Driskel should be starter next year

[Wilikn]

(12-10-2018, 05:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Dalton is too old and expensive to trade.

Is he?  He's at $16m 2019 and $17.5m 2020.  Cheaper than Alex Smith is/was.  Pretty comparable.  Case Keenum slated to make $18m next year.

I'm starting to believe that winning in the NFL today is done one of two ways.  Either you have an elite QB that overcomes talent issues at other positions, or you have a super cheap QB that allows for better talent than most opponents.  Maybe you are the Chiefs/Rams and get elite play from a super cheap QB (Eagles last year).  You don't really find out if your cheap QB is elite though until he starts making elite money dragging down surrounding talent.

I love Andy Dalton the man on and off the field.  I don't think he's overpaid.  I am starting to think though that no real winning is done in the modern NFL with a mediocre starting QB making veteran money.