You had me cheering during the first part about the salary cap going up. I mean most of us know this except the clown haters. THen you blew it with the trade for a QB not near as good as Dak.
Again, this was the radio and not me. I guess I didn't put that succinctly enough.
The thinking is this (from the radio program), Dak wants out of Dallas. After the payday for Zeke, the 120m for five years was an insult to Dak. So he, and more specifically his agent, dug in. Dak wants out of Dallas. He wants to win. The 49ers might be interested, even with Garoppolo. The 49ers have the 12th over all pick. They might be enticed to trade it for Dak. With two picks in the top twelve, Dallas can move around.
One of the thoughts was to move past the Eagles to grab Kyle Pitts. Leaving the defense out of the scenario for a moment, the idea behind this is Pitts is a generational TE. This adds to a receiving corp that would be unmatched. I am not co-signing anything in this post that came from the radio. Just relaying information. If Dallas could make this move without trading Dak was the conversation. Maybe a 2nd this year and something else to swap firsts. Again, this was a conversation. Not me.
The other idea is Shanahan would like to have a guy like Dak. Dak would thrive on a team who has a defense with teeth. Shanahan evidently has a skill to put QB's in a place where they thrive. (Their words) This would give Dallas two firsts. (I think the notion of getting 2 firsts for Dak is a pipe dream on this site. Injury and salary would cloud that notion in my opinion.) With the two firsts, ours and the 49ers, the brain trust on the radio thought they could deal with Houston and get Watson. Or perhaps go for Wilson. I think this may be just radio talk to fill up time. Their position was to give both firsts and maybe a second next year for Wilson. I like Wilson, but that is insane for a 32 year old QB.
Now this is me. What if Dallas made that deal with San Fran? The Patriots would take Garoppolo, if Dallas didn't. Ignore the fact the Eagles will take Pitt if they have a chance. Alex Smith and Cam Newton are available. Any of the arm chair geniuses here at Speculation Central will tell you Dak can be replaced with a half can of Old Milwaukee and a Ritz cracker. So either of those guys will do........
Right?
Now, you have two first round picks to either move up for a QB, or move around for defense. If you trade with Cincy you may need to toss in a player and draft capital. They need a tackle. Could you pry away Sewell from Cincy. If they took the 10th overall, they would almost assuredly have a shot at Slater. But then Dallas can sit still and get that left tackle without paying a premium price. There is thinking he may be better than Sewell.
Or you can move down a bit and pick up more picks. The defenders are coming off the board in the teens. You'll miss Micah Parsons, but he will not be Mike Singletary.
This board is assured that a team can win with a less than elite QB because the money is right. Jockeying around with two firsts could accumulate what draft stock for this next season? With the lack of premium money to Dak, Gallup may be a possible re-up. FA might have something in store. McCoy wants to come back.
Can a team go from terrible to the NFC Championship game in one season? I think it would take a GM who had a plan.
A last point on the radio was Jerry is getting close to his end and he is champing at the bit to win now. I sometimes think he couldn't pick a winner in a one horse race. So a seventy year old still trying to show he is a football guy means what? Something totally desperate, or genius.
Vegas will not post odds on genius.
Sorry for this being so long.