Why Dak is going to have to pull a rabbit out of a hat

Rockport said:

Exactly! So let me have my opinion and go away and practice on your fake accent.

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Redball Express said:

Poor Dak.

He reminds me of Buggs Bunny on Saturday morning cartoons..

"Watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat" He would reach in the hat and have some rabbit ears in his hand and pull.

It would be him in the hat. We would laugh.

Everybody is taking shots at Dak over if he deserves to be the highest paid player in NFL history.

Dak wants us to believe in him like he believes in himself.

I do not ever recall Rodger Staubach ever having to go thru this.

Oh right..Staubach won the SB in his second year starting.

Aikman won in his 3rd year. Dak is going on his 5th year.

Roger was a Heisman winner. Aikman a #1 draft pick.

And that is the problem for Dak.

Until he wins a title, he is ever in the crucible of doubt.

In Dallas, you need to compete with great QBs.

QBs that had to play up to and exceed the results of other QBs their contemporaries.

This is the measuring stick in Dallas.

Dak simply has not arrived there yet. And he may never do it. You do not have to be a Dak Hater to know that.

Ask Danny White. Ask Craig Morton. Ask Steve Walsh. And others.

Dak could still be among the greats except he has a distinct disadvantage. Aikman, Staubach won SBs early in their careers.

Dak has not and now he is entering his mid career. Getting older does not always mean better.

It means chances to win big are receding like cars in a rearview mirror. They get smaller.

But Dak has his eyes fixed on the reward before the feat.

Somebody should tell him he has the cart before the horse. Somebody needs to tell him he is running the risk of being known as the biggest bust in Cowboy history if he falls.

If he fails, he does not want to become a clique for failure. He is better off trying to take a competitive deal now and produce what he says he can.

Then come back and sign a new deal when the time is right. What he is doing is very high risk.

I started out liking Dak like most of us. I wanted him to blossom like Aikman and Rodger did. As fans that was great to feel a part of their success.

I was getting that feeling with Dak early on. But things have changed. Why I am not sure. But it had changed.

The Cowboys as a Nation has split into two camps. Why?

Becuz there are these two ghosts of past greatness tapping him on the shoulder saying..

"Its not your time. You are not ready. Come back when you have achieved like we had to."

The player and the fans have to see it also.

You will know something has changed when Las Vegas starts changing the odds on the Cowboys as SB favorites.

We ain't there yet.

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Aviano90 said:

Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, it’s probably a duck.

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Redball Express said:

Oh..

You ask too many questions nobody dares answer.

I am glad you chirped up.

I am not trying to split the forum.

Just think things threw

Nobody has a crystal ball. If our owner is dead set on Dak then he has an obligation to the history of the Franchise to resolve this quickly.

If he is not dead set on Dak then he needs to say that and we need to know that, too.

He has to drop whatever is going on and look at the man in the the mirror. Decide.

It ain't like we have a say. We just follow along.

So I do not care one way or the other. Dak has done enough to make me love him.

He has also now done enough to make me distrust him.

This ain't possibly good from any point of view.

I can happily live with Dalton. I believe he has a Flacco will to win and a Bart Starr talent to be patient.

So no matter what..I'm good.

I just want what is best for the team, for the team to be a team like they started to be in 2016 then drifted off to failure after failure.

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America's Cowboy said:

Red, Mr. Hollywood says, "Hi!"

Where were you when Romo was being given top overall pay not even 1 full year after he become the Cowboys starter in 2006? Where was your disrespectful outrage against Romo back then in 2007 and once again in 2013 when he was given a franchise record and 2nd top overall paid contract?

Hypocrisy much?

What a terrible display of hypocrisy, bias, disrespect and outright hatred.

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Redball Express said:

Miss those days.

You were not a fan until you saw Buddy Ryan shoot the finger at the Dallas bench during the Strike Season.

Or to here Jimmy Johnson complain about not shaking hands becuz Ryan ran his fat butt off the field to avoid Jimster.

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Dak_Attack_09 said:

Lol you gotta be the most pathetic fan ever. I want money at end of the season, oath breaker.

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Redball Express said:

You got to translate that bro.

Stop adding booze to your coffee creamer.

Its habit forming to start each day drunk.

You are very funny that way it appears.

On second thought Stay that way.

Maybe you will understand this..

"Well..you need to pay me after the season be cuz I never understand your posts".

Burp.

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Future said:

Think you're misunderstanding.

I have no problem with guys like Dak holding out for every dollar. The people crying, who I'm referring to, are fans.

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Jake said:

Staubach never had a chance. He retired over a decade before free agency. Anybody who thinks those old timers wouldn't have loved the chance to be a free agent is fooling themselves with nostalgia.

Of course it was great for fans. Players were basically indentured servants. The team that originally picked them owned them - players only moved via trade or if the team gave up on you. Those days are long gone.

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garyo1954 said:

You make a good point. If Jerry was all in on Qak, we wouldn't be waiting for him to sign. A look back at Romo's last contract shows the team spent the summer before his contract expired trying to hammer out an extension. The eventual outcome was a 6 year extension/new contract (you pick what you want to call it) totaling $108 million that went into effect after the 2013 season.

Troy Aikman signed an $11.2 million, 6 year rookie deal and never got to the final two years of his rookie deal signing a new contract in 1993 for 8 years, $50 million (at the time the largest contract in NFL history).

The fact that Jerry didn't run to Qak two years ago (or even last year) offering big money says more than any mumbo-jumbo jigsaw puzzle word game Jerry can come up with.

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Streetwise said:

Watch Red pull a thread out of his......

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garyo1954 said:

Yep, we ain't there yet. And we won't get there until Qak starts playing with emotion and becomes the team leader. That means rising to the occasion, raising your voice and getting excited like Marino, Peyton, Brady, Brees, Rodgers, et. al. Let everybody around you know this is important to you and you expect them to have the same commitment you have.

Right now this team goes through Elliott and he tends to have bonehead moments, (like tugging on bras in public places) which makes him a fun guy, but not Bill Parcell's definition of a leader, "You can't be a clown and lead men."

Ask yourself, "How much of Elliott's boneheadedness is part of the reason Qak is being the problem child this year? And what guarantee does anyone have he'll continue to work once he's paid?"

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PJTHEDOORS said:

Man, anger 24/7. Let it go, smoke the green leaf.

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