Dak is Mr Clutch!

[QuincyCarterEra]

I'm absolutely shocked that a 25 year old learning the hardest position in sports is improving, and wasn't a finished product

 

[cern]

Barkley May be a better home run hitter, but he also has seven games under 50 yards whil Zeke only has one. Zeje consistently is punishing the front with his power and always moving forward.

Best back in the game by impact. It’s not even debatable.

oh yeah. zeke all the way. looks like another contract renegotiation will be in the headlines this off season.

 

[khiladi]

oh yeah. zeke all the way. looks like another contract renegotiation will be in the headlines this off season.

That’s the BIG contract they need to worry about and with the toll on Zeke’s body, he should start demanding a huge pay raise soon.

 

[Roadtrip635]

People talk about Dak’s clutch in the fourth, but hardly mention that Zeke is wearing the defenses down to the point of submission and everything just breaks down.

The run where Zeke got that first with nothing there, when he stuff armed that dude and broke it outside , when up 17-14 with like three minutes to go and he kept it in bounds to keep the clock running is the height of demoralizing.

Then the run in the red-zone they called back on the holding, where Aikman mentioned how broke the Seattle front looked, Zeke netted like 9 yards breaking tackles. By the time Dallas called the draw for Dak on the third and long, Collins was upfield from the 19 to 6, before he met contact with the safety in cover 2. The hole upfront was huge.

Dak thanks you for your support

 

[LovinItAll]

ya, tony never could ride zeke and a good D

Ya, Tony could NEVER have made those key runs that Dak made.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Dak is already closing in on Romo's postseason wins.

My ignore list is getting longer.

 

[Nav22]

No he didn’t. Luck picked them apart the whole first half and blew open the lead 21-0 and was pretty much done by the half.

I’m pretty sure if Dak’s offense was scoreless in the 2nd half while the D dominated all game, allowing only 7 points total, you’d have an issue with his performance and say we only won because of the D.

Just a hunch.

 

[khiladi]

I’m pretty sure if Dak’s offense was scoreless in the 2nd half while the D dominated all game, allowing only 7 points total, you’d have an issue with his performance and say we only won because of the D.

Just a hunch.

Linehan had Cooper wide open multiple times in the second and called a great second half in particular. I’m pretty sure if we lost, you would have blamed Linehan for the loss.

 

[HungryLion]

Ya, Tony could NEVER have made those key runs that Dak made.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Dak is already closing in on Romo's postseason wins.

My ignore list is getting longer.

It’s one thing for posters to dislike Dak and want a new QB.

That is a reasonable position.

It’s VERY telling that there are a few posters who have been spending all their time ripping Dak, rather than celebrating a playoff win.

 

[Vinnie2u]

For some strange reason when the game was on the line and Romo was the QB I could not watch the game. I expected Romo to choke. With Dak I expect us to pull a victory out. I realize Romo was a better Passer and Stat producer. But so far Dak has proven to have the clutch gene.

 

[cern]

That’s the BIG contract they need to worry about and with the toll on Zeke’s body, he should start demanding a huge pay raise soon.

glad i'm not Stephen.

 

[Roadtrip635]

For some strange reason when the game was on the line and Romo was the QB I could not watch the game. I expected Romo to choke. With Dak I expect us to pull a victory out. I realize Romo was a better Passer and Stat producer. But so far Dak has proven to have the clutch gene.

Even as well as our defense has played this year, I'm more nervous when they need to get a stop than when we need Dak to make a drive.

 

[SDCowboy]

Dak is like the anti-Romo.

Romo could be incredible all game, and then when the game was on the line, flush it all down the toilet. Dak can be having an off game (not that he had one here), but when the game is on the line, I can't remember being so confident our QB will find a way to win.

Romo obviously was a better passer than Dak currently is, but in game-winning situations, I'll take Dak.

 

[khiladi]

On Dallas last game winning drive, we got two PI calls and Dak didn’t complete a SINGLE pass. Both of those were third and long and one was questionable because nowhere did the LB turn the WR. An arm on the back doesn’t count as PI if the WR isn’t turned away from the ball.

Zeke touched the ball SIX TIMES for 37 yards. One of them was called back despite him plowing through defenders for 6 yards wearing down the defense.

Dak missed the throw to Gallup and then Linehan called the draw and his lead blocker Collins ran thirteen yards the field untouched before he saw his only defender.

Basically, it was a Zeke, a combination of play calling that got the isolation forcing the PI on Beasley with a wide angle and ONE major run by Dak, outside another 5 yard run he had on a first down at midfield.

Dak has only won two games when down by at least 10 points meaning two scores all going back to 2016. ‘Clutch’ is not the right word here. Game manager that keeps it close into the fourth where heavy doses of Zeke and some read options are called is what really happening.

 

[Ken]

Linehan had Cooper wide open multiple times in the second and called a great second half in particular. I’m pretty sure if we lost, you would have blamed Linehan for the loss.

Linehan was terrible. To say otherwise is simply being agenda driven.

 

[SDCowboy]

For some strange reason when the game was on the line and Romo was the QB I could not watch the game. I expected Romo to choke. With Dak I expect us to pull a victory out. I realize Romo was a better Passer and Stat producer. But so far Dak has proven to have the clutch gene.

Bingo. Romo was an excellent QB, and a better passer than Dak currently is - but with the game on the line, I'd take Dak over Romo every time.

 

[khiladi]

Linehan was terrible. To say otherwise is simply being agenda driven.

No he was not.

Cooper was wide open on all those throws.

 

[cern]

No he was not.

Cooper was wide open on all those throws.

one of linehan's better games.

 

[Pass2Run]

Everyone criticizing him all
The time is dumb

Well, there'll be less dumb around here this week.

 

[HungryLion]

On Dallas last game winning drive, we got two PI calls and Dak didn’t complete a SINGLE pass. Both of those were third and long and one was questionable because nowhere did the LB turn the WR. An arm on the back doesn’t count as PI if the WR isn’t turned away from the ball.

Zeke touched the ball SIX TIMES for 37 yards. One of them was called back despite him plowing through defenders for 6 yards wearing down the defense.

Dak missed the throw to Gallup and then Linehan called the draw and his lead blocker Collins ran thirteen yards the field untouched before he saw his only defender.

Basically, it was a Zeke, a combination of play calling that got the isolation forcing the PI on Beasley with a wide angle and one run by Dak.

Dak has only won two games when down by at least 10 points meaning two scores all going back to 2016. ‘Clutch’ is not the right word here. Game manager that keeps it close into the fourth where heavy doses of Zeke and some read options and is what really happening.

You must be a ton of fun at parties.

Who converted the 3rd and 14 and then scored the touchdown that basically sealed the game btw?

You pointing out that Zeke was awesome isn’t news either. Zeke is a stud running back. That’s why the team spent a #4 overall pick on him. When you spend a top 5 pick on a RB, it’s so you can use him to help win games...

 

[khiladi]

You must be a ton of fun at parties.

Who converted the 3rd and 14 and then scored the touchdown that basically sealed the game btw?

You pointing out that Zeke was awesome isn’t news either. Zeke is a stud running back. That’s why the team spent a #4 overall pick on him. When you spend a top 5 pick on a RB, it’s so you can use him to help win games...

Which third and fourteen? If you are talking about the QB draw, that was called by Linehan and I already explained it. Yeah it was a great run, but it was the play call that made it happen.

Collins was his lead blocker and took off immediately at the snap and met his only defender at the 6, and he started at the 19. Thats how big the hole was. The lead blocker Collins ran thirteen yards downfield where he met the defender.

Dak’s athleticism at that point allowed him a subtle move to shift left in between the DBs and get the extra yard or two.

The point being, he’s a game manager doing things to win and not making mistakes. Zeke was netting close to 6 or 7 yards that drive.