You don't have to sell it to me. I'm ok with going with Dalton and drafting a rookie if it costs too much to keep Dak. I'm just saying it's risky. If the cap stays the same or goes down the Cowboys cannot 2nd tag Dak. They'd be tagging him with the expectations of getting a deal done. Not for him playing on the tag. You never tag a guy hoping to rescind. You'd be playing with fire.
All decisions comes with risk.
If we fail to rescind in time, and can't trade him, we play Dak and train the new QB.
But as long as we'll eat some money, I'm sure we can trade him. Franchise QBs don't grow on trees.
Also, we probably sign him to non-exclusive franchise tag to cut the cost.
Totally fine for someone to sign him away and give us two firsts.
Fine enough for him to play on a non-exclusive tag plus 20%.
There's always risk, but there's no disaster in any scenario.