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These are interesting times wrapped in quizzical discussions about unknown intentions. Oh, to be a fly on the proper wall somewhere in that pristine practice palace in Frisco...
With the quarterback page almost turned over, suddenly this puppet show has turned from panicked urgency to a comfortable purr. Timelines and turnover have a whole new meaning. What exactly that is is anyone's guess.
This much we know. In four years, Dak Prescott is going to get paid handsomely if he becomes what they're banking he will. Gonna make Tony's deal look like a down payment on a used Chevy. And to make that investment, this time the roster has to arrive in unison. Lessons were learned, you've got to think, with the last franchise QB.
And so, this draft has to be real, and it has to be spectacular. Next year, too, and the one after. Money has to be carved and cleared for some ripe expensive free agents at the proper time, which they clearly don't believe in their belly is right now.
By my count, when that day arrives, only about nine of the current guys will suit up for it. Dak, Zeke, Tyron, Frederick, Martin, Jaylon, Byron, Brown, and Bailey. There'll be a couple of others that will survive, and LP will probably be long-snapping into the 22nd century, but those are the likely core.
So if 80 percent of this roster turns over by the time Dak is in his full-tilt prime, Will McClay must continue his brilliance off the radar in that broom closet they hide him in. It's not that they can't win a bunch of games until then, even play around in the playoffs, but their recent actions don't speak to that being the focused plan right now.
A big part of me is just so tickled that a plan actually exists. Duct tape and super glue didn't work while they threw darts in the dark campaign after campaign, and I grew so tiresome of it all.
So I'm willing to wait and watch and be realistic as they hatch their plans before our eyes. Stephen will pay Dak one day, but perhaps no one else. The Patriots way fascinates him, I suspect.
I won't be surprised if the draft doesn't yield a tight end or receiver in the first round. I won't surprised if they go all defense. Nothing would surprise me because I don't think they're that dug in. They want to add core plays for the future, not band-aids for right now.
With the quarterback page almost turned over, suddenly this puppet show has turned from panicked urgency to a comfortable purr. Timelines and turnover have a whole new meaning. What exactly that is is anyone's guess.
This much we know. In four years, Dak Prescott is going to get paid handsomely if he becomes what they're banking he will. Gonna make Tony's deal look like a down payment on a used Chevy. And to make that investment, this time the roster has to arrive in unison. Lessons were learned, you've got to think, with the last franchise QB.
And so, this draft has to be real, and it has to be spectacular. Next year, too, and the one after. Money has to be carved and cleared for some ripe expensive free agents at the proper time, which they clearly don't believe in their belly is right now.
By my count, when that day arrives, only about nine of the current guys will suit up for it. Dak, Zeke, Tyron, Frederick, Martin, Jaylon, Byron, Brown, and Bailey. There'll be a couple of others that will survive, and LP will probably be long-snapping into the 22nd century, but those are the likely core.
So if 80 percent of this roster turns over by the time Dak is in his full-tilt prime, Will McClay must continue his brilliance off the radar in that broom closet they hide him in. It's not that they can't win a bunch of games until then, even play around in the playoffs, but their recent actions don't speak to that being the focused plan right now.
A big part of me is just so tickled that a plan actually exists. Duct tape and super glue didn't work while they threw darts in the dark campaign after campaign, and I grew so tiresome of it all.
So I'm willing to wait and watch and be realistic as they hatch their plans before our eyes. Stephen will pay Dak one day, but perhaps no one else. The Patriots way fascinates him, I suspect.
I won't be surprised if the draft doesn't yield a tight end or receiver in the first round. I won't surprised if they go all defense. Nothing would surprise me because I don't think they're that dug in. They want to add core plays for the future, not band-aids for right now.
