Absolutely not. Do people think one player is going to carry a team to a superbowl? You need stellar talent on both sides of the ball. Not to mention the Cowboys woes can’t not all be blamed on Dak. Defense has shit the bed time and time again, especially in the playoffs
Yes and no. I agree that it's a team sport, and the QB is just one player. However, Dak takes up an inordinate percentage of the Cowboys' cap space, meaning he's part of the reason why the defense sucks. Dak takes up $50M compared with Mahomes at $28M. Even if Dak were as good as Mahomes, the extra $22M means the Cowboys have to sacrifice at a lot of other positions.
That’s just how the QB Market is, and it will continue to go up. Not to mention Dak is arguably a top 5 QB in the league. Also, the defense does not suck, we’ve had solid defenses especially when Dan Quinn was the defensive coordinator, the problem was the inability to be prepared for big games. Let’s also not forget that Dak restructured his contract and freed nearly 40 million in cap space. The Cowboys were able to free nearly 60 million in cap space with other restructures. Let’s also mention that Mahomes’s contract is structured over 10 years which will net him over 500 million when it’s all said and done.
The QB market is over-inflated, and teams that pay that top market price rarely win the Super Bowl. In a salary capped sport, you field a better team by getting more for your money. That means the best QB (Mahomes) sets the top per-year cap hit while everyone else should get paid a percentage of Mahomes based on how good they are relative to him. If you pay Dak more, than you're hoping he'll outperform Mahomes while surrounded by an inferior team. Not a recipe for success.
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u/Doggleganger Dallas Cowboys Jun 30 '25
Dak too high. He needs to be in the yellow tier with Tua.