Does the idea of drafting another quarterback in the first round entice you at all?

Hook'em#11 · Feb 4, 2020

Nope, doesn't bother me. But, Pretty sure any quality QBs will be gone by then. Unless there is a Brady in the late, late rounds.

gjkoeppen · Feb 4, 2020

D4KADON said:
It’s not a knock on our quarterback. I’m genuinely asking.

I like Dak but the idea completely starting over with McCarthy is an enticing option for me. I’m good either way but I wanted to get a room temperature of the board

You obviously don't spend much time here because that argument eventually comes up in at least 3-4 threads a week. It's total foolishness. When you have Jerry, Stephen, McCarthy, Moore and Nussmeier all saying Prescott is their QB and both all three coaches have said they are looking forward to working with Prescott this coming season AND with all the other NEEDS that have to be addressed, WASTING the Cowboys first round pick on a QB is just plain foolishness.
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HungryLion · Feb 4, 2020

Sure why not.

but then if that QB sucks. Which is a likely possibility. Like a 50% chance that the QB just won’t be any good. The team will Go nowhere and This board will be full of threads crying about the QB and the team.

HungryLion · Feb 4, 2020

What are the hit rates on QB’s drafted as late as 17? Anybody know? I would guess it’s less than 40%.

unless of course we are talking about trading up. If they give up multiple picks to do that. That’s less picks to build the defense.

InTheZone · Feb 4, 2020

Aviano90 said:
Dak was a 4th round pick that significantly outperformed his contract, only getting paid $4 miliiom total and was hated by plenty from day 1. New QB gets zero accident forgiveness, especially if they are taken in the first round.

5 haters out of 100 fans could be considered plenty, doesn't mean MOST disliked him. I don't hate him, but I did warm up to liking him his rookie year after they kept winning. And I kept close eyes on his red flags from that year that seem to still be a concern. That was a special season for him. I'm sure 100% of all people will say he's outperformed his contract.

But that is very unfair to not embrace the new guy with just as much love as Dak has gotten.

GORICO · Feb 4, 2020

D4KADON said:
It’s not a knock on our quarterback. I’m genuinely asking.

I like Dak but the idea completely starting over with McCarthy is an enticing option for me. I’m good either way but I wanted to get a room temperature of the board

lets stay with Dak....he worked hard last season to improve his footwork and hips throwing motion...he is way way better than our 8-8 record indicates

DenCWBY · Feb 4, 2020

D4KADON said:
It’s not a knock on our quarterback. I’m genuinely asking.

I like Dak but the idea completely starting over with McCarthy is an enticing option for me. I’m good either way but I wanted to get a room temperature of the board

Trade Dak, your helicopter, your yaght, your jet and a few early rounders to Cinn for Burrows.

HungryLion · Feb 4, 2020

If a top prospect falls to 10 or later. Sure. Go for it. Trading up into the top 5 will cost too many picks.

A lower rated first round QB has a very low probability of being even an average NFL starter.

buybuydandavis · Feb 4, 2020

Aviano90 said:
I’d rather take one in the first round on a rookie contract that paying top dollar.

That said, the QB better be damn near perfect when he arrives.

Saving 30mil a year means a rookie QB doesn't have to be perfect to be a net improvement.

We should have been, and should be drafting QBs as a matter of course. Hitting on one is such a huge windfall. We should be playing that slot machine much more often. Especially, draft late round guys, put them on the PS for a year, and see how much we like them. Don't even use a roster spot that way. I'd take two of those a year.

buybuydandavis · Feb 4, 2020

DakPresgoat said:
If a top prospect falls to 10 or later. Sure. Go for it. Trading up into the top 5 will cost too many picks.

A lower rated first round QB has a very low probability of being even an average NFL starter.

I like cost benefit ratio with lower round QBs. Romo and Matt Moore were UDFAs. Dak a late 4th. (I think a comp pick.)

I think low draft cost players *don't get the chance* to become starters. Don't get the snaps. Don't have a lot of sunk cost and money invested in them that the coaches and front office have to justify.

JW82 · Feb 4, 2020

No. I believe in Dak but if I thought there was a Mahomes out there I’d get it. But thats not the case. People need to be reminded of Quincy, Hutch, Wright, Leaf, henson and so on. You have a very good to great qb you fix other positions IMO. Its easy to be stuck in QB limbo for many years of you mess this up. No thanks.

Aviano90 · Feb 4, 2020

buybuydandavis said:
Saving 30mil a year means a rookie QB doesn't have to be perfect to be a net improvement.

We should have been, and should be drafting QBs as a matter of course. Hitting on one is such a huge windfall. We should be playing that slot machine much more often. Especially, draft late round guys, put them on the PS for a year, and see how much we like them. Don't even use a roster spot that way. I'd take two of those a year.

Just looking for equal treatment. Perfection was expected of a 4th rounder. I am going to have that same expectation of his replacement.

Jake · Feb 4, 2020

D4KADON said:
It’s not a knock on our quarterback. I’m genuinely asking.

I like Dak but the idea completely starting over with McCarthy is an enticing option for me. I’m good either way but I wanted to get a room temperature of the board

If I trusted the guys doing the drafting, yes. The only good QBs Dallas has found since Aikman were accidents - Romo and Dak.

If they let Dak go to end up with the next Quincy Carter or Paxton Lynch they're going to look foolish, and the team will suffer.

atlantacowboy · Feb 4, 2020

If Dak had shown he can compete against the good teams this year, i'd be all in. In spite of his impressive passing yardage, it all aded up to 8-8 with no truly impressive wins. This was after he failed to lead the offense in the 2019 playoff game in LA.

At this point, I think we are closer to a super bowl rolling the dice on a QB in round 1 and spending that 80 million in cap space on other areas of the team. I think signing Dak to mega bucks and THEN trying to improve this team isn't a path to success.

HungryLion · Feb 4, 2020

buybuydandavis said:
I like cost benefit ratio with lower round QBs. Romo and Matt Moore were UDFAs. Dak a late 4th. (I think a comp pick.)

I think low draft cost players *don't get the chance* to become starters. Don't get the snaps. Don't have a lot of sunk cost and money invested in them that the coaches and front office have to justify.

Yeah. But most low draft QB’s suck. They stink to the point of being a detriment to their team. That’s the issue. And if you take one that stinks, like most do, you’ve now hamstrung your Team until you do find a good one.

Think about how many undrafted free agent QB’s there are for every Romo or Kurt Warner. The number must be literally in the hundreds.

Same with mid round draft pick QB’s. There are a whole bunch drafted every year who never even stick around as back ups in the league.

Having just a mid round pick QB as a strategy is highly highly highly risky. Which is one reason why QB’s get paid so well in the first place.

darthseinfeld · Feb 4, 2020

Not at all

blumayne38 · Feb 4, 2020

Redball Express said:
McCarthy was brought here to get Dak to a SB or 3.

I do not think he signed on having to completely rebuild starting from Ground Zero.

Dallas has factored Dak being resigned and McCarthy knows this.

So anything we do is about this team being improved around Dak. This ensures Amari getting his deal done soon.

Not sure about Byron Jones.

The window is short now that 4 years with Dak has produced little.

Now is what is important. The draft and FA is our mode of getting there.

I think you forget we were 8-8 last year in the worst division in a long long time

MaaS · Feb 4, 2020

D4KADON said:
It’s not a knock on our quarterback. I’m genuinely asking.

I like Dak but the idea completely starting over with McCarthy is an enticing option for me. I’m good either way but I wanted to get a room temperature of the board

Jerry said he didn't want to hire a college coach because of the potential learning curve. He is in win-now mode. There's no way we're drafting a QB early.

fairviewfarmer · Feb 4, 2020

Yes, if the player available when our turn comes is a good value.

Cowboysfan917 · Feb 5, 2020

I’d tag Dak and take a hard look at Fromm

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