News: TLH: Super Bowl LV shows why Cowboys need to pay Dak Prescott

ChuckA1 · Feb 10, 2021

Frankly, what the SB showed was the Cowboys need to invest in a championship defense.

Asklesko · Feb 10, 2021

Yeah no. If you pay dak, you ruin your cap.

PAPPYDOG · Feb 11, 2021

OmerV said:
How about one that went 5-11 like Elway did one stretch? Or 6-10 like Peyton Manning did at one stretch. Or one that went 10-17, as Brees did early in his career, or 21-27 as Brees did at a point later in his career? Or 10-12-1 as Rodgers did a few years ago? Or 7-19 as Aikman was early in his career?

Apparently a cherry picked stretch of a player's career doesn't tell the whole story.

Comparing Dak with the above Greats is an insult to the game.
Your Dak-Crush has blinded you to the point where even common football sense is a reach for you now....

acr731 · Feb 11, 2021

CowboyRoy said:
Yep, Jerry just needs to pony up on 4 years.

Why is it so important that Jerry pony up, as you say? Do you value Dak more than you value the team? Is it worth it to you that the team continue to mire in mediocrity as long as your buddy gets paid?

thechosen1n2 · Feb 11, 2021

acr731 said:
This is a ridiculous statement. So Dak should stick it to Jerry because he isn't married to a wealthy model? Thats why Dak only thinks of himself?

Stick it to Jerry. He outplayed his contract while everyone that was drafted with him got extensions. He played out his contract with no security and never complained. Jerry could have signed him with Goff and Wentz got paid but he didnt want to do that yet he paid everyone around him. Jerry Stuck it to himself.

Diehardblues · Feb 11, 2021

For the sake of argument let’s say we let Dak walk. Then what.

Draft a QB and how long until he’s developed assuming our Football Idiots draft someone as good as Dak.

How many years do we wait to become relevant and interesting again?

Im not sure everyone has thought this thru.

MarcusRock · Feb 11, 2021

Diehardblues said:
For the sake of argument let’s say we let Dak walk. Then what.

Draft a QB and how long until he’s developed assuming our Football Idiots draft someone as good as Dak.

How many years do we wait to become relevant and interesting again?

Im not sure everyone has thought this thru.

When it comes time for a player to get paid people simply foam at the mouth. There's no thought process, only "no, no, no."

rnr_honeybadger · Feb 11, 2021

Bobhaze said:
All the young QBs these days are getting 4 year deals. Watson, Goff and Wentz all got 4 year deals. Kirk Cousins original deal with Vikes was for 3 years. Cowboys asking for 5 is outside the norm here.

A one season difference. Also guaranteed dollars as opposed to contract ends sooner with no guarantee that what comes next will be better.

rnr_honeybadger · Feb 11, 2021

Diehardblues said:
How many years do we wait to become relevant and interesting again?

Are we relevant and interesting now? This franchise hasn’t been relevant or interesting for close to 3 decades.

rnr_honeybadger · Feb 11, 2021

MarcusRock said:
There's no thought process, only "no, no, no."

I got no problem paying Dak, I do have a problem allocating the bulk of your cap to one guy who seems to need a lot around him to be successful. Like I said, don’t have a problem with Dak getting signed, I have a problem when that contract cripples the team.

CowboyRoy · Feb 11, 2021

acr731 said:
Why is it so important that Jerry pony up, as you say? Do you value Dak more than you value the team? Is it worth it to you that the team continue to mire in mediocrity as long as your buddy gets paid?

I think I will just let you sit there with that dumb look on your face.

CouchCoach · Feb 11, 2021

rnr_honeybadger said:
Brady makes about 25 million a year. Is Dak better than Brady?

Take a look at the list of QB's making more than 25M a year. Brady is better than all of them.

rnr_honeybadger · Feb 11, 2021

CouchCoach said:
Take a look at the list of QB's making more than 25M a year. Brady is better than all of them.

I agree, so given that, why would you pay more for a guy who isn’t in the caliber of a Brady? Hell I will make it easier, can we sign Dak to a 40 million a year contract and then jettison the WRs since we need cap room to sign better defensive players? Can we also trade Zeke and maybe Tyrone Smith and see if we can roll with Knight or Steele and see if the 40 million dollar a year guy can function without crapping the bed?

CouchCoach · Feb 11, 2021

The assumption most prevalent here is that if they don't pay Prescott, they will build a better team. That by signing him will prevent them from continuing on that steady incline of building a defense. That they will become players in FA early on and not wait until "Blue Light Specials" are up.

I haven't a clue how some arrived at this place. All we do here is complain about how bad the front office is over the last 25 years and signing this one QB is going to doom the team to mediocrity?

Booger is a pitchman, he spins it every year about how well the team is going to perform. He tries to sell hope. How is he going to do that without Prescott or someone like him?

CouchCoach · Feb 11, 2021

rnr_honeybadger said:
I agree, so given that, why would you pay more for a guy who isn’t in the caliber of a Brady? Hell I will make it easier, can we sign Dak to a 40 million a year contract and then jettison the WRs since we need cap room to sign better defensive players? Can we also trade Zeke and maybe Tyrone Smith and see if we can roll with Knight or Steele and see if the 40 million dollar a year guy can function without crapping the bed?

Every team pays for the QB what they have to pay, not what they want to pay. This is by their own design. They created QBball.

MyFairLady · Feb 11, 2021

Brady and Mahomes play in super bowl again = must sign Dak. LOL. Is that you Tad?

pansophy · Feb 11, 2021

kskboys said:
While I don't believe Dalton could, we also pretty much give up on a super bowl possibility if we pay Dak 40ish/year.

Dak has gone way beyond trying to maximize his value.

If Nick Foles can win in the right circumstances, it's hard for me to think that Dalton can't win. Foles has struggled to be a starter in the league, and while Dalton is not all-world, he has had top-level seasons. Dalton left some points on the field last season that perhaps Dak doesn't, but we scored 30 points enough times to say that Dalton is good enough. Defense has been the problem for years.

kskboys · Feb 11, 2021

Bobhaze said:
Right, I’m just explaining why I don’t understand the Cowboys holding hard for 5 years....unless...they intended all along to freeze out Dak? Not sure...

I'd say because these deals were bad from the start, and the Cowboys know this, and are trying not to repeat the mistakes from other teams.

This is weird, because Dak should actually feel appreciated that the Cowboys want him longer. Still can't quite figure out what's going through this young man's head.

kskboys · Feb 11, 2021

pansophy said:
If Nick Foles can win in the right circumstances, it's hard for me to think that Dalton can't win. Foles has struggled to be a starter in the league, and while Dalton is not all-world, he has had top-level seasons. Dalton left some points on the field last season that perhaps Dak doesn't, but we scored 30 points enough times to say that Dalton is good enough. Defense has been the problem for years.

Possible I guess, but Dalton has just been so bad in the playoffs.

morat1959 · Feb 11, 2021

rnr_honeybadger said:
No he isn't, in fact he isn't even in the same zipcode as Brady or any other top tier QB. Dak is an average QB, basically a Ryan Fitzpatrick that turns the ball over less.

Nailed it!

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