The going rate for just a good QB is $40M and rising. That’s the NFL we live in. If you don’t pay that you’re going to be stuck with either a rookie QB or a veteran castoff who’s bouncing around the league. The clock is ticking on Jerry, and at his age he’s not going to blow this team up or leave it without a QB that gives the team hope. He wants to keep this team challenging for the NFC East, and that will be his approach. The Cowboys have gone through the same dilemma with every HC and QB they’ve had the past 20 years.
They have good regular seasons that don’t translate to the playoffs. Too many fans are putting it entirely on the QB. They did the same thing when Romo was here. This is a team issue and no one can figure out what the problem is. Players on both sides of the ball aren’t showing up in the playoffs. In four playoff games Parsons has only ONE sack. He was a complete no-show on Sunday like the rest of the defense. It’s not just our QB but good luck convincing some of you of that.
I don't disagree with you especially about the QB. I personally just can't justify giving Dak $59 million. $30 mill on a cap friendly incentive deal, okay. But he's no Mahomes or Josh Allan and we should not pay him as such. But he'll still probably hit our cap for $35-$40 million.
But if Dallas issues are a team problem (which I think it is) and if players on both side of the ball aren't showing up in the playoffs (which is accurate) isn't that on coaching?
Also how can we explain why they can't beat Playoff caliber teams - Bills, Dolphins, Eagles in their house, 49ers? Then get hammered by the Cardinals who basically did the same thing that GB did to us in the playoffs? And we were one play away from losing to Detroit - another playoff caliber team, which I personally think if the Lions would have kicked the extra point and took it to overtime I don't know if we we win that game.
If you really dig down, and we know they don't play big when they need to play big (teams with winning records, teams during the "tournament") do we really have the right coaching in house?
And are you really going to change culture with the existing staff? You think McCarthy is going to go hard 75 in one summer and change? With one year left on his contract? Do you really think the players will buy that after doing what he's been doing for 4 years?
All these things and not showing up sounds like coaching to me. And sometimes it does not matter if you are 81 years old or 51 years old, you have to do the right thing for the team to improve and get over the playoff hurdle. I mean Detroit had not won a playoff game in 31 years. For 31 years they kept doing the same thing over and over. Then ownership (new person from old regime) said enough and changed the culture. Now look at them. Do players or leadership dictate culture?
