Schefter asked two NFL people about Prescott

[yimyammer]

If true, the Jerry haters won't know what to do. How can we not give him credit other than, he really wanted Manziel?

& Lynch and Cook

What exactly did jeri do here?

 

[Trouty]

@percyhoward, I just want to be one of the many and again thank you for doing what you do! Another gem of a find, sir! You bring it!

I am so pumped up for this kid! I'm seeing football people everywhere conceding to the fact that he has already shown budding greatness. Every where, dudes that get paid to analyze and be around the game are coming out with high praise. With only a few, very few dissenters (who are largely paid to have a dissenting voice, not necessarily for their football savvy) saying otherwise.

So, it's absolutely expected that we fans will do the same!

 

[RS12]

Do you understand how idiotic this comment is?

Give the same man who craved Quincy Carter and Johnny Manziel, yet we should "give him credit" for missing on a trade for Lynch and succeeding in securing Dak Prescott's rights?

Joe Fan off the street could have identified Lynch as a good prospect. He felt so strongly with his expert eye about him that he got cold feet and did not sweeten the trade to Seattle to get him.

And if you think stumbling upon Prescott when the strategy has long gone out of the draft process, I don't know what to tell you.

If Prescott is the next big thing, it was not skill, namely Jones having an "eye". It was like it was with Romo, a case of being extremely fortunate because someone else did the homework.

You could just as easily credit John Elway and Reggie McKenzie.

 

[reddyuta]

If true, the Jerry haters won't know what to do. How can we not give him credit other than, he really wanted Manziel?

Jerry gets zero credit here.Credit goes to lLnehan and our coaching staff who were enamored with him from Senior bowl.Jerry wanted to draft 5 other Qbs and had to "settle" for Dak.

 

[rynochop]

Jerry gets zero credit here.Credit goes to lLnehan and our coaching staff who were enamored with him from Senior bowl.Jerry wanted to draft 5 other Qbs and had to "settle" for Dak.

Thanks, I'm glad you guys clarified it

 

[UTmodisette]

Do you understand how idiotic this comment is?

Give the same man who craved Quincy Carter and Johnny Manziel, yet we should "give him credit" for missing on a trade for Lynch and succeeding in securing Dak Prescott's rights?

Joe Fan off the street could have identified Lynch as a good prospect. He felt so strongly with his expert eye about him that he got cold feet and did not sweeten the trade to Seattle to get him.

And if you think stumbling upon Prescott when the strategy has long gone out of the draft process, I don't know what to tell you.

If Prescott is the next big thing, it was not skill, namely Jones having an "eye". It was like it was with Romo, a case of being extremely fortunate because someone else did the homework.

I don't think you should give him credit because I believe Stephen Jones, Will McClay, and Garrett are much more involved in personel decisions now than Jerry does. But if you are going to blame Jerry Jones for recent draft busts, then you cant qualify the ones that work out. Seattle wouldn't have won their championship if they didn't stumble on guys like Wilson, Sherman, and Bennett. You aren't going to win championships if you don't stumble on a few gems in today's NFL.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Stop getting me excited, I'm trying to stay calm.

me too, so much has gone wrong in the last 20 years, I am expecting this just to be a mirage

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Do you understand how idiotic this comment is?

Give the same man who craved Quincy Carter and Johnny Manziel, yet we should "give him credit" for missing on a trade for Lynch and succeeding in securing Dak Prescott's rights?

Joe Fan off the street could have identified Lynch as a good prospect. He felt so strongly with his expert eye about him that he got cold feet and did not sweeten the trade to Seattle to get him.

And if you think stumbling upon Prescott when the strategy has long gone out of the draft process, I don't know what to tell you.

If Prescott is the next big thing, it was not skill, namely Jones having an "eye". It was like it was with Romo, a case of being extremely fortunate because someone else did the homework.

Landing Prescott was, indeed, a lucky catch for the Cowboys. A lot of teams' scouts failed to see Prescott for what he is. Let's be honest, while Mississippi State is an excellent football program, they're not getting the athletes Alabama, LSU, and the other "power" schools are. What Prescott did was essentially carry the Bulldogs on his back and made them relevant in the most competitive collegiate conference in the country (arguably).

Dak had his flaws coming out- his mechanics and footwork. Correctable stuff. As a competitor and leader, he has everything Tony Romo had when he entered the league. But Prescott is a bit farther along now than Romo was in 2003 since Prescott played in the SEC. A lot of scouting departments around the league might've blew it here. Dallas might have, too, if they traded up to get Paxton Lynch or Connor Cook.

 

[StarBoyz83]

I sure hope so! Life after romo has scared me for years!

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I don't think you should give him credit because I believe Stephen Jones, Will McClay, and Garrett are much more involved in personel decisions now than Jerry does. But if you are going to blame Jerry Jones for recent draft busts, then you cant qualify the ones that work out. Seattle wouldn't have won their championship if they didn't stumble on guys like Wilson, Sherman, and Bennett. You aren't going to win championships if you don't stumble on a few gems in today's NFL.

Exactly. It seems for some, every good decision has to be Garrett's or whomever, but every bad decision is Jerry's. That is unfair.

 

[rags747]

By the time this team has a defense Romo will have retired and Dak will be the fortunate one to get a Ring as we will still have our OL and finally a defense. That would kill Tony...

 

[percyhoward]

Nice find thanks Percy.

@speedkilz88 posted this at another site. Only the transcription is mine.

 

[casmith07]

I would think Precott would have to win a few Super Bowls for this to be the best draft under Jones. The 1989 haul of Troy Aikman, Daryl Johnston, Mark Stepnoski, and Tony Tolbert comes to my mind as the best; followed closely by 1991.

That's the implication that I made.

 

[Sydla]

FWIW...

Adam Schefter: I spoke to a couple of different people this week, who, when they'd heard all this Dak Prescott conversation, went and looked at the film of the guy. They were blown away at the decisions he was making, the skills he demonstrated, looking downfield, playing like a veteran. You could say, "It's preseason." That's what I said. I talked to a couple of people and asked, "What do you think? Is this overblown? Are we getting too excited over a guy after two preseason games?" And they went and looked at the film and said, "This guy has got it. He's got it. They've found their quarterback of the future." If they did hit on that pick the way that other highly intelligent people think they hit on the pick, they're set for the next 12-15 years.

http://www.espn980.com/audio-vault/

Life just got a whole lot easier for this franchise is Prescott is the man for the next decade.

You could have solved one of the toughest problems in the NFL. Finding your next franchise QB.

And did it with a 4th round pick.

 

[yimyammer]

me too, so much has gone wrong in the last 20 years, I am expecting this just to be a mirage

Me too, hoping like hell he is the real deal

 

[DallasCowboys2080]

If true, the Jerry haters won't know what to do. How can we not give him credit other than, he really wanted Manziel?

GM Jerry is allowed for his broken clock to be right two times a day.

Owner Jerry's clock is the best dang clock out there.

 

[Stash]

If we happened to strike gold with the most important position on the team, look out! Oooooh myyyy!

Yeah, if you can get a starting franchise quarterback in the 4th round in this era? Grand Slam Home Run. Even if every other draft pick was a complete bust.

It's obviously premature, but the results so far have been spectacular.

 

[cowboys1985]

Imagine if:
1)Elliot - becomes the superstar franchise rb most experts saw l in him
2) Jaylon Smith- nerves fully regenerate and becomes that superstar LB that most experts saw in him prior to the injury
3) Prescotts becomes that franchise qb.

Holy crap....

An before you start Debbie downers be quiet...you can't regulate my dreams...

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I think there's only one more hurdle for Dak Prescott to clear. Let's see how he responds when he has an awful game. I hate to say it, but it's coming. He is a rookie, after all. And when he bounces back from adversity, and I believe he will, then we can say quarterback won't be a problem here for another decade-plus.

 

[rynochop]

GM Jerry is allowed for his broken clock to be right two times a day.

Owner Jerry's clock is the best dang clock out there.

I can't figure out which draft pics are Jerrys and which aren't. I know the draft pics he wanted to make but Didn't or couldn't and those pics failed are his, so I get that. But the pics that work out I'm totally lost, Stephen and the puppet coach I guess talked him out of drafting