Cowboys' Dak Prescott 'Slim Reaper' Weight-Loss Truth Revealed By Insider

[LovinItAll]

What also seems to elude people is when the QB makes $50,55,60 million a year that teams starts LOSING talent. We're seeing teams dump players around the league due to pricey contracts. You can't always add "tools" to your offense when the QB takes a quarter of the teams cap.

It's the way the league operates at the QB position. There are (4) QBs that make $5mm less per year than Dak. Yes, it would be nice to have that extra $5MM/year, but the way teams manage the cap makes that $5MM almost insignificant. The only team I can think of that was able to have a top-tier QB and not pay them top money was the Pats when Brady was there. I care less about the $60MM than I do about the 4-year deal. Like virtually every 'big' contract, when he hits the 4th year, it won't seem so big. Probably still top 10, but not 'highest paid player in the league'. Getting that 5th (or 6th) year at the same money would've been nice, but Dak apparently has a very good agent, plus he held all the cards. There's no way the Cowboys could've kicked Dak to the curb and relied on the draft or on signing a similarly skilled QB as a free agent.

Another thing that drives me crazy is how long it takes the Cowboys to sign players that they KNOW they're going to keep, and it costs them money every time. See: Micah Parsons. Had they jumped on the Dak contract earlier, they could've made him the highest-paid player in the league and saved at least $5MM/year.

Hopefully, we get McMillan in the draft and can improve our OL and secure a real RB. We'll be in good shape if we can get that accomplished. If not, well,,,,,,,,,

 

[Sarge]

Best shape of his life…….again this year.

Whatev…….

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

Best shape of his life…….again this year.

Dak said this like 5 years ago, yall have to let it go.

 

[khiladi]

MVP voting/placement doesn't work that way... no matter how much you want it to.



Just in case the link doesn't work...

AP NFL MVP voting:
1. Lamar Jackson 49-0-1-0-0 = 493
2. Dak Prescott 0-17-13-11-6 = 152
3. Christian McCaffrey 0-17-12-11-4 = 147
4. Brock Purdy 0-9-5-12-13 = 97
5. Josh Allen 1-5-11-3-6 = 80
6. Tyreek Hill 0-2-6-9-14 = 60
7. Patrick Mahomes 0-0-2-2-2 = 12
8. C.J. Stroud 0-0-0-0-4 = 4
9. Matthew Stafford 0-0-0-2-0 = 4
10. Myles Garrett 0-0-0-0-1 = 1

*1st place: 10 points
2nd place: 5
3rd: 3
4th: 2
5th: 1

It absolutely does work exactly how I said it does.

Up until like 2021, they didn't even vote "cumulative", meaning they just asked who the voter has as their MVP. Dak got ZERO first place votes and hasn't even notched a single first-place vote his whole career. Even this year, Josh Allen got 1, despite notching only 80 cumultaive votes. So much for Dak ever being considered an "MVP" when nobody ever even game him 1 first place vote.

It was only in the last a couple years, most likely because the NFL gets gambling revenue and they like to bet on every random data point to get some more revenue, that they changed the format.

So like I said, it can actually happen that the dude can in reality be a turd and still be "MVP runner up" by well over 300 VOTES bruh... in this case, second place is definitely the first loser. Like I said, Dak was getting called out in the bye as an absolutely joke, particualrly when he got once again thrashed by the 49ers team. Dallas had to go back to dumbing down the offense and force-feeding Lamb again, but as usual Dak couldn't beat any good defense and sucked against teams playing heavy-zone when he needs to actually read the field. This year since he didn't have a widely-superior personnel surrounding him, he was average or sucked against pretty much every defense.

And BY FAR, his absolute worst game in his career was against the Packers in his alleged "MVP season", throwing duds all over the place and looking like a deer in the headlights and he picked up last season right where he left off.

 

[Sarge]

Dak said this like 5 years ago, yall have to let it go.

You're not the boss of me.

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

It absolutely does work exactly how I said it does.

Up until like 2021, they didn't even vote "cumulative", meaning they just asked who the voter has as their MVP. Dak got ZERO first place votes and hasn't even notched a single first-place vote his whole career. Even this year, Josh Allen got 1, despite notching only 80 cumultaive votes. So much for Dak ever being considered an "MVP" when nobody ever even game him 1 first place vote.

It was only in the last a couple years, most likely because the NFL gets gambling revenue and they like to bet on every random data point to get some more revenue, that they changed the format.

So like I said, it can actually happen that the dude can in reality be a turd and still be "MVP runner up" by well over 300 VOTES bruh... in this case, second place is definitely the first loser. Like I said, Dak was getting called out in the bye as an absolutely joke, particualrly when he got once again thrashed by the 49ers team. Dallas had to go back to dumbing down the offense and force-feeding Lamb again, but as usual Dak couldn't beat any good defense and sucked against teams playing heavy-zone when he needs to actually read the field. This year since he didn't have a widely-superior personnel surrounding him, he was average or sucked against pretty much every defense.

And BY FAR, his absolute worst game in his career was against the Packers in his alleged "MVP season", throwing duds all over the place and looking like a deer in the headlights and he picked up last season right where he left off.

Regurgitating the same bias, Dak hating, talking points that have been argued at nauseum on this forum won't work on me.

Dak is better than you say he is, and the NFL agrees... argue with them not me.

 

[khiladi]

Regurgitating the same bias, Dak hating, talking points that have been argued at nauseum on this forum won't work on me.

Dak is better than you say he is, and the NFL agrees... argue with them not me.

I actually told you how the MVP voting works to prove I actually know what I'm talking about (which you clearly did not) and Dak didn't get a single-first place vote... Nobody considered him the MVP, but they gave him some brownie points and that too for only ONE season...

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

I actually told you how the MVP voting works to prove I actually know what I'm talking about (which you clearly did not) and Dak didn't get a single-first place vote... Nobody considered him the MVP, but they gave him some brownie points and that too for only ONE season...

Actually, you tried to tell me how the NFL incorrectly calculates totals/placements for their own MVP award... Im just going by what they tell me. So, with that said... According to the NFL, Dak placed second/runner-up.

So again... argue with them, not me.

 

[Nova]

If I had a nickel for everytime an athlete said they are in the best shape of their life…

haha yeah

The timeless vocalization of youth unraveling-- spoken by those who are too old for the statement to be true, but too young to realize their peak is already gone.

 

[DallasEast]

I have already done a thread on this topic and offered clarification a number of times afterwards. Not going to do another deep dive into it. Instead, I will post articles concerning the following two statements:

Up until like 2021, they didn't even vote "cumulative", meaning they just asked who the voter has as their MVP.

2022 season, not 2021:

AP updates voting system for its NFL awards (link)​

By the Associated Press
November 18, 2022

<excerpted>...“The essence of the AP NFL Awards remains the same – to recognize the top performers of the season,” AP Global Sports Editor Ricardo Zuniga said. “Our goal is to provide the voters with an accurate and fair voting system to reflect their preferences. These tweaks will help them in their selection process...”

...Voters will rank their top five picks for MVP...

Dak got ZERO first place votes and hasn't even notched a single first-place vote his whole career.

Before the 2022 regular season, The Associated Press' system cast their single votes for NFL MVP in a single round:

Matt Ryan named NFL MVP for 2016 season (link)
By Lorenzo Reyes | USA TODAY
February 4, 2017

<excerpted>...Ryan earned 25 of the 50 votes, while New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady finished second with 10. Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott and Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr each had six, while Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers earned two and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott received one.


Now. Back to the thread...

 

[khiladi]

Actually, you tried to tell me how the NFL incorrectly calculates totals/placements for their own MVP award... Im just going by what they tell me. So, with that said... According to the NFL, Dak placed second/runner-up.

So again... argue with them, not me.

What I stated was the following:

he wasn't in any way in "MVP consideration" in reality, because Lamar won 49 out of the 50 first place votes. Josh Allen got the other 1st place vote. Dak was actually a laughingstock until the bye after getting whalloped once again by the 49ers. He started getting pity points from the media after even former NFL analysts were calling him trash on live TV and he closed the season in mediocrity after the coaching staff had to revamp the offense, only to have the absolute worst game in his career against the Packers, to continue on the next season sucking it up until he got injured.

Dak Prescott didn't even get ONE first place vote and the NFL only started voting "cumulative" in like 2021. Christian McCaffery was third.

So yeah, there is a way a QB that can't read defenses can end up in the MVP voting even though he wasn't close to winning.

What I stated is exactly what happened, before you tried telling me I was wrong. What is clear also is you read posts like Dak reads defenses.

 

[khiladi]

I have already done a thread on this topic and offered clarification a number of times afterwards. Not going to do another deep dive into it. Instead, I will post articles concerning the following two statements:


2022 season, not 2021:

AP updates voting system for its NFL awards (link)​

By the Associated Press
November 18, 2022

<excerpted>...“The essence of the AP NFL Awards remains the same – to recognize the top performers of the season,” AP Global Sports Editor Ricardo Zuniga said. “Our goal is to provide the voters with an accurate and fair voting system to reflect their preferences. These tweaks will help them in their selection process...”

...Voters will rank their top five picks for MVP...


Before the 2022 regular season, The Associated Press' system cast their single votes for NFL MVP in a single round:

Matt Ryan named NFL MVP for 2016 season (link)
By Lorenzo Reyes | USA TODAY
February 4, 2017

<excerpted>...Ryan earned 25 of the 50 votes, while New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady finished second with 10. Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott and Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr each had six, while Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers earned two and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott received one.


Now. Back to the thread...

Yep, thus my words "like" when I made the comment regarding 2021. So it wasn't 2 years, but it was the first year that they actually did cumulative voting. But you are correct in that I was wrong on 2016, but that's not even really that relevant to the point other than, as even the MVP voters know that Zeke was more important to the team with 6 first place votes and Dak was basically handing it off and running a ball-control offense that Linehan, as far as the passing game went, was simplified from a reads perspective. So I guess it is quite possible a QB can a single MVP first place when he can't read defenses, like Dak did in 2016, which proves my point again.

He wasn't even close and we are now in "prime" dak and he can't still can't read defenses or throw against zones. In 2016, the amount of stacked boxes this offense was facing with Zeke averaging over 5 YPC on first down, behind this all-pro OL, forcing defenses to play man, made it any QBs dream, even mediocre ones like Dak. Hell, I bet if Kellen Moore didn't get hurt, we'd have gone just as far, if not farther.

 

[DallasEast]

Yep, thus my words "like" when I made the comment regarding 2021. So it wasn't 2 years, but it was the first year that they actually did cumulative voting. But you are correct in that I was wrong on 2016, but that's not even really that relevant to the point other than, as even the MVP voters know that Zeke was more important to the team with 6 first place votes and Dak was basically handing it off and running a ball-control offense that Linehan, as far as the passing game went, was simplified from a reads perspective. So I guess it is quite possible a QB can a single MVP first place when he can't read defenses, like Dak did in 2016, which proves my point again.

He wasn't even close and we are now in "prime" dak and he can't still can't read defenses or throw against zones. In 2016, the amount of stacked boxes this offense was facing with Zeke averaging over 5 YPC on first down, behind this all-pro OL, forcing defenses to play man, made it any QBs dream, even mediocre ones like Dak. Hell, I bet if Kellen Moore didn't get hurt, we'd have gone just as far, if not farther.

My apologies. I had a 'grind my gears' moment.

Opinions about any player are one thing. Personally, I could not care less whether anyone makes Dak Prescott out to be the Second Coming of Joe Montana, JaMarcus Russell on purple drank or anywhere in-between, lol. That type of talk is and will always be completely subjective.

That is not the case with either a documented accolade or an award voting process. Anyone can argue whether any player is worthy of an award or question the award's value. It does not change either the actual award or the process from which the award was derived.

As far as Prescott and league MVP is concerned, the facts will always be the Associated Press voted him:

• sixth place (1 first-ballot vote) for the 2016 regular season
• second place/runner-up (152 voting points) for the 2022 regular season

Just my opinion but I think more conversations would go more smoothly if all sides would accept those two facts. Granted, it is a worthless effort on my part. There will always be some folks, attempting to either build up or break down Prescott, by twisting those two facts to mesh with their argument.