Video: Dak’s contract will cripple the Cowboys

[OmerV]

Matt Stafford is better than Dak.

Bring him to Dallas please.

Based on what?

and why would you want to trade significant draft capital to pay almost as much per season as it would take for Dak to get a 32 year old QB that hasn’t proven anything more in 11 years than Dak has proven in 4?

 

[KJJ]

I forget which one it was, but in one of those Rodgers had a very badly strained calf and could hardly move. With even an average pass rush he'd have been sacked numerous times, but he was able to stand back in the pocket and have a cup of coffee while his receivers worked and worked to get open.

Pressure on the quarterback is the biggest hallmark of a great defense these days, with the rules slanted so far toward the offense and the passing game.

Cowboys didn't get a top pass rusher in the draft or in free agency (though not so sure anybody though Quinn would lead the defense in sacks, so maybe there is someone on the roster that can do at least as well as he did), maybe Poe and McCoy can increase middle pressure so that Lawrence and whoever can have an easier time getting to the quarterback.

Like most years, lots of uncertainty this season...

That was the 2014 playoff loss to the Packers where Rodgers had a strained calf. He pretty much beat us on one leg. After Dez’s catch was nullified the Packers were able to eat up the final four minutes. Had we made a stop we could’ve given our offense one last chance. Another sad example of our defense letting us down.

 

[KJJ]

But if they had a great defense and didn't get behind then they wouldn't have to come back, and by extension not need the great QB.

Jim McMahon was hardly a great quarterback, but his defense was out of this world. P. Manning was a great quarterback, but the Seahawks defense nearly shut out the Broncos offense.

There's more than one way to win Super Bowls.

Just sayin'..

Not getting behind doesn’t mean you don’t need a great QB. To build a lead in today’s game you do need a very capable QB. If they’re not efficient and turn the ball over it’s going to lead to trouble. Jim McMahon wasn’t a great QB and if he was maybe the Bears win several more Super Bowls. It’s hard to win year after year with just your defense. The 85 Bears had arguably the greatest defense ever. They had something like 72 sacks that season which forced a lot of turnovers giving the Bears offense a number of short fields. All McMahon had to do was manage games and allow the Bears defense to feast. That defense destroyed QBs. Just about any QB could have won a championship with that defense. McMahon only had 2300 yards passing that season with 15 TDs.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

The team will likely sign another QB before training camp. In most years it would be an unknown camp arm. If it's a veteran backup type, we'll know Dak is history.

That's inductive reasoning at it's worst, lol. Since when does any team not try to get the best backup they can? If there's a Dalton out there, a veteran who's prior team did make the playoffs, ypu take him instead of some career backup that's hardly played, or an UDFA.

This is pure desparation by Dak's team. They're looking for a out that save's face. Sending crazy proposals to the Cowboys front office hoping someone will say "no' so they can blame the Cowboys.

Maybe, but probably the most common negotiating tactic is to ask for more than you think you can get, or more than you will accept. I worked for years negotiating insurance claims, 95% of the time the case was settled for less than what the person getting the settlement asked for initially. You're reading things into the situation that aren't a known fact...

 

[CATCH17]

Based on what?

and why would you want to trade significant draft capital to pay almost as much per season as it would take for Dak to get a 32 year old QB that hasn’t proven anything more in 11 years than Dak has proven in 4?

Based on Stafford having more ability than Dak.

 

[Batman1980]

Ezekiel Elliott is already crippling the Cowboys, what's 1 more guy? At least Dak is at possibly the most essential position in the NFL.

 

[OmerV]

Based on Stafford having more ability than Dak.

Ryan Leaf had more “ability” than almost any QB, and how did that work out? Looking good throwing a football isn’t the primary criteria, getting the job done is. Stafford hasn’t shown one bit more of that than Dak, and he’s had 11 years to do it. And, again, it would take giving up draft picks to get him, and he wouldn’t be much cheaper than signing Dak, but he would be notably older.

 

[CATCH17]

Ryan Leaf had more “ability” than almost any QB, and how did that work out? Looking good throwing a football isn’t the primary criteria, getting the job done is. Stafford hasn’t shown one bit more of that than Dak, and he’s had 11 years to do it. And, again, it would take giving up draft picks to get him, and he wouldn’t be much cheaper than signing Dak, but he would be notably older.

Boy... Comparing Stafford to Ryan Leaf is some kind of reach but have at it.


I get why some of you guys like Dak so much lol.


Btw, I never said I’d trade for Stafford or anything else.

 

[JBS]

Boy... Comparing Stafford to Ryan Leaf is some kind of reach but have at it.


I get why some of you guys like Dak so much lol.


Btw, I never said I’d trade for Stafford or anything else.

Your matt stafford take is probably your best take, lol. He's a damn good qb. How are you going to get him?

 

[Aviano90]

All I am getting is if Romo would have played on the cheap he may have had a team that could have carried him to a NFC championship game. Greedy bastage.

 

[cern]

Stafford made his name on the coattails of megatron.

 

[OmerV]

Boy... Comparing Stafford to Ryan Leaf is some kind of reach but have at it.


I get why some of you guys like Dak so much lol.


Btw, I never said I’d trade for Stafford or anything else.

Oh, so Ryan Leaf‘s lack of success overrides how he looked throwing the football, but with Stanford how he looks throwing the football overrides his lack of success, as well as the fact he hasn’t proven anything more in 11 years than Dak has in 4. Be consistent, is physical skills the key, or is getting the job done the key. Piick a side, not just the one that fits whatever agenda you are pushing at the time.

 

[jjktkk]

Good luck selling out your draft for the QB crapshoot.

Mayfield, Trubisky, Goff, Haskins, and many more all say hi.

And Mahomes would like say hi back.

 

[Rockport]

Based on Stafford having more ability than Dak.

You never stop with the negativity. Never.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I mean you need a decent defense for sure. Everyone from Maholms to Brady does. You can still feild one after you pay your QB.

Mahomes was paid rookie contract wages last year so KC could load up around him. Brady has been giving his team a discount to market rate for years. Both are far better than Dak Prescott. We had our window and blew it........Dak was a big part of the failure. He is not a big game QB.

 

[Denim Chicken]

And Mahomes would like say hi back.

Wow that point flew really high over your head.

 

[Denim Chicken]

He is not a big game QB.

You can absolutely say that as long as you are the one defining "big game".

The convo usually goes like this:

Dak cant win big games

OK, what about game1, game2, etc...

Those weren't big games..

 

[Denim Chicken]

Mahomes was paid rookie contract wages last year so KC could load up around him

Yet, Garoppolo somehow got to the big game after they paid him. It's almost like the team crippling theory is fantasy.

 

[CATCH17]

You can absolutely say that as long as you are the one defining "big game".

The convo usually goes like this:

Dak cant win big games

OK, what about game1, game2, etc...

Those weren't big games..

In the big picture.. Nobody cares about good regular seasons.

The Cowboys standard has always been Super Bowl.. At least that’s their perception even though I think the Jones’s want a team that can be consistently relevant more than going all in for a Title.

 

[Denim Chicken]

In the big picture.. Nobody cares about good regular seasons.

The Cowboys standard has always been Super Bowl.. At least that’s their perception even though I think the Jones’s want a team that can be consistently relevant more than going all in for a Title.

So should I just list all the starting QBs since 2016 (or in thier first 4 years) that have only won one playoff game or can we just agree that this just another one of those criticisms that applies only to DAK for some reason?

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