I understand the concept, how it works, but I dont like or agree with it.
The owners are so afraid of having to find another qb or other position if a star, that they go along with it.
Mahomes I think proved he was worth it, won SB before getting paid big. Rodgers may have back in 2010 when he won a SB. Wilson proved it and won a SB,
Brady proved it by winning a SB his first year, and then many after.
The rest of these guys are getting the big 2nd contract having not earned it. And by what they get, may keep them from ever winning a SB.
Allen has at leat been to the afc champ game.
Dak while not all his fault, has never even won a div round game, and only been to 2 of them.
So even though he is one of the top qb's, he didnt earn his big payday, and really no way should he have been the highest paid qb in nfl, even though it was for a short period. He did deserve a good payday, just not the highest. But jerry wants to win now and felt dak could do it, so he pre paid for a SB win lol.
Now in the next 2 seasons, we will see what happens.
I think our coaches are not good enough, and dallas has some flaws that will keep them from getting to a SB.
Teams that win SB's usually do everything right and have a little luck to win a SB, and I just dont see dallas doing everything right, and then there is the luck issue lol.
oh, I don't disagree with you on a few things. the owners have cornered themselves on this one.....even the mahomes contract...giving a 10 year 500M contract, with 2 years remaining on his original contract....that's absurd. I like Mahomes, but come on man.....
and its not about earning it....NFL has never ever been about earning it...its about having potential......and we talk about QBs, but there are other position players that don't earn it via a superbowl or CCG....but they have potential, they are good and they get a contract.....winning the superbowl is hard, very hard. all pieces having to be in place....coaches making right calls at right time more than not....surviving injuries, staying healthy...getting the right calls...etc.....
and Allen only did it one year....he had one good game, the second game he was below average and it was the defense bailing him out...yes, the defense actually holding Ravens to 3 points.....but people attribute that to Allen winning...such is the QBs life in the NFL, in that game Allen was beneficiary as opposed to one who led them to victory....can you imagine a game when our defense gives up only 3 points....
and Dak was never highest paid QB...its always Mahomes for now.....he was briefly 2nd highest paid...ala Watson having been second highest paid for a couple of months...now Dak is 3rd highest paid....and we know wilson is coming up on his 3rd contract...and mayfield is due and several others...so in a year or so, he won't be top 5 and probably in 2 years not even top 10....so all this talk about salary stuff is totally meaningless drivel on dak bashers side given nothing else to argue about...
and I go back to what I said above, its about putting a team together with all the right pieces including the coaches (most important part perhaps and you said it too) that can manage games and lead teams to wins (which against Tampa the coaches sucked). Dak gives this team best chance to win..if not Dak, then who? who viably would be a better option and those who say we could take the money and build defense, haven't provided any names that would transform the defense to a ravenesque type defense of the past when they had dilfer at QB and won a superbowl. which defensive players were available for us to sign and we couldn't. which players were available that we wanted and couldnt' sign. which of our own players did we want to sign and couldn't....
and Dak's cap hit is 22M this year...which ranks him 10th in the league.
the fact is we have sucked at defesive drafting for years.....for years.....we couldn't draft defensively...I am not judging 2020 and 2021, but for 15 years prior we drafted or signed one defensive player of note and that's Lawrence.....and that ain't saying much. in the same period offensively we drafted or signed Dak, Zeke, Smith, Fredrick, Collins, Gallup, Martin, Pollard, Schultz, Dez, Free, etc......fix that and we see a different team
I mean you sometimes have to wonder how the hell some of these guys get these jobs.....This Oregon quarterback for 3 quarters was back their reading novels waiting for his receivers to get free. Up and down the field all day until the 4th quarter. Not to mention the boneheaded 4th down play calling. I just thought to myself. How the hell can I root for 2 teams with the same problems. Defense and dumb coaching and their decisions
