Mike Bascik Spills Some Tea on Dak Situation

[Rockport]

Ive been saying this for months now. Dak is damaged goods and even if he does come back and play he might not be the same. Either way the Cowboys should not gamble on giving him a big multi year contract. If they franchise Dak and he does come back and play well he is gone. No way he will stay with the Cowboys after being forced to gamble his career two years in a row. I like Dak and hope he has a complete recovery and plays in the NFL but thats a very tough injury he had and he may never the same player.

And you’ve been wrong for months so I don’t know what the hell you are bragging about.

 

[CouchCoach]

I agree if the Cowboys don't offer/pay him very soon, Dak is gone. They need to show faith in Dak he's down and out physically or there will be no trust and loyalty on the QBs end.

I don't think the Cowboys anticipated all of this QB unrest and their options before this erupted were limited, draft a QB, keep Dalton or get a FA. The Stafford, Wentz, Rodgers, Watson and Wilson situations had to slow them down a bit. This is new territory for all the FO's.

 

[LittleD]

Thanks for the post...


I mean.. If Alex Smith can come back then so can Dak, right?

They would never release him if this were true.. He would just play under the franchise tag.. They would give him 30 million to sit a year cause that’s just the type of franchise we are.

Right, and if he does come back and play like an Alex Smith did in Washington why would you ever sign him?

 

[LittleD]

Alex Smith who nearly had his leg amputated and needed 21 surgeries came back. Enough said.

Yea, and did what on the field? The flock of Dak are on full display.

 

[LittleD]

I know people are hopeful but, sadly, I think he's going to play again.

I hope so...for some other teams 180million.

 

[LittleD]

this is silly. Every report has been that he is ahead of schedule.

I've also read that he;s already out of the boot.

Yep, he's ahead of schedule for retirement or trade. Time for rebuilding and moving on.

 

[StuckMojo]

I hope the young man comes back 100% healthy and hope both sides can work out a fair deal.

 

[LittleD]

I won’t just dismiss this information. To me, it’s not surprising. Once the Cowboys said Dak was ahead of schedule in his rehabilitation, I assumed Dak was going to have his foot amputated.

Dak's injury look very similar to that long ago Washington QB (Names not mentioned) who Lawrence Taylor destroyed. That guy never came back either.

 

[Creeper]

I thought Dak was ahead of schedule, and the reason he had the second surgery was because his first surgery had gone so well, the second could be performed without risk?

Off season reports are not worth much most of the time.

 

[CATCH17]

Didn’t the Jones already offer him the contract they previously offered?

This is actually a great question..

Wasn’t their a report that he has already turned down an offer?

 

[CouchCoach]

I thought Dak was ahead of schedule, and the reason he had the second surgery was because his first surgery had gone so well, the second could be performed without risk?

Off season reports are not worth much most of the time.

That is exactly what I thought at the time. The infection risk was so low that they could have another invasive procedure.

I also expect professional athletes to get different treatment than a lay person. If I step off a curb and do that, their interest stops at getting me to be pain free and walk without a limp. A NFL QB is quite different.

 

[gjkoeppen]

If you just stopped a moment and thought it thru..
surgery on an injury like Dak had is complicated and is going to take as much luck as good medical repairing.
I never for a minute thought what was ahead for him was a given. He has months of rehab ahead and it will have setbacks along the way.
Guaranteed.
So the fact the team is posturing saying it wants to Tag Dak again all sounds loyal..
but the team has no clue how this is going to play out.
There are 52 other players and countless staff and their families with an investment in the team success.
I so absolutely can not see the team in a critical rebuild year where every dollar has to be directed at improving so many positions just to return to respectability..
You just do not reinvest in Dak at nearly $40 mil in 2021.
You wait. You have to.
Everything has changed. If we were one player away from contending..maybe.
But Moore is not established as an OC. Big Mike has back pedaled from taking responsibility for Dak's development.
And there was clearly only one reason McCarthy was hired..
to take Dak to the next level.
Did any of us see anything in Big Mike that said he is in control of a clear plan?
Nope. We just saw bad coaching hires, bad FA player signings that had to be reworked halfway thru the season..
poor playcalling by Big Mike that only accelerated more losing.
So do any of us think that is going to reverse anytime soon?
Raise your hands and tell me why.
Waiting.

Your analogy would be plausible if the Jones' listened to all the so called experts that have not even examined Prescott let alone were there during the surgeries, but they weren't. Just like 99% of the people in the same situation of having surgery and then going by what the surgeon that did the surgery tells them over what others who weren't there for the surgery. Some of you people act like the only patients these surgeons have are players and that's not right. These surgeons have their own practices and were sought out by the team because they are the best in the area at what they do.
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[CowboyRoy]

Could you ask your father specifically about the second surgery which was on the deltoid ligament in the ankle? From basic internet searches this is a very strong ligament and surgery on it is not usual. Surgery on this ligament is usually a last resort after all other conservative options do not work. Is surgery on the deltoid ligament only for serious damage or do they typically do clean up on that ligament. If the deltoid ligament surgery involved a graft from another ligament, what does that mean as far as playing football and healing timeframe?

He said that you usually don't work on the Deltoid with the type fracture and dislocation that he had. The only time they would do something after a few months like that is they found instability in the ankle. In other words, the ligament may not have been working properly so they would go in and take a ligament from the wrist/forearm area and replace the Deltoid ligament with that.

 

[JoeKing]

Never trust the words of a former baseball player when they have to do with a different sport. He knows nothing.

 

[CouchCoach]

Never trust the words of a former baseball player when they have to do with a different sport. He knows nothing.

I'd never heard of this guy before this thread.

 

[Rockport]

This is actually a great question..

Wasn’t their a report that he has already turned down an offer?

You guys are suckers. That never happened. No wonder the country is in such sad shape.

 

[RonnieT24]

This is kinda sad really. People who hate Dak coming out of woodwork again cheering for his leg not to heal and hanging on the word of some radio hack who probably hasn't been within 500 feet of Dak since the injury for their information. It was a serious injury.. It got fixed.. Dak will be fine.. Get over it.

 

[CATCH17]

You guys are suckers. That never happened. No wonder the country is in such sad shape.

I was asking a question not making a statement that would make me a sucker..

Why don’t you go hang out on Twitter and cry like the rest of the babies instead of whining on here all the time.

 

[RonnieT24]

I was asking a question not making a statement that would make me a sucker..

Why don’t you go hang out on Twitter and cry like the rest of the babies instead of whining on here all the time.

The story was that the Cowboys INTENDED to make the 5 year offer that was on the table last July. I have not read/heard that said offer was made. It makes more sense that they are waiting for the cap to be set before doing anything. Anything else would be irresponsible. Both sides need to know that before they can hold any meaningful dialog about how to construct the contract.

 

[Rayman70]

never bet against Dak. That said, aside from the injury, rehab. I dont see Jerry forking over 40 per. I do see a max deal of 37 per. In that range. If they can't do that, they will sign and trade him as per both sides.Odds are both sides will realize being in Dallas is best and they agree on something that makes sense.