OmerV
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I think a lot of it is just timing with Dak - he's negotiating a year later, and market conditions change and prices always go up. Plus he's negotiating after his contract has expired and they weren't, which give him more leverage.Good point. And nobody really knows for sure expect him and the cowboys.
But I just don't see how you can justify giving him 35 a year, regardless of the length. I know Goff and Wentz both are right around that number. But Goff was coming off a tremendous season in which he lost in the Superbowl. Wentz does not have near the surrounding talent that dak does, but just led the eagles on a great streak and clearly outplayed dak in the biggest game of the season. I'm not saying Wentz is better because I don't know. But I would take him over dak. He has elite arm talent and dak does not. There's a reason dak was a fourth round pick and Wentz went at the top of the draft. He would have been mvp if not for his injury a couple years ago.
And while it's true Goff negotiated at a high point, his extension will still be paid at the new level even after falling a little flat last year, so it's much easier to argue that Dak deserves at least as much as Goff.
As for Wentz, he has actually been beaten by the Cowboys more than the other way around, and I don't think one game last year would really change things much. Dak has historically been at least as good as Wentz, and probably better, and certainly more durable.
As for the draft status argument, a quick and easy response to ask if you think because Mariota was a high 1st round pick and Brady was a 6th round pick that means Mariota deserves to have made more money the last 5 years than Brady? The reality is draft status matters when a player gets drafted, but 4 years into an NFL career what matters is performance in the NFL. OF course, market conditions at the point a player is negotiating also matter.