Twitter: What would Dak's contract value be right now if they didn't resign him?

[Chasing6]

My guess is at the conclusion of this year someone would have given him 25-30 million a year. After the season he is having I thinks that what he would garner. And he would be a stop gap for a team. He’s not going to get better and needs an excellent team around him.

Like the Chiefs. I agree.

 

[kskboys]

My guess is at the conclusion of this year someone would have given him 25-30 million a year. After the season he is having I thinks that what he would garner. And he would be a stop gap for a team. He’s not going to get better and needs an excellent team around him.

Same chapter. I was thinking 35 at best.

 

[Wildcat711]

The way QB salaries go right now I don't think it would make a difference. Not making excuses for Dak but it's clear he does not have the protection, running game, or receivers outside of Lamb that he needs to produce at a high level. Having said that I think he is pressing and taking too many unnecessary risks with the football.

As for the teams in need that would probably have gone after Dak, I would say the Raiders, Giants, Panthers, Browns, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, Saints, Steelers, Seahawks, and Titans would all have varied levels of interest if he would have become available.

I have watched that Pats kid a couple of times.. he looks promising.. not always winning but you can see an upside.

He throws a pretty deep ball.

It would take "Jerry" type stupidity to dump him for Dak.

 

[kumizi]

There’s always a team out there desperate for a QB. Anthony Richardson was a top 5 pick.

 

[baltcowboy]

Not completely true, Wilson and Dak make about the same in endorsement deals in 2024. Previous years when Wilson had a good reputation he beat Dak by a lot. Mahomes easily does double what these guys get in KC. If you win the endorsements will come, doesn’t matter where you are these days.

What does any of it matter. Dak is the quarterback of the Cowboys and wants to be the quarterback of the Cowboys. Clown show and all. Dak would have never been what he is now with another team. That is pretty much guaranteed. Wilson has a better career than Dak and is a possible Hall of Famer. Let’s not compare Dak to Mahomes.

 

[KingCorcoran]

What are you ranting about. Dak wants to be the Cowboys quarterback. He is the most marketable quarterback in the league because he is the Cowboys quarterback. Russ has a better resume then Dak and is a company man similar to Dak but makes nowhere close to the endorsement dollars that the quarterback of Dallas Cowboys would make. Why do you think the Joneses are so arrogant when it comes to free agency. Dallas is like being in NY or LA without the state taxes but America’s team brings you international appeal that the Giants, Jets, Rams, and Chargers don’t bring. That is where the big money is now with the global economy.

Wilson is on his third team in four years and makes around $13 million per year in endorsements. About two million dollars less than Dak, who is in an infinitely more stable situation. Neither makes anywhere near what the QB in that international media hub Kansas City makes in endorsements.

The notoriety of being the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback is overstated by Cowboys fans that simply want to attach importance to their favorite team that isn’t reality. Dak’s popularity, like Wilson and Mahomes, is more about their personal appeal and effective professional representation than it is the team, or multiple teams, they play for.

“International appeal”…very funny.

 

[Chasing6]

Wilson is on his third team in four years and makes around $13 million per year in endorsements. About two million dollars less than Dak, who is in an infinitely more stable situation. Neither makes anywhere near what the QB in that international media hub Kansas City makes in endorsements.

The notoriety of being the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback is overstated by Cowboys fans that simply want to attach importance to their favorite team that isn’t reality. Dak’s popularity, like Wilson and Mahomes, is more about their personal appeal and effective professional representation than it is the team, or multiple teams, they play for.

“International appeal”…very funny.

On top of your endorsements are not voided by a trade.

 

[Verdict]

The way QB salaries go right now I don't think it would make a difference. Not making excuses for Dak but it's clear he does not have the protection, running game, or receivers outside of Lamb that he needs to produce at a high level. Having said that I think he is pressing and taking too many unnecessary risks with the football.

As for the teams in need that would probably have gone after Dak, I would say the Raiders, Giants, Panthers, Browns, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, Saints, Steelers, Seahawks, and Titans would all have varied levels of interest if he would have become available.

I don’t think Dak is intentionally taking risks. I think he is like a deer in the headlights and can’t read defenses well. He panics and throws ints.

 

[Verdict]

I get the anti-Dak sentiment right now, but you're all acting like agents and the NFL Players Association doesn't exist.

Any deal Dak would have gotten on the open market next year would have been similar to the one the Cowboys gave him. Period.

Not the way he’s playing right now. Lol. I don’t know how anyone watching the game sees Dak worthy of the highest paid contract in NFL history. That’s just not anything near a reasonable thought or reality.

 

[Verdict]

Dak's playing the same level of football he has since about 2019 or '20. He's a sum-of-the-parts QB, and the parts around him right now are a broken OL, some sub-NFL RBs, two borderline NFL WRs, and a swiss-cheese defense.

Dude is the same guy from last season, he's just on a worse team and didn't luck into facing the 32nd ranked slate of pass defenses.

I would say that Dak's not a bad player, so much as he's a player with a ceiling. I would love to see him and Jared Goff switch teams, because IMO, they are very similar talents.

What's Dak worth on the open market... it's tough to say, cause the QB market is so broken. And IMO, it's due for a reset. How many Jameis Winstons and Joe Flaccos and Baker Mayfields have we seen just jump in and provide at least an adequate level of QB play for pennies on the dollar.

There's a two-tier QB market right now. Any starting QB gets a top-of-the-market, $50+ deal, even for guys whose teams have some serious misgivings (Daniel Jones, Murray, Tua, etc). And backups get like $5M max. I would like to see a $20M-$30M QB middle class emerge, for "trailer" QBs who can play well but aren't going to carry your team. Dak would slot in around there.

But that market doesn't really exist yet, and it won't until some NFL owners start saying "no" to their starter when he's up for a new deal.

Goff has elevated his game. He’s clearly better than Dak at this point. Dak’s game has cratered. He’s really playing poorly right now. Very very poor level of play.

 

[Chasing6]

Not the way he’s playing right now. Lol. I don’t know how anyone watching the game sees Dak worthy of the highest paid contract in NFL history. That’s just not anything near a reasonable thought or reality.

However Micah is right??? He should get $40M+ next year when he finishes this year with what 6 sacks???

 

[SultanOfSix]

Does anyone think this team would be any worse with Rush even Lance as the QB? Even the latter was 2-2 as a starter.

 

[Xeven]

Dak didn’t deserve his first contract and definitely did not earn this one.

 

[atlantacowboy]

If the Cowboys hadn't resigned him before the season and let's assume he played the exact same way, what would his contract value be right at this very minute? 40M AAV?

Also, name the NFL teams that would be fighting tooth and nail to sign him. Raiders? Who else?

Jerry Jones has made a catastrophic mistake.

If Dak was a free agent, teams like the Raiders, Panthers, and Jets would be eying him for 2025, but at no where near the compensation level we gave him. Jerry is a football moron. He had everything set up for Dak to fail so he could pay him less, We gave him a rookie center....... a rookie LT, and no rbs. But he caves right before the season starts and ruins his own plan.

 

[Chasing6]

Does anyone think this team would be any worse with Rush even Lance as the QB? Even the latter was 2-2 as a starter.

Trance is not a QB.

 

[Kevinicus]

No, it’s not speculation, u have guys like Kirk cousins, Derek Carr and a long long list of quarterbacks and who teams always convince themselves into thinking in the right situation they can get the best out of them. You guys let your hate or dislike for a situation cloud you’re judgement.

Dak, finished 2nd in mvp last year- a team would have absolutely convinced themselves this year was the product of bad injuries, coaching and a lack of a run game making him one dimensional and they could make him flourish again- mistakenly or not

And even if he wasn’t made the highest made player in nfl history- he’d have still gotten a contract that set or tied the top of the market. It’s just simple business of the nfl- there are always quarterback hungry teams, dak is a name, he’s had high quality play for an extended period of his career (in the regular season) and he’s supposedly great in the locker room….he was getting a massive bag either way.

Kirk Cousins >> Dak.

KC - $45 million
Dak - $60 million

There are plenty of examples of guys making far less who do better.

You have to play the market, not reset the market (unless you truly have an elite guy).

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If the Cowboys hadn't resigned him before the season and let's assume he played the exact same way, what would his contract value be right at this very minute? 40M AAV?

Also, name the NFL teams that would be fighting tooth and nail to sign him. Raiders? Who else?

Jerry Jones has made a catastrophic mistake.

around 50M.......that's the market

 

[Typhus]

Why? Dak is living a dream life. He is paid more than any player in NFL history, has a beautiful family, and is probably the top marketed player in the league. Dak don’t want to go know where. Tad said as much last offseason. Some jealous hating yahoos on twitter is not going to change his life.

Why would Dak ever want to leave Dallas, you couldn't pay him enough under the table to convince him to lift his NTC.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

The NFL will learn eventually. Don't pay a QB unless they get you to a SB on their rookie contract. Dump those that don't. Yes, you might get rid of a guy that wins a SB elsewhere, but that is a low percentage chance, and an outlier even if it does happen. You will be much more successful long term following the "only pay a QB who gets you there on their rookie deal" plan.

not sure about that strategy because then every 3 years you are drafting a QB high in the draft, since they need a year or two to adjust....and you are cycling through and given 80% of first rounders miss, then you most probably will have more misses than hits....

is having a to notch QB a great thing to get you to a superbowl. absolutely. but mahomes doesn't grow on trees. he is generational.

but you can put a team together if you know how and get to the superbowl and have a chance to compete.....Purdy!!! Hurts!!!, and many others have gotten there and competed and had a chance. their only problem is they ran into Buzzaaw Mahomes and the only way is to have him not be in the game....and btw, even Mahomes needed help, when his OL struggled he got blown out in the superbowl. so it does take a team

 

[Typhus]

IF WE WAITED: Dak would have had 232 touchdowns by now and would be the MVP already in just 7 games!! Lol

Nope, no way Jose'