29. "the man said it himself, it started more than 5 years ago" In response to In response to 10
and it wasn't about merely prudently procuring a backup/developmental qb. it was about "moving on."
when he made the post, the cowboys had just moved on from investing a 3rd in a jerry jones whim at qb in 2009. not that there were any better qbs available instead of him.
it is also very amusing that in his last post in that thread he points out that in 2011-2, 5 teams (out of what 12? teams that drafted qbs early-ish) had found long term starters, and 2 of those guys became notable busts shortly thereafter.
only a couple of the dudes drafted at qb in 2011-2 would even have been serviceable backups. depending on your opinion of cousins.
hard to argue with the cowboys decisions to draft frederick and martin instead of the available qbs in 2013-4. hard to argue with them skipping the options available later.
so the cowboys could have found an overall #1 pick or found a russell wilson. and it's very possible they did jump on the next russell wilson.