The million dollar question, or should I say the 200 million dollar question.
As others have stated the Cowboys have not prepared for this moment by drafting or signing a suitable replacement for Dak is his demands are outrageous. They can't trade him and they can't franchise him. If he asks for $60 million per year they have no choice but to pay him. Letting him walk means tanking when they are so close to their goal.
The Cowboys have proven they are not good at this. Most teams would have drafted a backup plan and at least had something to fall back to if Dak holds them for ransom. Not Jerry. He will pay Dak, hold a big news conference to pat himself on the back and proclaim Dak is the guy to get them to a super bowl no matter what the history tells us about him and this team.
They have tried to build a quality team around Dak I assume hoping that the quality of the roster can get Dak over the hump. But if they pay Dak a kings fortune that may not be possible in the future. This would seem to be the yar they get it done or we wait 10 more years.
Maybe they are not wrong, the Joneses. Looking back over the years of Carter, Bledsoe, Hutchinson and all the other misfits and retreads, maybe when you find a decent QB you commit to him and hope for the best. No one wants a repeat of those years after Aikman retired.
well the flaw in that view , is it wasnt the qb's, it was the coaching, and the GM.
The cowboys were bad from they year after SB 30 onward. They still had the tripletts,deion and others, but they were one and done in playoffs,
usually the wc round.
Back then Jerry and his boy were horrible at running the team ( the galloway trade lol)
You shouldnt be afraid to get another qb, because you might get one who isnt very good.
Now with the jones boys picking the next qb, whether by trade, FA , or Draft, I admit I dont trust them to make a good pick.
Gus like romo, dak, purdy are out there and at a much cheaper price than dak, and younger too.
If your going to build a super team around dak, his salary inhibits that, and they would be better off with a guy like dinucci ,perez, or McDough,
which would give them about 37 mil extra or more considering daks new deal to put more players around a young cheap QB.
some history:
Chan gailey years , one and done, The GM fired him, and made campo HC , then the campo years.
I remember the qb , whoever it might be, being tackled before he could get set to pass, and many times on handoffs a defender would
be hitting them as they were trying to do the handoff!!
That has nothing to do with how good the qb, or rb is, it is all on coaching and OL quality.
Campo was a Def coach and the def was pretty good , but the offense was a mess.
Jerry wants the new stadium, and to be a better team, so he hires a too old parcells, the team improves plays better on offense, and jerry got
his stadium. After parcells he hires wade to be HC and saddles him with JG who controls the offense much like the deal with kellen and mike.
Then romo gets hurt out for season, and jerry blames wade for a big loss on mnf ,even though offense was embarrassed too, makes JG HC.
Little did we know that was the beginning of a 10 year run with clapper.
Then he hires mike out of his basement, because he heard "bells" ! saddled him with kellen who controlled the offense, then after 3 years
he dumps kellen and it is all mike now.
even though the jones boys are better at team building (they have built several good ones) they hurt the team they built with their own
actions and inactions, so that team has always failed in playoffs.
I think jerry is getting desperate now to get to a SB, so he got rid of kellen quickly and actually got 2 notable FA this off season.
All this tells me he will stick with dak due to he wants to win now, and doesnt want to risk a new qb, he will stay with the "best mistake corrector " he has ever seen.
It is a mistake , but that is what he will do.
Keep in mind, the only reason KC has Mahomes, is they took a risk, took a young qb in the draft, even though they had a starter who was as good or better
than dak. bellichek had bledsoe, but decided to take a risk on brady. dallas had romo, but decided to grab dak in the 4th. dak was supposed to be
a quality bkup or remote chance of being a starter.
meanwhile jerry has done nothing at qb since 2016, they did pick dinucci, but dumped him too soon. I am curious to see what payton does with him
in denver. I bet the first time russell is hurt , he will put dinucci in.
By the way, can a Chinese bong be used for a dinner bell?