Your plan is to go with Brady for a couple years until he flames out then find a QB in the draft as if drafting a QB is a sure thing. While we’re burning draft picks trying to find a QB, Dak is flourishing with another team. The Commanders didn’t want to pay Kirk Cousins now look where they are. While Cousins was leading the Vikings to the playoffs, the Commanders were headed for a top five pick. Allowing Cousins to walk forced the Commanders to have to burn a first round pick on Haskins who may not pan out. Who knows they may burn high pick on another QB in April.
You don’t allow a young, productive QB to walk and replace them with a 43 year old QB who’s nearing the end of the road. If you think drafting QBs is a sure thing then you must not be following the draft very closely. Drafting a QB is a crapshoot! The Bears passed up Patrick Mahomes for Mitch Trubisky, that speaks volumes for how big a crapshoot drafting a QB is. No offense but all I get out of your logic are laughs. lol You may be only looking at the next two years but I’m looking at the next 8 to 10 years. I don’t want to be spending those years burning draft picks looking for a solid, consistent QB.
His plan isn't to just go with Brady, he thinks Brady is a fairly substantial upgrade. Many people do. You'll rarely see a listing of top QB's with Dak above Brady. I don't think I have ever seen a list that says he's better right now. People that rank Dak above Brady are mainly considering you'll get many more years out of Dak. To win right now it's quite possible, Brady > Dak.
The history on drafting a QB in the first round has gotten much much better. Mahomes, Watson, Jackson, Darnold. With a lot of college concepts coming to the NFL recently the last few years have been decent in finding a QB. There are multiple guys I would take this year and feel good about rather than pay Dak 35M+. You can overcome an average QB on his draft salary. You can't over come an average QB making $35M. I'm way more afraid of locking in an average QB for way too much money than drafting one.
You mention Dak flourishing. I'm not sure he's flourishing now. I'm not sure he'll ever flourish. Do we want to pay $35M and hope he will truly flourish and not go TD less in the final game of the season against an average at best defense again? I can see very valid points for walking away from this guy if he wants to demand too much money.
Really, Kirk Cousins is the example? Overpaying for a guy like Cousins and locking him in with guaranteed money is one of the examples of what could happen with Dak that many people are warning about. Minnesota is stuck right now from grabbing a potential Brady, Brees or if they liked someone else. Cousins isn't good enough to carry a team to victory and they're paying him like that level of QB. That's an issue for them. They'll draft a QB soon. I wouldn't have went with Haskins if I was the Commanders but walking away from Cousins when he wanted to be one of the highest paid in the league wasn't a terrible idea. Another mid tier, not elite talent, former 4th round pick QB that didn't deserve top money. You can win with a guy like that but not if you drastically overpay.
There is a chance to go all in with Brady and almost no chance you'll be locked into a long term bad contract. It's not a terrible idea to look into that if your current QB needs a lot of help around him and he wants to handcuff you salary cap wise.... Dak seriously regresses or even plays average at $35M the Cowboys won't have a lot of succes or options for about half a decade.... That's a lot of risk to take on for a guy known for intangibles and doesn't really have a top QB skillset.
Your plan is to go with Brady for a couple years until he flames out then find a QB in the draft as if drafting a QB is a sure thing. While we’re burning draft picks trying to find a QB, Dak is flourishing with another team. The Commanders didn’t want to pay Kirk Cousins now look where they are. While Cousins was leading the Vikings to the playoffs, the Commanders were headed for a top five pick. Allowing Cousins to walk forced the Commanders to have to burn a first round pick on Haskins who may not pan out. Who knows they may burn high pick on another QB in April.
