[Mike Fisher] What If Cowboys Dak . Trade? Cut? Retire? Fish Report

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I'm all for the trade or retire. BUT no one's gonna trade for that contract and Sleepnumber ain't giving all that money up by retiring.

The near 90 million dollar cap hit next year all but guarantees they won't cut him.
 
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I don’t know how Dallas fans feel, but strictly as a content creator I enjoy this guy’s personality. But two points he didn’t mention, one bad, one good for the “dump Dak” crowd:

1. Dak has a 90m$ cap hit in 2025. There is something Jerry did EVERY YEAR on his previous deal to carry a heavy QB contract and still be competitive. He restructured the deal. Over and over and over again. What this means is it greatly improves today’s cap hit but adds more to the next 5 cap hits. Jerry is 100% going to do that in 2025, and he’s 100% going to do that in 2026. The only reason he wouldn’t is because he’s already planning to trade Dak EIGHT GAMES INTO SIGNING THE BIGGEST PER YEAR DEAL IN NFL HISTORY. Obviously that is not the case, so those restructures will happen, and a 90m$ 2025 cap hit will not. Why bring this up? Because those will make cutting/ trading him in 2027 (June 1st or not) unrealistic. Really surprised Fish didn’t bring this up. Earliest out then is probably 2028, but even that would come with a lump sum. You have to re-sign Micah, you have to re-sign Smith to a historic OG contract, you have to re-sign Ferguson, you have to pay high draft picks… Dak is getting restructured multiple times.

2. This is the good for trying to get rid of Dak: it has happened in small amounts, and is extraordinarily unlikely to come fruition, but…..

If Dak has a deal in place with the next team, you could try and convince him to give the signing bonus back.

I know it’s a ridiculous ask, but Dak could agree if it makes a trade feasible and that money goes right back into his account with the next team. Devin White gave money back to Philly to entice them to cut him and reduce the cap hit. He wanted to go somewhere he’d play more. So there is precedent. Definitely never occurred with a number this big, but it would greatly minimize the cap hit in a trade.
 
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Yeah can't we take on most of the hit?? Or maybe that ankle or whatever just doesn't ever heal right and he's not able to play well
 
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Aerolithe_Lion said:
I don’t know how Dallas fans feel, but strictly as a content creator I enjoy this guy’s personality. But two points he didn’t mention, one bad, one good for the “dump Dak” crowd:

1. Dak has a 90m$ cap hit in 2025. There is something Jerry did EVERY YEAR on his previous deal to carry a heavy QB contract and still be competitive. He restructured the deal. Over and over and over again. What this means is it greatly improves today’s cap hit but adds more to the next 5 cap hits. Jerry is 100% going to do that in 2025, and he’s 100% going to do that in 2026. The only reason he wouldn’t is because he’s already planning to trade Dak EIGHT GAMES INTO SIGNING THE BIGGEST PER YEAR DEAL IN NFL HISTORY. Obviously that is not the case, so those restructures will happen, and a 90m$ 2025 cap hit will not. Why bring this up? Because those will make cutting/ trading him in 2027 (June 1st or not) unrealistic. Really surprised Fish didn’t bring this up. Earliest out then is probably 2028, but even that would come with a lump sum. You have to re-sign Micah, you have to re-sign Smith to a historic OG contract, you have to re-sign Ferguson, you have to pay high draft picks… Dak is getting restructured multiple times.

2. This is the good for trying to get rid of Dak: it has happened in small amounts, and is extraordinarily unlikely to come fruition, but…..

If Dak has a deal in place with the next team, you could try and convince him to give the signing bonus back.

I know it’s a ridiculous ask, but Dak could agree if it makes a trade feasible and that money goes right back into his account with the next team. Devin White gave money back to Philly to entice them to cut him and reduce the cap hit. He wanted to go somewhere he’d play more. So there is precedent. Definitely never occurred with a number this big, but it would greatly minimize the cap hit in a trade.
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Unfortunately 2028 probably isn’t feasible with all the dumping of cap into the void years, Jerry put his eggs in a rotten basket and will hurt the team till at least 2030. The only way out is to somehow make Dak want a trade. That’s not going to happen because Dak has no accountability and it doesn’t matter if he’s good or not and he knows this. Jerry isn’t going to take a 50-60 million cap hit not to play
 
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The solution to this situation is to bring in a Dak replacement on the cheap. Draft Dak’s replacement. Play the replacement QB.

Instead of Dak and Cooper Rush you get a cheap rookie and Dak. You play the rookie. Dak rides the pine as the most expensive backup in league history.

The wheels keep turning. And you move forward. That’s how you fix this dumpster fire.
 
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Verdict said:
The solution to this situation is to bring in a Dak replacement on the cheap. Draft Dak’s replacement. Play the replacement QB.

Instead of Dak and Cooper Rush you get a cheap rookie and Dak. You play the rookie. Dak rides the pine as the most expensive backup in league history.

The wheels keep turning. And you move forward. That’s how you fix this dumpster fire.
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Maybe riding the bench compels Dak to retire or lift the no-trade clause
 

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The way out is to draft a QB, let him sit behind Dak for a season, and then try to trade Dak. I think if Dak sees the keys being handed over to another QB, he might be ok accepting a trade.
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Yep. That’s the best way and draft one high.
 
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People who think that threatening to sit Dak will encourage him to ask for a trade or give up part of his salary are only kidding themselves. Dak could care less if you bench him or find his replacement. As long as he gets paid per the contract, he is good. He won his SB.

Jerry has done some very stupid things these past three decades, but he really tied a noose around his own neck on this one. Unbelievably stupid. :banghead:
 

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The Dak drama is solely due to Jerry’s ineptitude as a GM by not having a succession plan in-place for the QB position.
Jerry should have, at the very least, had Dak play out his contract…he is probably kicking himself at the thought of resigning Dak to a lower salary given his level of play, and now an injury requiring season-ending surgery.
 
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