Why signing Dalton makes sense

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PAPPYDOG said:
If you want 9 Points bud look up Mr. Prescott its his specialty!!! :angry:
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So 3 points better than Tone Rome was able to put up against the Eagles with the season on the line? Now our starter and back up are better for than #9. Interesting. Maybe this wasn’t such a bad signing.
 
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1) Rush is unproven. We really don't know what he is capable of doing.
2) Dak may hold out. Dalton is an insurance policy against this.
3) Dak might be wanting too much money. I believe the QB market might be dropping. $35M is too many eggs in one basket. Goff, Wentz, and Wilson are vastly overpaid. Much cheaper QBs might be able to achieve 85% of what the top QBs can do. And it might be enough.
4) Dalton here sends a message to Dak that this train is moving with or without you. Dak has a golden opportunity. Very good pay, best QB job in the NFL, offensive weapons galore. Don't be looking a gift horse in the mouth. Imagine some other QB leading this offense while you are getting market value ($20-something million) with some other team.
4) The running QB is the future (several years out) and teams need more than one capable QB to cover for injury. So the amount of dollars allotted to the QB position has to be spread out.
5) Dalton could be turned into some good trade value assuming another team's QB gets hurt late in camp or early in the year. Assuming Rush or DiNucci or Thorson show they are capable of backing up.
6) The coronavirus effect: any player who tests positive in the season might have to be quarantined for two weeks or more until they test negative. Might need an extra capable QB on the roster this year.
7) Lastly, maybe Dalton is better. I don't think so but never know until we see them in action. Training camp will let you know since all variables are the same. Or maybe they are just as good. Or maybe Dak is only slightly better so rather pay Dalton $20M than Dak $35M.
8) There really is no downside to signing Dalton other than taking practice time from Rush and Thorson. DiNucci will probably see little practice time and even less game action since the Cowboys most likely will want to stash him on the PS for a year. Let him take a redshirt, better for his long term development.

For those against the Dalton signing, were you also ripping the Saints for signing Winston for even more money than the Cowboys signed Dalton?
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I think the signing of Dalton is more or less a way of letting Dak know - one way or another, with or without you... we're moving forward.
 
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I just don't see how signing the starting quarterback for the worst team last year, during his worst season makes any sense at all. There is nothing there.

This actually encourages Dak to hold out for the first couple regular season games after which he could probably double his demands.

The "train" might be moving without Dak but it's destination will be much further south than we hoped.

The worst thing about this is that Dak operated in good faith all the way. He focused on football, didn't make any noise about his contract and , of course, Jerry thought he could take advantage. All this should have been avoided. He should have had his contract at the end of the 2018 season, it would have been far less.

Every time Jerry screws around like this he ends up paying even more. He only does this with the best players on the team, Emmitt Smith, Zeke, and now Dak.

"Emmitt Smith is a luxury, not a necessity." - Jerry Jones in 1993 at the beginning of the 93 season in which they started the season 0-2 and finished the regular season with Emmitt's greatest game as he propelled the Cowboys into the Super Bowl in which he became it's MVP.

If this quote inspires faith in Jerry's negotiating prowess, please explain to me why....
 
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ninja said:
1) Rush is unproven. We really don't know what he is capable of doing.
2) Dak may hold out. Dalton is an insurance policy against this.
3) Dak might be wanting too much money. I believe the QB market might be dropping. $35M is too many eggs in one basket. Goff, Wentz, and Wilson are vastly overpaid. Much cheaper QBs might be able to achieve 85% of what the top QBs can do. And it might be enough.
4) Dalton here sends a message to Dak that this train is moving with or without you. Dak has a golden opportunity. Very good pay, best QB job in the NFL, offensive weapons galore. Don't be looking a gift horse in the mouth. Imagine some other QB leading this offense while you are getting market value ($20-something million) with some other team.
4) The running QB is the future (several years out) and teams need more than one capable QB to cover for injury. So the amount of dollars allotted to the QB position has to be spread out.
5) Dalton could be turned into some good trade value assuming another team's QB gets hurt late in camp or early in the year. Assuming Rush or DiNucci or Thorson show they are capable of backing up.
6) The coronavirus effect: any player who tests positive in the season might have to be quarantined for two weeks or more until they test negative. Might need an extra capable QB on the roster this year.
7) Lastly, maybe Dalton is better. I don't think so but never know until we see them in action. Training camp will let you know since all variables are the same. Or maybe they are just as good. Or maybe Dak is only slightly better so rather pay Dalton $20M than Dak $35M.
8) There really is no downside to signing Dalton other than taking practice time from Rush and Thorson. DiNucci will probably see little practice time and even less game action since the Cowboys most likely will want to stash him on the PS for a year. Let him take a redshirt, better for his long term development.

For those against the Dalton signing, were you also ripping the Saints for signing Winston for even more money than the Cowboys signed Dalton?
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Great post :bow::bow::welcome:
 
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PJTHEDOORS said:
Until he misses a throw in the 4th quarter and you guys whine and moan for the 7th round rookie.
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Won’t need to be the 4th quarter. Can be the blue/white scrimmage and I am going to whine about it. :laugh:
 
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