Twitter: Dak needs 6 passing touchdowns to become the Cowboys franchise leader

Qb play got better and offenses got smarter…
QB play hasn't improved that much, but rules changes certainly made it easier for QB's like Dak to pile up stats. I've said it before and I will stand firm with this - if Dak had played in Staubach or Aikman's era's he would have been pummeled to a pulp and already retired by now. Making it to year 11 would have been a pipe dream.
 
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Records mean nothing anymore with the number of games played and the offense-only rules.

The rushing records are completely safe because teams throw it a million times a year now.
 
Rules changes made it easier for QB's like Dak to pile up stats. I've said it before and I will stand firm with this - if Dak had played in Staubach or Aikman's era's he would have been pummeled to a pulp and already retired by now. Making it to year 11 would have been a pipe dream.
Aikman and Roger would’ve retired if they suffered this injury…..

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Nothing to see here, the next franchise QB will break Daks’ record in 10-15 years probably due to ever increasing offensive protection. That cycle will continue for however long the NFL lasts.
yup
LeBaron
Meredith
Staubach
White
Aikman
Romo
Prescott
TBA

add games, relax rules natural progression for stats to keep going up
 
You know that how? Would Dak have survived all the concussions Roger and Troy dealt with?
I thought that's what we were doing? Making guesses and assumptions? Because ultimately we don't know. We don't know how Dak or anyone would've faired 30 years ago. I can see if you said Jay Cutler but there's nothing to suggest Dak wasn't tough enough to make it in that era.
 
Possibly, but only because the medical capabilities of the time would have failed them.
I mean its failed many today. Not many have had the injury Dak has had and then go on to make an all pro. Alex Smith was never the same. Joe Theismann's career was over but that was at a time the surgery wasn't common so I get that.
 
You know that how? Would Dak have survived all the concussions Roger and Troy dealt with?
Hard to say. If Roger and Troy played in this era they would have spent more time in concussion protocol than any other players in team history. For instance, Aikman would not have been allowed to play in Super Bowl 28. He was still having headaches and nausea from a concussion he suffered in the NFC title game.

When Staubach played it was even worse. Head injuries were dismissed. "Oh he's alright, he just got his bell rung". As soon as a player could stand up straight and count past two they let him play.
 
Hard to say. If Roger and Troy played in this era they would have spent more time in concussion protocol than any other players in team history. For instance, Aikman would not have been allowed to play in Super Bowl 28. He was still having headaches and nausea from a concussion he suffered in the NFC title game.

When Staubach played it was even worse. Head injuries were dismissed. "Oh he's alright, he just got his bell rung". As soon as a player could stand up straight and count past two they let him play.
And that's the thing about doing the whole "This guy would do this in this era...." argument. Its only one sided. Nobody thinks of the other way around because people think todays game is easy. Easier? Maybe. Debatable. But we see quarterbacks in the 1st round drafted every year who flop. There's some disadvantages guys of todays game have against them like the concussion protocol. Guys simply don't have to play concussed.....well maybe unless if you're Tua and Dart they can't stay from the blue tint.
 
I am glad he got paid for this. He deserves all of the Gucci bags and babies out of wedlock he can muster.
Interesting you're knocking him for babies out of wedlock but your owner who you root for not only has them out of wedlock but refuses to take care of them or claim them. Interesting how you pick when to play morale police. :laugh:
 
Yeah, well, that's what happens when you are the Cowboys franchise QB and you never went into the military or broke your back!

I like Dak — he's a good QB but as I'm sure it's been said in the 5+pages of this thread already, in this era it's not nearly as impressive to throw a bunch of TDs as it used to be.
 

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