... means no SB victory for the Cowboys in the Dak/Zeke/Amari era. Belichick just checkmated the rest of the NFL with a guy that was voted the best player on the planet not that long ago. A healthy Cam Newton that is resolute to stay in the pocket yet mobile enough to still get the ball out when the pocket breaks down will dominate all. What say you?
Good post. I don't agree with the correlation to no SB for Dallas. If I was a betting man, i would look at all of the years since 1994, the year Jerry for all intents and purposes fired Jimmy Johnson. That is our Red sox trade Babe Ruth curse, sliding door moment.
It will take some sort of miracle for us to win a SB. I am happy to have seen three wins in my watching lifetime but really dont expect a SB. The 2007 team had the talent to at least get there and get spanked by New England.
2014 Romo was on the decline honestly. Garrett has basically neutralized him and prevented him from making mistakes allowing Murray to get 1800 yards. Please dont' forget the narrative the previous few season with Romo making critical mistakes.
2016 was never a serious threat for a SB.
Now to the bulk of what I want to talk about. New England being a smart team made a smart decision. What do they have to lose if they bet on a 31 year old former MVP. He will be healthy, he has had practically a full year off for his shoulder. He has never had any decent WR's.
He is former number 1 pick for a reason, NE will use him well and I am sure will win the division again.
I would have loved to offer Cam the starting job here, or even Jameis. Why not take a shot at a former number 1 pick and flip the narrative on overpaying average QB's.
Dak is ~ to Goff, Wentz, Cousins, Carr, Garapollo.. (not in any specfic order). Those guys got paid, and I feel for Dak as he wants and thinks he deserves that contract. I mean he is getting 33 million this year so that is that.
We could have offered either of the guys I mentioned a one year or short term deal to kick the tires. Cam would have been amazing on this team, same with Winston.
Mccarthy coached Favre, he would have done wonders with Winston.
BTW, I have posts from when the off season started about this idea as I am sure other folks did also. My belief is that only the Elite guy should get paid the 35-40 million a year contracts. It's not about the money, I want the players to make as much money as they can because we are like the players. 99.9999999% people cant relate to the owners. The owners will make money and thy already have a 52-48 revenue share compared to the players. The only caveat is that each team has a salary cap. If you pay Goff, Dak, Wentz, Carr, Jimmy an outrageous cap number the rest of the team will suffer.
You can pay Mahomes, 50 million a year and he is worth it. He just is. Just think this last playoff run he was down double digits in each game and no one even blinked an eye when he came back against the Texans, the Titans or the 49ers in the SB. He has that Montana, Brady, Manning magic.
You can pay Wilson, Arod( in his heyday), possibly Lamar, possibly Watson.. 35 plus and I would be ok.
Let me put this another way, I would rather have Shanahan, Bill, Mcvay at 15 million a year because I know these guys can find a QB and plug him in and win.. especially Shanahan & McVay.
