Pay attention to the years. A long contract allows a team to move money around in a way that creates a window. These 4 year deals Dak keeps taking really hamstring the team.
I don’t know where you’re getting that. You’ll need to flesh your post out more clearly because my analogy to ‘09 housing market is to highlight the hyper-inflated price for a starting QB with a pulse just because they are a starter quality QB. The value in this current QB market is wildly uncorrelated and disconnected with a QB’s actual talent levels. How do you get that my analysis means teams with the best starting QBs are going to suck? Teams with Mahomes, Lamar, and Josh Allen, for example and who are actually elite QBs and far, far, far above Dak Prescott in talent, are still going to excel in the league’s current environment. It’s the teams with mid-tier QBs on second and third contracts that are going to mightily struggle to compete for a SB. As I posted above, we’ve had exactly two teams with mid-tier QBs on second and third contracts in this hyper-inflated QB market era put championship caliber squads on the field: ‘24/25 Detroit and Philly. Maybe this is a sign front offices are adapting to the new market paradigm with a reproducible and repeatable strategy that any front office can accomplish or maybe it is just an outlier to a mean that involved Philly and Detroit walking an improbable, thin, wobbly tightrope of good fortune coupled with savvy drafting/free agent signings. It’s too early to say imo.
Spot on. That's my main concern with Dak's contract, how do you restructure in that 4 years, specially now when the whole of the restructure gets paid in one go...as he's not getting another contract.
Chasing's one of those who's obsessed with a Franchise QB without evaluating what he actually brings as compared what's lost with the CAP% hit and whether you can build around him. Your mentioning Mahomes, Allen and Jackson need only be evaluated in that when you have one of those you're always within with a chance, with Dak, we trail, we tend to lose.
No Guaranteed money from 2026 onwards. Though there are CAP implications....but a post June cut in 2026 leaves just $28m (CAP HIT in 2026) and $34m in 2027.....that's a saving of: $39m in 2026 CAP. and $27m in 2027.
Gotcha. Thanks!
This is the real question to those fans who propose to be Cowboys/not Dak first fans...... if he stinks up the gaff again in 2025, would you consider cutting him, or continuing the Cap hits of: $67m (2026) $61m (2027) and $71m (2028) + the restructured CAP.
He's delusional! Like a few other idiots on this board that support Dak.
Dak took our what GM Jethro gave him???
Hyper inflated markets are caused by a supply and demand problem.
A system QB, that fits their system. Not every QB fits their system.
Of course I won’t be surprised. It’s expected given the hyper-inflated market. It’s not what should happen, however, if SF were truly concerned with sustainably maintaining their SB contention they have had over two of the last three years.
No. Hyper-inflated markets are not ONLY caused by a supply and demand problem. There are other variables that go into the creation of bubble markets from hyperinflation other than just reductive supply and demand. You act like this is a hostage situation.
No, no,no....you still dont overpay for inferior good's. You find a Plan B. Indeed, 2016 showed what putting CAP into an O-Line can do for the rookie QB, or how much better Darnold and Wilson all of a sudden become when they play on such a low Cap% Hit.
Yep, but Purdy has kind of shown some attributes that helped get them to a SB. I suppose it's well work the risk to give him a second contract. The difference with Dak, is: its a third contract, also hampered as it comes along with $40m of restructured CAP, and he was only able to get to a 1-4 play-off record and was a contributory factor in our play-off exits.
Yes, yes, yes you do. A crap house in SF is is still a $1M+
