tons of threads screaming about alternative paths for this.

As I look at teams who have paid their QBs the big contract, I see them on the sidelines and not playing for a SB.

The Vikes, Packers, Commanders, Pat's, Chargers, Carolina and several others nailed to cap numbers that are designed to stop their ambitions.

Only the 9ers with Jimmy G is paid and playing for a title. But look closely.

He did not have a great season. He completed like 6 passes in each half of the NFC Championship.

I think if that is what it takes..

then keep your money Jerrah.

Let Dak walk and find another QB.

Draft a defense and another QB or sign a FA QB and in a couple of years before all the offensive guys we have signed start retiring. .

we will have a real shot.

For once I want to see a coordinated push with management, coaching and players and fans united in a clear goal we all agree can work.

Too much to ask?

Comments.

Great realistic post!!!

Oh oh here comes trouble!!! LOL

They don't do reality here they do fantasy.:facepalm:
:popcorn: GL......
 

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I think you offer Dak 30M/yr with some out clauses, and go. If he takes it draft low a new trainee. If he doesn't then tag him and draft higher the guy with the most upside. You aren't destroying the cap by offering QB 30, #1 WR 15, and #1 CB 10........now whether they will take it is another story. Dak is the only one I would say tag if he doesn't take it this year, and that is only to allow your new HC/QB coach to find the guy he wants there, if Dak is unreasonable with pay.

With this said, it always works this way. Dallas knew with Romo they had to upgrade the line, so they did, and paid handsomely. That made the QB and RB look good, so they wanted paid handsomely as well. LOL, just a vicious cycle. Would the RB, QB or WR look anywhere near this good if they didn't have a very good line......NOPE, but they want to play hardball for more $$$$$. None of them would look good behind say Cincinnati's line.
 

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The reality is that if you’re going to spend money, you are better off doing it at the QB position and building complementary pieces around it.

I would challenge anyone to find a QB you can sign off the street next year or even two years who is going to make us better. And you can say Brady or Brees, but then we are repeating this exercise again very soon.

If the staff can maximize Dak’s talents better than the previous regime, we can win and go further. But trying to make him Peyton Manning when he most certainly is better outside the numbers is always going to be a losing proposition.
 

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I ve been a fan of this team for 50+ years.

Ever since FA appeared, we have tried to beat the system and try to circumvent the rules.

Now the system has boxed us into a corner.

The team has tried Dak as the Franchise QB and just can't get it done.

Multi-million dollar OL..

Multi-million dollar RB..

soon to be multi-million dollar WR..

soon to be multi-million dollar QB

No titles on the wall..

HC and staff just fired.

Sorry.

Paying Dak at this point will destroy this team for the next 5 years or however long Dak is signed for.

The Jones made a huge decision to finally end the Garrett Experiment in favor of a real football coach.

They righted the ship. But now they are about to mortgage all the future on Dak?

Beyond belief to me.

We have worked for decades to fix our cap, draft wisely, hire capable executives like Will Clay to steer the course..

and we are going to sink everything into a 4th rd draft pick who has come up short like Dak has?

Impossible to believe but it's about to happen.

Whoda think it?

Don't want to beat this into the ground but this team is really in a pickle.

Pass the ketchup and chili.

I need something to disguise this hotdog as I am being asked to eat this thing as a fan.

I know there are tons of threads screaming about alternative paths for this.

As I look at teams who have paid their QBs the big contract, I see them on the sidelines and not playing for a SB.

The Vikes, Packers, Commanders, Pat's, Chargers, Carolina and several others nailed to cap numbers that are designed to stop their ambitions.

Only the 9ers with Jimmy G is paid and playing for a title. But look closely.

He did not have a great season. He completed like 6 passes in each half of the NFC Championship.

I think if that is what it takes..

then keep your money Jerrah.

Let Dak walk and find another QB. I could care less if Dak has the team over a barrel or visa versa.

If Dallas pulls the contract off the table..we are free of all this. Dak can hope some other team to spend the huge salaries required to support his average skill sets.

They won't. Plus pay him $35 mil/yr?

Not going to happen.

I would prefer letting McCarthy go find a QB he wants and play ball.

Draft a defense and another QB or sign a FA QB and in a couple of years before all the offensive guys we have signed start retiring. .

we will have a real shot.

For once I want to see a coordinated push with management, coaching and players and fans united in a clear goal we all agree can work.

Too much to ask?

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:facepalm: The hate continues. Misery loves company.
 

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The reality is that if you’re going to spend money, you are better off doing it at the QB position and building complementary pieces around it.

I would challenge anyone to find a QB you can sign off the street next year or even two years who is going to make us better. And you can say Brady or Brees, but then we are repeating this exercise again very soon.

If the staff can maximize Dak’s talents better than the previous regime, we can win and go further. But trying to make him Peyton Manning when he most certainly is better outside the numbers is always going to be a losing proposition.
Be ready for people to come with alot of ridiculous names.

Ive heard here that Ryan Fitzpatrick is better than Dak. Not a better value. But a better QB
 

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If paying a QB the kind of money it takes these days cripples a team, then it will cripple every team that has even a middle to upper level talent at QB. Come on folks, paying QB's isn't just a Cowboy thing. Wentz and Goff got big contracts, and in the next year or two Watson and Mahomes will get contracts that will dwarf those. Dak just happens to be negotiating at a point in between.
 

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I ve been a fan of this team for 50+ years.

Ever since FA appeared, we have tried to beat the system and try to circumvent the rules.

Now the system has boxed us into a corner.

The team has tried Dak as the Franchise QB and just can't get it done.

Multi-million dollar OL..

Multi-million dollar RB..

soon to be multi-million dollar WR..

soon to be multi-million dollar QB

No titles on the wall..

HC and staff just fired.

Sorry.

Paying Dak at this point will destroy this team for the next 5 years or however long Dak is signed for.

The Jones made a huge decision to finally end the Garrett Experiment in favor of a real football coach.

They righted the ship. But now they are about to mortgage all the future on Dak?

Beyond belief to me.

We have worked for decades to fix our cap, draft wisely, hire capable executives like Will Clay to steer the course..

and we are going to sink everything into a 4th rd draft pick who has come up short like Dak has?

Impossible to believe but it's about to happen.

Whoda think it?

Don't want to beat this into the ground but this team is really in a pickle.

Pass the ketchup and chili.

I need something to disguise this hotdog as I am being asked to eat this thing as a fan.

I know there are tons of threads screaming about alternative paths for this.

As I look at teams who have paid their QBs the big contract, I see them on the sidelines and not playing for a SB.

The Vikes, Packers, Commanders, Pat's, Chargers, Carolina and several others nailed to cap numbers that are designed to stop their ambitions.

Only the 9ers with Jimmy G is paid and playing for a title. But look closely.

He did not have a great season. He completed like 6 passes in each half of the NFC Championship.

I think if that is what it takes..

then keep your money Jerrah.

Let Dak walk and find another QB. I could care less if Dak has the team over a barrel or visa versa.

If Dallas pulls the contract off the table..we are free of all this. Dak can hope some other team to spend the huge salaries required to support his average skill sets.

They won't. Plus pay him $35 mil/yr?

Not going to happen.

I would prefer letting McCarthy go find a QB he wants and play ball.

Draft a defense and another QB or sign a FA QB and in a couple of years before all the offensive guys we have signed start retiring. .

we will have a real shot.

For once I want to see a coordinated push with management, coaching and players and fans united in a clear goal we all agree can work.

Too much to ask?

Comments.
Oh brother......:facepalm:

Let's stage a sit in!! Lol!!
 

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Yes, we are going to pay him.
It doesn’t matter if fans like it or not, if fans are right about it or not.
Unless you want to sign a rookie QB every four years and hope he wins a title in those 4 years and just keep doing that unless you stumble onto a Mahomes, this is the way it works. Whenever you sign a QB to a second contract, you are going to pay....a lot.
 

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“The team has tried Dak as the Franchise QB and just can't get it done.

Multi-million dollar OL..

Multi-million dollar RB..

soon to be multi-million dollar WR..

soon to be multi-million dollar QB

No titles on the wall..”





So no mention of defense, special teams or coaching?

Dak should overcome all of that and win Super Bowls anyways?
:lmao2:
 

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Dak could get a top line payday that will make people here lose their minds... and the team could still get out from under it in a couple years depending on how it's structured and what the fine print is.

Theoretically Wilson's mega-deal could be ended as soon as 2021 with a cap hit of $7m.

NFL contracts are basically salary cap accounting scams, you can't assume from the max number posted on twitter what the long-term impact will be.
 

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A) Booger owns the team can do whatever he wants and that will have no bearing on the fact it will continue to increase in value and lead in ratings and revenue.

B) He doesn't care what we think and could care less about the fans, except the ones that treat him like a celebrity.

C-Z) See A.
 

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Looks like Jethro and Son are All In with Dak.

He’s a very marketable product.
 
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