Dak's journey. A great player, and better yet, a great man

[USArmyVet]

As a Marine to another Marine, you are embarrassing yourself and the Marines with your childish post.

You are the last person that needs to speak of childish posts.

 

[5Stars]

People who cite guys who got big deals and failed to deliver like Goff, Wentz, Garrapolo, Cousins et al, even Watson, are simply losing sight of one very salient fact. Dak is a different cat than all those guys. He's a team player and a leader. 105.3 just posted a quote from Jimmy saying "I don't believe he can carry a team." Which is hilarious given that Jimmy built his entire Super Bowl formula in Dallas on the premise of almost never asking Troy Aikman to "carry the team." He preferred to let Emmitt do the "carrying." It was great that Troy had that ability to step up 2-3 times a year and be the man but that team set about making Emmitt the focal point pretty early in Troy's career and pretty much stayed that way throughout it. The game has obviously changed in the last 20 years so more is asked of the QB than back in those days.. but I believe Dak is capable of doing all that is asked of him. We shall see..

He is one cool cat...there are lots of cool cats. I play for them all the time. Where words don't speak, music does.

We shall see...he's got some weight on his shoulders to carry around on his feet...up to him now. I'll root for the guy.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

"A very team friendly contract..with a cap hit of only..$44.2 mil the 3rd year"

Are you honestly for real?
Surely you are just trolling and I'm good with that as long as you aren't actually being serious?

And you, the guy with honestly for real Dak hate 24/7.

 

[Rockport]

Yeah losing one's mom by age 21 then losing a brother by age 27... that seems like a pretty steep emotional hill for a young man to climb. I cannot imagine what I would have done had my mom passed when I was 21 years old. She died when I was 57 and I still cried like a baby at the funeral.

Plus having to handle all there is to handle about being the QB of the Cowboys. Having to hear crap from all the haters like here at CZ and the talking heads. Then suffering that injury robbing him from the chance to again show what he’s made of after all of that.

 

[Rockport]

You are the last person that needs to speak of childish posts.

Never said anything like that hater.

 

[Rockport]

He is one cool cat...there are lots of cool cats. I play for them all the time. Where words don't speak, music does.

We shall see...he's got some weight on his shoulders to carry around on his feet...up to him now. I'll root for the guy.

He’s always had weight on his shoulders McFly.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Nothing says great person like DUIs and trying to scam kids with fake autographs.

You have nothing but 24/7 hate/arrogance with how you treat people here. What kind words have you ever given here without being smug or sarcastic.

 

[Sevenup3000]

Nothing says great person like DUIs and trying to scam kids with fake autographs.

That is the best yall got after all this time?

Drew Brees is more controversial...

 

[5Stars]

He’s always had weight on his shoulders McFly.

Who is McFly...?

 

[Rockport]

Who is McFly...?

No surprise.

 

[5Stars]

No surprise.

What's the surprise?

 

[Rockport]

What's the surprise?

Keep trying. Love to see you waste your time.

 

[5Stars]

Keep trying. Love to see you waste your time.

You love that word love, huh? Me too...sleep good.

 

[Brax]

Nothing says great person like DUIs and trying to scam kids with fake autographs.

You just are not in love like Rocky, he over looks all Dak's flaws and bad play. It's love he can't help it drama queen that he is.

 

[JoeKing]

He's a great leader but he needs skins on the wall to give him more credibility.

 

[Rockport]

He's a great leader but he needs skins on the wall to give him more credibility.

That’s not quite true. He needs skins on the wall to get credibility with the talking heads and thus the CZ members who get their takes from him, but the rest of us already know what he can bring to a team. Just needs a complete team around him like any QB. The fact that in order to get credibility you need to wins Super Bowls is just naive and ignorant. No offense to you as I know you don’t personally feel that way. I think

 

[JoeKing]

That’s not quite true. He needs skins on the wall to get credibility with the talking heads and thus the CZ members who get their takes from him, but the rest of us already know what he can bring to a team. Just needs a complete team around him like any QB. The fact that in order to get credibility you need to wins Super Bowls is just naive and ignorant. No offense to you as I know you don’t personally feel that way. I think

I personally think Dak is just the guy we need to win SBs but as he gets older the younger guys are going to respect him more if he has won a SB or two... or three.

 

[Rockport]

You just are not in love like Rocky, he over looks all Dak's flaws and bad play. It's love he can't help it drama queen that he is.

Dak’s got flaws like every QB. Brady’s not mobile and never has been known as a mobile QB. He didn’t win a SB every year he played. Mahomes struggles when pressure is applied. Brady doesn’t as he’ll just throw it away. Mahomes didn’t win the SB this year because of his flaw. But all of those QB’s are great, including Dak, because of their leadership and skills. They all have an abundance of both. So no, I don’t look over his flaws, I look at the whole package. You just tell that to yourself to make yourself feel better. It’s really sad of you.

 

[Flinger]

After all that Dak's been through over the 5 years with the Cowboys, it's so good to see him finally get paid. Not only the dollars, but the respect.

He came as an unheralded 4th round pick out of Miss. St. At Mississippi St. after red shirting as a true freshman in 2011, he played in 12 games in 2012 in mop up duty.

In 2013 he took over when the starter went down and played in 11 games completing 156 of 267 passes for 1,940 yards with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 829 yards on 134 carries with 13 touchdowns. He was the MVP of the 2013 Liberty Bowl with a 44-7 win over Rice.

In his first full season as the starter he led the team to a 10-2 regular season record and it's first #1 ranking in Bulldog Miss. St. history. He was named to the 2013 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. He was Manning Award Player of the week 5 times, the SEC Offensive Player of the Week 3 times. 2014 Honorable Mention All-American. 2014 First Team All SEC by the AP.

He won the Conerly Trophy, was a finalist for the Maxwell Award, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award, and the Manning Award.

He also finished eighth in the 2014 Heisman Trophy voting and received two first place votes. I could go on and on but you get the point. He was awesome.

To sum up his college career, Dak finished third in SEC history in total yards, and fourth in total touchdowns.

He holds 38 school records and was 2016 Senior Bowl Most Outstanding Player.

Final College stats - 734/1169 for 62% Cmp 9,376 Yds with 70 TD's and only 22 int's and a 146 Rtg. 536 rushing attempts for 2,521 yards and 41 TD's. He also caught 4 passes for 88 yrds and 3 TD's.

So after all of that he gets drafted by the Cowboys in the 4th rd after they failed to draft a couple QB's ahead of him. Seven QB's in total were drafted ahead of him.

He was 4th on the depth chart his rookie year but easily outplayed Showers and ended up the starter on day one after injuries to both Kellen Moore and Romo. The rest is history as he led the team to a 13-3 record and Rookie of the Year honors.

In his Cowboy career so far as a starter he's led the team to a 42-27 record. A team with questionable coaching throughout. A team with below average defense and special teams. A team with Jason Garrett as HC, Rod Marinelli as DC, Mike Nolan as DC, Richards as a defensive secondary coach.

His mother died of cancer in 2013 and he lost his brother last year to suicide.

He's been through so much all the while being the kind of man off the field that any parent would love their daughter to marry.

We've all seen his leadership on the field. He dives head first for TD's and first downs. He never gives up and goes down fighting till the end. His teammates say he's one of the best leaders they've ever played with and would break down walls to help him and the team win.

He played his first 4 years on his rookie contract. During that time and even including last year with the tag contract he rated the 28th QB in salary over that time.

Speaking of the tag last year, he didn't have to sign it and could've held out up until training camp without punishment. But not Dak. He wasn't going to let his teammates down. He knew that by participating in all the offseason program that he would be able to prove himself once the season started and earn a long term contract. He's been betting on himself from day 1. Before the ankle injury he was on pace to break Peyton Manning's single season passing yards.

A true testament to the player and man he was is when he suffered that hard to watch injury. The way his teammates rallied around him during that game and afterwards. And not just Cowboy players, but players through the league as they know what kind of a player and man he was.

Yet, after all of this, all the accolades, the 60% winning %, the 15 come from behind wins, the sacrifices he made not only on the field but off there is a very large group of CZ members who crap on him daily. They don't like being called haters, but the ones that crap on him every day, every thread and every post are indeed Haters. They disgust me and should be very ashamed of themselves.

Congrats to you Dak Prescott for not only getting what you deserve but also giving the TEAM a very friendly contract with a year 1 cap hit of only $22.5 mil. $33.2 mill 2nd year and $44.2 mil the 3rd year when the salary cap will have ballooned because of the TV contracts and the legalization of NFL betting.

Excellent tribute to an overall deserving good guy.

Don’t worry about the Haters here. It’s pretty obvious by just reading for years on this board that they have never played organized sports and simply do not understand athletics or winning.

The simple fact is that Dak is good enough as our QB. But, there are 3 phases to the game we love. And, the Cowboys have been average to historically poor on defense for years.

QB’s such as Dak and Romo can only overcome so much.

This team will not have to worry about its QB for years to come... now... fix the defense...

Oh... and, Dak can hit all of the routes. Including the out...

 

[TwoDeep3]

This is a meaningless stats comparison. But thought I would add this to the already growing debate on After The Contract.