To all those saying Dak Sucks

[JayFord]

I just want dak to improve his pocket awareness

Yes he evades sacks but he also runs right into them aswell

 

[Captain-Crash]

Is the FO smart enough to pull off a trade to move up and grab a QB though?

somebody did a mockup of the teams and most were not in need of a qb, but that means nothing. teams can move up and down before the year ends. even us

 

[Risen Star]

Is the FO smart enough to pull off a trade to move up and grab a QB though?

Will they even want a QB? It's an honest question.

 

[Jimbo69]

Prescott was poor again. He is not the answer at QB. The Cowboys must move on from him if they expect to have any chance for success.
Yesterday's game was confirmation of what most of us suspected , he is a limited QB.

 

[tyke1doe]

Let's be real. He struggles to put up 200 yards and 2 TD in a game, which are pedestrian numbers. He is a slightly more accurate version of Tim Tebow at this point.

I said it when he came out of college. He's a glorified Tim Tebow (and I like Tebow). He made me reconsider his rookie year. He made me reaffirm my gut observations his second and third year.

 

[HungryLion]

Will they even want a QB? It's an honest question.

God I hope so Risen.

 

[Risen Star]

This is the danger of having bad skill position players and why I predicted at the beginning of the season that this offseason's theme will be how they failed Dak by not giving him more help.

They very well may excuse his play as simply a product of having no real weapons and that would be yet another huge personnel mistake.

 

[tyke1doe]

Tim won a playoff game, don't bring him down that far.

 

[Western]

 

[Sydla]

Will they even want a QB? It's an honest question.

If the logic is the same as they have employed with Garrett, the answer to this question is no.

Jerry will convince himself that they've invested too much in Prescott to let him go and succeed for another team.

 

[Risen Star]

If the logic is the same as they have employed with Garrett, the answer to this question is no.

Jerry will convince himself that they've invested too much in Prescott to let him go and succeed for another team.

I'm afraid you are right.

 

[Established1971]

I can't do it anymore...i can't come on this board and see all of this lazy and useless analysis.

Every pass that isn't perfect is hyper anayzed and overly critiqued to being Dak's fault. Ooooohhhhhh....that ball to Austin requires him to raise his and and jump....and? Did you watch the Texans catching balls all over the place? Did you watch any other nfl games where guys are catching balls all over the place?

Newsflash....we have NO weapons. Who is our guy we are going to with any consistency on 3rd and 7? Who is beating coverage? Nobe of them do it. Not even Beasely.

A few points to ponder:
* we are a running team with a ton invested in the OL and RB. We were ineffective in the run game.
*Both interceptions hit the wrs in the hands.

*Dak Bashers....at this point in Romo's career...he was still carrying a clip board and didn't start his first game until a few more weeks.

It is a travesty how we have given this young qb nothing to work with. I fear we are ruining him with the crapshow we have surrounded him with.

He sucks, so stay away for a few years

 

[tyke1doe]

This is the danger of having bad skill position players and why I predicted at the beginning of the season that this offseason theme will be how they failed Dak by not giving him more help.

They very well may excuse his play as simply a product of having no real weapons and that would be yet another huge personnel mistake.

And when we get real weapons, we'll start blaming the play calling again or how the offensive line isn't holding its blocks for 20 minutes or how he needs contact lenses, etc.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Bottom line is he is just not good enough.

He's too mediocre.

I love Dak but we faced a Texans defense that can't stop the pass but we can't expose that weakness because we can't pass.

Dak Prescott limits the team.

He's an awesome guy and an awesome leader but he is mediocre as a QB.

I'd mostly agree at this point. But we can't be comparing him to Mahomes, etc. and say that just because they're doing better earlier than Dak that Dak can't get better, lots of people were all in on RGIII, and where is he now? A backup somewhere. Not everybody develops at the same rate. I have no problem with people who have the opinion that Dak's had enough time to develop, that's a reasonable conclusion. But it's also a reasonable conclusion that with 4 new receivers on the team, and at least some of the older ones being mediocre, that it's not all Dak's fault, and with more time and better receivers, he might improve markedly.

In any event, the team will live or die with Dak this year, it's probably already too late, after nearly a third of the season, to insert White or a veteran pick up and expect this team to do better that they will with Dak...

 

[Sydla]

By the way, totally random since his name came up as a QB to look at in the draft.............. Stidham for Auburn is hot garbage.

 

[Ranching]

He is afraid to make a mistake. Trying to hard to earn a big contract or maybe Linehan is trying to protect him by calling Middle School plays. Not sure who to blame at this point, so I'll just blame Garrett!!

 

[tm1119]

...but Jerry Jones, Jason Garrett, certain media and a good portion of fans inside and outside cowboyszone believed quite the opposite prior to November 2016–while aware or unaware no rookie quarterback had ever won or competed for a championship in NFL history.

Personally, I am not willing to write off Prescott’s chances of developing into a franchise quarterback. He can only improve his own game. Other variables like coaching, teammates and general management decisions are outside his control.

What is ironically disappointing is the (common sense) understanding that all players do not develop the same. Some players can be thrown completely in the fire from jump and they will continue to get better while others take more time to season. Prescott was never afforded that opportunity. Hopefully, his career will not fall victim to the euphoria of the shortsighted from two years ago.

There’s just a simple eye test at this point with Dak. He doesn’t look comfortable in the pocket, the ball doesn’t come out of his hand clean, and his ball placement is very mediocre. There just isn’t an overall sense that he is comfortable with where he needs to go with the ball either.

Is some of that due to coaching and lack of weapons? Yes, without a doubt. But is a good bit of it on Dak? Yup, definitely. And it’s not like we are talking about just needing to take a small step forward...we need a few big steps forward in QB play and I don’t think a new coach and a WR or 2 will do it.

 

[jrumann59]

Let's be real. He struggles to put up 200 yards and 2 TD in a game, which are pedestrian numbers. He is a slightly more accurate version of Tim Tebow at this point.

If he puts up 200 yards and 2 TDs they win. It is not about yardage, yardage numbers do not tell the whole story, look at matt Stafford or any other QB that throws for a ton of yards. The key is effective passing. I would settle for about 200 yards a game if they are effective. 3rd and 5 and throw a 4 yard pass that gets stopped right away because you were off target not effective passing. Throwing passes that lead your receiver into a tackle, or limits their YAC not effective passing. I hate Cam Newton but yesterday he had an effective day passing, he did not throw for a ton of yards or ton of TDs but his throws put his team in position to win.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Flat out disagree with you here. First I admit Dak is not a WORLD Beater QB, but he is good enough to win and has proven as much. Second every example you gave, I have seen OTHER WRs on other teams make those catches TIME and TIME again. Not every pass is going to be perfect in the NFL and as a matter of fact a lot more are going to be bad than you think. But Other team WRs catch bad throws....hell horrible throws all the time, why can't these receivers? I've seen other receivers catch balls with one hand, or with a defender draped all over them, or toe tapping on the side lines or catching balls that they have to lay out and stretch for. Is it too much to ask a Cowboy receiver to do the same???
And why can't any of these receivers get more than a step or two on their defender? Every freaking pass Dak has to throw had better be perfect, because these receivers aren't getting anywhere close to being open, let alone WIDE open. I saw Watson throw to wide open receivers all night....why can't dak get the same privilege? So NO Dak Prescott isn't going to put this team on his back and will them to a win like a Brees or Rodgers or Brady, but this team has done damn near a horrible job of giving him any skilled playmakers at the Wide out and TE positions to help him out, period!

You cannot throw high passes to small WRs and expect them to catch them on a regular basis...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.
You cannot continue to throw passes behind WRs and expect them to catch them on a regular basis...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.
You cannot continue to completely turn your back away from the offense to spin around and hope you will escape and magically make a downfield throw on a regular basis...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.
You cannot continue to not step up into the pocket and make a throw instead of scrambling around on a regular basis...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.
You cannot just decide to throw down the field once or twice a game and expect the passing game to be open on a regular basis...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.
You cannot expect to run as well against all teams, as you did against the lions who had one of the worst rushing defenses in the league...thinking it will happen is an exercise in futility and insanity.

Dak had one of the, if not the best, rookie seasons for a QB in NFL history. However, and this is an indisputable FACT, he has went down hill since.
I have been doing the Random stats threads every Monday for the last few seasons. In his Rookie year Dak was always in the top 3, if not number one overall, in PCt and Total QB Rating.
Last season that number went down.
This season so far he has been in the bottom half of the league.

We do not have the best WR corp in the league. We do not have a HOF TE anymore.

However I make a challenge to anyone on here to be honest with themselves.

IF we had a good QB on this team like a Rodgers or Brees...I am pretty sure we would have better passing numbers, better TD numbers, betting scoring numbers and we would have won at least one more game.
However I say to anyone willing to be HONEST with themselves...if the Saints or the Packers had Dak...would they be better off at QB? Would the WRs on those teams have even remotely as good as numbers in yards, tds and scores?
It is an opinion but I think if we were truly honest the answer would be obvious that Dak would not be the answer.

One more question.

During his rookie year this might have been a very different answer but as of right now.
How many teams does anyone believe would trade their QB for Dak straight up right now. (not teams that lost their starter and playing a backup now)...Starting QB traded straight up for Dak right now.
I think the answer would be very few if any right now.

That should tell you all you need to know about the current condition of the starting QB for the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

IMO it's the usual saying.......QB gets too much credit for winning and too much blame for losing.