re: What QB room would you prefer to have?

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If that were the case then you’d see NFL teams trade their top 15 big contract QB’s for high draft picks and getting themselves rookie QB’s instead

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I think teams should do this more often. They are too eager to commit massive money to solid QBs who are not good enough to carry the rest of the roster when their weapons get priced out of town.

Dallas giving Dak the deal they did slammed their Super Bowl window shut.

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If that were the case then you’d see NFL teams trade their top 15 big contract QB’s for high draft picks and getting themselves rookie QB’s instead. Do we have even one example of this happening in recent times?

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In order to do this someone would have to agree to the trade, most teams wouldn’t in position to draft a top QB prospect would not be interested in trading for an aging expensive veteran. A close example would be the 2016 Chiefs. They were 12-4 and the 2 seed in the AFC and lost in the division round. They had signed Alex Smith to an extension in 2014. He had 2 years left when they drafted Mahomes and traded him to Washington after the 2017 for a 3rd round pick. I think it’s safe to say they had topped out with Smith and went after a rookie QB they thought could win at a higher level and fortunately for them turned out to be correct. But Smiths deal was at the end so it did cost them 15-20% to get rid of him.

If the Falcons were able to trade cousins next year it would destroy their cap for 2 more years, so not until Penix 4th year at best which is when they’d have to resign him. That’s the part you keep missing