It's more likely that you blow up the roster if we do extend Dak....losing Steele, Biadasz for a start.
You've already quantified your position with 'healthy' Dak. A healthy Dak that would be under contract for 5/6 years!!!
The option of drafting a QB, and saving $34m CAP space actually keeps the roster in place into which you fit the rookie (a bit like 2016).
The “healthy” comment was about how they have been good since MM has been here, other than when Dak was lost for the season in 2020, and a lot of that was about the Nolan defense.
You want to keep the roster together, then you aren’t a 15 loss team that has a shot at a top pick. Even those don’t always pan out, hence the Wilson reference.
Maybe if we blew it all up and tanked on purpose we could be in line to draft a Winston or Mariota. Maybe a Goff or Wentz.
See where I’m going?
You’d be more in line to draft the next Jake Locker. I don’t see how that makes things better than they currently are.
Dak can be frustrating, and make some serious blunders in big spots, but it’s ridiculously difficult to snap your fingers and find something better with a mid to late first round draft pick. There’s a list of total failures a mile long.
This is about as moot as it gets, because Jerry isn’t going QB hunting at age 81, and they are close enough all around where it makes full sense to try to win with Dak instead of blowing it up, or thinking a rookie is going to be much better.