Everyone that loves the NFL has had their eyes on the state of the Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks this offseason. It’s a position room full of fascination as many people have been waiting for the Tony Romo saga to end, one way or another. While it appears that that particular storyline has no finality in sight, there is some news regarding a quarterback coming off the Cowboys roster… Mark Sanchez is visiting the Chicago Bears.
After spending last season as a backup QB for the Cowboys … Mark Sanchez will visit the Bears on Thursday, source says.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 22, 2017
Look, I get it. You’re tired of the Sanchize and could care less where he’s holding a clipboard in 2017. WELL JUST HEAR ME OUT FOR A MINUTE, WHY DON’T YOU?
I’ve written – extensively, I might add – before here at Inside The Star about the relationship that exists between Mark Sanchez and Dak Prescott, and why this is just cause for considering bringing Mark back. Dak considers Mark a mentor, he was the first person that he’d run to throughout the season and in case you didn’t know… Dak Prescott is this team’s franchise quarterback.
Why is that important? Whatever Dak likes, we like. I hate cauliflower (it’s gross both visually and in taste), but if Dak Prescott came out and said cauliflower was the greatest food in the world well you can bet your bottom dollar that I’d be drinking the cauliflower kool-aid.
Dak’s affinity for Mark isn’t justifiable to the point that it can be the only reason in bringing Mark back, but considering that all the Cowboys are going to conceivably have behind Dak is Kellen Moore (who re-signed earlier this week) then it’s certainly worth kicking the Sanchize tires.
At this point Prescott, Moore, and the what-is-going-to-happen-with-him Romo are the only quarterbacks under employ by the Dallas Cowboys. Will the Cowboys braintrust add a rookie to that mix? Will another veteran be brought in, even as just a Training Camp arm? Will the Cowboys reunite the best duo we’ve seen since Rob and Big in terms of Dak and Mark sometime soon? Only time will tell, and when it does we’ll have you covered as always here at Inside The Star.
Romo was close to jon kitna and brad Johnson, don’t see why, it would be a problem to resign Sanchez, if he close with Dak, all the better.
RJ Ochoa: What evidence do you have that Dak was close to Sanchez in a QB sense? I have heard that Romo is a QB guru who studies the details of QBs mechanics and could easily be a QB coach someday. I have also heard something similar about K Moore. I remember college QBs on the Boise State team saying K Moore asks questions that no one has even thought of. So why wouldn’t these two QBs be advising and analyzing Dak as much as Sanchez in 2016?
George,
I detailed the length of Dak and Sanchez’s relationship with many points of evidence in this post, which I referenced in the one you’re commenting on: https://insidethestar.com/best-reason-dallas-cowboys-re-sign-mark-sanchez/
Their relationship was actually even discussed during the Sunday Night Football game that the Cowboys played against the Buccaneers. NBC’s Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth discussed how Dak said that Mark was the first person that he goes to on the sidelines.
Thanks for the information. I should of read the article more closely and followed the reference, which I didn’t.
It’s logical to assume that Romo wasn’t all that invested in helping Dak, especially once he got healthy and wanted his job back. For all the things we love about him, Romo has a reputation of being competitive and even hostile with other quarterbacks on the depth chart.
If true, I wouldn’t want him on my team if I were a coach or GM. The idea is to get better and win at all costs for each player and the team. T Romo’s job in 2016 was to recover from his injury and to help Dak Prescott adjust to the NFL and play as best he can. To the extent he didn’t kill himself to help Dak, he is not someone you want on your team. You can put your ego in a box. If you can’t do this you should not be on the team. T Romo may need to think seriously about retiring as he may not be able to remain a # 1 QB because of his age/physical limitation/prone to injury/etc. but he could still be a good backup which would also make him an advisor to the starter and one of his key rolls. If I was Dallas I would get rid of Romo as he in not the type of player you want on your team if you want to build towards success. Also, I question his ability to be a coach if he is unwilling to sacrifice himself for the best interest of the team.
Sanchez,as a sounding board for Dak,is ok but God forbid he ever have to step on the field. he was terrible last year when he did.
The book says if you are a contender, try to have a veteran backup QB who has won games in the NFL, particularly so that you might still win a playoff game if your starter goes out. Never more true than when Bernie Kosar came in for injured Aikman in the 1993 NFC title game, and iced the game with a strike to Alvin Harper.
Sanchez has won playoff games as a starter, and despite his hard knocks in the league, seemed like a good move when Dallas signed him. Then he sat all year and had no reps in Linehan’s offense, and when he played in Week 17 it showed.
Dallas seems indifferent at best on him now. If you are Sanchez you’re not too high on going to camp and losing the #2 job to a guy who has mastery in Linehan’s system. You will sign somewhere with better chances for you.
So each may oddly be viewing the other as a last resort. If Sanchez comes to camp, then Dallas found nobody else credible & Sanchez found no takers with a better situation to offer.
I actually think Sanchez would show better with a camp and more reps in this offense. But I don’t know that for sure, and given Dak’s durability I’m pretty good with Moore at #2 – if he has recovery from the leg and a good camp.
If another veteran presents on waivers or something, you’d have to believe he’s good enough to hand the #2 job to – otherwise put your chips on Moore & don’t screw with his development by demoting him.