Dak's not getting another contract, Jerry basically just acknowledged that. So Dak plays out his contract then hits FA. You've got to think at this point they are going to have a down year. Dak can't really do anything he'll make 34 million this year and next year Dallas has a $40M dead cap figure.
So its Trey Lance, the only problem there is If Lance doesn't play they decline his 5th year option next year and will look to sign him to some cheap 5 year $25M contract. Then they'll try to start him. So Trey will really have to stick to his guns and sign a 1 year $5M deal, knock it out of the park, then go somewhere else for a big contract. You can tell Dallas planned this all along. I don't see Lance being taken advantage of by signing a long term contract for peanuts, but it looks like that was Dallas' plan. So if Dallas has a down year, I see them drafting a QB next year early and trying Lance out for a year. If Lance really does well he might get the $30M a year contract elsewhere or Dallas could tag him, but then Dallas is sitting with a rookie QB on the bench. So Dallas can still mess this up. It really would be a shame if they do Sign Lance to a long-term peanut contract and he ends up playing for 5 years. If I were him I would do a short contract, but if he does the long term one, I'd hold out after year 2.
