Stop quoting the troll, he adds nothing to the conversation. The Cowboys have been “out of reach” within the first quarter and a half of games because of putrid defense and shitty opening play calling without any adjustments when they don’t work. That affects qb play in case you hadn’t noticed. The point is that after Mahomes nobody on that list is clearly better than others accomplishment-wise. Stafford caught a great coach at a great time with good surroundings. Everyone else on that list has had some big seasons and also been accused of disappearing in big games (see multiple MVP Lamar Jackson, regressed Jalen Hurts, etc).
There are some on that list I’d prefer to Dak, but that’s not the choice (and half that list is laughable). It’s pay Dak or draft a rookie and play him immediately. That just isn’t a realistic choice unless you’re in full tank mode which Jerry clearly doesn’t want to do. The problem isn’t that he’s (for now) the highest paid player, they can still build a roster like everyone else, it’s that they are paying players and putting them in a system with useless retread coaches. Nobody young and innovative will put up with Jerrys bullshit.
So ultimately it doesn’t matter, pay, don’t pay, the franchise isn’t going anywhere. Every qb on that list would fail in Dallas under current management. Even Mahomes would probably have a ceiling under these clowns. Maybe he could get these losers to the conference title game on his own, but no fucking super bowls. Fuck Jerry Jones. He’s the problem, not the qb, not the contracts, it’s him and his toxic aura that infects everything and everyone around him.