No argument from me. You have zero leverage. But these QBs will not accept less than market value following their rookie deal from the team that drafted them. They'd rather take a 1 year prove it deal from someone else, over taking less than market value from the team that drafted them. That's a bit of collusion the rookie QBs have. But they all abide by it.
It's not the market value we're dealing with in FA. It's a bidding war. It's safe to say Dak would get more in a bidding war. Look what Watson got in Cleveland.
Stafford had an elite arm. His ceiling was always viewed as higher and he was just stuck in Detroit. Dak is not that caliber of QB.
Like I said , their situation might be similar on lesser or under performing playoff teams but probably not their talent level. I’d definitely rank him above Prescott.
There's value for playing in Dallas. He wouldn't have the huge endorsement contracts if he was in most other NFL towns. He'd be Kirk Cousins doing local car commercials
Steelers are looking like a legit landing spot to me.
If he's not signing with us, I don't care how much he makes. I think he is going to get more than he deserves.
They just obtained Wilson and Fields. Two former starters. Surely one of them will work out.
He'll get market value. Look at the money Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray are getting. And those two in the playoffs make Dak's postseason stats look Hall of Fame worthy. Let me add Trevor Lawrence too. He's won one playoff game, and he did his best to lose it with four interceptions.
Probably but so do a lot of QB’s.
Unfortunately this is the reality of the NFL. And why these type QB’s receive market value. Because most of these franchises don’t want to start over until they hit rock bottom.
Wilson will be retired next year and GM Jethro may sign Fields as a FA to compete with Trance.
Exactly.
Fields has been absolutely awful as a starter for 3 years. I mean, just a mess. There is no logical reason for him to "work out".
Hey, good idea, someone Trance may actually be able to beat out!!!!
Prime Troy went 0-2 with E. Smith and Jerry was forced to cave.
Lamar and Kyler are 27 year old, dual threat QBs. Dak is going to be 32 next July and can only threaten a defense with a lot of protection and a full compliment of offensive weapons. Maybe Dak can find someone to pay him 200M until he's 35. I just hope it's not Dallas. He wins a lot of games against bad teams but is sub .500 in his career against playoff bound teams while sporting a 2-5 playoff record. He's about as good as he's ever going to be and its not nearly good enough.
Look at every QB over the past decade against "winning" teams. All are sub-.500 with two exceptions- Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.
I didn’t realize Fields had been a disaster all 3 years. I thought the first couple years Bears that they could build around him until they landed first pick to get Williams .
Yea , those type stats are just talking points. Most QB’s don’t have as much success against the better teams in general.
