Cooper Rush should have played the 4th quarter

[eromeopolk]

Speaking of not using your medulla obloganta.....

Rush should have been in the game because it should have been long decided by then. Dallas left almost 30 points on the field in the first three quarters. That was the point.

There is no point. You are talking about Cooper Rush. Not Danny White, Steve Walsh, Steve Beuerlien, Bernie Kosar, Rodney Pete, or even Quincy Carter.

You're talking about Cooper Rush replacing a 4 game winning streak QB in the 4th quarter vs the defending Super Bowl champions in a tied ball game. Cooper Rush! There is no point, no rationale, no sense at all.

I don't want to see Cooper Rush stay as the no.2 QB. If Dak is not a franchise QB, get some real competition for Dak next year. But you will be replacing with just one more win a 2 times in 3 years NFC East Championship QB and a QB that never had a losing season in the NFL (also in his entire football career).

Dak has to go against Luck next week, and then Winston. So far he has won against Wentz 2xs, Drew Brees, and Matt Ryan. You play who they line up in front of you and you beat them. Until you don't, you keep going.

 

[Nightman]

At the end of the day. a 30 point win over a division rival, (which includes a sweep of them) is no different than an OT win over a division rival, with the division on the line. Can say that the Cowboys should have blown out Philly, but the Cowboys still pulled out a win. Not like our seeding is going to be lowered, because we beat Philly in OT, instead of blowing them out.

This isn't college football, it's the NFL. If the Boys manage to somehow finish 11-5, the win against Philly will still count in getting us the number 3 or 4 seed.

No such thing as Moral Victories

Well that goes for Guilty Victories either

I feel great with the W

Cry Eagles Cry

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Look at the play again. Cooper had his hands ready for the ball to drop right in them - in his chest. It wasn't even the DB that covering Cooper that made the play - the throw was perfect to beat that guy. It was a DB that dropped off his man and came over to help that made the play. Sure we could look at it with the benefit of hindsight and know it might have worked if Dak got just a hair more arc on the pass and hit Cooper another yard or two deeper, but all that tells us is Dak didn't make the exact throw he would like to have if he had the benefit of hindsight. Even then, with a little more air under the ball that may have only given the DB a little more time to get there. The reality is sometimes DB's make good plays, and that's what happened in this case.

Putting it into his chest wasn't the right throw...but since he has so much trouble making that over the top throw. I didn't think it was an exceptional play by the corner either. He is in the area, ball is up for grabs and he just goes and gets it. To me any corner worth a lick makes that pick.

 

[Beaker42]

For three quarters, my section at the stadium was just shaking our heads in disgust and frustration.

Amari Cooper was wide open the entire football game. I mean WIDE OPEN all damn game long. He could have had 500 yards receiving by the end of the 3rd quarter. Even he was visibly frustrated at the lack of throws his way. The Philadelphia secondary is just putrid. They couldn't cover me.

Cooper Rush should have played the 4th quarter because this game should have been 35-3 by then. Dallas had all the possession, and the defense had the Philly offense tied in knots. Wentz looked bad, they couldn't run, first downs were incredibly hard to come by, and their defensive backfield was a makeshift band of gypsies.

It took a 62-yard field goal after a horribly mismanaged late drive in the half to be up a lousy 6-0. You have to try really, really hard not to be up three touchdowns in that game by halftime.

Dak throws a bad interception, followed by a an even worse interception, followed by a brainless fumble, followed by missed opportunity after missed opportunity....and suddenly, this thing is 9-9 only by the luck of a missed extra point.

"How is this possible?" we all stared at each other. "We should be in our cars headed home already."

Then, Dak drops a beautifully thrown ball to Cooper in the end zone, and it's back on track for the moment. However, he misses Gallup on two easy touchdowns running past the Eagles' jokesters for corners. He misses on a throw to Cooper, who fortunately adjusted on the ball for a 75-yard score as whoever "Bausby" is runs out of bounds. LOL, good corner you've got there, Philly!

Finally, after a nice drive in overtime, ping, pong, the game is over. Lucky touchdown, but the proper end to a nutty game. The Cowboys now have the awful NFC East pretty much on lockdown.

This game summed up Dak perfectly. Horrific interceptions, missed opportunities, bad fumbles, a few tremendous catches by receivers, and a few really well-thrown balls against a practice-squad combination of off-the-street defensive backs in a wild and woolly game. That's who we is.

My lone thought after that crazy game.....this is a Super Bowl roster that will have to drag this guy as far as they can take him.

Can a bus driver take a Ferrari to a Super Bowl this season? We'll see.

He’s by far the most frustrating QB we’ve ever had. Most polarizing too. Half of me hates his guts as our guy and the other thinks he’s great for his moxie and ability to overcome. He’s not the guy we need under center for the long haul and I hope that putrid 1st half shows them that.

 

[DFWJC]

Cooper Rush? Give me a break. Anyone buying this has truly lost their mind

To be fair, he was not saying Cooper Rush should've been in there to replace Dak.
He was saying Dallas should've been up by 30 in the 4th and Rush should've been in for mop-up duty.

Yeah, still a bit out there

 

[Romo_To_Dez]

Dak led three 75 yard touchdown drives in the 4th quarter and overtime. The defense, which had played great for 3 quarters, gave the first two back.

Fortunately, the third one ended the game.

Yep, kind of like a reverse of the first half of the game. The D stepped up to bail out Dak and the struggling offense. And in the 4th quarter, Dak returned the favor. He scored every time that Philly came back to score. Dak had two TDs in the 4th, still would have been a double digit win, if the D could have managed to shut Philly down in the 4th. This is not be faulting the D, it's just an observation

 

[Staubacher]

The team has carried Dak far more than he has carried the team. Fortunately he is tough as nails and resilient so he can fight through his subpar play and still make big plays late in games that the rest of the team has us in a position to win.

This is a special team this year - they have more depth and guys stepping up than we've had in years. The Cooper deal has been amazing, the defense is championship caliber.

Dak is what he is. I'm embracing it for now and enjoying this unexpected joyride. The future will shake out in due time.

 

[OmerV]

Putting it into his chest wasn't the right throw...but since he has so much trouble making that over the top throw. I didn't think it was an exceptional play by the corner either. He is in the area, ball is up for grabs and he just goes and gets it. To me any corner worth a lick makes that pick.

Putting it in his chest may not have been the absolute perfect throw, but that doesn't make it a bad throw. Again, he put it in a spot that would have beat the man covering Cooper, and it took a DB covering another man making a great read, and a great catch for the INT to occur. Sometimes there is nothing to do but credit the DB for making a great play. It does happen.

The throws I thought were the bigger mistakes were the ones with Cooper or Gallup streaking down the sideline. In those cases there was no end zone to worry about, and it wasn't in the middle of the field where there was likely to be more help, so Dak could/should have laid the ball out more and let the receiver run under it.

 

[Vandyr]

In this thread, Dak homers get so bent out of shape at the mere mention of Cooper Rush they don't even read the post before they start bashing the OP.

smh

 

[Ken]

Aw yes, the old, "Dak threw for 450 yards, but he SHOULD have had 600+!"

You can set your watch to it...lol

I was going through all of the craptastic games that Romo played and all of the high yards games were littered with 50% completion and high ints.

Only Dak gets judged on this level. It is quite comical. Dak's first interceptions in 5 games and this is 'typical". Der...

 

[OmerV]

To be fair, he was not saying Cooper Rush should've been in there to replace Dak.
He was saying Dallas should've been up by 30 in the 4th and Rush should've been in for mop-up duty.

Yeah, still a bit out there

Good catch. I admit I skimmed the OP and missed this distinction. I've called out people for misreading posts before, so I'll own up to doing it myself this time.

 

[Colombiacowboy]

Yeah, not a fan of this thread...

I am not totally on board the Dak bus, but I agree this is a thread that is way off base.

 

[BleedinBlue]

Would have been clearer if the OP actually wrote what he meant.

 

[Dorsett33]

Another degrading Dak thread....smh. Dak will never do enough for a lot of you. What's crazy is....you must only watch the Cowboys games cause if you watched other games you'll see that other QBs throw ints, have fumbles and overthrow or miss receivers. And when Dak does something well....it's never to his credit. It's whoever he got the ball to. You guys need to get over it. He's here to stay. If you don't like it....there's 31 other teams you can go root for. Save yourself the stress!

 

[kskboys]

Would have been clearer if the OP actually wrote what he meant.

Instead of a silly click bait thread.

Yeah, Cooper should've played the 4th quarter, I agree. For the Pleasantville Putrids. Because he doesn't have NFL talent.

 

[Nightman]

In this thread, Dak homers get so bent out of shape at the mere mention of Cooper Rush they don't even read the post before they start bashing the OP.

smh

No we read it..... we have read it a thousand times

Same old song and dance

 

[aikemirv]

I have come to the conclusion that this is who Dak is.

He is the guy who cost us the Titans and first Skins game

He is the Qb who played very poorly against Washington and got bailed out by a Cooper RAC and one nice pass that resulted in a 90 yard TD by Cooper.

He is the QB who played great in the first half vs NO and followed it up with a pitiful 2nd half.

He is the guy who played awful for 3 qtrs to follow it up with a great 4th.

He is the guy who makes the plays necessary on 4th qtr drives.

He is what the detractors say he is ....
He is what the fans say he is...

He gives amunition for both every game.

 

[Hennessy_King]

I keep getting banned and this trash is still circulating after a 5 game win streak. Love this site

 

[CapnCook]

Lots of people who didn't read the OP.

You should try reading more than the headline.

This applies to a great number of "contributors" in this thread.

 

[TWOK11]

I’ll remind everyone again: He’s a 25 year old QB not even through his third season. At this point in their careers Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo and Steve Young had never started a single NFL game.

He’s still 4-6 years away from the traditional prime QB years