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Originally Posted by Megatron96
Okay, I can see all of that.
But is that all worth $40 million/year? Give him $40 million/year, and they can kiss having that ensemble of OL, Zeke, Cooper good-bye. And we know that Dak can't carry a team based on his performance thus far. So you pay him, and he loses some of his OL, or some defensive players, or the ability to shore up that receiving corp. And then DAL is back to being a 8-8 team. Again.
Which was my point really. Without a great top-tier team surrounding Dak, he's a little better than Andy. Pay him and they can't afford his supporting cast.
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Well if he's looking for $45 in the last year, that puts his AAV at, what, $37 million?
Where else you gonna spend that if you're Dallas? They'll have moved on from Lawrence by 2022 at this rate. They have the other important parts already in their salary structure other than Vander Esch who may simply not be able to keep playing. They'll likely have maybe $160 million on their cap by then with a projected $250 million figure.
They don't have any other obvious extensions needed right now and the FA market is ALWAYS inflated so plowing money into FAs around a bottom 1/3 QB isn't gonna be a more efficient use of the space.
I just don't see spending less money on a worse QB making them any better because that freed up cap space isn't needed to keep guys like Cooper, Elliott, Collins, Martin or Tyron Smith. Those guys fit even with a big deal for Dak. The rest is fairly replaceable.
I'm not saying Dak's an outstanding player - I'm simply saying that I don't think the Cowboys are better over the next 3-4 years by moving on from him and reallocating his money towards less critical options they bring in through FA. And when the market dictates that Dak can get that kind of payday in FA (and I think it does), then you might as well bite the bullet and pay your guy.