On the Break they discussed Dak to Dolphins for Dolphins 2 first round picks this year and Tua for Dak. I believe one of the picks is the third overall. Of course they would not do the trade because they are all Dak Homer's pulling the Jerry company line. I happen to know a group of Dolphins fans so I asked them if they would do it. They did not seem very high on Tua and actually said they would do it. Perhaps Dak is valued higher by other fan bases than ours. I definitely found it interesting and thought I would share it. Personally I do not know enough about Tua but can you imagine if he was serviceable. You would get a young QB on the cheap. You could pick 3 times this year in the first round and you could spend Daks 40 million on free agents. IMHO this is how you build a winner. Dak is very good but IMHO he is not untouchable like a Mahomes or Rodgers.
It's interesting, a trade like that could happen
without the Cowboys' consent, unless I am wrong. Someone better read on the NFL rules please correct me if I'm wrong, but once Dak is franchised, any team can sign him if they're willing to give up two first round picks. The Cowboys wouldn't have a choice, they'd just have to take it.
No one did that last year, so that tells me that no one thinks he's worth two first round picks.
By the way, I have never figured out why a team that has, let's say the #12 pick (1200 points), why they do not just trade down in the first round to turn it into picks #31 (600) and #32 (590) then sign a franchise player.
-- Edit: here is the franchise tag rule, I was right:
Exclusive franchise tag: A one-year tender offer to a player for an amount no less than the average of the top five salaries at the player's position for the current year, or 120 percent of his previous salary, whichever is greater. The player cannot negotiate with another team. The bump in pay scale (current average salary versus averaging of the previous five years) means only the very best receive this tag -- players for whom teams would gladly give up two first-round picks to sign.
