It doesn't matter. They still paid their quarterbacks as all teams that believe they have a franchise quarterback do. The only time they move on from them is when they absolutely think they are done, and they don't reach that conclusion easily. For example, the Giants gave Daniel Jones and four-year, $160 million extension last year even though it has been clear for years that he's not the answer. Some would probably be willing to accept that deal if it was offered to Dak, but expecting Dallas to offer something similar to him is not realistic IMO because his numbers are quite a bit better and he was in the MVP race that year.
I see your point, and yes that is the prevailing mentality.
But look at the giants, they had some luck made playoffs and won a game, then got blown out and dominated by a real contender.
So they were far away from being a SB team. I can see where they might think they are close though.
Dak makes playoffs 3 years in a row, to somelike jerry thinks they are close but they are not, in fact not even close.
Baltimore, they are close, but still was the wrong move to pay lamar as much as they did. A team with a good defense
can get by with a QB that isnt a star runner like lamar. But again they thought they were close, and they are close, just not close enough to
compete with KC.
Herbert, again good qb but they are far away from making a run lol. so why pay a qb that much?
2 teams did it a different way, they loaded the team with good FA, and had great teams no qb , or one they didnt want.
They both had good coaches in place, THEN they got a new qb and won the SB that same year.
The rams who got Stafford. and TB who got Brady.
A team needs to have good coaches first, then a good defense, and offense like OL WR , Then get a QB that costs alot.
If you are paying the qb market price, you cant build a team good enough, or you only have a short 1-2 year window.
If you have stupid HC and staff, then it doesnt matter what kind of team or qb you have.
Unless lol both SB teams have stupid HC and staff lol, so then it is up to players.