I hear you and are correct. But you dont win a SB by saving money. Lets look forward if dak isnt the qb do you think you would be ok with dalton as your qb. Will the other players take a step back? Same went with romo thats how i justified it. He was our best chance of winning at the time.
We all already knew Garrett was useless... and Romo probably was our best chance at the time. I don't recall him ever having this type of offense though. He had pieces here and there over the years, but nothing like what
we should be seeing from this team now.
I mean:
1) We have a line that should be able to protect him.
2) We have a running back, that if he actually cares... should be able to run wild.
3) We have 3 receivers that definitely 1 of them should be able to get open, and if they aren't open... then the TE should be.
Our receiving core on paper... it will be hard for me to understand someone not being open.
4) We have a new coach (honestly I was never a huge fan of McCarthy, I hope I am wrong... but either way I feel like he is still so far above Garrett, I don't care lol)
Romo, really was just hitting his real ability when his body failed him. He was exciting and frustrating to watch at the same time.
Most QBs have a couple seconds to get rid of the ball. I remember looking up Dak, and he was nearing the 3 second area with protection.
He and Rodgers were tied for 6th longest time to throw the ball...
We have all seen many QBs that suck on various teams, but with enough time to throw they shine. I think a vast majority of QBs that make it to the NFL, with enough time can make the throws.
The problems we usually see is how they handle NFL type pressure. Some of them just fold... some of them thrive. Some of them the pressure doesn't really bother them, but they still don't handle it
very well, and make bad decisions.
I think that is one of the things, I so much like about Mahomes... the kid doesn't get rattled. He has a demeanor that you see in those top QBs. I feel like Brady, P. Manning, Brees, Wilson, and others we have seen over the years
have an uncanny ability to slow the game down in their mind. While we are watching it at full speed, their mind sees it slower... if that makes sense lol.
Basically, I don't think that ability is learned though, you are born that way. Those QBs with that ability, seem to turn in to HOFers.
I don't believe Dak has that ability, and I really doubt Dalton does either.
But, games like the Bengals when they played Seattle last year, show glimpses of what Dalton can do in timed passing plays, etc...
I mean let's face it... the Bengals have had some of the worst play calling, and player acquisitions for a long time lol.
I think if there is nothing wrong with Dalton physically, he can do very well with this team if, what we see on paper with this team is what we really do have.
I think Dak will do well also with this type of lineup.
But, I actually think we would do better with Dalton right now, if we used that Dak contract money to reinforce this defense.
I am going to be honest, I don't feel Dak is elite, and I don't think he will ever be. I definitely do not think Dalton is elite either... I think Romo was just reaching elite level mentally, but not physically.
I would give anything to plant Romo's brain in Dak's body...
I still kind of think there is something odd here though with the signing of Dalton, and why he took so little cash for this contract. I mean it just doesn't compute...
So I am either wrong in thinking Dalton can handle the load with this team, or McCarthy has some intentions we don't know about, and Jerry is in agreement with them.
But, if you look at the games against teams they both played last year, they aren't that incredibly different. Other than the Bengals team, completely sucked.
Dalton is more willing to throw into tighter windows than Dak as well. While it leads to INTs, it also can often make a big difference in Wins as well.
We all know there is a fine line between playing too safe, and being a madman gunslinger lol...
So Dalton threw 3 more INTs last year while throwing over 60 times less. But, that was because I think he missed a few games. So he may have likely thrown 20 INTs.
But, again we have to look at the Bengals... AJ Green is the world to that team, and he wasn't there.
I don't know... man it is a tough call. We could be sinking our ship paying Dak that kind of money, or maybe not.
We could be shooting ourselves in the foot starting Dalton, or we could be pleasantly surprised with him and the talent around him.
You can drive yourself nuts thinking about it... I am 48 years old, I would just like to see a couple more Super Bowls, instead of just remembering 25 years ago.