pansophy
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It's counterbalancing and a loop that never ends. You've got guys who say Dak is elite (he isn't) and guys who think he is a backup (he isn't) and so those guys go back and forth over and over trying to counter the extreme view. It's basically American politics.It’s almost as if some want Dak to fail. I just don’t get it. Rooting for Dak to fail is rooting for Dallas to fail and in doing so, you have to question, how much of a fan are you? Truly?
I don't think people want to see Dak fail. It's just that some look at his blemishes and correctly see someone who should not be an NFL QB (they are right) and some look at his strengths and say he is an elite QB (they are also right). It's just when you combine them all together that we get Dak, who is inconsistent and the offense follows that inconsistency.
It's up to us moderates to bring things back to the center. If we list Dak's characteristics as a QB he has some elite qualities and some qualities that get guys washed out of the league entirely. IMO Dak has been chipping away at those weaknesses -- he is throwing to the sideline more in the intermediate 10-20 yard range and now with Cooper it looks like defenses have finally been thrown out of clogging the middle of the field (that's huge).
In my opinion there is only 1 stat we need to look at -- 3rd and 8+ yards. We have been near the bottom of the league every year Dak has started. Even his record breaking rookie year we were only 19th. Next season if are just in the top half of the league on that stat then I'll say Dak has worked out enough of his weaknesses to be a consistent NFL QB.