Dak 1 yard short of tying Romo's single season franchise passing record; 2 yards shy of rec

[DuncanIso]

Not bad for a QB that the idiots on this board told us would never be the passer that Romo was. In Dak's 4th season, he matched Romo's BEST season ever. Given that Romo is apparently a God to some...and that Dak is a terrible QB to these same idiots...that has got to hurt.

Not bad at all.

Oh, and his contract price in fact went up. Should have signed to a Goff/Wentz contract this off season. Now it will cost the Cowboys a cool $30 million plus.

Dak is the reason we are out of the playoffs.

that eagles game last week was a freaking train wreck.

 

[Aviano90]

Give me Aikman instead of the 2 garbage stat collectors.

 

[Sevenup3000]

You know they were trying for a while to sign him, right? Around the same time as those guys. If it was up to Dallas he would of been locked up by now. It takes two to tango and well Prescott's agents were in no rush to get him locked unless the cowboys I assume caved on their demands

Dallas, according to reports, kept offering Dak a 7 year deal...knowing damn well Dak would be an idiot to sign a 7 year contract which would lock him into a 30m/year. Dak, according to reporting, reasonably wanted a deal like Wentz or Goff...A 4 or even 3 year deal so that when the Jareds/Cousins/Mayfields/Jimmy G of the world reup and start making 45m/year...Dak would not be stuck with a crappy 30m/year contract.

As has been explained tirelessly: THE PRICE NEVER GOES DOWN...IT ALWAYS GOES UP.

So when Watson and Mahomes etc. sign their 40m/year deal...Dak and his agent will be WELL within their rights to START at 35 - 39m/year this offseason.

 

[Northern_Cowboy]

Really? Is that all you've got? Did you forget the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2014 seasons???

Romo had 52 more attempts in 2012 than Dak did this season. Give Dak those 52 extra attempts, and I bet he would have passed for over 5,200+ passing yards.

Give Romo Tyron Smith, Fredbeard, L'al Collins and Martin in 2012 (He had Smith but he also had Ryan Cook 13 games and Phil Costa 3 games, Macenzie Bernadeau and Nate Livings 16 games each) along with a full season of Zeke or Murray (who was injured for a good part of that season and only rushed for 660 yards)...lol as i'm writing this it's amazing that we were even playing for a playoff spot in week 16 im just gonna stop now

 

[Romotil45]

I never thought Dak would throw for almost 5k yards
I always had him as a 3500 yard 25 td kinda guy

He's really not a 5k guy. He just put up a lot of yards in trash time and against poor teams. Passing yrds mean nothing when you go 8-8 and miss the playoffs. Romo put up almost 5K in 2012 and went 8-8.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Here is one of the said "genius" moving the goal post again. Next time, "Oh so he can win one MVP...I bet he won't go to the HOF"!!!!!

Just stop. A QB that people of your ilk said would NEVER get to 4k in a season...almost got to 5k. Just be quiet and take your L.

I never said that.

The only thing I ever said of dak was he wouldn't be able to overcome Garrett like Tony did.

100% right.

Now move along.

 

[nobody]

Dak Prescott finished the 2019 season passing for 4,902 yards, just 1 yard shy of tying Tony Romo's 2012 single season franchise passing record of 4,903 yards.

Dak was only allowed to pass 1 more time (a 1 yard sideline dump to Tavon Austin) after 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter. The rest of the offensive plays were strictly running plays. Coincidence? I doubt it. Someone must have known Dak needed 1 more passing yard to tie Romo's 2012 franchise single season passing record, and a mere 2 passing yards shy of Dak breaking it.

It is shameful Dak was only allowed to pass the ball 1 time within the last 9 minutes of the game. He deserved a better opportunity to break the franchise single season passing record. He earned that opportunity this year.

No, he didn't earn it. See his performance last week. See the Cowboys not make the playoffs? He contributed to that. He played his butt off most games, but he had some bad ones this year too and contributed to the losses. So no, he didn't earn the opportunity. It's interesting that you only bring up Romo in any positive way when it makes Dak look good.

Dak improved some this year but regressed a bit in the second half of the season. Hopefully he will improve more and then any records will come as they come. No need to have to provide opportunities.

 

[exciter]

Ok, so 1 more extra attempt with lots of time left in the game.

Had to leave for work, there was about 3 minutes left, did they get another possession!

 

[Slim_JD]

Not bad for a QB that the idiots on this board told us would never be the passer that Romo was. In Dak's 4th season, he matched Romo's BEST season ever. Given that Romo is apparently a God to some...and that Dak is a terrible QB to these same idiots...that has got to hurt.

Not bad at all.

Oh, and his contract price in fact went up. Should have signed to a Goff/Wentz contract this off season. Now it will cost the Cowboys a cool $30 million plus.

You do know total yards thrown is not an indication for having a good season right? How many yards did jameis Winston throw this year? Just sayin

 

[America's Cowboy]

No, he didn't earn it. See his performance last week. See the Cowboys not make the playoffs? He contributed to that. He played his butt off most games, but he had some bad ones this year too and contributed to the losses. So no, he didn't earn the opportunity. It's interesting that you only bring up Romo in any positive way when it makes Dak look good.

Dak improved some this year but regressed a bit in the second half of the season. Hopefully he will improve more and then any records will come as they come. No need to have to provide opportunities.

Oooh, but Romo was outright allowed to go super pass heavy for years without question, even when he had a decent rushing attack to lean on? You know like that single season franchise passing record year of 2012 where the team rushed 355 times for 1,265 yards but passed 658 times for Romo's franchise season passing record of 4,903 yards which resulted in an 8 - 8 year in which Romo got praised?

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/2012.htm

Yet, this 2019 8 - 8 season, Dak gets blasted for passing 596 times for 4,902 yards while the team ran the ball 449 times for a total of 2,153 yards. A much more balanced attack. It's very obvious today's team was way more balanced than that 2012 team, yet Dak gets blasted for supposedly being a greedy pass heavy QB, while Romo got praised in 2012 for actually passing a lot more than the team rushed the football?

http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/statistics?team=DAL

This is the slanted bias that I'm talking about and why I bring up Romo. It's intentional, unwarranted, falsely accusatory and hypocritical.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Had to leave for work, there was about 3 minutes left, did they get another possession!

Yes, and they only ran the ball! Why was that??? Why not call some more pass plays?

 

[trickblue]

Yes, and they only ran the ball! Why was that??? Why not call some more pass plays?

You know why... bargaining position...

 

[America's Cowboy]

Romo had those yards during one of his worst seasons in the league.

It's meaningless.

Yet, Romo got praised for his efforts while Dak gets blasted for his resulting in the same 8 - 8 record.

 

[America's Cowboy]

You know why... bargaining position...

Yes, I'm sure that was 1 reason. That's sad.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Give me Aikman instead of the 2 garbage stat collectors.

Which Aikman? The '92 - '96 Aikman who had the best team money could buy? Or the '97 - 2000 Aikman who no longer had the best team around him because of the salary cap?

 

[ksadler1]

Record is meaningless anyway.

But but but, we are the kings of moral victories this year...l bet all the teams envy us...

 

[trickblue]

Which Aikman? The '92 - '96 Aikman who had the best team money could buy? Or the '97 - 2000 Aikman who no longer had the best team around him because of the salary cap?

Or maybe the Aikman that had so may concussions, he could no longer take the team on his back...

 

[America's Cowboy]

Or maybe the Aikman that had so may concussions, he could no longer take the team on his back...

True (even though Aikman said those concussions didn't affect him even though they did), but why was Aikman getting so many concussions towards the end of his career? What caused him to get hit so much and it affect his game (I'm trying to prove a point here)?

 

[trickblue]

True (even though Aikman said those concussions didn't affect him even though they did), but why was Aikman getting so many concussions towards the end of his career? What caused him to get hit so much and it affect his game (I'm trying to prove a point here)?

Wasn't AIkman's fault... it was a battle of egos between Johnson and Jones...

 

[America's Cowboy]

Wasn't AIkman's fault... it was a battle of egos between Johnson and Jones...

Somewhat agree but also disagree. Aikman was physically limited...with his feet. Great arm when he had the best Oline blocking for him with the best receivers & TE catching the ball and the best RB running behind him, but once he lost his Oline, WRs and TE due to the salary cap, Aikman's 2 left feet hindered his ability to avoid constant incoming pressure which greatly affected his game and caused him to suffer several concussions which ultimately contributed to his retirement (even though he says it didn't). In other words, Aikman shouldn't talk because he would likely struggle with today's team which is very inconsistent with its Oline protection/blocking, receiving, rushing and playcalling.