Video: Colin Cowherd reacts to Dak's contract

[DandyDon52]

A QB is only 1 player playing 1 position....You act like he’s the sole reason why a team wins or loses a game...C’mon man!! He doesn’t play receiver or running back....hell he doesn’t play any position on defense!! Get real...QB’s that win Super Bowls don’t do it all by themselves....That’s Why It’s Called A TEAM SPORT!!.....Cause it takes more than 1 person to play the damn game....and it takes more than 1 person to win a damn game.....C’mon man you know that....Quit talking like football is a 1 man sport and the QB is responsible for winning or losing every game....

I KNOW all that lol, I was responding to another post.
But since dak is only 1 guy in a team sport, why does he get way more money than the other players?

 

[Bullflop]

Cowherd makes a great case for good things to happen. Any doubts might come from this team's FO bungling the decisions that lie in the draft and free agency. If they can avoid the pitfalls that have plagued them in the past, good things could possibly ensue. Now, there's a gift worth praying for!

 

[Brax]

He went to the Super Bowl the last two years? Amazing.....Dak has one playoff win against.....Russel.

Don’t twist the SB reference you know the point, Dak can’t scratch a div win. Playoff win yes the year RW accounted for what was it 60% of the offense and carried the team something Dak has never and never will do. Wilson ever time over Dak.

 

[Brax]

Wilson elevates his team.

Dak get elevated by his team.

Why can’t the Dak heads see this simple fact.

 

[DandyDon52]

I'm willing to bet that Zeke will be bad this year we will be searching for a RB during the trade deadline lol..Outside of pollard, I dont see anyone on the roster I would play. Hes not an every down guy. Neither is Zeke these days.We need to be having this conversation I THINK.

Well I agree, I am just saying in jerrys mind zeke is the guy and all they need.

 

[Dre11]

If some people really don't like it and want to get it off their chest, why not just let them? Does it really bother you that much to go to the lengths you do to prove a point? If you ignored it, I doubt it would turn into what it always does on this board.

I'm not a fan of the signing, but so what. It's not my money and the Cowboys did what they thought was best. Contrary to what many believe on here, the franchise knows more about football than all the armchair GM's on here.
But again, it's a message board for people to give their opinions.

All I can do is to hope Dak proves me wrong and help get this team back to greatness. But it doesn't consume me like it once did. What's gonna happen is gonna happen.

When you post on a forum for all to see, it's open for discussion, that's what this is a discussion board, if you don't want your point discussed, then don't put it out there, or maybe a "discussion board" isn't for you

 

[dfense]

What makes Russell Wilson and Deshaun Watson great but Dak is "good"? I never understood it.

Just watch the Seattle game that replayed on NFL network the other day. Dak's looking great until their last drive. He gets down to the 25 yard line, 4 minutes left and lofts 3 straight crap passes into the endzone. One a throw away, one a couple feet out of bounds. Settles for the field goal. Wilson goes down the field, scores a TD and wins the game. That's why he's great. That happens so many times with Dak. Great numbers and they lose a close game. He needs to take that next step. At the very least, change the play, bleed the clock more, manage the game better when you know your defense sucks. Not that it ultimately mattered, but Seattle could have started their drive with just over 2 minutes instead of 4.

 

[dckid]

Let's add to that by pointing out what bothers me most about the last two years......

We lost 3 games last year when our defense held the opponents to 17 points or less. If we win those game we easily go to the playoffs at 11-5.

Also, if Dak wasn't out dueled by fresh off missing games due to mono Sam Darnold and the Jets we go 12-4.

Dak was only a "winner" when Zeke and the O-line ran the show.

Good player no doubt, but not a great player.
Call me crazy, but I would have tried to get Jameis, Fitz and or Darnold. Why overpay a good player?
As I have said for many years... Jerry does not want to win a SuperBowl. His goal is the maintain the status quo. As long as fans, TV networks go Cowboy Crazy that is his ultimate goal.
Jerry has solved the riddle. He does not need to win a SB, he just needs the team to be good enough every year. How many years do you remember where the team would be playing to get into the playoffs the last game of the season. The game would be flexed to Sunday night, there was a stretch where SNF would always premier with Giants vs Dallas in Jerry world.
He cannot accept bottoming out, this past season was the perfect chance to win 3 games or less and draft a bona fide game changer, and we blew that also.
Going 3-13 is his worst nightmare, going anywhere between 7-9 and 9-7 is what matters to Jerry.
You know one of the most fond memories I have of Jimmy is reading in an SI article where Troy described how him and Jimmy became close through tropical fish or something.. but the key thought was Jimmy hated losing more than he enjoyed winning.
He hated losing more than he enjoyed winning. Imagine if this team had that kind of culture... Jerry flushed that away in 1994. We are going on 27 years since that happened.
Rant over.

 

[dckid]

No question.

That front 7 is as good as anyone's in my opinion. If they can keep it together, and like you said, bit a QB, they are gonna be good for a long time.

And it really sucks because I'm a native Texan living 30 miles outside DC.

Yup. We will not even win the division.

 

[DandyDon52]

That's always the go to when talking about Brady "But his wife is rich too!"

Maybe Brady also know that what he can do with like 28 million a year plus all his endorsement money is more then enough to do whatever he wants for the rest of his life as well as set up future generations of his family.

There is no world where any player should be making more money then Brady, but countless are, and they will continue to wonder why Brady can win all the time and they can't get over the hump.

if dallas can make the playoffs, brady may be the one knocking dallas out of playoffs, next 2 seasons.
Here is dak's nfl trophy case however he can now fill that up with cash or gold bars ! To make it look good.

 

[Swagger]

No question.

That front 7 is as good as anyone's in my opinion. If they can keep it together, and like you said, bit a QB, they are gonna be good for a long time.

And it really sucks because I'm a native Texan living 30 miles outside DC.

Ouch that could be very painful!

 

[DandyDon52]

Good player no doubt, but not a great player.
Call me crazy, but I would have tried to get Jameis, Fitz and or Darnold. Why overpay a good player?
As I have said for many years... Jerry does not want to win a SuperBowl. His goal is the maintain the status quo. As long as fans, TV networks go Cowboy Crazy that is his ultimate goal.
Jerry has solved the riddle. He does not need to win a SB, he just needs the team to be good enough every year. How many years do you remember where the team would be playing to get into the playoffs the last game of the season. The game would be flexed to Sunday night, there was a stretch where SNF would always premier with Giants vs Dallas in Jerry world.
He cannot accept bottoming out, this past season was the perfect chance to win 3 games or less and draft a bona fide game changer, and we blew that also.
Going 3-13 is his worst nightmare, going anywhere between 7-9 and 9-7 is what matters to Jerry.
You know one of the most fond memories I have of Jimmy is reading in an SI article where Troy described how him and Jimmy became close through tropical fish or something.. but the key thought was Jimmy hated losing more than he enjoyed winning.
He hated losing more than he enjoyed winning. Imagine if this team had that kind of culture... Jerry flushed that away in 1994. We are going on 27 years since that happened.
Rant over.

your actually giving jerry too much credit, the reality is he is just too stupid to build a team that can win in playoffs, or get to a SB.
He isnt doing all this just to be relevant, he is actually trying to build a winner.
Just look at his face when they are losing, he is totally bummed out ! ( I love seeing that)

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

if dallas can make the playoffs, brady may be the one knocking dallas out of playoffs, next 2 seasons.
Here is dak's nfl trophy case however he can now fill that up with cash or gold bars ! To make it look good.

At some point, and I think it started with Romo, fans started to become more fans of certain players then the actual team.

You see so many people happy that Dak got paid, but there not getting a dime of that money, and all they'll get out of it is more years of failure.

Another argument I hate is the "You wouldn't take less at your job either to make the "team better". I hate that argument for a few reasons. Does my job lead to endorsement deals that also pay me millions upon millions a year? Does my job have some way to publicly recognize me as the one of the greatest ever at my job leading to more opportunities to make more millions once I retire in my late 30s?

 

[Swagger]

Good player no doubt, but not a great player.
Call me crazy, but I would have tried to get Jameis, Fitz and or Darnold. Why overpay a good player?
As I have said for many years... Jerry does not want to win a SuperBowl. His goal is the maintain the status quo. As long as fans, TV networks go Cowboy Crazy that is his ultimate goal.
Jerry has solved the riddle. He does not need to win a SB, he just needs the team to be good enough every year. How many years do you remember where the team would be playing to get into the playoffs the last game of the season. The game would be flexed to Sunday night, there was a stretch where SNF would always premier with Giants vs Dallas in Jerry world.
He cannot accept bottoming out, this past season was the perfect chance to win 3 games or less and draft a bona fide game changer, and we blew that also.
Going 3-13 is his worst nightmare, going anywhere between 7-9 and 9-7 is what matters to Jerry.
You know one of the most fond memories I have of Jimmy is reading in an SI article where Troy described how him and Jimmy became close through tropical fish or something.. but the key thought was Jimmy hated losing more than he enjoyed winning.
He hated losing more than he enjoyed winning. Imagine if this team had that kind of culture... Jerry flushed that away in 1994. We are going on 27 years since that happened.
Rant over.

Excellent points.

I was of the view that Jerry wanted another Superbowl before he passes away but yes I now agree with your sentiment.

He seemingly loves being known as the man. He loves being involved in the NFL commercial negotiations, he loves being involved with the business side generally. The back slapping, the high-fives, you bet, I got you, etc. He is the go to guy for many innovations. He just wants/needs the Cowboys to be relevant and talked about. With 7 teams making the play offs it provides even more scope for the Cowboys to limp in and make it before being torn a new a-h0le. Prescott is a very marketable QB and in hindsight he was always going to pay and keep him. It's a win win story. Cowboys stay relevant and have a decent chance of making the play offs now that almost everyone does but in reality we have no shot at the Superbowl. Especially whilst TB12 is accepting team friendly contracts over at Tampa Bay.

That's not a dig at Prescott. It's often the contract after a rookie deal that knee caps teams and in reality pretty much every QB has done and would do the same. They want their big pay day as most of us would. Back to TB12 - remember he went many years without winning the SB after his rookie deal at the Patriots before taking less as a Vet...I think Prescott seems the type to accept less as a Vet but he will be regressing by that point imo.

So we are in that period of even more pain and suffering in terms of being successful and winning a Superbowl.

Who would be a fan hey!?

 

[dckid]

your actually giving jerry too much credit, the reality is he is just too stupid to build a team that can win in playoffs, or get to a SB.
He isnt doing all this just to be relevant, he is actually trying to build a winner.
Just look at his face when they are losing, he is totally bummed out ! ( I love seeing that)

hahahah. Man I really hope you are not correct.

 

[Stash]

2 reactions from Colin, Positive & Realistic

He’ll always be the guy who took Wentz over Dak and irreparably damaged his reputation.

And his ‘great quarterback taking a pay cut’ consists of exactly ONE GUY - Tom Brady. And he knows that but won’t admit it. Brady is the exception to just about every rule in the NFL.

But on the ‘positive side’, he does bring up some other good points about how invested Dallas is paying ‘great money’ to a few ‘good players’.

With Little Enos handling negotiations, the Cowboys never end up getting a deal.

 

[Stash]

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And the Cowboys could have had Brady and dealt Dak if they tried. But such bold, creative thinking is above the guys we have in charge.

 

[Stash]

When the FO cannot tell the difference between good and great, they will continue to pay great for good. This is nothing new. It is the reason what they are what they are.

The evaluation of talent and pricing of that talent is the Achilles Heel of this franchise and I do not see that changing.

Add in a complete lack of accountability for the top decision makers and you have our recipe for failure for over 25 years.

 

[Havic]

We have alot of bad contracts on this team but I do not believe Dak is one of them. If we dont pay Dak, who are we left with? Alex Smith literally on his last leg?

 

[BigD_95]

We got our Dak discount his first 4 years so it all evens out - no one mentions that he was on pace for nearly ~7,000 yards & ~40 TDs when he got hurt last year. He’s good enough to win a super bowl or 2 but not with this defense.

Im glad we signed Dak also but come on. He wasnt going to get anywhere near those numbers. Look at the year before he was hot the 1st 3 games than couldnt do anything against Jets, Eagles ..etc. Dak can look amazing at times but then other times doesnt even look like an NFL QB.

He is very inconsistent QB. Sometimes even in the same game. He will stink up the joint than halfway through the 3rd quarter he looks like great. But he has a lot of off weeks. Luckily he has more up weeks than bad