 But as soon as you need your quarterback to play well, elevate his game, and thus, by doing so, elevate those around him, Dak can't do it. Either in a big game in the regular season, but especially in the postseason. That's really where quarterbacks earn their money. Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes are not getting $50 million a year, $55 million a year, because of what they could do in September. They are getting it because of what they do in January.