Video: Arian Foster on Dak "I think he lost confidence in his game"

[Hawkeye19]

Thank you

 

[Whyjerry]

I don’t have a “hate/blame” narrative as you put it. Those are your words. Not mine. Here are the facts:

With Dak as a QB— the Cowboys are:

1-3 in playoff games
Dak has a 87.9 QBR
A 61% comp %
6TDs against 3 INTs

Plenty of other players have made mistakes to hurt Dallas in those games… I am not singling Dak out by saying “only” he has made mistakes. No not at all.

What I am saying— is that his position and ability to execute or not execute affects the game more than any other position. His leadership is legendary. This is “his” team after all.

Does he inspire players around him to play their best football when it matters the most? Brady and Rodgers do. Why do the Cowboys commit 14 penalties and other teams don’t? Why did the Cowboys and Dak go 3 quarters vs SF and only put up 7 points?

Did Dak somehow NOT fail at 2:40 with 3 TOs when we turned it over on downs? Can you explain THAT— or are you unwilling to because it undoes your “enable/justify” Dak narrative lol

Football is the ultimate team sport. Why do some blame Dak when DLaw and Zeke disappear every big game? Cooper as well. Why do we blame Dak for the terrible play of the OL especially Williams and TB? 2 of those playoff losses were under Garrett who proved over the last 15 years that he is at best a middling QB coach. How about the lack of accountability and unserious culture under Jerry Jones. Almost 3 decades of ineptitude. We blame Dak for that? How did the great Aaron Rodgers do against SF?

You guys have to stop blaming Dak for everything.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

That's ridiculous. You're picking 1 play where the ball was tipped behind the line of scrimmage, thus changing the direction and speed of the pass that was intercepted? Yet, the Cowboys were down by 15 points halfway through the 3rd quarter, and Dak still brought them back to tie the game at 31 all with 38 seconds left.

Try again.

Be better.

The ball was not tipped.

Try again.

 

[pancakeman]

Not true. Dak's playoffs results are close to the same in the 60s completions % as his regular seasons stats.

Here...I'm doing your homework for you...

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01.htm

Here are the career percentages for 2021 playoff QBs from that site. Dak is definitely nestled among the guys we don't think of as the strong QBs here. (And the two at the bottom only have 1 playoff game each so their spots may be statistical outliers.)

.................reg....... playoffs........... increase
Stafford ...63........... 67.3................. 4.3
Allen ......62.3......... 65.4 ..................3.1
Burrow ...68.2......... 68.8.................. 0.6
Mahomes .66.1...... 66.2.................. 0.1
Rodgers.. 65.3 .......64.7................. -0.6
Roethlisberger. 64.4. 63.2.............. -1.2
Brady ......64.2 .......62.8................. -1.4
Tannehill ..64.2....... 62.7................. -1.5
Jones .....67.6 ........63.2................. -4.4
Hurts ......59........... 53.5................. -5.5
Prescott ..66.6......... 61.................. -5.6
Garoppolo ..67.7.... 60.6.................. -7.1
Murray ....66.9........ 55.9.................. -11
Carr ........65........... 53.7................ -11.3

Clearly more QBs fare worse in the playoffs (including the GOAT), as you'd expect given higher competition you meet there. But I'd see Dak's drop of 5.6% not as "about the same" as you seem to, but rather as significantly worse.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Football is the ultimate team sport. Why do some blame Dak when DLaw and Zeke disappear every big game? Cooper as well. Why do we blame Dak for the terrible play of the OL especially Williams and TB? 2 of those playoff losses were under Garrett who proved over the last 15 years that he is at best a middling QB coach. How about the lack of accountability and unserious culture under Jerry Jones. Almost 3 decades of ineptitude. We blame Dak for that? How did the great Aaron Rodgers do against SF?

You guys have to stop blaming Dak for everything.

I have no problem assigning blame to all the parties you just listed and I agree with you.

That still doesn’t change the fact that QB is the most critical position and we need more from #4 in big games.

 

[jwitten82]

Not true. Dak's playoffs results are close to the same in the 60s completions % as his regular seasons stats.

Here...I'm doing your homework for you...

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01.htm

He drops from 66% to 61%

 

[America's Cowboy]

I don’t have a “hate/blame” narrative as you put it. Those are your words. Not mine. Here are the facts:

With Dak as a QB— the Cowboys are:

1-3 in playoff games
Dak has a 87.9 QBR
A 61% comp %
6TDs against 3 INTs

Plenty of other players have made mistakes to hurt Dallas in those games… I am not singling Dak out by saying “only” he has made mistakes. No not at all.

What I am saying— is that his position and ability to execute or not execute affects the game more than any other position. His leadership is legendary. This is “his” team after all.

Does he inspire players around him to play their best football when it matters the most? Brady and Rodgers do. Why do the Cowboys commit 14 penalties and other teams don’t? Why did the Cowboys and Dak go 3 quarters vs SF and only put up 7 points?

Did Dak somehow NOT fail at 2:40 with 3 TOs when we turned it over on downs? Can you explain THAT— or are you unwilling to because it undoes your “enable/justify” Dak narrative lol

That's all you've got. Your biased narrative is so clear. Go lie to someone else with your agenda. You clearly refuse to answer my questions because the answers will expose you as being wrong.

 

[jwitten82]

That's ridiculous. You're picking 1 play where the ball was tipped behind the line of scrimmage, thus changing the direction and speed of the pass that was intercepted? Yet, the Cowboys were down by 15 points halfway through the 3rd quarter, and Dak still brought them back to tie the game at 31 all with 38 seconds left.

Try again.

Be better.

Lol that ball was not tipped, you think everyone is blind. Why does Daks completion percentage drop 5%, when all the other Qbs that are considered elite don't see that big a drop off

 

[America's Cowboy]

Here are the career percentages for 2021 playoff QBs from that site. Dak is definitely nestled among the guys we don't think of as the strong QBs here. (And the two at the bottom only have 1 playoff game each so their spots may be statistical outliers.)

.................reg....... playoffs........... increase
Stafford ...63........... 67.3................. 4.3
Allen ......62.3......... 65.4 ..................3.1
Burrow ...68.2......... 68.8.................. 0.6
Mahomes .66.1...... 66.2.................. 0.1
Rodgers.. 65.3 .......64.7................. -0.6
Roethlisberger. 64.4. 63.2.............. -1.2
Brady ......64.2 .......62.8................. -1.4
Tannehill ..64.2....... 62.7................. -1.5
Jones .....67.6 ........63.2................. -4.4
Hurts ......59........... 53.5................. -5.5
Prescott ..66.6......... 61.................. -5.6
Garoppolo ..67.7.... 60.6.................. -7.1
Murray ....66.9........ 55.9.................. -11
Carr ........65........... 53.7................ -11.3

Clearly more QBs fare worse in the playoffs (including the GOAT), as you'd expect given higher competition you meet there. But I'd see Dak's drop of 5.6% not as "about the same" as you seem to, but rather as significantly worse.

This is Dak's only poor performance in any of his 4 playoff career games, yet you're singling him out when the rest of the team and coaches performed poorly as well? Just come out and say you personally don't like Dak. I'll respect you better for that.

 

[Whyjerry]

I have no problem assigning blame to all the parties you just listed and I agree with you.

That still doesn’t change the fact that QB is the most critical position and we need more from #4 in big games.

Dak needs help. If he got it he might get on a roll on a big game. Admit this please - he was not the reason they lost to SF. You think that?

 

[America's Cowboy]

Lol that ball was not tipped, you think everyone is blind. Why does Daks completion percentage drop 5%, when all the other Qbs that are considered elite don't see that big a drop off

The whole team played poorly. You know this. Quit acting dumb.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

The whole team played poorly. You know this. Quit acting dumb.

Why don’t you apply that to other QBs?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Football is the ultimate team sport. Why do some blame Dak when DLaw and Zeke disappear every big game? Cooper as well. Why do we blame Dak for the terrible play of the OL especially Williams and TB? 2 of those playoff losses were under Garrett who proved over the last 15 years that he is at best a middling QB coach. How about the lack of accountability and unserious culture under Jerry Jones. Almost 3 decades of ineptitude. We blame Dak for that? How did the great Aaron Rodgers do against SF?

You guys have to stop blaming Dak for everything.

I think it's because the QB is "the general".

Zeke can't opt out of plays he thinks won't work...like straight up the clogged middle on a delay handoff for the third time in a row.

Zeke can;t throw himself a "dump" pass out in the flats that will give him a head of steam instead of reaching for the ground.

Dak isn't the only guy that suffers from ...as you said..."terrible o-line play".

As defacto and claimed "leader".....Dak must shoulder much of any blame that goes around. He is direct chain of command.

I mostly blame moore/MM for terrible prep/scheme.

 

[pancakeman]

This is Dak's only poor performance in any of his 4 playoff career games, yet you're singling him out when the rest of the team and coaches performed poorly as well? Just come out and say you personally don't like Dak. I'll respect you better for that.

I like Dak, always have! I also have never singled him out for the playoff loss (in fact I am as annoyed as you by other posters who do do that).
Somebody posted "Why does Dak have a pretty significant drop in completion percentage in his playoff career vs regular season?" and you said that's not true if you look at the numbers. So I looked at the numbers and found it WAS true. So I posted that. No agenda here.

 

[jwitten82]

The whole team played poorly. You know this. Quit acting dumb.

Quit being dumb, his completion percentage drops significantly in the playoffs

 

[Whyjerry]

Here are the career percentages for 2021 playoff QBs from that site. Dak is definitely nestled among the guys we don't think of as the strong QBs here. (And the two at the bottom only have 1 playoff game each so their spots may be statistical outliers.)

.................reg....... playoffs........... increase
Stafford ...63........... 67.3................. 4.3
Allen ......62.3......... 65.4 ..................3.1
Burrow ...68.2......... 68.8.................. 0.6
Mahomes .66.1...... 66.2.................. 0.1
Rodgers.. 65.3 .......64.7................. -0.6
Roethlisberger. 64.4. 63.2.............. -1.2
Brady ......64.2 .......62.8................. -1.4
Tannehill ..64.2....... 62.7................. -1.5
Jones .....67.6 ........63.2................. -4.4
Hurts ......59........... 53.5................. -5.5
Prescott ..66.6......... 61.................. -5.6
Garoppolo ..67.7.... 60.6.................. -7.1
Murray ....66.9........ 55.9.................. -11
Carr ........65........... 53.7................ -11.3

Clearly more QBs fare worse in the playoffs (including the GOAT), as you'd expect given higher competition you meet there. But I'd see Dak's drop of 5.6% not as "about the same" as you seem to, but rather as significantly worse.

The problem with a stat like this is the sample size is really small. 4 games in Dak’s case. 1 really bad game skews the whole thing.

 

[Hawkeye19]

That's all you've got. Your biased narrative is so clear. Go lie to someone else with your agenda. You clearly refuse to answer my questions because the answers will expose you as being wrong.

Did you not see the youtube clip of Dak throwing a pick in the red zone down 28-13 to GB?

You have not answered MY simple and factual point about Dak failing to lead a GW drive at the 2:40 sec mark at home with all 3 TOs.

I have also posted Dak’s mediocre postseason stats— to which you also don’t address.

Instead— you resort to what is known as an ad hominem attack— you try and discredit the messenger (calling me a liar) because you don’t like the message lol

Try again. I am sorry if my not excusing Dak’s flaws hurts you and you take it personally lol… I swear some fans on this site are sensitive lol

 

[Hawkeye19]

Dak needs help. If he got it he might get on a roll on a big game. Admit this please - he was not the reason they lost to SF. You think that?

I think we are stuck on semantics brother. I really do.

I have never said nor claimed Dak is solely the one responsible. I am merely saying QB is the most critical position on the team— and he let us down vs SF (among others) and we needed more from #4– specifically more points the first 3 quarters— and most definitely during the 2 min drive where we turned it over on downs.

You disagree? We don’t need better play from #4?

By the way— I completely agree with your point about the running game being necessary for Dak to be successful (helps ALL QBs). I posted earlier that we need a new run oriented OL coach and scheme, invest resources along the OL, cut Zeke, run Pollard, and add a dynamic back in the draft.

In short— fix the ground game, control TOP, avoid turnovers and Dak will win us some games

 

[RonWashington]

Arian Foster was one heck of a RB . I like the direction that conversation was going in. What amazes me about the Cowboys is you had ( - Gallup injured most of the year ) 4 really stout receivers who can RAC with anyone and yet in crucial big games the Cowboys struggled .

Is it 4 ? Is the line a big culprit ? Yes . Dak Prescott is not going anywhere so to me the obvious is either the draft or free agency your Oline has got to get better . Ask Charles Haley he had an opinion on this .

 

[CATCH17]

Nothing to prove, then he should retire because he still trying to prove it.

Why? He’s playing at an mvp level and getting millions of dollars.. Retiring doesn’t make sense.