Trade for Sam Darnold

[Ranched]

He’s a starting quality quarterback who would be both An amazing insurance policy

Darnold has not been great this season whatsoever, getting fooled at times by post-snap changes & being too aggressive at times, being just under the thresholds of 60% completion percentage & 200 passing yards a game, with 3 TD passes.

Right now he has the 32nd-best passer rating in the league (70.7) & is also at the very bottom of the league with 5.7 yards per attempt.

 

[CarolinaFathead]

What if a team like New England, Chicago, Indy, or Pitt offer us a 1 for Dak and we are sitting top 3 and the Jets are open to a deal to trade back and get Fields.

Or if the Jets want La’el Collins still..

I know the Jones’s will be lazy and make smart football moves that lead to us being mediocre but I would move mountains to get Lawrence to Dallas.

Of course there are scenarios where you make a deal. That’s why “draft math” is a thing. What’s interesting, or really not so interesting actually, is the mental power you spend on devising paths, no matter how ridiculously unlikely, in fantasizing about Trevor Lawrence in a Dallas uniform.

Someone posted a video about his pocket presence a couple weeks ago. Find that thread and watch that video. I’ve watched Lawrence from day one as I’m an avid ACC sports fan. He’s got warts. That video posted talked about his happy feet/pocket presence and the subsequent effects it has on his defensive analysis and it was very good. It is something people who have watched ACC football the last three years have been taking about for a while. It seems to me you’ve bought into the Goldilocks propagandistic image and superb physical tools Lawrence brings to the table, and like a high school crush, you are oblivious and ignorant to the red flags screaming to be noticed. Let me put this bluntly. If Lawrence doesn’t fix his happy feet and pocket presence issues, he will LIKELY be a monumental bust. The one thing an efficient and productive NFL QB has to have is pocket awareness and the fortitude to stick it out and go through their progressions calmly. If Lawrence is having issues with this in college, and mind you he will occasionally get antsy in pockets that are spacious enough to build the Pantheon in, what the hell is he going to do in the perfectly workable pockets that are seen in the NFL that are comparatively the size of marbles from what he saw in college?

Now having said all that, I think this is perfectly fixable and that I, in fact, do like Lawrence as a prospect. The physical tools are eye popping but he’s not nearly as “can’t miss” as you’re making it out to be. All of this hype is reminiscent of Vinnie Testaverde to me, though I do think Lawrence is a better prospect at the same point in their careers. While Vinnie carved out a very good career, he was never going to keep up with the hype train because that train completely missed the boat and failed to note flaws that everyone should have been talking about but weren’t because they were mesmerized with other things.

 

[CarolinaFathead]

I’m out on the Darnold trade.

He might be undervalued in NY because of the roster deficiencies but what I don’t like is the lack of noticeable and significant improvement. It’s just not a gamble I’m willing to take in exchange for a third round draft pick.

 

[Cattle_Rancher]

What if there's mushrooms under them pies?

Don't that make it more valuable lol.

 

[Cattle_Rancher]

Why not? You can’t accurately judge anyone on that atrocity of a team.

I didn't like him coming out of college and haven't seen anything since to change my mind.

 

[OmerV]

Doesnt it seem odd that the reaction of some fans who are upset at the prospect of the Cowboys being mediocre to weak is to easily embrace moves that would ensure just that?

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

I wouldn't give a cow pie for Darnold

LLLOOLLL, this rather keep Dak. Unless Sam can play the Cowboys every game.

 

[Whyjerry]

Don’t we have a QB already?

 

[Cebrin]

Any one wanting to trade away draft picks has already eaten all the cowpie mushrooms.

 

[BobbyFlame469]

Sam Darnold is damaged goods. Never trade did damaged goods unless it’s a late round pick.

Don’t see how cowboys retain Dak past this year. Their are going to be at least 5 teams willing to trade 2 1sts.

 

[BobbyFlame469]

Doesnt it seem odd that the reaction of some fans who are upset at the prospect of the Cowboys being mediocre to weak is to easily embrace moves that would ensure just that?

good observation

 

[Beaker42]

I wouldn't give a cow pie for Darnold

i wouldn’t either - just because he looked like Brady and Brees’ love child against the Cowboys?? He looks like poopoo against the rest of the league. No thanks.

 

[Williamsboys]

Why?? The defense sucks and now you want to make the quarterback position worse as well??

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Don’t see how cowboys retain Dak past this year. Their are going to be at least 5 teams willing to trade 2 1sts.

Understood. Cowboys screwed up once again.

 

[CATCH17]

Don’t we have a QB already?

The problem is we have to pay our QB like he is Pat Mahomes when he is closer to Kirk Cousins.