So if you dont think any other team would pay him that kind of money, why do you think we should?
Like it or not, that is now the going rate and among teams, if you ask them, most if not all will tell you that he is a top tier QB. Fans do not have to believe just the teams. We might not like or believe the stats or the next gen stuff but all 32 teams do believe it or they wouldn't pay the kind of money they spend to get those items. If you don't believe a Chicago or Vegas or Chargers or Washington or a number of others wouldn't pay that kind of money then you are just hoping against hope. Jerry had a chance to extend Dak before the 2019 season if they would have offered up Goff or Wentz money then but they believe they could get him cheaper, they were wrong.
I see Dak, right or wrong, as a top 5 QB. He has had 4 very good years if not great. He is far better than Wentz (can't stay on the field) and Goff (deer in the headlights) but no he isn't Mahomes (yet no one is). One of the all time best QBs was by every NFL team was Dan Marino. Yet his playoff record is 8-10 and he went to one Super Bowl and lost. Multiple teams year after year tried to trade for him. He had a great offense, defense not so much. And that was over some 17 years. Those are just facts no BS.
Fans might not want to believe $35 or $37 million a year is fair or worth it but Mahomes, Watson, and Jackson are all going to average over $40 million a year and in Mahomes case probably $45 million. Watson in 3 years has played 3 playoff games and lost 2 of them and Jackson has played in 2 playoff games and lost both in two years. Mahomes has played 5 playoff games and won 4 (biggest difference is he had Andy Reid, we had Jason Garrett). Dak has also never missed a game those others have missed games.
The numbers on the contract are the numbers, like it or not. None of us can really fathom paying $37 million average a year but it is going to happen and for a day or a month or maybe 6 months, Dak will be the highest paid QB in the NFL but by the end of the season after other top QBs like Wilson or Rodgers who will redo their deals and as Mahomes and Watson get new deals then he will be money wise in the top ten but definitely not #1 money. Just a fact.