Cowboys QB contract situation

[Tabascocat]

Drafting qb won’t win many years. Texans got lucky will lose next round. Rookie qb ain’t winning for years.

Dak isn’t either……

 

[okstateCowboy]

Fire McCarthy. Hire Bill. Cut Dak. Roll with Lance next year.

That’s the only way to go about this offseason

 

[Chocolate Lab]

It's the right thing to do, but I can't see it. Jerry loves Dak almost like a Garrett.

The best feature of a Belichick or Harbaugh would be if they could convince Jerry to make a move like this. A Slowik type wouldn't have the gravitas to do so.

 

[mldardy]

Drafting qb won’t win many years. Texans got lucky will lose next round. Rookie qb ain’t winning for years.

If that's what it takes I can wait. The next QB we need to get it right.

 

[HungryLion]

Whoa. Dak PresGOAT wants to move on.

The time has come man. I gave him the benefit of the doubt longer than most.

Our FO’s only chance of winning a championship, is to somehow land a true elite, franchise QB that’s top 1-3 in the league.

 

[Fmart322]

You’re not competing for 2/3 years with rookie qb

Why not, other teams do.

 

[mardwin]

It’s going to get very interesting here.

Expect them to make the wrong choice and extend Dak.

 

[HungryLion]

Yes...let's cut him and pick high in the draft for the foreseeable future. Great idea.

Literally just had an MVP type season and people want to cut him because of a pick 6...lol

How about we get a good defense that actually can get some stops so a few mistakes don't turn into people thinking this is a madden offseason?

Dak was butt today dude. He was awful until garbage time.

Two picks, missed throws, missed reads, an awful sack taking them out of field goal range.

Yeah the defense sucked but Dak was just as bad.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Yes...let's cut him and pick high in the draft for the foreseeable future. Great idea.

Literally just had an MVP type season and people want to cut him because of a pick 6...lol

How about we get a good defense that actually can get some stops so a few mistakes don't turn into people thinking this is a madden offseason?

I gotta hand to you, you’ll go down with the ship. Regardless of what the defense did the QB did not give his team a chance to compete in a playoff game.

 

[mardwin]

It's the right thing to do, but I can't see it. Jerry loves Dak almost like a Garrett.

The best feature of a Belichick or Harbaugh would be if they could convince Jerry to make a move like this. A Slowik type wouldn't have the gravitas to do so.

And where did that love for JG lead us?

 

[HungryLion]

You’re not competing for 2/3 years with rookie qb

They’re not competing right now to be honest. Good rookie QB’s can make it to the wildcard round too.

 

[mmohican29]

According to Spotrac, Dak right now counts 59 mil against the cap in 2024.

The cowboys are right now projected to be 11 million over the cap.

The cowboys can’t carry a cap number that high for the QB. So their two options are: extend him or cut him.

Extending him allows them to spread money out further down the line and save space on the cap on 2024.

Cutting him post June 1 saves them 31 mil in 2024.

cutting him would save 18 mil against the cap.

Dak’s contract was designed to either be extended this offseason OR for the cowboys to move on.

As such, now’s the time to move on. You can’t extend Dak given how things went down again this season.

Cutting him plus making other moves with some contracts (cut Gallup, restructure players, resign Ceedee, etc) will add additional cap space putting the cowboys in actually decent shape cap wise.

The time has come to cut him and move on. Whether that’s giving Lance a season to see what he has or drafting a QB right away THIS offseason.

The time has come.

I agree. Based on his post-game presser, he seems ready to move on as well if McCarthy is let go.

***Let's make it happen. I'm ok with it- he's not going to win big here. He's had chances.

 

[NeonNinja]

It’s the correct move but I don’t see Jerry doing it, unfortunately.

 

[stiletto]

The obvious answer is to cut this bum and see what Lance can do. Either way, we’re going to lose in big games so might as well save money while doing so

Also, maybe we won't "lose"? Never know... So IMO it is better to save money. We already know we are losing with the other one.

 

[CowboysDrew]

You can't keep doing the same things and expect different results.

It was Champ game or bust, so now it's bust.

 

[McKDaddy]

You’re not competing for 2/3 years with rookie qb

we aren't competing now.

 

[Aven8]

Dak was butt today dude. He was awful until garbage time.

Two picks, missed throws, missed reads, an awful sack taking them out of field goal range.

Yeah the defense sucked but Dak was just as bad.

The D was horrific. A historic collapse

 

[Pass2Run]

Not sure what to say. I'm not there, but on the surface, I cut him. That debacle out there before telegraphing the INT/throw to Lamb was just embarrassing. I mean, they obviously knew right where that ball was going. So why do you throw it unless you're just rattled. Lamb wasn't helping. But I don't want players who get flustered like that. I want ice veins.

 

[Ken]

Dak was butt today dude. He was awful until garbage time.

Two picks, missed throws, missed reads, an awful sack taking them out of field goal range.

Yeah the defense sucked but Dak was just as bad.

Nah bro. Defense didn't even do anything. NOTHING.

Dak threw a pick 6 and took that sack...not really digging him for much else. I know...3 score games are now garbage time...


I don't even know why I bother with all of these overly emotional fans.

 

[Dale]

Yes...let's cut him and pick high in the draft for the foreseeable future. Great idea.

Literally just had an MVP type season and people want to cut him because of a pick 6...lol

How about we get a good defense that actually can get some stops so a few mistakes don't turn into people thinking this is a madden offseason?

It's not often that a 12-win team with a 2nd Team All-Pro QB finds itself in a pickle ... yet, here we are.

There is a fundamental roster construction problem with making someone with Dak's postseason history the highest-paid player in the game. And yet, for all the hype about firing McCarthy and hiring a big-name replacement, how desirable is this job if we’re starting over at the QB position?

The middle ground is just to run it back and hope to hang another divisional banner.