The most important quality of a quarterback is leadership. Statistics are great for Monday discussions, but leadership wins ball games. Yes it is the ultimate team game, but great quarterbacks inspire teams with lesser players to win. The eagles, saints & patriots were lesser talent, but their quarterbacks LEAD their teams to victory. Staubach, Bradshaw, Montana had lesser statistics, but they were leaders. Yes, I’d say we had last year the best 8-8 quarterback in the game. Great quarterbacks shine in the big games. Dak lost everyone by simply not scoring. You can’t blame a defense that holds a team to less than 20 points. If defense does that, offense should win every game. Nobody asks a super bowl champion quarterback if his stats were good enough to be there. The quarterback is paid so much because his is the leader. If he is just a player on the team, pay him as such. If he makes the difference, pay him. Dak didn’t shine last year. All he did was pad stats with a larger than normal weak opponents.