What’s the struggle?

[blumayne38]

whats the deal with daks super slow start in games? Is it that he needs time to get his arm going? Or is he just that confused by defenses that it takes a while for him to adjust to the flow of the game...idk maybe he fixes this problem next year. Super slow starts in games are what probably kept this team from winning 3-4 more games including the divisional...peace

 

[Typhus]

whats the deal with daks super slow start in games? Is it that he needs time to get his arm going? Or is he just that confused by defenses that it takes a while for him to adjust to the flow of the game...idk maybe he fixes this problem next year. Super slow starts in games are what probably kept this team from winning 3-4 more games including the divisional...peace

Ive been under the assumption that this team has been starting off slow for over 20 years now, maybe its just me getting older.

 

[sureletsrace]

It's not Dak, it's the offensive scheme. Score a little and keep the game close enough to win in the fourth quarter, control the time of possession, run the clock.

This team is not built to go up 14-0 on other teams. When we do, it's because someone made a brilliant play or the other teams defense screwed up.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

whats the deal with daks super slow start in games? Is it that he needs time to get his arm going? Or is he just that confused by defenses that it takes a while for him to adjust to the flow of the game...idk maybe he fixes this problem next year. Super slow starts in games are what probably kept this team from winning 3-4 more games including the divisional...peace

Dak=Struggle............how many years has it been since we've has such a anemic passing game?????

P.S. And let's not forget our Red Zone struggles....anyway without beating a dead horse here Linehan is gone now lets see who else in line to be blamed when our passing in 19 keeps on struggling.....except Dak of course.....lol

 

[Haimerej]

It's not Dak, it's the offensive scheme. Score a little and keep the game close enough to win in the fourth quarter, control the time of possession, run the clock.

This team is not built to go up 14-0 on other teams. When we do, it's because someone made a brilliant play or the other teams defense screwed up.

"Score a little and keep the game close," is not a scheme. It's a result of poor offensive execution.

 

[Hadenough]

whats the deal with daks super slow start in games? Is it that he needs time to get his arm going? Or is he just that confused by defenses that it takes a while for him to adjust to the flow of the game...idk maybe he fixes this problem next year. Super slow starts in games are what probably kept this team from winning 3-4 more games including the divisional...peace

It looks to me that he is always fearful of making a mistake and as the game goes on it reaches a point where he has no choice but to start slinging the ball he plays better. He plays looser and thats not something you can coach or teach out of him. The other thing about being an NFL QB is that sometimes these guys are rhythm passers and need to throw consecutively to play better. I believe Romo was like that but Aikman was a guy that could hand the ball off 10 times in a row and throw a strike to Irvin. Dan Marino was more a rhythm passer. He got better the more he threw the ball.

 

[Blackrain]

It looks to me that he is always fearful of making a mistake and as the game goes on it reaches a point where he has no choice but to start slinging the ball he plays better. He plays looser and thats not something you can coach or teach out of him. The other thing about being an NFL QB is that sometimes these guys are rhythm passers and need to throw consecutively to play better. I believe Romo was like that but Aikman was a guy that could hand the ball off 10 times in a row and throw a strike to Irvin. Dan Marino was more a rhythm passer. He got better the more he threw the ball.

I agree many times he looks tentative to start games out very cautious trying to avoid a mistake . This is the maturation process and it is slower with a 4th rd pick then the 1st guy picked in the draft .

We had an undrafted player that sat on the bench for 3 yrs and learned before he was even allowed to play and we tolerated his maturation process . The result was the guy turned into a pretty good QB later in his career .

Dak was thrown right in and has made the playoffs 2 out of 3 yrs . Other than Goff who was drafted 1st where are the other QBs from his draft class , Have any matured and led there teams farther . If Dak was one of the first 5 players drafted yes expect mature turnkey play at this point . Since he wasn't give him the time we gave Tony . Clock starts this year and he has already given us success that we have rarely enjoyed while in his development stage .

The impatient people should turn there complaints to Jerry who should have used a 1st round pick on a QB while Romo was still playing and he would be developed by now . Jerry should have known when Romo couldn't practice on WEDNESDAYS it was time to use a 1st round pick on a QB

 

[Parcells4Life]

whats the deal with daks super slow start in games? Is it that he needs time to get his arm going? Or is he just that confused by defenses that it takes a while for him to adjust to the flow of the game...idk maybe he fixes this problem next year. Super slow starts in games are what probably kept this team from winning 3-4 more games including the divisional...peace

We did go up 7-3 after the first drive vs the Rams.

But vs the Panthers and Seahawks (week 3) I definitely agree

 

[nobody]

I agree many times he looks tentative to start games out very cautious trying to avoid a mistake . This is the maturation process and it is slower with a 4th rd pick then the 1st guy picked in the draft .

We had an undrafted player that sat on the bench for 3 yrs and learned before he was even allowed to play and we tolerated his maturation process . The result was the guy turned into a pretty good QB later in his career .

Dak was thrown right in and has made the playoffs 2 out of 3 yrs . Other than Goff who was drafted 1st where are the other QBs from his draft class , Have any matured and led there teams farther . If Dak was one of the first 5 players drafted yes expect mature turnkey play at this point . Since he wasn't give him the time we gave Tony . Clock starts this year and he has already given us success that we have rarely enjoyed while in his development stage .

The impatient people should turn there complaints to Jerry who should have used a 1st round pick on a QB while Romo was still playing and he would be developed by now . Jerry should have known when Romo couldn't practice on WEDNESDAYS it was time to use a 1st round pick on a QB

Many of us were screaming for a few years that Jerry should draft Romo's successor early enough that he could learn under Romo. Unfortunately, that didn't happen because Jerry likes to gamble. Also, there were a ton of glaring needs due to having to rebuild both lines and the secondary....then you had the (it seems, at least) yearly TE pick.

 

[Blackrain]

Many of us were screaming for a few years that Jerry should draft Romo's successor early enough that he could learn under Romo. Unfortunately, that didn't happen because Jerry likes to gamble. Also, there were a ton of glaring needs due to having to rebuild both lines and the secondary....then you had the (it seems, at least) yearly TE pick.

From what I have seen if we wanted a turnkey QB we would have had to use the pick we used on Zeke trade up for Wentz or Goff and Hope for the best Or done the logical thing and drafted a QB when we saw the health issue mounting with Tony . Heck and Wentz cant stay healthy

Paxton Lynch, Hackenburg Jacoby Brissett Cody Kessler , Conner Cook all drafted before Dak Where are they in there maturation process , Any Division championships , playoff wins ,

We are very lucky Dak is where he is and should be patient enough to see it through . The guy has started every game dosent miss a play just needs time to perfect his game

 

[blumayne38]

It's not Dak, it's the offensive scheme. Score a little and keep the game close enough to win in the fourth quarter, control the time of possession, run the clock.

This team is not built to go up 14-0 on other teams. When we do, it's because someone made a brilliant play or the other teams defense screwed up.

Sounds like a team that 1. Trusts it’s defense extremely 2. Has a limited offense that can’t score quick

 

[blumayne38]

From what I have seen if we wanted a turnkey QB we would have had to use the pick we used on Zeke trade up for Wentz or Goff and Hope for the best Or done the logical thing and drafted a QB when we saw the health issue mounting with Tony . Heck and Wentz cant stay healthy

Paxton Lynch, Hackenburg Jacoby Brissett Cody Kessler , Conner Cook all drafted before Dak Where are they in there maturation process , Any Division championships , playoff wins ,

We are very lucky Dak is where he is and should be patient enough to see it through . The guy has started every game dosent miss a play just needs time to perfect his game

He is very lucky, if he wasn’t here he would be among the QBs you mentioned

 

[blumayne38]

Dak=Struggle............how many years has it been since we've has such a anemic passing game?????

• P.S. And let's not forget our Red Zone struggles....anyway without beating a dead horse here Linehan is gone now lets see who else in line to be blamed when our passing in 19 keeps on struggling.....except Dak of course.....lol

This is what raises red flags with Dak, I feel like we should be scoring a lot more once we get to the 20 yrd line. That’s where touch and accuracy mean so much, the fade route could be used so much especially with the way they stack the box to stop Zeke in the red zone. So many 1v1 that aren’t being taking advantage of. Gotta fix this problem, maybe running some kind of wishbone offense next year with Zeke and Smith

 

[JayFord]

Our offense has always started slow

That’s how we win.....if we start off fast we for sure are getting blown out

 

[conner01]

Actually we wasn’t too bad in first qtr scoring
Overall I believe we was 12th but at home 3rd
On the road we was bad
And obviously the redzone was a problem

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

It looks to me that he is always fearful of making a mistake and as the game goes on it reaches a point where he has no choice but to start slinging the ball he plays better. He plays looser and thats not something you can coach or teach out of him. The other thing about being an NFL QB is that sometimes these guys are rhythm passers and need to throw consecutively to play better. I believe Romo was like that but Aikman was a guy that could hand the ball off 10 times in a row and throw a strike to Irvin. Dan Marino was more a rhythm passer. He got better the more he threw the ball.

This is a very good observation. Another great example to back this up is the Week 17 Giants game. Yeah we wanna win, but the game is pointless. Our seed wasn’t gonna change and we were locked in. Dak played pretty loose, especially considering we didn’t have Zeke. He threw for 4 TD’s and was actually slinging the ball pretty well. Dak plays better when he’s looser and I wish he wasn’t so tense at the beginning of games.

 

[Hadenough]

I agree many times he looks tentative to start games out very cautious trying to avoid a mistake . This is the maturation process and it is slower with a 4th rd pick then the 1st guy picked in the draft .

We had an undrafted player that sat on the bench for 3 yrs and learned before he was even allowed to play and we tolerated his maturation process . The result was the guy turned into a pretty good QB later in his career .

Dak was thrown right in and has made the playoffs 2 out of 3 yrs . Other than Goff who was drafted 1st where are the other QBs from his draft class , Have any matured and led there teams farther . If Dak was one of the first 5 players drafted yes expect mature turnkey play at this point . Since he wasn't give him the time we gave Tony . Clock starts this year and he has already given us success that we have rarely enjoyed while in his development stage .

The impatient people should turn there complaints to Jerry who should have used a 1st round pick on a QB while Romo was still playing and he would be developed by now . Jerry should have known when Romo couldn't practice on WEDNESDAYS it was time to use a 1st round pick on a QB

The only problem with taking time to develop is that it leaves you with a weaker team once the rookie contract is up. The idea situation is to win before you have to pay everyone.

 

[blumayne38]

We did go up 7-3 after the first drive vs the Rams.

But vs the Panthers and Seahawks (week 3) I definitely agree

Dak being invisible for the first 3 quarters has been a issue through the season, despite that score where cooper got extremely open. (I could have made that pass) Nothing..... even missed a opportunity for points before the half. Because of a couple bad throws and a missed WR streaming down the seam. I believe it was brown or Austin idk can’t rememeber gotta go back and look could have been a TE

 

[blumayne38]

Our offense has always started slow

That’s how we win.....if we start off fast we for sure are getting blown out

I don’t agree with this statement, this offense has always dominated T.O.P. When romo was around and I’m not trying to compare just point out we were 1st in T.O.P 1st in 3rd down conversions we sustained drives and finished them off with 7 not 3

 

[Nightman]

Dak being invisible for the first 3 quarters has been a issue through the season, despite that score where cooper got extremely open. (I could have made that pass) Nothing..... even missed a opportunity for points before the half. Because of a couple bad throws and a missed WR streaming down the seam. I believe it was brown or Austin idk can’t rememeber gotta go back and look could have been a TE

The numbers just don't back up your statements

Dak was not appreciably better or worse in any quarter or half this year

His rating by Qtr was- 90.4, 93.7, 99.4, 88.7