A lot is being said about Dak's gaudy stats last year and it is worth visiting those numbers.
In the five games Dak played in, he threw 4 ints and fumbled 3 times. The numerous Cowboy mistakes made them play catch up all/most of the games. Dak threw a lot of passes against bad or prevent defenses last year. He did not have to face the Commanders front 7 either time. The Cowboys went 2-3 in those games needing a miracle to beat the lowly Falcons.
Yes, Dak put up some huge yards in those games. I like Dak, his skill set and his leadership.
With that said, giving him 40 mil per will put this team squarely where it has been. Average.
If the Cowboys can get a first and a third(or more), you need to avoid cap disaster. Dak needs help to win and if anything 2020 proved that.
he threw 2 interceptions in the last minute of the game, desparation throws. yes he did have two other interceptions on throws that shouldn't have been mande.
Rams had the #1 defense. giants, cleveland were middle of the pack. Atlanta and seattle had bad defenses.
3 of those teams were playoff teams.
the numerous cowboys mistakes, included defense that gave up a 300 yard rushing performance to Cleveland, 153 to Rams, 113 to Atlanta, 117 to seattle. they couldn't stop anybody. we gave up TD after TD and had a historically bad defense....teams don't play prevent defense usually until 4th quarter. that's a total made up craap by dak detractors not understanding how football works...
and btw, Brady threw a pick 6 against AZ in one game....but they won the game...why? their defense was able to make crucial stops and give the ball back to the offense....
Cowboys offensive group knew this defense sucked, given they practiced against them everyday, thus they understood they have to take risks, play to score a bunch every game and win shoot outs, which is what it always came down to....
no, it wasn't empty yards. it wasn't offenses fault only, this defense was putrid....awful. HISTORICALLY BAD. to lay blame any where else is putting your head in the sand and pretending you don't see anything.
and this team will remain average until they fix the defense. they can have an offensive roster full of probowlers, if this defense can't stop anyone, which they didn't when they played against legit competition, then we will remain average.
2020 actually proved how much this team needs Dak. first 5 games, vs. the last 11 games.....we could barely muster enough to beat 3 teams with 4 wins and their back up QBs playing.....the only reason we won those games. against starting QBs we got our arses handed to us, blown out routiney and not having the ability to make any type of comeback....
