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Signing Dak was the wrong call at the price we paid. Anyone with any objectivity knew it was the wrong move. But now we are stuck with his horrendous contract.
So if you were the Cowboys GM, what would you do? Here’s what I would do:
1. I’m looking for Dak’s replacement. I’m drafting a QB if I can find one even if it’s in the first round of the grade is there. In fact if the grade is there and it’s a first round pick, all the better.
2. I’m also bringing in a former high round draft pick that has washed out, and a very “toolsy” raw QB for practice squad.
3. I’m trading Parsons if I can get a first and a third for him.
4. I’m shopping the rest of the team’s players. Diggs, Bland, they are all available for the right price. I’m not “giving” players away but if a legit offer comes through, they are gone, if I can manage the cap hit.
5. I bring in a tough as nails coach who has a win now mentality and an offensive mastermind on offense. I would replace most of the coaches, including Zimmer.
6. I sit Dak down and tell him, I paid you $60M per year to carry the team. You aren’t carrying the team. It’s an open QB competition. The cream rises to the top. Go earn your salary or you will be riding the pine for $60M per year.
7. I would tank the rest of this season. A high draft pick solves a lot of problems.
8. I don’t think the OL is that bad. I think the OL coaching is poor and we don’t have a legit running back on the roster. We start churning the roster NOW. Poach practice squad players.
9. We go young and hungry in 2025. If you are underperforming your contract you are replaced with a young, hungry player.
10. 2025 is likely to be another rough season. But you manage the roster for 2026.
11. When Dak gets benched he will want a trade. In some ways, the more dysfunctional the team is the more he will want out. Use the benching to trade him for something.
So if you were the Cowboys GM, what would you do? Here’s what I would do:
1. I’m looking for Dak’s replacement. I’m drafting a QB if I can find one even if it’s in the first round of the grade is there. In fact if the grade is there and it’s a first round pick, all the better.
2. I’m also bringing in a former high round draft pick that has washed out, and a very “toolsy” raw QB for practice squad.
3. I’m trading Parsons if I can get a first and a third for him.
4. I’m shopping the rest of the team’s players. Diggs, Bland, they are all available for the right price. I’m not “giving” players away but if a legit offer comes through, they are gone, if I can manage the cap hit.
5. I bring in a tough as nails coach who has a win now mentality and an offensive mastermind on offense. I would replace most of the coaches, including Zimmer.
6. I sit Dak down and tell him, I paid you $60M per year to carry the team. You aren’t carrying the team. It’s an open QB competition. The cream rises to the top. Go earn your salary or you will be riding the pine for $60M per year.
7. I would tank the rest of this season. A high draft pick solves a lot of problems.
8. I don’t think the OL is that bad. I think the OL coaching is poor and we don’t have a legit running back on the roster. We start churning the roster NOW. Poach practice squad players.
9. We go young and hungry in 2025. If you are underperforming your contract you are replaced with a young, hungry player.
10. 2025 is likely to be another rough season. But you manage the roster for 2026.
11. When Dak gets benched he will want a trade. In some ways, the more dysfunctional the team is the more he will want out. Use the benching to trade him for something.
