Dak Prescott and the offense has been the problem

[kskboys]

Blocking scheme is ***. Free rushers in his face within seconds. Not sure what the issue is, but teams figured out you can just blit and there's nothing we can do.

Don't run the ball enough and don't have those blitz beating slants and crosses being called. Blitzers love the vertical passing game.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

"Are you Clarence?" That is a sad, sad, sad response by the PFWA's 2026 Good Guy Award winner to a very relevant question.

You make the claim of being the 'Greatest Offense There Is'. Four combined touchdowns versus the Buccaneers and Packers. GOTI netted no less than three touchdowns against the Giants, Washington, Ravens, and Texans each. THAT'S a notable two-week dropoff in offensive production. The question was completely legit.

Don't be flippant. The national media recognized you with an actual award as 'an NFL player for his qualities and professional style in helping pro football writers do their jobs'. You and too many people in this organization talk too much. Don't stop now. Live up to the media's expectation and provide a straight answer right then right there without the sarcasm.

 

[Johannes44]

It took you til now to figure this out.

You'd think those two losses in the postseason to the 49-ers would have been an indicator but no.

 

[Wangchung83]

Dak is 10 years in. three good lineman and we get shut down by blitzing.

11 years in

 

[SultanOfSix]

Dak isn’t good enough to have a short memory like Parcells had said is a must have for QBs. That’s why he keeps throwing picks against the same teams.

 

[Diehardblues]

Terrence Steele has to go. He’s getting beat badly on right side consistently. I’m not sure Guyton on left side is holding up either.

We’ve invested much in OL for it not to be holding up better.

While play calling and execution has to better to beat the blitz too often our QB has no chance. He won’t last the season if he continues getting mauled like last night.

 

[nightrain]

The offense has been a major disappointment.

 

[Creeper]

I am not going to claim Dak played well or wasn't the problem last night, but to say the offense has been the problem all along is nonsense. They've looked bad the last two weeks, and honestly they weren't that bad against Tampa, they just didn't get the ball that often. Last night was a different story. Dak was completely flustered, lost his throwing mechanics, made awful decisions and bad throws. That was one of the worst games I have seen him play in a long time. I am starting to wonder if there is something to that alternate year theory where Dak plays well one year and bad the next.

I am not sure what to make of that game last night. To me it is still all about coaching. The Packers had a game plan they executed to perfection against Dallas. I don't know what Schottenheimer's plan was but the execution was horrible again. If you watched the Packers last week you know Love has been playing on fire lately. His accuracy has been off the charts. But for Dallas, that was a big problem. They should have been playing maximum pass coverage all night because the Packers can't run the football. Instead, it looked like the Cowboys were determined to stop the run, which they did, but receivers were wide open all night again. Giving up 9 of 10 thirds downs, as they did at one point last night is just unimaginably horrible. This has been a problem all year. The Cowboys average giving up 3rd down conversions more than 50% of the time this year. The league average is something like 28%. I don't care how bad the players are, and I don't think they are that bad, giving up 50% conversions on 3rd down takes an effort. There are teams missing parts in their secondaries are aren't even close to being that bad. It has to be coaching and I don't think this gets fixed this year no matter who they bring in.

I'll make one other point. Has anyone else noticed how teams just dump the ball off to a RB or TE in the flat and no one is ever there to cover him? Have you noticed when Dallas does the same thing, there are two or three defenders coming up to make a quick tackle for a small gain or a loss? Several of those 3rd down conversions by GB were little passes to the flat that when for 10 - 15 yards. It has been a problem all year (remember the Giants ran that play 3 or 4 times in a row eventually scoring a TD in the first game). How is it that the coaching staff has not shut that down by the 6th game of the season?

 

[McKDaddy]

and for those Dak Fanboys, they were celebrating like they got a piece of Dak's fat paycheck.

I'm pretty sure some of them did. Paid promoters.

 

[McKDaddy]

Am I understanding correctly that the offense should be expected to score more than 13?

 

[McKDaddy]

Dak was bad, but the playcalling did him no favors. And to beat the blitz, you gotta make plays. I'm seeing too many vertical routes again. Why do we always go back to that?

This is the question. Regardless of coaching staffs we have a history of running a limited # of routes over & over. Defenses are just sitting on them.

Why does a great QB not have all the routes & route combinations available? Could it be that all coaching staffs know his limitations and pare down the offense? But the rest of the league knows that as well.

Also, I thought he was a great blitz beater. ?

 

[McKDaddy]

Dak isn’t good enough to have a short memory like Parcells had said is a must have for QBs. That’s why he keeps throwing picks against the same teams.

the first four words says it all.

 

[Cmac]

Dak Prescott and the offense has been the problem. I know it's easy to rip on the D. But, let's be honest. Dak and the offense have been POOR, especially the last two weeks. The D has actually been improving, and I loved seeing them be more physical today. Not their fault that the offense couldn't score more than 7 in the first half against Tampa, and scored 0 in the first half against GB (even AFTER a pick).

I don't understand why we aren't taking deep shots. We have elite WRs in Lamb and Pickens. If you have WRs like them who thrive in deep passes (like we saw last season), then we SHOULD take a few shots every so often. Even if it doesn't succeed, it plants a seed of doubt in the opposing D, and it gets them to back off. But, for whatever reason, we aren't doing that. We're just dinking and dunking with WRs who are capable of more than that. But then, tonight, the one time they tried that, Dak threw it right to the Packers after we got a pick.

So, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to say it. I like Dak. But, it's time to find the next franchise QB. This team clearly doesn't have a spark. The offense looks woeful, despite over $100 mil allocated to that side in cap space ($60M of which to the QB). I think the time has come for 1. Us to get a more proper HC (maybe someone like Sean McDermott) and 2. It's time to find the next QB. I think we'd sit the rookie a year behind Dak to learn the pro game, but I think 2027 has to be the last year. Dak looks to be regressing.

My ONE concern is that I DO NOT want Archie Manning. But, I am concerned/expecting Jerry to draft him for his last name to try to sell him as the next franchise QB.

Everybody but Jerry is probably taking a wait & see with Arch Manning, given his struggles. As for our D.....you've simply seen lipstick on the pig. The bar is so low for our D, they're getting compliments after this game, mainly based on the score. GB was 7-7 on 3rd down conversions, out the gate, dropped several TD opportunities, missed open field tackles, and our offense has acted like a blitz is some new innovation by defenses. GB has never blitzed like that (got the blueprint now). Injuries piling up (we're not physical at all). Schotty over his head trying to manage this team. This team is not good.

 

[kskboys]

Terrence Steele has to go. He’s getting beat badly on right side consistently. I’m not sure Guyton on left side is holding up either.

We’ve invested much in OL for it not to be holding up better.

While play calling and execution has to better to beat the blitz too often our QB has no chance. He won’t last the season if he continues getting mauled like last night.

A good part of that is the vertical passing game, causing Dak to have to hold onto the ball way too long. We've apparently completely given up the quick hitters.

 

[Captain-Crash]

He got lucky with those roughing the passerby calls, if they had not knocked him down and his purse hit the ground and all those tampoons had fallen out, it would have been fine.

 

[Whirlwin]

Yup.

D has been terrible, no doubt. But, the O has also been bad. Rebuild both.

Yep, they go hand-in-hand

 

[shabazz]

"I see the light!"

 

[Shane612]

Well look on the bright side: there is light at the end of the tunnel, as this is probably the beginning of the end for dak prescott.

Does Jerry believe this is the beginning of the end for Dak?
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
He may just need another contract extension.

 

[gtb1943]

The O line was bad last night; the whole offense was bad
Spannford was about the only one that seemed to play well
Just terrible
There are ways to deal with the kind of pressure Green Bay hit us with last night
we did not do any of them
top to bottom last night this time crapped the bed

 

[Rockport]

Dak Prescott and the offense has been the problem. I know it's easy to rip on the D. But, let's be honest. Dak and the offense have been POOR, especially the last two weeks. The D has actually been improving, and I loved seeing them be more physical today. Not their fault that the offense couldn't score more than 7 in the first half against Tampa, and scored 0 in the first half against GB (even AFTER a pick).

I don't understand why we aren't taking deep shots. We have elite WRs in Lamb and Pickens. If you have WRs like them who thrive in deep passes (like we saw last season), then we SHOULD take a few shots every so often. Even if it doesn't succeed, it plants a seed of doubt in the opposing D, and it gets them to back off. But, for whatever reason, we aren't doing that. We're just dinking and dunking with WRs who are capable of more than that. But then, tonight, the one time they tried that, Dak threw it right to the Packers after we got a pick.

So, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to say it. I like Dak. But, it's time to find the next franchise QB. This team clearly doesn't have a spark. The offense looks woeful, despite over $100 mil allocated to that side in cap space ($60M of which to the QB). I think the time has come for 1. Us to get a more proper HC (maybe someone like Sean McDermott) and 2. It's time to find the next QB. I think we'd sit the rookie a year behind Dak to learn the pro game, but I think 2027 has to be the last year. Dak looks to be regressing.

My ONE concern is that I DO NOT want Archie Manning. But, I am concerned/expecting Jerry to draft him for his last name to try to sell him as the next franchise QB.

You don’t cut the only player who gives a **** about the team. You think it’s all Dak’s fault? Come on man.