So if Dallas lets him walk, it will be interesting to see what he can get in the open market. He is probably hoping Mahomes will sign a deal around $40M salary or higher in the coming months. Then Dak demands more than the $35M salary offered by Dallas. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
You don’t pay a QB that kind of money who routinely fails when things around him aren’t going well. He doesn’t elevate the team and at that price you better be able to.
That's easy to say when you're not the guy who may end up staring at 25K empty seats in your (self-funded) billion dollar football mecca if the guy you try to replace him with turns out to be Josh Rosen.
Jerry Jones has won titles. And Dak Prescott is a known quantity - the Cowboys brand will be just fine with Prescott under center for another 10 years.
From a pure football standpoint, you're right. But there are business considerations in play here as well. As Chiefs fans, we understand that because we lived the 'just don't suck' life for 20 years under Carl and Lamar. But y'know what, the 'just don't suck' model made those guys a LOT of money.
It's an easy decision as a fan - it's a lot murkier as an owner. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
So if Dallas lets him walk, it will be interesting to see what he can get in the open market. He is probably hoping Mahomes will sign a deal around $40M salary or higher in the coming months. Then Dak demands more than the $35M salary offered by Dallas.
Guessing letting him walk is forcing him to play under the tag this year $33 million and revisit the contract next year or trade him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Shields68:
Guessing letting him walk is forcing him to play under the tag this year $33 million and revisit the contract next year or trade him.
That’s what I mean. Dak is hoping to play on the franchise tag this season and watch Mahomes blow the QB market out of the water, which then helps Dak get an even higher salary than the $35M Dallas offer. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
That’s what I mean. Dak is hoping to play on the franchise tag this season and watch Mahomes blow the QB market out of the water, which then helps Dak get an even higher salary than the $35M Dallas offer.
At least from Dallas's point he is going to have to get them to the playoffs to get much more. Which for Jerry is a good thing. [Reply]