Thinking ahead: Is there a way to recruit Andrew Luck?

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loublue22 said:
A franchise young quarterback doesn't just decide to leave his team in the NFL, it's basically unheard of.

Our next QB is a freshman on a campus somewhere.
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Steve Young did it with Tampa. But I get what your saying though.
 
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ConstantReboot said:
Steve Young did it with Tampa. But I get what your saying though.
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I will nitpick a little here. Steve Young didn't make the decision to leave the Bucs. Tampa decided to move on from Young and traded him away thinking Vinny Testaverde was the answer.
 
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I'm reminded of last week's "Can we trade Garrett?" thread.

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yimyammer said:
My questions:

* Is there even anything one team can do to make it known they would be interested in a player on another team if he became available that isn't tampering?
Why would we need to, clearly any team without a QB would want Luck, and when Romo retires, that will be us

* Can Jerry make a bunch of public statements swooning over Luck and saying he'd love to see him in a Cowboys uniform when Romo retires?
Even if it was allowed, it would have the same effect as Jerry saying the sky is blue

* Could Dez and the Oline recruit him at the pro bowl by encouraging him to pull a Lebron James and leave Indy when his contract is up?
That actually is still tampering, but harder to prove. Besides, Romo isn't retiring at the end of the season

I'd use any legal means possible to start planting a seed in Lucks mind, he seems like a loyal kid but I can't help but believe he wouldn't like to follow in the foot steps of Staubach, Aikman, etc and have the star on his helmet.
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Okay. Keyser Soze might be able to get Andrew Luck to play for the Cowboys, but that's about it.
 
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With the way Romo played this year I'm comfortable with him for another 3 seasons. Feels a bit shocking, and relieving, to say that. This is the first offseason since after the 2011 season that I haven't wanted to grab a young QB to groom.

Obviously if we could get Luck, or he approached us, I would want him in a heartbeat. I wouldn't screw Romo over to do it, or go actively recruit Luck. Romo deserves more respect than that. Obviously this is not ever happening except perhaps in a mystical fairy land, but if Andrew Luck called up Jerry and said I want to be a Cowboy make it happen, and was open to arranging a long-term contract pre-trade, I would of course be interested in the trade. If that were to happen, in all likelihood, there would be tension and other factors playing a role in this so the Colts clearly understand they aren't getting near market value, but I'd send them Romo + a 2nd round pick. At least they aren't taking too large of a downgrade for a few years, and we send Romo away to a place he can win and finish out his career without being Donovan McNabbed (remember him as a Commander? A Viking? It tarnished his legacy.)

TL;DR - in a magical world in which Luck was desperate to become a Cowboy and wanted out of Indy, I would negotiate a trade sending Tomo Romo + our 2015 2nd rounder to the Colts in return for Andrew Luck.
 
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yimyammer said:
So the consensus from many of you geniuses is that making any effort to be creative and think outside the box in an effort get a player like Andrew Luck to replace Romo down the road is absurd?

I understand the logic of saying its not possible because of the tampering rules but I don't understand why so many of you would simply dismiss the notion out of hand and get so bent out of shape over the question.

I'd like to have a GM that wouldn't leave any stone unturned and make every effort within the rules to bring in the best players they can afford under the cap and use every creative thought they had to find every way possible to get as many players as possible, even those thought to be unattainable.

I expected the simple minded replies but gave many of you guys too much credit to think you could comprehend the very first sentence of my post and restrain yourself:
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Kindly name one NFL franchise QB that ever left his team, for another NFL team, voluntarily.
 
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yimyammer said:
Calm down naysayers and play along or just ignore me please, I just think if there is even a small chance he could be obtained in the future, then the Cowboys should try to make it happen, after all he's a Texas boy. This isn't a now move nor is it a knock on Romo, so don't take it that way, its about planning for the future and the kind of thing I would be thinking about if I was a GM.

If I understand correctly, Andrew Lucks rookie contract expires in 2015 but has a fifth-year team option and then Indy could franchise him for two more years which if the Colts were forced to take this path by Luck, then I believe he would be a free agent at the end of the 2018 season.

This lines up pretty nicely with where you would expect Romo to be at the end of his career in Dallas (hopefully he stays healthy that long).

Problem is I don't think there is any way for a team to recruit a player from another team and even if there were, Luck would have to be convinced to leave. Having said that, if there's a way to do this without breaking any rules, I think they should start sowing those seeds now. Its a long shot but I think its worth the effort because it doesn't cost anything to try (assuming no rules are broken).

My questions:

* Is there even anything one team can do to make it known they would be interested in a player on another team if he became available that isn't tampering?

* Can Jerry make a bunch of public statements swooning over Luck and saying he'd love to see him in a Cowboys uniform when Romo retires?

* Could Dez and the Oline recruit him at the pro bowl by encouraging him to pull a Lebron James and leave Indy when his contract is up?

I'd use any legal means possible to start planting a seed in Lucks mind, he seems like a loyal kid but I can't help but believe he wouldn't like to follow in the foot steps of Staubach, Aikman, etc and have the star on his helmet.
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I do not want to be hearing that mouth breather chortling every sunday for my team. Guy is a disgusting wet towel who I can't bear to listen to or watch play.
 
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