Let Dak Walk

The play here is to franchise him and draft his replacement. The new HC is gonna want his own pick of a QB.

BoysForLife said:

Can't argue with that.
But to do that, we'd have to have him under contract.
Kind of a sign and trade type deal. ANd Dak would have to be on board with it before hand, I would assume....

that would be a tough deal to put together.....

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Well he will be franchise tagged. Any trade would involve the other team negotiating with Dak prior to the trade and only finalizing it if they agree to an extension with him.

aikemirv said:

I think that ship has sailed. You can't pay Dak top tier money and then hope to trade him.

Any trade option is gone IMO.

If I could get Tannehill for 15-20 mill versus Dak for 30-35, I would do it.

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I’m not sold on Tannehill. There have been plenty of examples of average QB’s who have one good season and then go back to being below average. There isn’t a GM in the league that would take Tannehill over Dak. More than likely someone is going to overpay Tannehill and he will go right back to the average or below average QB. Tanehill is a good back up QB.

blindzebra said:

Did you make a similar post about Zeke?
Dak was well under paid for the performance he has had but came to camp, played every game, put up the best numbers of his career, played the last month injured.
Zeke was making top five RB money, held out, got paid, and put up middle of the pack stats, and was awful in 20+ runs. He looked slow and nowhere near the feed Zeke of 2016.
But by all means, set an example of the team's leader who did not want the distraction of the contract hurting the team.

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Wow? Must be a Zeke hater.

Look, bottom line is Dak is not now and has never been a top tier QB. I really don't care about his stats because those are all taken out of context. What matters is can he make THAT pass through THAT window at THAT special time in a game? The answer is no. He has had accuracy problems since day one.
I know you hate Zeke, and yes, his numbers are down, but that's because, and if you understood football you would know this, teams load the box against him due to the fact they don't fear Dak's arm. Go ahead, throw those slants, yeah, Cooper MAY break one long if our DB falls on his face, but most of the time it's just gonna be a 8 - 12 yard gain. Cant do that in the red zone though, so kick the FG and move on.
Zeke is the only reason this offense has any gas. This team needs a QB who can hit a receiver who is NFL open, not one who has trouble hitting a receiver who is High School WIDE Open.

aikemirv said:

I think that ship has sailed. You can't pay Dak top tier money and then hope to trade him.

Any trade option is gone IMO.

If I could get Tannehill for 15-20 mill versus Dak for 30-35, I would do it.

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Tannehill is getting more then 15-20 million. He saved the Titans season. If he beats Brady on Sunday he will make 25+.

Rockport said:

They’re not going to let their franchise QB walk. He’s going to be here a long time so just get use to it. I swear we have the dumbest fan base in the country.

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I just love how the very posters that think they are so smart are also the very posters that agrees with Jerry on running a football team.

jnday said:

I just love how the very posters that think they are so smart are also the very posters that agrees with Jerry on running a football team.

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Yeah, don’t understand those guys.

A couple teams that could be interested and currently don’t have too 10 picks to draft a QB high:


The colts. Do they want to stick with Brissett as their long term guy?


The bucs. Jameis Winston is a free agent unless they franchise tag him.

the steelers. Big Ben says he is coming back. But he is what 37 and coming off major surgery. How long does he have left?


Those are all teams that have decent squads but need a good QB or a future starter. Perhaps they would rather get a guy like Dak who has 4 years experience so they can try to win now?

To get a high prospect they would all need to trade a pile of picks to move up anyway.

who knows.

J12B said:

Don't even tag him.

Let's roll with Rush.

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Id like to see some competition first. Dak is a 4 year veteran and can drive the bus for a year during the rebuild

J12B said:

Wouldn't that be something, if the front office opt to let Dak leave Dallas.

Would for sure send a message to the team that no player is safe and that playing for the greatest franchise in sports (value wise) is a privilege.

The front office tried working with him, but he has declined all the offers.

Let him leave then.

Maybe that would spark a culture change within the organization.

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You know I feel like most posts about Dak are trash posts that expresses more about the poster than of Dak.
Besides the point that Dak is a very good quarterback, with our history of developing QBs why would you let Dak walk to make a point?
Since we drafted Aikman, we got lucky on a UDFA (Romo) and a 4th rounder (Dak) so what makes you think we could find anyone as good as Dak or even better?
I’m glad the internet wasn’t as big as it is now during Troy’s time or most of you would have wanted to get rid of him like y’all did with Romo and are with Dak.
Dak is the least of our problems.

J12B said:

Don't even tag him.

Let's roll with Rush.

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You want that top draft pick next year I see

2288doubletrouble said:

I’m not sold on Tannehill. There have been plenty of examples of average QB’s who have one good season and then go back to being below average. There isn’t a GM in the league that would take Tannehill over Dak. More than likely someone is going to overpay Tannehill and he will go right back to the average or below average QB. Tanehill is a good back up QB.

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He had been a decent QB on a crappy team/organization. Not sure you could really judge him. I think he would do well with our weapons.

baltcowboy said:

Tannehill is getting more then 15-20 million. He saved the Titans season. If he beats Brady on Sunday he will make 25+.

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It is possible and probably from the Titans themselves.

I'd be okay with it.

DakPresgoat said:

The franchise tag. Any team trading for Dak would also likely be permission to negotiate an extension with him before finalizing a trade.

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I understand but trading a top pick and paying him as well may be a bit more than most teams can stomach. I don't think he has proven to be worth that. Some may disagree. Probably over half the fanbase does not want to even pay him the 35 million, much less give up a draft choice for him!

OldJarhead said:

Wow? Must be a Zeke hater.

Look, bottom line is Dak is not now and has never been a top tier QB. I really don't care about his stats because those are all taken out of context. What matters is can he make THAT pass through THAT window at THAT special time in a game? The answer is no. He has had accuracy problems since day one.
I know you hate Zeke, and yes, his numbers are down, but that's because, and if you understood football you would know this, teams load the box against him due to the fact they don't fear Dak's arm. Go ahead, throw those slants, yeah, Cooper MAY break one long if our DB falls on his face, but most of the time it's just gonna be a 8 - 12 yard gain. Cant do that in the red zone though, so kick the FG and move on.
Zeke is the only reason this offense has any gas. This team needs a QB who can hit a receiver who is NFL open, not one who has trouble hitting a receiver who is High School WIDE Open.

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Check the stats on runs with a loaded box. Teams were daring us to run by playing nickel knowing we would check to a run. Still falling on that accuracy BS huh. Too bad Dak is top 5 in tight window throws.

CanadianCowboysFan said:

Troy Aikman says pay the man. Troy knows QBing

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The question is how much to pay him. Tell Troy about that salary cap thingy.

2288doubletrouble said:

I’m not sold on Tannehill. There have been plenty of examples of average QB’s who have one good season and then go back to being below average. There isn’t a GM in the league that would take Tannehill over Dak. More than likely someone is going to overpay Tannehill and he will go right back to the average or below average QB. Tanehill is a good back up QB.

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I've watched him since 2012.

1. His pocket awareness is terrible. Doesn't have a good feel for pressure. Which is what got him killed at times in Miami. And from what I've read in Tenn too.
2. He has a good arm and a decent feel for coverages.
3. When he has a run game/time to survive in the backfield, he can do well. Brief flashes of that in 2016 until Calais Campbell took out his knee.
4. He did a good job working on his deep ball accuracy over the years.
5. Can still run. Although scared about his acl(s).

I agree in a vacuum I'll take Dak over him. But if Dak wants 35+mil and Tanny is willing to take a Foles contract, it does make it an interesting decision.

As much as I dislike Dak you dont let an above average quarterback walk when you can tag him.

Tag and bring in competition or start drafting a replacement.

Well, for me, here is the thing. I think that you have to let the new Coaching Staff pick their own personnel. Now, if the decision is made that whomever the new HC is, doesn't like Dak's style of play, then move on. We can tag Dak and trade him. Heck, there are three teams who all need QBs drafting at 4,5,6 in the draft that I'd bet, would be willing to make a trade for Dak at some point and I'd guess that we could probably make a deal to trade for if it came down to that.

On the other hand, Dak may be a guy that the new Coaching Staff likes and if that's the case, then offer him a deal and I think you stick with the deal Jerry Offered earlier in the year, which is probably in the area of 30/32 annually. I don't think you up that, based on what we saw at the end of the season and I know there will those who question that, but I do think you gotta earn it. If you don't earn it and you still get it, then you are undercutting the Coaching Staff and the upper Management and that's not a good thing. What you end up with is a bunch of guys making a lot of money and not showing up in big moments. That's not what you want and I believe that's exactly where you are at, right now, with this team. Does no good to bring in a new coaching staff if all you are going to do is sabotage them before they ever start.

JMO