I propose we do what the Chiefs do. Here’s why:
Okay. Dak IMO is another Alex Smith. Good against garbage teams. Struggles against good teams. Struggles very badly when the run is taken away or when the defense struggles slightly. Today, we saw what a real QB does when down (Patrick Mahomes). We even saw it last week with Watson against the Bills. Dak has rarely done that. Everyone says he has the 2nd most comebacks in the league but most don’t know that those comebacks occurred during his anomaly of a rookie season.
Anyways, back to my main point. 2017. Mahomes is drafted. However, Smith still starts and Mahomes sits under him for a year. Basically, the Chiefs are giving him a prove it year. He fails to step up to the plate despite having everything going for him. He’s let go. They don’t give him market price, they don’t settle for mediocrity, they don’t fear that Mahomes is a bust. They take the damn risk. We need to do the same. Dak is average. That’s IT. He doesn’t deserve market price just because Wentz and Goff got paid that amount of money (stupidly so I might add).
Also, say we do draft a quote on quote “bust”. I ask, what’s the worst that could happen? We go 4-12 and miss the playoffs? Like we did this year except we went 8-8? What’s the difference? 4 worthless wins that drive down our draft pick? Even so, many act as if we cannot trade or cut said rookie we don’t have faith in. Cardinals did the same to Rosen after he underperformed. We could do the same if our rookie underperformed. Furthermore, what if he plays like Dak (aka, at an average level)? It will actually be more helpful as A. Said rookie QB is cheaper and B. Said rookie QB is younger, meaning he’d be quicker and wouldn’t have as much tape on him.
Even further, we could draft a Mahomes, Wilson, or a more accurate Allen.
We need to take that risk. The only thing stopping us is fear of drafting a “bust” but honestly, I haven’t seen that many busts as of late besides maybe Rosen and Trubisky. Kyler has played pretty well. Allen has played pretty well. Darnold has played pretty well. Watson has played pretty well. Need I go on? Seems more likely we draft an average-great player than a bust. Again, we need to take that chance than to settle for a mediocre/average cap hit QB for 5+ years while our team is still relatively young and in it’s “prime”