You pay Dak to score points and win football games. To be clear, I'm not saying Cooper Rush should be the #1 guy. He's a backup making a mil a year. Knowing that, he has a better record than QB1 who makes $60m a year, scoring comparable points per game, and doing better at holding onto the football, which allows the defense to play their part without being put in terrible positions on a regular basis.
If a guy like Cooper Rush can lead a team that's won 3 out of the last 4, despite the fact that $60m worth of talent is sitting on IR, what could a guy like Darnold or Mayfield do with that space freed up and pumped into the weaker position groups on the team?
I said this before that contract was signed, and I'm saying it again. We could've let Dak play out the year, and then signed a solid journeyman QB that didn't cripple the salary cap, but we chose to stick with ol faithful, and the team failed miserably before he went down, yet has shown signs of life in the last month. People say these things about Dak because there's overwhelming evidence already pointing in the direction that giving him that contract was a massive blunder, and every week that Dallas strings together wins strengthens that argument.
Even if we put the record aside, Dak was pacing 20+ interceptions for the second time in three years. He looked old. His arm looked dead. His legs looked bad. Movement in the pocket, pocket awareness, decision making, reads, he looked washed across the board, and you can't use the argument that he lacked necessary talent to succeed, because the backup is putting up point with the same guys, and making fewer mistakes, allowing the team to play complimentary football. The ground game is up and running. The defense is doing their part. The historic blowouts have subsided. Bud, there is no reasonable argument that says that giving QB1 that contract was a good decision. It wasn't, and the majority of us saw it. Those that wanted it, even some of his strongest, most stubborn supporters have acknowledged as much. It isn't a matter of "that's what people are saying". It's a harsh reality that we have to face for a couple of years......
