We can only hope the Cowboys would do this. Bring in a better QB on a rookie deal and unload Dak before you pay him 25 million a year. That would be a set back.
Anyone being paid 25 Mil a year is a set back. But unless Dallas chooses to Transition tag him, they'll have no choice. That tag will determine his value and then Dallas would have the upper hand. But if they're just going to ignore all mitigating factors and pay him, yeah, it will cost them.
I have been very critical of Dak but even I have to admit he can be clutch sometimes. You give him some pieces and a solid offensive line and he can make it happen. He's not an interception machine and not injury prone. Sometimes I have to check myself on his criticism. Then you get into character and his intensity and will to win.....
Dak has a lot of upside. The problem is he was a 4th round pick and sometimes he plays like one. My main concern is the cap hit. I just wish they would test him with that T Tag.