I like this exercise. It's fun to ask those who say "Dak is average" what 10 QBs they'd take over him. Make them put in writing that Matt Ryan or whoever is better. They never do.
It's Mahomes, and then a group of Dak, Wilson, Lamar, Watson, and Rodgers in whatever order you'd like. Either way you spin it, Dak's a top 6 QB.
If you are asking who I would take at QB next season over Dak Prescott (lest we forget that he is recovering from a serious foot injury) then whilst some spots are interchangeable they are as follows: -
1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Patrick Mahomes
3. Russell Wilson
4. Josh Allen
5. Lamar Jackson
6. Tom Brady
7. Deshawn Watson
8. Justin Herbert
9. Ryan Tannehill
10. Trevor Lawrence
People will slate Tannehill and just say that he does nothing it's all Derrick Henry, of course he has benefited from having him in the backfield (like Dak did with Zeke in his rookie season) but over the 29 games Tannehill has started, which includes play off wins away to the Ravens and the Patriots, he has thrown 60 TDs with 14 INTs and rushed for 12 TDs. QPR average of circa 110. People who do not give him any credit just do not understand football.
Lawrence hasn't thrown a ball in the NFL yet if you ask any GM in the league if they could have him or Dak Prescott next season then come on we all know they are picking Lawrence. Rookie contract with potential to be a fantastic QB in the league. He might end up a bust especially given he will likely be landing at the Jags but the upside is too high to pass on him for Dak. Judging by what I saw from Herbert this season with a Head Coach who didn't seem up to it, he looks fantastic longer term and given he has 4 more years on a rookie deal I would take him over Dak any day of the week. Yes Brady is getting on but he didn't exactly look his age over the past few weeks. 40 TDs at over 40 years of age, fair play.
Some will say Lamar can't throw a ball etc. He isn't the purest of passers but because he has electricity with his legs like nobody else, he has still been able to throw 62 TDs over the past two regular seasons with only 15 INTs add in 14 rushing TDs during the same period. 2019 MVP. He still has it to prove in the post season but he will get his first win on Sunday. Deshawn Watson played lights out in a bad team - not a lot more he could do.
Some people focus on how Josh Allen played this season but do not forget how he outplayed Dak last season without any major weapons. This season he had Diggs, finally a WR1 and he has taken his game to another level. It just shows how handicapped some quarterbacks are due to the lack of talent around them and how others are overrated due to the abundance of talent around them. Allen might be a bit high on the list but I project that he will more than back up this season in the forthcoming years now that he has some weapons around him.
I haven't even included Joe Burrow in the top 10 as whilst he looked very promising, he has to overcome a serious injury. I would have Murray at # 11 so if people want to knock out Brady due to age because in 3 years he will have retired, the others behind him would be pushed up a spot with Murray in at #10.
I would have Dak in the cluster behind Murray anywhere between 12-15 which is solid and decent yet some people take such offense to it. I remember I was dug out by some Cowboy fans on here for having Aaron Rodgers higher than Dak Prescott heading into this season. I can kind of understand a bit of what Stephen A Smith refers to as annoying as he is. For anyone to actually have that opinion they must be so biased and deluded it's embarrassing.
