After watching Dak and Geno back 2 back weeks against the same defense...
Geno is the superior QB by every metric. Dak makes $40M APY. Food for thought.
You're saying the Cowboys overpaid for Dak? I'm on the fence on this one, maybe because Dak DID light up bad defenses, and he did beat the Eagles and score against their D when Jalen Hurts was injured. He sure FAILed against the 49ers defense. Glad it's Jerruh's problem.
I don't think we can pay Geno $40M or even $30M and field a competitive team on both sides of the ball.
We do have some pieces in place, cheap-and-good O-Line, that could help us have a window. Geno was fantastic overall this year, but I'd just as soon see the Hawks create the overall team foundation, and go heavy on the D front 7 and the OL in the draft and free agency. We picked up 5 starters in the '22 draft, and have similar draft capital this year. If John & Co. (not Pete) can nail another draft and get 5 more quality starters in '23, we'd have roughly 12 out of 22 starters on rookie contracts. Add a couple Nwosu/Avril/Bennett quality signings, and we'd have a good and cheap team. Then, do we spend $30M on Geno at the cost of being about 2-3 quality players down, for cap reasons? Do we take a QB in the draft and hope we get lucky?
I agree 100% with KJ that if another Lombardi is our target, we need to keep Geno at max $20M of cap, or we'll be a Divisional-and-Done team just like with Russell after he got paid. Rather than pay Geno $30M, I'd rather try to sign Lock for a 2-3 year backup deal if $5M with incentives to $15M if he becomes our starter, and/or take a QB in the draft if there's one that Pete and John like. SF took a developmental QB 7th round flyer on Brock Purdy and it's saved their season; PC/JS never, IIRC, *drafted* a developmental QB since Russell in the 3rd, apparently to avoid triggering Mr. Limited's feelings. (Please correct me if I'm wrong and Hawks have *drafted* developmental QB(s))
Stroud, Levis, or Young would appear to be potential targets at #5. I'd be OK with Young, after realizing that 5'9" 180 lb Warrick Dunn played 11 years in the NFL--at RUNNING BACK. QB is a much more protected position than it ever used to be. So a similarly sized Young *could* hold up.
Loved what Geno did for us this year, but he's not a tilt-the-field player. Wilson, on his rookie deal, was, because of his running threat, and his cheap rookie deal allowed the Hawks to buy additional talent and make it to two Super Bowls. I have to come down on the side of NO on betting on Geno at $30M per, if Lombardi is our goal.