It’s not about him tho
The cowboys last two “franchise” quarterbacks was an undrafted free agent and a 4th round “project” pick. The last high draft pick Dallas used on a QB was over 20 years ago and that was a second round pick. The last first round pick they used on a QB was………. 1989. Let that sink in for a moment. Dallas doesn’t have a real GM and basically wins enough to not have a top 3 pick.
Jerry Jones isn’t willing to completely rebuild because he doesn’t know how. The last time he had to do it, Aikman retired and he fired Chan Gailey. He fukked up so bad he hired Bill Parcells out of desperation. Too mad Parcells never got to finish what he started.
Oh Jerry knows how.
It's just that he'd have to hire a hard azz coach which he doesn't want to do.
Will McClay has been sharp at drafting great players so that keeps Dallas in the mix. They'll never be straight garbage with Dak but Dak isn't good enough to get them over the top.
What they gotta do: Dak is gonna be here for another year or two. Dallas needs to draft a QB.
Kellen Moore CANNOT be the OC that teaches the new QB. So....get a QB whisperer/guru that can help Dak (Kurt Warner?) and hold him accountable. Even if Dak is only 5% better....you got someone in place to help the next QB...which is really the goal.
Cut the excess like Zeke. Tyron is a shell of himself and you may need to move on from him. Steele, Martin, Biadasz, Tyler Smith etc., are good enough.
If they can throw enough $$$ at Quinn to stay, do it.
Beef up the trenches, RB and CB. That rookie RB looks pretty good when he's in there. Him and Pollard are solid but they may need one more RB after dumping Zeke. They gotta keep that defense and make it stronger. Solidify the offensive line and basically be the 2014/2016 teams but with more reliable defense.