myslamsareolder
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Listen, I know It's the easy conclussion to come to. After all, Romo being out almost the entire year certainly left a bitter taste. Our backup situation is unacceptable and Romo is certainly no spring chicken. That's just it though, our backup situation is unacceptable. No QB we draft will be a capable number 2.
We need to, as fans, sit down and make a pros and cons list. I have and the cons outweigh the pros. I cannot overstate the importance the role of the new rookie contract rules plays in this. We can assume we will draft in a similar spot as when we drafted Mo. He got just over 4 million per year on his 4 year deal. Do you want to pay a rookie backup 4 million?
Even worse than that, everyone wants us to groom Romo's heir. That's just not the NFL we live in. Stop pointing to Rodgers. He got a 5 year deal paying 1.5 mil per year. Notice I said 5 years... We can no longer do 5 year deals.
So here is a hypothetical for you: Romo plays 3 more years and then retires. Good, you have a 1st rounder waiting in the wings, right? Well, yes, except with very little game tape to judge you now have to decide, before he even starts his first season as starter, to give him a 5th year option worth 10+ million, or risk him having a good year and being a UFA. That is what is called a lose-lose. It's Miles Austin and Doug Free all over again, but worse. Unless the cowboys are willing to cut Romo after 2017 regardless if he is "done" or not it is a bad move to draft a QB in the first.
This QB class is mediocre at best. These players are more Locker, Ponder, or Gabbert, not Newton, Luck, or even Winston or Mariota. They are the kind of QBs a team who doesn't have a QB gambles on. Were not one of those teams and in this modern NFL you shouldn't draft a 1st round QB unless you haven't a QB at all.
We need a backup, so let's pay a backup. Lets get a Hasselbeck, or a Fitzpatrick. It's like you have an iPhone 5s. The iPhone 6s comes out next month. You don't buy the iPhone 6 because you're worried your phone might die. You hope it lasts the month and if it doesn't you borrow a friend's old phone to get you until the iPhone 6s comes out. Phones are too expensive these days.
We need to, as fans, sit down and make a pros and cons list. I have and the cons outweigh the pros. I cannot overstate the importance the role of the new rookie contract rules plays in this. We can assume we will draft in a similar spot as when we drafted Mo. He got just over 4 million per year on his 4 year deal. Do you want to pay a rookie backup 4 million?
Even worse than that, everyone wants us to groom Romo's heir. That's just not the NFL we live in. Stop pointing to Rodgers. He got a 5 year deal paying 1.5 mil per year. Notice I said 5 years... We can no longer do 5 year deals.
So here is a hypothetical for you: Romo plays 3 more years and then retires. Good, you have a 1st rounder waiting in the wings, right? Well, yes, except with very little game tape to judge you now have to decide, before he even starts his first season as starter, to give him a 5th year option worth 10+ million, or risk him having a good year and being a UFA. That is what is called a lose-lose. It's Miles Austin and Doug Free all over again, but worse. Unless the cowboys are willing to cut Romo after 2017 regardless if he is "done" or not it is a bad move to draft a QB in the first.
This QB class is mediocre at best. These players are more Locker, Ponder, or Gabbert, not Newton, Luck, or even Winston or Mariota. They are the kind of QBs a team who doesn't have a QB gambles on. Were not one of those teams and in this modern NFL you shouldn't draft a 1st round QB unless you haven't a QB at all.
We need a backup, so let's pay a backup. Lets get a Hasselbeck, or a Fitzpatrick. It's like you have an iPhone 5s. The iPhone 6s comes out next month. You don't buy the iPhone 6 because you're worried your phone might die. You hope it lasts the month and if it doesn't you borrow a friend's old phone to get you until the iPhone 6s comes out. Phones are too expensive these days.
