Stephen: Cowboys open to extending Dak this offseason

[Simpleton]

The only way this makes any sense is if they actually use the savings to sign an impact FA, of course we already know the answer to that.

 

[Genghis Khan]

The only way this makes any sense is if they actually use the savings to sign an impact FA, of course we already know the answer to that.

They're going to use it so that they can have $30 million in cap space "just in case."

 

[bbgun]

This is Garrett all over again. One big middle finger to the fanbase.

 

[Cotton]

Use the savings and get me Payne.

 

[Foobio]

10 years…really?

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[Cowboysrock55]

Use the savings and get me Payne.

That's what most of us would do. But we won't. You'll get a Schultz, LVE and Pollard contract and 4 Dante Fowler's and take it.

 

[son of deadrise]

In 2017, KC had the 27th pick. They traded that pick, a third, and the 2018 1st rounder to Buffalo to pick Mahomes 10th. They already had a pretty damn good QB in Alex Smith. Mahomes spends a season as an understudy to Smith. We all know the rest of the story.

Figure Jerry and the Idiot son have a pretty good -- not great -- QB in Dak. Their draft spot is #26. Would the two of them ever have the balls, the insight, or the acumen to make that kind of a move for Dak's eventual replacement?

It's a stupid question. The answer is no, of course they wouldn't. So Dak, the good-but-not-great QB -- the safe, boring alternative, becomes the default choice.

Welcome to another trail-of-tears road to failure.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Ten more years, Stephen?

 

[Texas Ace]

Feh.

 

[Cotton]

In 2017, KC had the 27th pick. They traded that pick, a third, and the 2018 1st rounder to Buffalo to pick Mahomes 10th. They already had a pretty damn good QB in Alex Smith. Mahomes spends a season as an understudy to Smith. We all know the rest of the story.

Figure Jerry and the Idiot son have a pretty good -- not great -- QB in Dak. Their draft spot is #26. Would the two of them ever have the balls, the insight, or the acumen to make that kind of a move for Dak's eventual replacement?

It's a stupid question. The answer is no, of course they wouldn't. So Dak, the good-but-not-great QB -- the safe, boring alternative, becomes the default choice.

Welcome to another trail-of-tears road to failure.

Mahomes is a generational player. You want to take the chance that they can find another Mahomes and give up that much of your draft on a hope? Not me.

 

[Simpleton]

In 2017, KC had the 27th pick. They traded that pick, a third, and the 2018 1st rounder to Buffalo to pick Mahomes 10th. They already had a pretty damn good QB in Alex Smith. Mahomes spends a season as an understudy to Smith. We all know the rest of the story.

Figure Jerry and the Idiot son have a pretty good -- not great -- QB in Dak. Their draft spot is #26. Would the two of them ever have the balls, the insight, or the acumen to make that kind of a move for Dak's eventual replacement?

It's a stupid question. The answer is no, of course they wouldn't. So Dak, the good-but-not-great QB -- the safe, boring alternative, becomes the default choice.

Welcome to another trail-of-tears road to failure.

They'll never take that risk until at least 3-4 years from now.

I wouldn't do it this year anyway unless Young dropped to like 10 (he won't).

 

[Cujo]

10 years…really?

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10? 2, maybe

 

[boozeman]

This was a foregone conclusion when he signed the contract to begin with. He will now be a bank because we mishandle the cap.

 

[son of deadrise]

Mahomes is a generational player. You want to take the chance that they can find another Mahomes and give up that much of your draft on a hope? Not me.

The scouting reports from that year had Mahomes graded as a 2nd-rounder or later. Obviously KC believed differently but he still didn't go till #10. Generational talent doesn't last till #10. Plus he had a year to sit and learn.

If the question is would I trust Jerry and Co to be that astute? No. Absolutely not. Just using that scenario to illustrate how teams that go for broke sometimes reap the rewards.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

So Mahomes isn't a generational talent?

 

[son of deadrise]

So Mahomes isn't a generational talent?

He is, but there was no guarantee of that for a prospect who most teams had graded in the 2nd round or later. KC saw something the other teams didn't, or else he would have gone before #10. They saw their chance and went all-in. It worked out for them.

 

[Bill Shatner]

Sorry guys, all savings from extending contracts has to go to filling up the gas tank on the big hillybilly boat.

 

[L.T. Fan]

This was a foregone conclusion when he signed the contract to begin with. He will now be a bank because we mishandle the cap.

Yep. That’s why I was very much against paying Prescott as a top 10 Quarterback to begin with. Some wanted to pay him in the top 5. Sorry but this conundrum was inevitable when his deal was made.

 

[data]

In 2017, KC had the 27th pick. They traded that pick, a third, and the 2018 1st rounder to Buffalo to pick Mahomes 10th. They already had a pretty damn good QB in Alex Smith. Mahomes spends a season as an understudy to Smith. We all know the rest of the story.

Figure Jerry and the Idiot son have a pretty good -- not great -- QB in Dak. Their draft spot is #26. Would the two of them ever have the balls, the insight, or the acumen to make that kind of a move for Dak's eventual replacement?

It's a stupid question. The answer is no, of course they wouldn't. So Dak, the good-but-not-great QB -- the safe, boring alternative, becomes the default choice.

Welcome to another trail-of-tears road to failure.

Paxton Lynch and Manziel

That’s our ‘track record’ in scouting/almost-drafting first round QBs

If we actually get a first round QB, hold onto your butts

 

[Genghis Khan]

Paxton Lynch and Manziel

That’s our ‘track record’ in scouting/almost-drafting first round QBs

If we actually get a first round QB, hold onto your butts

Hell our track record outside of the 1st isn't great either.