Why do you like or dislike Dak?

[Diehardblues]

It has took 22 pages for posters to express their emotions about Dak. I don’t think there is a poster on this message board that has not expressed those feelings at least 20 times in the last few months. I think we should know how each other feels at this point.

Yep

And why it’s time for Daks own forum or pinned thread. Just like we had to do for Romo.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I wouldn’t say that . Romo had some damn good teams and a few stinkers

I can’t remember which year it was maybe 2011 that defense was pretty bad but offensively Romos teams were pretty much on par with Daks
For that matter the current team was constructed for Romo but of course he was not able to stay healthy

Romo never had an elite oline or rb besides 14. He had like 2-3 above average 0lines and maybe 2 above average defenses that didn't happen the same years. Not trying to be a Romo dak debates because it's not a debate to me. But daks best teams are most likely behind him I feel.

 

[ShortRound]

This is like cheap therapy

 

[jnday]

Romo never had an elite oline or rb besides 14. He had like 2-3 above average 0lines and maybe 2 above average defenses that didn't happen the same years. Not trying to be a Romo dak debates because it's not a debate to me. But daks best teams are most likely behind him I feel.

Romo has years of playing behind linemen like Phil Costa. There are still fans that think Doug Free was better than the very average player that he was. Romo has to make players like Hearns into decent starters . Fans seems to forget these details about the Romo years.

 

[Typhus]

I like him. Dak has worked steadily to up his game. The see-it-throw-it tendencies in his first 3 years, the spin out left and chuck it move, holding on to the ball for too long... he worked to iron all those flaws out. We've seen wayyyy more Cowboys put zero effort into their game rather than work to improve it.

True on Daks work ethic, other players like Dez Bryant for example, as good as he was he never was a student of his game, dont think he ever even learned the route tree.

 

[starfan1]

Romo never had an elite oline or rb besides 14. He had like 2-3 above average 0lines and maybe 2 above average defenses that didn't happen the same years. Not trying to be a Romo dak debates because it's not a debate to me. But daks best teams are most likely behind him I feel.

I don’t know that I can argue that a lot nor is it worth the effort but there are certainly parallels. 2014 and 2016 are similar . I guess it what you consider elite. Romo played with 2 or 3 pro bowlers on the line in multiple years. His whole career was not defined by Phil costa and mcquisten. It’s not about who’s better Dak or Romo because they both did things better than the other. It’s more about both of them have been failed by front office

 

[blueblood70]

I like Dak, want him to succeed because him playing great means we have shot to win every game, however that doesnt mean im not allowed to be critical of him when he makes mistakes that cost us chance to win..

people get butthurt when you say negative things about players and say its hate..thats not true if the critique is backed by facts, well that being real..

 

[CCBoy]

True on Daks work ethic, other players like Dez Bryant for example, as good as he was he never was a student of his game, dont think he ever even learned the route tree.

He was no Michael Irving.

 

[CowboyFrog]

Call it what u want. Dak played well in losing season yay. We lost the game but hey he looked good that's what losers root for. Ill take a win over that anyday, pretty, ugly, accidently, I don't care. 5-5 beats 1-3 as lol day everyday. When we go 8-9 you can sit back and talk about how daks stats look good on paper.

The fact is the QB play is not why we are losing though, wouldn't it be easier to just say "I don't like the GM plan on building a team", "I want to run the ball and play good defense because we seem to be going nowhere with all this O talent". That is valued point and worthy of a discussion.

 

[Ranching]

The fact is the QB play is not why we are losing though, wouldn't it be easier to just say "I don't like the GM plan on building a team", "I want to run the ball and play good defense because we seem to be going nowhere with all this O talent". That is valued point and worthy of a discussion.

Start that thread....wonder how many will defend Jerry....

 

[CowboyFrog]

Start that thread....wonder how many will defend Jerry....

If someone can make a real case defending our GM over the last 25 years, they should instantly become thier states best trial lawyer. 10 years of JG pretty much = conviction.

 

[charron]

The fact is the QB play is not why we are losing though, wouldn't it be easier to just say "I don't like the GM plan on building a team", "I want to run the ball and play good defense because we seem to be going nowhere with all this O talent". That is valued point and worthy of a discussion.

Ok but I'm just answering the op. Of course it's their fault for overvaluing their players at too high a cost to build a SB team

 

[Established1971]

@Ranching No one is going to answer this truthfully....the people that dislike him...the people who dislike him will just say "I have nothing against Dak....I just think he's a bus driver/average/(fill in the blank)".

or maybe they are being truthful but you just like peoples answers to be binary and simplistic

 

[kskboys]

Romo never had an elite oline or rb besides 14. He had like 2-3 above average 0lines and maybe 2 above average defenses that didn't happen the same years. Not trying to be a Romo dak debates because it's not a debate to me. But daks best teams are most likely behind him I feel.

Romo had an elite OL through 09. That OL started falling apart in 10, and Jerry didn't even notice. That's when the Costa clusterfudge started. Costa might be the worst starting Center we've ever had.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

or maybe they are being truthful but you just like peoples answers to be binary and simplistic

More like I prefer people to be truthful and factual...silly me....

 

[starfan1]

why do I like Dak well at first it was because he isnt Romo. I got tired of the uncertainty with him at QB both in health and execution. 2014 was a magical year and I so rooted for him but it was not to be. I then started see the improvements Dak made year after year his willingness to be a student of the game and a leader that the rest of the locker room loved. Unlike the previous guy.

Why else? because Pappy and captain crunch hates him. (j/k) This needs to be his year though because he is getting serious coin and the slow starts need to stop. The missing of receivers needs to stop although part of that can be blamed on WR. We have some dropsie issues among our receivers. Some of that can be attributed to dak not putting it right in there laps but your a NFL receiver not everything is going to be exactly where you need it.

The key to this years team lies on the other side of the ball and coaching. well see how it goes.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

why do I like Dak well at first it was because he isnt Romo. I got tired of the uncertainty with him at QB both in health and execution. 2014 was a magical year and I so rooted for him but it was not to be. I then started see the improvements Dak made year after year his willingness to be a student of the game and a leader that the rest of the locker room loved. Unlike the previous guy.

Why else? because Pappy and captain crunch hates him. (j/k) This needs to be his year though because he is getting serious coin and the slow starts need to stop. The missing of receivers needs to stop although part of that can be blamed on WR. We have some dropsie issues among our receivers. Some of that can be attributed to dak not putting it right in there laps but your a NFL receiver not everything is going to be exactly where you need it.

The key to this years team lies on the other side of the ball and coaching. well see how it goes.

Dak should be loved.
FG all game long.
Redzone ineptness.
Scores only when were -20 points behind in the 4th Q.
Since 2016 his claim to fame is .500 ball.
Love Dak, cherish Dak, he has brought this offense and franchise to new levels of greatness!!!

 

[starfan1]

Dak should be loved.
FG all game long.
Redzone ineptness.
Scores only when were -20 points behind in the 4th Q.
Since 2016 his claim to fame is .500 ball.
Love Dak, cherish Dak, he has brought this offense and franchise to new levels of greatness!!!

Sounds a lot like previous QB so just maybe it isn’t a QB issue solely but you do you
You’re amusing

 

[quickccc]

How i see Dak Prescott;

Plus:
- Great leadership ability and magnetic character presence and intangibles
- Great competitor, teammates feed off his winning presence
- Excellent physical tools - Good arm/Good size/good mobility
- Extremely coachable, fast learner, relentless worker
- Improved decision making, progression reads, accuracy and throwing mechanics.
- Becoming more efficient with hitting receivers in tight quarters, small windows (but not in Russell's league yet)
- Can throw effectively both in the pocket and on the run.
- Excellent scrambling ability to get away from pressure.
- Displaying quicker pass set up and drop, getting ball out quicker in pocket.
- Has comeback/come from behind ability
- Tough and durable. Prior to-ankle injury, started every game since NFL entry
- Normally a careful ball handler
- There was a time I thought Prescott would always be limited to bus drive management type and never thought he’d develop into a bonafide passing machine.

Minus:
- Can he perform elite vs the top defenses ? ala Rams, Saints, Bucs, Ravens Washington, etc.
- Not a pure natural passer- had to really work hard to technically twine and fine tune his throwing mechanics;
Some particular QBs can throw off their back foot repeatedly and never seem to miss a beat on target accuracy. If Dak’s throwing mechanics get off balanced,
his passes easily get behind or skip to targets
- Good arm strength, not great arm. Not a booming arm such as Rodgers, Mahomes, McNabb, Young or a Moon
- Needs to take better care of body away from unnecessary pounding-punishment; not taking on tacklers (ala broken ankle vs Giants) -
Slide to ground.. or run out of bounds before tacklers arrive.
- Progressing well but still still has speed bumps as a passer;
- Doesn't always get untracked early in game; partly reason why we tend to have slow starts
- Playoff blot still a nuisance hinder. Hasn't advance his team to even NFC title game. A Romo trend until he proves otherwise.

 

[quickccc]

I like him as a QB because he’s protective of the football. 40 interceptions in 69 games. He did lead the League in fumbles in 2018, but he was better about it in 2019. That’s an underrated thing, people get googly-eyed about yards and TDs, but the turnovers are very important.

Because somehow under Scott Linehan and Garrett, he developed a bad habit of holding onto the ball in the pocket, and unnecessarily take drive killing sacks that
also resulted in sack fumble strips.

Oddly the very last 3 game of 2018 (Giants, Seattle, Rams) it was like someone else in the coaching got to his ear and immediately worked out the kinks in him getting the ball out much quicker or scrambling away from closing pressure more often. That new and improved habit of those last 3 games rolled right into his best individually statistic year in 2019 as a pro thus far.