I wouldn't say I'm totally comfortable with him. I certainly don't support the front office extending him yet because I think we've seen two different players in him so far. In 2016, he was franchise-quarterback worthy. You can say it was because of the circumstances, but no rookie had put together the type of season he did. In 2017, he was worthy of being replaced. You can blame it on the Elliott suspension, Chaz Green and Byron Bell having to play left tackle or whatever, but his season clearly wasn't good enough. In 2018, he was worthy of being replaced the first half of the season and franchise worthy the second half. Getting a legitimate receiver coincided with that change.
Now, you can say his play is too dependent on the circumstances, but you could say that about almost every quarterback. Do we know what Aikman would have been without Smith and Irvin? How about Joe Montana without Jerry Rice? (Frankly, they probably would have been Tony Romo.) I'm not saying that Dak is on that level, just that I don't think we've figured out what is going to be his level. Let it play out this year, and if he looks more like the 2017 player than the 2016 one, we have a first-round pick to use to "spend a high pick on a QB."
Worst thing we can do IMO at this point is extend him. Second-worst thing we can do IMO at this point is try to draft a replacement in the second round or later this year instead of letting this play out. Next year is when we address QB if we have to; this year, we try to put the best team we can around Dak and give him every opportunity to earn a second contract.
(And I'm also very curious about Mike White and want to see what progress he makes. He impressed me as the preseason wore on last year with both his arm strength and his decision-making.)
