Hypothetical, but still a good question. IF Rodgers was a free agent, I think the answer is obvious, I would sign Rodgers and move on from Dak, assuming Rodgers does not want $60 million a year. The best thing for Dallas is to get this contract business settled one way or the other. The uncertainty hurts the team. Does anyone really know what Dak wants? Is it really just 4 years instead of 5? I find that hard to believe that the money was okay but the years were not. If Dallas offered $35 million and Dak was okay with that but just for 4 years and Dallas did not agree to the deal then they are insane. Something tells me there is more to this inability to get a deal done than the contract term.
Anyway, Rodgers is better than Dak. He is not Tom Brady, who brings something else to the table that not many QBs do, and we saw it in the Super Bowl. Brady is a winner and demands it of his teammates. I don't think Rodgers has that.
It is a risk, of course, because we don't know that Rodgers will play like Brady as he gets older. Rodgers is not Brady in more ways than 1.
I have to be honest, I am very concerned that Dak is not going to work out a deal with Dallas because he or his agent would rather he tested free agency. Dak has all the leverage right now and he knows it. If I am right, then moving on from Dak is the only real move Dallas has.