Yeah there is going to be problems and things won’t be perfect.. He’s about to get more money then he is worth.. It will be on him to elevate others around him. No more excuses.
Also, I think it’s difficult to pay truly elite QBs a ton of money and try to win a Super Bowl.. Much less a QB like Dak.
you still didn't answer the question about viable options.
and what is he worth. vs. what will he get. there maybe a few million difference.
I think Dak can get it done. he has/can elevate those around him. he is not a prolific passer, but again, there are only a few in the league. everybody else has warts, including Stafford who has been nothing but a lot of hype. media darling per se.
today's NFL is either you stumble into a QB, or draft one high, hit on them. hit on a few other draft picks in couple of draft picks in a row, make a run in your first 4 or 5 years during their rookie contracts and then the players depart in FA or as you said, the cap hit goes insane. or you are NE patriots with bilicheck and just hum along on a separate trajectory and plan than everybody else.
Mahomes is going to get paid in the $50 range and everyone including people on this board will say he is worth it, if there is any QB that should be paid its him, blah blah blah and abandon all the talk about salary cap hit.
and also, don't forget salaries have been going up. 3 years ago cousins got 27 mill a year, people thought that's insanity, now we say hey if Dak takes that its good. ryan pushed it to $30 and people went, OMG, and now we say if he takes $30 we will be good. then Russell got $33 and now we are talking $35.....so in about three years we say $35 is not so bad, given salaries are in the $45+ range for starting above average QBs...that's just the market.
and with new CBA, salary cap is going to go up, which reduces the percent hit on your cap. not only that, if we are going to sign an FA its this year. we have been pretty lucky and managed cap well and this year we have 90+ million in cap space and no dead money. we can sign Dak, cooper, quinn, couple of other top FAs and still have room to fill the gap and still be OK on the cap for the next few years....the cap is not an issue for us as we have managed well.