News: DMN: Dak Prescott: With practice, Cowboys fans are going to 'forget I played in the spread'

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[MichaelWinicki]

Gotta say I don't recall many stories coming out of rookie camp about Stephen McGee.

I think the expectations for Prescott are much different.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Gotta say I don't recall many stories coming out of rookie camp about Stephen McGee.

I think the expectations for Prescott are much different.

So true. This draft will either be great or bomb. I don't think there will be a middle ground.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

So true. This draft will either be great or bomb. I don't think there will be a middle ground.

Agreed.

The homer in me says it will be great.

The pessimist in me says it will be bad.

 

[VACowboy]

Gotta say I don't recall many stories coming out of rookie camp about Stephen McGee.

I think the expectations for Prescott are much different.

I see Prescott standing around and I have higher expectations than I did for McGee. Physically he just looks the part.

 

[Vinnie2u]

Agreed.

The homer in me says it will be great.

The pessimist in me says it will be bad.

We are on the same page. 4 of the nine picks were head scratchers. Hope I'm wrong..

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I see Prescott standing around and I have higher expectations than I did for McGee. Physically he just looks the part.

Agree.

I don't think there was a single person on this board who thought McGee would amount to anything.

That's no guarantee that Prescott will, but I think the chances are that he will be.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

We are on the same page. 4 of the nine picks were head scratchers. Hope I'm wrong..

One of the things I'm pleased with... Are the third and fourth rounders. Prior drafts the Cowboys were good for taking a guy like Brewster or Jayson Williams or Webb or Brandon Williams or Arkin... In other words a guy who's rated by many of the draft guides/experts as being a guy available much later than where the Cowboys chose them.

Not this year. It's the first time I can remember when both the 3rd and 4th rounders were both taken later than what the respect draft guides/experts suggested.

It may not be a lot to pin our hopes on but it's better than trying to defend a pick like Brewster or Jayson Williams who had no business being chosen in the 3rd round or Webb and Brandon Williams or Arkin in the 4th round.

 

[Kaiser]

I see Prescott standing around and I have higher expectations than I did for McGee. Physically he just looks the part.

Agree, his intangibles are higher also. McGee was a guy they thought could turn into a backup. There are scouts that think Prescott could develop into a quality starter.

 

[Primetime42]

I see Prescott standing around and I have higher expectations than I did for McGee. Physically he just looks the part.

His mentality is what gives me hope.

 

[TwoDeep3]

More than any trait I'd like to see in him that I know for a fact Romo has is being a gym rat. Someone who is so enthralled with every nuance of the game they spend all their waking hours working out, practicing, studying, and watching film.

If this kid has that hunger, that desire and love for being great in this game, then it comes down to his natural talent and ability to execute.

But give me the hungry guy who lives and breathes the game of football up under center. That's the guy who will succeed.

 

[iceberg]

Agreed.

The homer in me says it will be great.

The pessimist in me says it will be bad.

It was the best of picks, it was the worst of picks...

 

[visionary]

Agreed.

The homer in me says it will be great.

The pessimist in me says it will be bad.

Can a draft truly be great if no CB was taken in the first 4 rounds?

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Can a draft truly be great if no CB was taken in the first 4 rounds?

Touché

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

We are on the same page. 4 of the nine picks were head scratchers. Hope I'm wrong..

What were the head scratchers?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Can a draft truly be great if no CB was taken in the first 4 rounds?

Well the corner we did get in the 6th round was a projected 3rd rounder. That sounds even better.

 

[robjay04]

What were the head scratchers?

I was going to say the same thing.

Jaylon Smith was a head scratcher for sure, maybe the TE but I understand why they did it. The RB makes sense when you consider McFadden is on his last year, Dunbar is hurt indefinitely and Morris isn't a roster lock. Everything else was pretty predictable.

 

[casmith07]

Agreed.

The homer in me says it will be great.

The pessimist in me says it will be bad.

Riveting insight.

Will the sun set today?

 

[JD_KaPow]

Can a draft truly be great if no CB was taken in the first 4 rounds?

Sure, as long as--and I cannot emphasize this enough--you take a TE in the second.

We're doomed.

 

[sbark]

Under stress will revert back....just like a golf swing ...Won't happen in one off season. 3 maybe. Oakland care was the exception not the rule