Best way to draft a QB?

[Bing]

Dallas will have fo go all in to get a top tier QB. If that means trading away a top player/s for draft picks or mortgaging away our future number one draft picks then so be it. You either pay for the best or take a lower level QB like Dak or Romo and get the same results we have had for over a quarter of a century....

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Best way to draft a QB is often. We should draft a QB every other year looking at every round. Good QBs are the absolute hardest to find which is why they are so overpaid. Just thinking the good ones only happen in the first round is foolish. They happen in all rounds. Many of the greats were drafted in later rounds.

• Roger Staubach was drafted in the 10th round in 1964.
• HOFer Bart Starr of the packers was drafted in the 17th round.
• HOFer Joe Montana was taken in the 3rd round.
• Former NFL MVP Rich Gannon was drafted in round 4.
• HOFer Chiefs QB Len Dawson was drafted in the 5th round.
• The GOAT Tom Brady- 6th round.

All these greats either won SBs Or took teams to SBs.
Look at these great QBs drafted LATER in round 1:

• HOFer Dan Marino was drafted with the 27th pick.
• Future HOFer Aaron Rodgers was drafted 24th.
• Former ravens QB and SB MVP Joe Flacco was drafted 18th.
• Even Pat Mahomes was drafted 10th.

The Cowboys almost never draft a QB. History shows it’s a foolish practice.

It makes me wonder if this team having lucked into good quarterbacks has contributed to this foolishness. Finding Romo as a free agent wasn't due to Jones' sheer genius. It was basically luck. It's been a long time, but this team has drafted a QB in the first round twice, Craig Morton in 1965, and of course Aikman in 1989. Aikman turned out to be the guy, and Morton nearly did. Many fans are too young to remember, but Morton had some great games in relief of an injured Don Meredith; then he was the starter in 1969 and 70, leading them to the Super Bowl in the latter. The team would have continued with Morton as the starter if it hadn't lucked into getting Roger Staubach. As you pointed out, he was a 10th-round pick. That was only that late because of his Navy service commitment. No one knew for sure that he would be a good player after that, or even if he would have played at all. He might have chosen to stay in the military. Even if he played, he could have chosen the Kansas City Chiefs, the AFL team that drafted him.

But the point is, this team has done pretty well when it has drafted a first-round QB.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I remember wanting Lynch. He looked really good in college. It makes me wonder how much of a QB succeeding has to do with his innate abilities that he comes in with, and how much is how well the team develops him? The Broncos got Lynch, and they're not exactly a model organization right now. When we brought Dak in, we gave him that stellar O-line and an elite running game, since Zeke was top notch back then. It makes me wonder if Lynch would have also looked really good in that system, and everyone would be saying what a genius Jones was for trading back into the First to get him.

It makes me wonder if that 2016 team we had made us overestimate Dak's abilities. He had the best rookie season at the time that I've ever seen. Maybe we figured based on that, he could develop into a guy who can do it all, when in reality, he was always a backup-level QB who can do well if you give him a great running game, protect him well, and limit his role.

its a bit of both. there are only very few college QBs coming out in the past 20 years that have been can't miss prospects. everybody else had warts and question marks. prognosticators can sit and point to Allen, Mahomes, etc. but they freeze when they are put in position to pick on coming out in the draft and are silent. its a gamble. less than 20% chance of success if you pick in the top 15. but a gamble every team has to take and does take. that's why they are given longer leash, hoping it works out, putting all eggs in one basket, giving every chance because the loss and cost is too high. that's why they are over drafted.

in regards to lynch, I think he wasn't going to be that good. he was tall, not a bad thing necessarily, except his delivery motion took too long and thus, would lead to sacks, knock downs, late throws, etc.....that's why Marino was so good because he had such a compact delivery motion. one of the fastest in history.

 

[mardwin]

They we wasted 2nd round picks in guys like:

Kevin Joseph
Tristan Hill
Jaylon Smith

And you tell me they can invest a 2nd round pick on a potential starter or backup at QB? This franchise is crazy.

 

[Steve007]

I was going to do this as a poll, but I can't seem to find that function anymore, so I'll just do it as a post.

The question: What is the best way to draft a quarterback for this team?

A) Stay put at our #26, draft the best prospect in the first round.
B) Trade up as far as possible, even to #1 if you can, and draft one in the first round.
C) Draft one in the second round.
D) Draft one in the third round or later.
E) Sign a rookie free agent.
F) Other

This is unrelated to the possibility of bringing in a stop-gap free agent. You could do that, and still also do any of the above.

Cant do anything with Dak until after 2024 season so they should start right now and draft the best qb they can every year. I think jerry is going to extend daks contract over more years to relieve the cap hit so, he will be with the cowboys for a long time. If they extend daks contract the cowboys won't get anywhere close to a Superbowl unless there is an out in the contract.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Cant do anything with Dak until after 2024 season so they should start right now and draft the best qb they can every year. I think jerry is going to extend daks contract over more years to relieve the cap hit so, he will be with the cowboys for a long time. If they extend daks contract the cowboys won't get anywhere close to a Superbowl unless there is an out in the contract.

Sadly, I think you're right that we're stuck with Dak for a while. Even stuck with a QB that doesn't cut it, a team can bench him. We would have the league's highest-paid backup, but even that makes sense if you've got someone on your roster who can play better, whether it be a promising rookie on a rookie contract or a stop-gap veteran.

I also haven't analyzed exactly how much cap dead weight Dak would be if they just up and cut him. But if they do cut him, you watch. He's not ending up a starter on some team unless it's in the CFL. He'll be someone's backup.