Dak’s brother says we couldn’t win without him

[CouchCoach]

Agree.. Which is why you should pay the elites and if you don't have an elite you should focus on building the team.

Because if your QB isn't elite than you can win games at the same rate with a guy like Andy Dalton.

Focus on building the team.

Unfortunately there is a salary cap and not having a high paid QB on the books gives you an edge.

The additional issue with the Cowboys is the owner requires a QB with star status. We are seeing more Prescott than Mahomes or Rodgers on TV and that's important to the promoter.

The top two color analysts in TV are ex Cowboys QB's. This team and the thinking inside the brain trust about this position is unlike any other team. Prescott is PT Booger's Tiny Tim,. the star attraction just like Romo was.

And while I am not a Dakster or Dakater, is he not fun to watch play? He has no regard for his body, or used to be like that, and he can move and throw on the run really well and he's got passion for the game and his team.

This team was not missing his arm as much as his heart and leadership because there's not a better QB in the league than Prescott with those two requirements.

I missed him every time I turned on the game and he was not back there and it's not because I know he gives the team a better chance to win, I like watching him play just as I did Romo.

And I am a softy for a good story just as I was for Romo's rise to the DC QB position, there is no other like it. We can thank Don for that with his Dandiness and Dak does bring style to the position. I think Don would approve.

 

[phildadon86]

Agree.. We need to build a great team..

It's a team sport..

There is enough evidence out there that paying a non elite QB doesn't help in the W/L department. Especially in terms of winning championships.

If we had a QB that could change games and carry a team it would be different even though those types struggle as well with a big contract.

There is also evidence to the contrary. You are also on record saying Stafford would be a good investment. He will want upwards of 30 million as well. And sorry to tell you. He doesnt change games. IN FACT his record against winning teams is horrendous. So keep going. You just make yourself look more and more uneducated the more you go.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

No, it doesn't, he's his brother, we're just a bunch of critical fans. This isn't about football, it's about family. And I don't know anything about Tad Prescott.

Yeah, so what? What does that have to do with business, which is what this game really is about now? The days of the sport and all that go along with that are over. Why should the fact that his Brother Tad, a person that really has nothing at all to do with this, matter to the fans?

I mean, I understand his position, to an extent, but it carries no weight beyond that personal relationship with his Brother Dak. Fact of the matter is that it's a bad business decision, financially.

It's not like Dak is a little sister of the poor here. It's also not as if he hasn't been offered very good amount of money to play for the Cowboys. It falls on deaf ears to many who are not making anything close to that or even enough to pay their own bills. That's real. Whatever this is, it's not something that fans should lose much sleep over IMO.

Fans should be conscious of Dak but Dak and his Brother should not be conscious of the financial ramifications of a contract that blows up the cap?

Sorry, that dog don't hunt in my view. I owe Dak or Tad nothing and Dak or Tad are never going to ride in to the rescue of ABQ if ever needed.

 

[Asklesko]

We won without Dak. Four games to be exact, and almost made the playoffs. I am okay with moving on from Dak and his baggage.

 

[CATCH17]

There is also evidence to the contrary. You are also on record saying Stafford would be a good investment. He will want upwards of 30 million as well. And sorry to tell you. He doesnt change games. IN FACT his record against winning teams is horrendous. So keep going. You just make yourself look more and more uneducated the more you go.

Stafford depends on price tag. I'd rather draft because I don't think we're close to winning anything/

He would be an upgrade over Dak though because he's a better player than Dak..

Cry about it.

 

[Ranching]

When I became a HC, my brother could've stay off the forums!!! I had to rip him a new to keep his mouth shut.

 

[Hawkeye19]

This team is a circus, clown-show, and reality TV show disaster rolled into one lol

 

[doomsday9084]

Games played by Dak 1-3
Games played by Dalton 4-4
Games played by Dak and Dalton 1-0
Games played by Dalton and sub 0-1
Games played by subs 0-2

I'm not going to put the blame on Dak for his poor record this year. The defense was horrendous to start the season. That said, the team hasn't really been a winner with Dak for quite some time.

 

[CATCH17]

Games played by Dak 1-3
Games played by Dalton 4-4
Games played by Dak and Dalton 1-0
Games played by Dalton and sub 0-1
Games played by subs 0-2

I'm not going to put the blame on Dak for his poor record this year. The defense was horrendous to start the season. That said, the team hasn't really been a winner with Dak for quite some time.

But... We were going to have the #1 offense ever...

 

[Jipper]

We won without Dak. Four games to be exact, and almost made the playoffs. I am okay with moving on from Dak and his baggage.

what baggage? Hes about as squeaky clean as it comes which is why he is so very well liked and marketable.

If you want to say hes not worth the preimum contract that is one thing, but he has zero baggage...want to see baggage go look at zeke for starters

 

[Cowboy4ever]

Tad is actually right.

We had some like the OP of this exact thread say we wouldn't see much offensive drop-off, if any at all, going from Dak to Dalton. That was obviously a very stupid thing to say.

@USArmyVet said something similiar prior to the season.

This is a silly thing to bring up. If all things were equal, I don't think you would see much difference in Dak and Dalton. But it's not just about Dak, The OL was in shambles week to week, zeke missed time and the Defense stunk. We have all seen how effective Dak is with an OL that is less than perfect and it wasn't pretty at all. So to think that Dak would have been much better under the same circumstances is just agenda talking because after 4 years, there is nothing to say that Dak can perform at a high level consistently when he is not surrounded by all pros across the OL.

 

[Brax]

The guy thinks he has to run interference for his brother and defend him because he knows Dak will not do that for himself.

Put yourself in his place. One bother in the grave from a suicide, and recently, and his other brother being called out for what every other QB in the NFL is doing ands is going to do. He feels his family is under attack. What would you do?

And before you answer that, think about Dak's history going all the way back to high school and how his family, particularly his Mom, always had his back and believed in him. His Mom and a brother are gone, think this brother might be feeling just a little defensive and overprotective?

Boo-hoo poor Dak can't speak for himself, yes that's what a leader does. Get off the pity pot he's a grown mam.

 

[G2]

Tad should spend more time with us, he'd fit right in.

However, I do agree with his sentiment. Who are we to decide what another man should make and what his value is to an organization?

Why were people calling Prescott greedy but Mahomes isn't? The word "greed" is misapplied and misused in this situation. Just because this business is made public, and shouldn't be, we feel qualified to determine another man's value and he's asking for more than he's worth.

Just wait until Allen, Mayfield, Murray and Jackson come up for new deals. They haven't accomplished anything yet either.

Fans who think they're entitled to determine another person's worth who's doing all of the work they don't appreciate or, are not doing themselves.
Typical forum stuff. I would love some to walk a season in their cleats and actually get a real sense of what they really do, not what they read on ESPN blogs or podcasts. And the vast majority have zero idea what market value means.

 

[G2]

This is a silly thing to bring up. If all things were equal, I don't think you would see much difference in Dak and Dalton. But it's not just about Dak, The OL was in shambles week to week, zeke missed time and the Defense stunk. We have all seen how effective Dak is with an OL that is less than perfect and it wasn't pretty at all. So to think that Dak would have been much better under the same circumstances is just agenda talking because after 4 years, there is nothing to say that Dak can perform at a high level consistently when he is not surrounded by all pros across the OL.

This is just completely wrong. It was fairly obvious there was a significant difference, even when you compare Prescott's 5 games to Daltons 10 it took him to surpass his production. Not only that, the defense was better late in the season, this should also be pretty clear to identify.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

We won without Dak. Four games to be exact, and almost made the playoffs. I am okay with moving on from Dak and his baggage.

lol. Dalton made the offense worse.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

This is a silly thing to bring up. If all things were equal, I don't think you would see much difference in Dak and Dalton. But it's not just about Dak, The OL was in shambles week to week, zeke missed time and the Defense stunk. We have all seen how effective Dak is with an OL that is less than perfect and it wasn't pretty at all. So to think that Dak would have been much better under the same circumstances is just agenda talking because after 4 years, there is nothing to say that Dak can perform at a high level consistently when he is not surrounded by all pros across the OL.

Looks like we have another! Lmao

All things were equal when Dalton took over for Dak, did you just not watch it at all?

"Zeke missed time"...? He missed one week and his backup went off for more yards/TDs than Zeke had had in 2 years.
"The defense stunk" it was unrecognizable WORSE with Dak in there.

Dak wasn't surrounded by All-Pros on the OL LITERALLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS SEASON, and consistently produced at a high level despite that.

Your excuses don't make even the slightest bit of sense at all.

This is a really really bad post. I get your agenda makes people say stupid things, but at least try to make it make sense.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

This is just completely wrong. It was fairly obvious there was a significant difference, even when you compare Prescott's 5 games to Daltons 10 it took him to surpass his production. Not only that, the defense was better late in the season, this should also be pretty clear to identify.

Dalton was working without the threat of a run game, shaky protection at best. And yes the D was better and if I am not mistaken, the team won 3 out of the last 4 proving that the team can win without Dak, even with a below average OL with a QB like Dalton. So tell me, given that, what makes Dak worth 35 to 40 mil per year?

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I'm not going to put the blame on Dak for his poor record this year. The defense was horrendous to start the season. That said, the team hasn't really been a winner with Dak for quite some time.

Aikman didn't win anything either after 1995 when his defenses weren't elite. Give Dak the SB defenses Aikman played with. And oh ya, a consistent running game too (which Aikman's SB teams had).

 

[phildadon86]

Stafford depends on price tag. I'd rather draft because I don't think we're close to winning anything/

He would be an upgrade over Dak though because he's a better player than Dak..

Cry about it.

He's not. At all.
Im not the one crying.

 

[G2]

Dalton was working without the threat of a run game, shaky protection at best. And yes the D was better and if I am not mistaken, the team won 3 out of the last 4 proving that the team can win without Dak, even with a below average OL with a QB like Dalton. So tell me, given that, what makes Dak worth 35 to 40 mil per year?

He's heads and shoulder a better QB than Dalton, which I had illustrated. You're the one that installed wins and losses into the discussion which is a team stat.
We've identified that Dalton needed twice the time to cover the same production.
We've identified that the defense wasn't as good early.

Of course the team can win without Prescott, but how many losses could we have reversed had he played? Forget what you "think" he's worth.