Can 9 year veteran Dak Prescott lead today's Dallas Cowboys to a Super Bowl?

[MountaineerCowboy]

Or pay him like a backup and take the money and bolster the rest of the team starting with the defense.

It won't matter.

QBs are important, believe it or not, and having a loser like Dak is guaranteed failure regardless of what's around him.

What happens when a defense holds a, lets say, 49ers team to 23 and 19 points in back to back year? Dak will lead the offense to 17 and 12 points and be a loser like always.

 

[Wangchung83]

Nope, still waiting to be wrong about him

 

[5Stars]

Or pay him like a backup and take the money and bolster the rest of the team starting with the defense.

Wth? He is already paid more money than all the backup's in the whole NFL! Damn, how much more does he need?

 

[5Stars]

It won't matter.

QBs are important, believe it or not, and having a loser like Dak is guaranteed failure regardless of what's around him.

What happens when a defense holds a, lets say, 49ers team to 23 and 19 points in back to back year? Dak will lead the offense to 17 and 12 points and be a loser like always.

Well, we are getting ready to see if that happens again.

Pour some honey on your money...you take that bet...I won't.

 

[America's Cowboy]

simply put, no. he is not mahomes so the team that has deficiencies can't over come it with QB play. he does need a strong cast around him, he just has to get over the hump. we do need good running game and good defense. he is in that 2nd tier of QBs along with a few others.

and given our defense, I don't see us going far.

Good points. Maybe this year, especially after the free agency pickups, plus draft picks? This team definitely has been improved this offseason, including new coaching staff.

 

[plasticman]

I wouldn't phrase it that way.

To say that Dak could "lead" the Cowboys to the SB would imply that he was the primary cause for their inclusion.

I think other aspects of their team would be more impactful to the effort, specifically, the defense. I also don't see them getting there without a highly productive running attack.

It's quite possible that the receiving tandem of Lamb and Pickens becomes the catalyst for playoff success.

Can the Cowboys win a SB with Dak as the starting QB? Absolutely.

If Mark Rypien, Trent Dilfer, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler and Brad Johnson can quarterback a SB champion, then Dak could.

 

[kskboys]

Correct, but the 'need' to stop the run is overly prioritized as a result of Dak's inability to keep composure and orchestrate a comeback when it matters and teams compound his anxiety as they run the clock down.
Let's see whether Dak can show us anything in 2025 for a serious challenge in 2026.

It's not that, it's that the inside disruption from top notch DTs is what gets you to super bowls. Almost impossible to make it w/o that. Only team I can think of who won a super bowl w/o it was the 06 Colts. You're just not going to beat good Qbs if you don't pressure them, and inside pressure is the worst. Almost impossible to evade, and if you do the edge rushers are there to get you.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

No and we all know it.
Seriously doubt he ever plays all 17 games in a season for a start.

Dak is on in age and will take a couple of games off while implying his line can a block well.

 

[5Stars]

Good points. Maybe this year, especially after the free agency pickups, plus draft picks? This team definitely has been improved this offseason, including new coaching staff.

We fans don't know if it's an improvement yet. They are losers until further notice.

 

[5Stars]

I wouldn't phrase it that way.

To say that Dak could "lead" the Cowboys to the SB would imply that he was the primary cause for their inclusion.

I think other aspects of their team would be more impactful to the effort, specifically, the defense. I also don't see them getting there without a highly productive running attack.

It's quite possible that the receiving tandem of Lamb and Pickens becomes the catalyst for playoff success.

Can the Cowboys win a SB with Dak as the starting QB? Absolutely.

If Mark Rypien, Trent Dilfer, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler and Brad Johnson can quarterback a SB champion, then Dak could.

Not necessarily, Dak would have to have been on those same teams.

If Neil Armstrong went to the moon, so could you.

 

[GMO415]

Intangibles sound like Romo and they both have the same results, zero SBs. They will both go down in Cowboys history as never were's.

 

[America's Cowboy]

We fans don't know if it's an improvement yet. They are losers until further notice.

Very true. They have made their own beds. Now they need to lie in them and take the heat until they prove otherwise.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Intangibles sound like Romo and they both have the same results, zero SBs. They will both go down in Cowboys history as never were's.

Maybe, brother. It's getting there. Dak still has a little time left to possibly change it, especially with this revamped younger team and new coaching staff.

 

[plasticman]

Not necessarily, Dak would have to have been on those same teams.

If Neil Armstrong went to the moon, so could you.

Having witnessed all their careers, I can tell you that Dak was better than them all.

The greatest difference was the quality of management and coaching.

These other QBs were used in their proper way. They weren't expected to do things they clearly didn't have the ability to accomplish.

Dak is a very good quarterback but he is not elite, despite what he is being paid. He can perform well with the proper tools and expectations. He is a busdriver like those I previously mentioned.

Dak cannot compensate for the lack of a productive running game and last season was over before kickoff on opening day.

Nothing has changed. Grabbing a couple of beat up veterans and 3rd day RBs signals a lack of respect for what a successful running attack can do for Dak. Again, he is expected to carry the offense.

Unless we are shocked by a phenomenal season from one of these RBs, the results will be the same.

 

[Wichitaleafs]

Dak would have to beat out McMahon, Steve Fuller and Mike Tomczak.
And I dunna think he can, lad.

Ditka would beat the **** outta Dak for his bad play.

 

[CrownCowboy]

Dak got just as close as Romo did to winning a divisional playoff game and he has the same post season record as Romo. Was Romo not good enough to win a divisional playoff game? Answer: Both QBs are good enough to make a deep playoff run but we can't win because a) the hc has no authority, b) the defense is still not good enough, and c) because Jerry puts up so many obstacles to winning and insists on running every facet of the organization.

I never mentioned Tony Romo. What does he have to do with the issue and discussion of this particular thread?

I do agree about Jerry Jones.

 

[BHendri5]

hell yeah

 

[CowboyoWales]

I wouldn't phrase it that way.

To say that Dak could "lead" the Cowboys to the SB would imply that he was the primary cause for their inclusion.

I think other aspects of their team would be more impactful to the effort, specifically, the defense. I also don't see them getting there without a highly productive running attack.

It's quite possible that the receiving tandem of Lamb and Pickens becomes the catalyst for playoff success.

Can the Cowboys win a SB with Dak as the starting QB? Absolutely.

If Mark Rypien, Trent Dilfer, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler and Brad Johnson can quarterback a SB champion, then Dak could.

On that premise, he COULD, however the names you've given, to support your argument are a mix of:
1) Pre- CAP
2) Defensively dominant teams.
We dont have the benefit of either. We are an Offense first team where Dak and his mental fragility requires draft capital and CAP resources to ensure he can perform....... and that's before we get to an owner that is risk averse.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Having witnessed all their careers, I can tell you that Dak was better than them all.

The greatest difference was the quality of management and coaching.

Nothing has changed. Grabbing a couple of beat up veterans and 3rd day RBs signals a lack of respect for what a successful running attack can do for Dak. Again, he is expected to carry the offense.

You mention 'MANAGEMENT and COACHING', but then decry a '3rd Day RB'. As with the passing game, im sure they scheme something up for the speed/power verity we now have.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Dak is a very good quarterback but he is not elite, despite what he is being paid. He can perform well with the proper tools and expectations. He is a busdriver like those I previously mentioned.

Dak cannot compensate for the lack of a productive running game and last season was over before kickoff on opening day.

That's sounding like a 'running game excuse, there's always an excuse. Just put the onus on Dak to prove HIS PART in the future. This is HIS chance to prove his worth.....fine he's a BUSDRIVER, show us you can do that in clutch situations.
I'm not expecting a Play-Off run and even getting to meaningful games in January maybe a stretch.....but he needs to show us SOMETHING of his ability as to why he (and his 2027 contract) is going to drive us to that SB.