Dallas Cowboys Should Draft QB, Says ESPN GM Ex, Ignoring Biggest Dak Prescott Problem

Mike Fisher | Apr 12, 2024

FRISCO - The problem with a TV talking head insisting that the Dallas Cowboys' unsettled situation with Dak Prescott should lead "America's Team'' to using the No. 24 pick in this NFL Draft on another quarterback isn't that the belief is necessarily wrong.

No, the problem - as illustrated during a recent episode of ESPN’s Get Up on which Mike Tannenbaum suggested that the Cowboys should be considering taking a signal-caller in that spot is ...

We're not sure Tannenbaum would put his money where his mouth is.

Prescott, as Cowboys Nation knows, is entering the final year of his deal and his contract talks are going nowhere - so much so that owner Jerry Jones has announced that the stalemate may be a permanent one for 2024.

CowboysSI.com has reported that Dak is likely seeking $60 million annually, a price Dallas is obviously unwilling to pay.

Therefore, the Cowboys seem willing to allow Prescott to play out 2024 as a lame duck and then worry about later ... later - when the QB can test the free-agent market next March.

.@RealTannenbaum says the Cowboys should draft a QB 👀

Who could you see heading to Dallas? pic.twitter.com/mUp5HcCVko

— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) April 12, 2024

All of this has led to speculation about Dallas using pick No. 24 on a QB, like, say, University of Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.

But here is what makes Tannenbaum different ...

Tannenbaum isn't just a "TV talking head.'' Nor is he "just'' a media member or a fan. As the former GM of the New York Jets, he's sat in that decision-making seat. And we wonder: Would a real GM, with his job on the line, truly double-up at QB without knowing what to do with Dak, miss out on long-term talent elsewhere and create dissention and confusion in the locker room ...

Or is this just the sort of stuff that guys on TV - even with GM backgrounds - say because they're guys on TV.