One of the greatest myths of the NFL is if the WR can touch the ball he should be able to catch the ball.
Frankly it is flat out bull.
If a WR jumps to his pinnacle and can only get fingertips on the ball...it does not mean he can catch it. However when that happens and the ball bounces off and the defensive player catches it...that is not the WRs fault. That is the QBs fault for throwing it too stinking high. Especially when it is going to a smaller WR. It would be different if it was high and it was going to a WR who has a known ability to catch contested high catches. Not a smaller WR.
If a ball is thrown behind a WR and the WR just happens to be able to make a great move and turn around enough just to touch the ball but not catch it....that is not the WRs fault for not catching the ball, it is the QBs for throwing it behind a WR. The only exception is if the WR ran the wrong route. Other wise that is on the QB.
The current WRs on this team are not world beaters by any stretch of the imagination.
But with this Defense and this running game there have been many times when a WR, or two, have been open and Dak has flat out just missed them. There are times when Dak needs to step up into the pocket and make a good thrown, not try and do a spin move and try to move to the outside. There is a time when Dak needs to either make the decision to throw or just flat out take off and run. I understand the team not wanting him to run too many times to avoid injury but there are many times he could have gotten positive yards and in some cases first downs instead of throwing errant passes to WRs that result in a turn over.
Dak has got to get better PERIOD.
I guarantee you that the coaches think so, the WRs think so, the FO thinks so and if you ask Dak he himself would say he needs to get better.
This team right now is setup so all we need is a good bus driver QB to run the system and throw an occasional deep ball. We got the Defense, the run game and Oline (even if the oline is not as good as it once was). Now we just need a bus driver type QB (at worst) and this team can win more games. Right now Dak should have his licence taken away until he can improve.
He had a magical rookie season where they only ran a few plays with variations. How many times did we see jet sweeps or Dak run to one side of the field to hit the TE? We had an incredible Oline play and Running game and Dak was more apt to run it when needed. This offense has went downhill from that point. I don't know if he can just not handle the increase in plays or if he is just trying to be overly cautious and playing not to lose instead of playing to win.
Whatever reason he has not been the same. He achieved what seems to be the pinnacle too early and has went nowhere but down since that time.
This is like Rick Mirer..the golden boy from ND. Was drafted 2nd over all after Bledsoe. Had a great rookie year where he even earned Rookie or Co Rookie of the year. After that his career went down hill and was never the same.