Twitter: Dak, our franchise leader, speaks about rehab while giving support and advice

RonnieT24 said:

It's gonna be a while before the Cowboys get a QB that is better than Dak. Because in order for that to happen Dak is going to have to regress significantly or even just stand still. Which as we know in the NFL is pretty much the same thing as regressing. There is currently only a handful of QBs I would swap even up with Dak and of those only one of them is younger than Dak, that being Mahomes. Other people are gaga over the flashy potential and pretty numbers displayed by guys like Burrow and Herbert while ignoring the fact that their numbers are not even as pretty as Dak's were and are resulting in an even lower win rate. But Dak's numbers are empty while those guys' numbers show they're better than Dak despite being inferior and resulting in fewer wins. Go figure.

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I agree with you about it taking a long time for anyone to replace what we have in Dak. This front office isn't comfortable with their ability to gauge the talent levels of most of their players, much less to do what it takes to accurately evaluate a QB. They are extremely likely to avoid doing so, as long as one with better than average abilities is there as a starter.

They've proven that in the past with several other QBs that could have been replaced far sooner than they were. Of course, we're not the only team that might be prone to that situation. Many teams will stick with QBs who can win enough to distinguish themselves, lacking what it takes to win over other highly capable teams. It's hard to tell many times, due to talent lacking in too many areas to make contending likely.

Now, I'm not saying that Dak is one of them, especially in consideration of the fact that our leaders have been incapable of putting a complete team together. As long as we lack a defense capable of adequately supporting a QB like Dak, chances of producing a SB contender will likely be slim, at best.

With Jerry and Stephen around, the level of talent is usually missing in too many areas to ensure a solid opportunity to field a Super Bowl contender. At least, it's been that way for 25 years. Hopefully, it won't continue forever. I may not live long enough to see it if things change, though. I'm pushing 80.

Bullflop said:

I agree with you about it taking a long time for anyone to replace what we have in Dak. This front office isn't comfortable with their ability to gauge the talent levels of most of their players, much less to do what it takes to accurately evaluate a QB. They are extremely likely to avoid doing so, as long as one with better than average abilities is there as a starter.

They've proven that in the past with several other QBs that could have been replaced far sooner than they were. Of course, we're not the only team that might be prone to that situation. Many teams will stick with QBs who can win enough to distinguish themselves, lacking what it takes to win over other highly capable teams. It's hard to tell many times, due to talent lacking in too many areas to make contending likely.

Now, I'm not saying that Dak is one of them, especially in consideration of the fact that our leaders have been incapable of putting a complete team together. As long as we lack a defense capable of adequately supporting a QB like Dak, chances of producing a SB contender will likely be slim, at best.

With Jerry and Stephen around, the level of talent is usually missing in too many areas to ensure a solid opportunity to field a Super Bowl contender. At least, it's been that way for 25 years. Hopefully, it won't continue forever. I may not live long enough to see it if things change, though. I'm pushing 80.

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They spent how many years after Aikman looking for a QB? lol

RonnieT24 said:

All of which underscores just how important it is to have competent QB play and the difference it can make .. All the more reason to dispense with the notion that we can JUST ROLL ANY OLE DRAFT PICK in here and cure what ails this team. Especially since so much of what ails this team is on the defensive side of the ball.

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But since Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh were selected, that's basically how the Cowboys have done ' roll out any ole draft pick'
1991 - Bill Musgrave - 4th round \ 106th overall
2001 - Quincy Carter - 2nd \ 53rd
2007 - Isaiah Stanback - 4th \ 103rd ( drafted to switch to WR)
2009 - Stephen McGee - 4th \ 101st
2016 - Dak Prescott - 4th \ 135th
2018 - Mike White - 5th \ 171st

Motorola said:

Football history has listed and recorded team wins total, but also under the category of an individual quarterback's starts. It's done on every level of the sport - high schools and their state athletics associations; collegiate programs, conferences, divisions (NCAA, NAIA, etc.); professional leagues.

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Preaching to the choir. Sure it is but that doesn't define a QB. That was my point. A previous poster suggested that wins/losses from 2017 through 2020 were an indication of individual success. Completely excluding 2016. Hence, cherry picking.

phildadon86 said:

They spent how many years after Aikman looking for a QB? lol

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Yeah, tell me about it! It seems like forever before they finally got around to someone like Romo and he lasted a decade, before falling apart.
By the time they get around to replacing Dak, I'll probably be nothing other than a fleeting memory buried in the minds of those I love!

Bullflop said:

I agree with you about it taking a long time for anyone to replace what we have in Dak. This front office isn't comfortable with their ability to gauge the talent levels of most of their players, much less to do what it takes to accurately evaluate a QB. They are extremely likely to avoid doing so, as long as one with better than average abilities is there as a starter.

They've proven that in the past with several other QBs that could have been replaced far sooner than they were. Of course, we're not the only team that might be prone to that situation. Many teams will stick with QBs who can win enough to distinguish themselves, lacking what it takes to win over other highly capable teams. It's hard to tell many times, due to talent lacking in too many areas to make contending likely.

Now, I'm not saying that Dak is one of them, especially in consideration of the fact that our leaders have been incapable of putting a complete team together. As long as we lack a defense capable of adequately supporting a QB like Dak, chances of producing a SB contender will likely be slim, at best.

With Jerry and Stephen around, the level of talent is usually missing in too many areas to ensure a solid opportunity to field a Super Bowl contender. At least, it's been that way for 25 years. Hopefully, it won't continue forever. I may not live long enough to see it if things change, though. I'm pushing 80.

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This is the key.. you have a good team or it doesn't matter HOW good your QB is.. Rodgers is the best QB of this generation and quite possibly the best ever.. He has ONE ring to show for it because his teams have been so horribly flawed around him. Russell Wilson isn't likely to have to be fitted for another ring because the team around HIM has crumbled.. Mahomes better hurry up and get one or two more before HIS team starts to fall apart because once his extension kicks in he's not going to be getting a lot of support either. The fallacy I rail against is that people keep holding Dak to a standard that has not been reached by any QB ever.. Every QB who has a Super Bowl ring has had a defense that held the opponents to less than 25 points a game. I think there is one exception.. maybe the 2007 Giants? and they turned the defense WAAAAY up in the playoffs as I'm sure you recall. I think they gave up like 10 ppg less in the playoffs than they had in the regular year.. Injuries maybe? The bottom line is that to blame Dak for not being able to compensate for this putrid defense simply makes no sense. There is no QB alive or dead who could have won anything with the defense that we were rolling out the first 8 games of this season. So it's not "a QB like Dak" that we need to worry about.. It's any QB.. We need to fix the defense .. period. It doesn't matter who we put at QB.. they're not winning anything if they have to score 36 ppg just to have a chance to win. Dak isn't stopping the Cowboys from building a good team.. In fact by playing for 600K/year for his first 4 years he was helping.. a lot.. What did they do with it? Unfortunately not a damn thing..

Motorola said:

The record that season was because Romo went down to injury.
And.... how 'bad' was the season before that? 2014 - a 12-4 record and a playoff win.

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If you think we are better off without Dak or Romo with the backups we’ve had in their absence then there really is nothing to discuss. Lol

Motorola said:

But since Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh were selected, that's basically how the Cowboys have done ' roll out any ole draft pick'
1991 - Bill Musgrave - 4th round \ 106th overall
2001 - Quincy Carter - 2nd \ 53rd
2007 - Isaiah Stanback - 4th \ 103rd ( drafted to switch to WR)
2009 - Stephen McGee - 4th \ 101st
2016 - Dak Prescott - 4th \ 135th
2018 - Mike White - 5th \ 171st

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Quincy should have been a first rounder........but the GM’s were clearly not ready for his skill set. He could really command the huddle

phildadon86 said:

They spent how many years after Aikman looking for a QB? lol

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They'd still be looking if they didn't luck into Dak and Romo.....

Motorola said:

But since Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh were selected, that's basically how the Cowboys have done ' roll out any ole draft pick'
1991 - Bill Musgrave - 4th round \ 106th overall
2001 - Quincy Carter - 2nd \ 53rd
2007 - Isaiah Stanback - 4th \ 103rd ( drafted to switch to WR)
2009 - Stephen McGee - 4th \ 101st
2016 - Dak Prescott - 4th \ 135th
2018 - Mike White - 5th \ 171st

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This post shows everything that needs to be known. If we have a stab at Lawrence or Fields it about time and the right time to invest in the QB position. And after that address the safety position. Because we have undervalued the FS position.

Motorola said:

But since Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh were selected, that's basically how the Cowboys have done ' roll out any ole draft pick'
1991 - Bill Musgrave - 4th round \ 106th overall
2001 - Quincy Carter - 2nd \ 53rd
2007 - Isaiah Stanback - 4th \ 103rd ( drafted to switch to WR)
2009 - Stephen McGee - 4th \ 101st
2016 - Dak Prescott - 4th \ 135th
2018 - Mike White - 5th \ 171st

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All true, but...

You should include the total duds Jerry and Stephen were trying their hardest to move up in the 2016 Draft not once but twice to pick in Rounds 1 & 2.

They SETTLED for Dak late in the 4th round with a compensatory pick, and look how lucky they got with Old Man Romo and Noodle Arm Moore both getting injured in Preseason that year, thus forcing Dak into the starting lineup AND PROVING ONCE AGAIN HOW WRONG JERRY & SON TRULY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO QB EVALUATIONS!

The same thing happened to them with Romo. They had Romo as an undrafted rookie player who sat on the 3rd string bench for several years before they were forced to start him 1/3rd of the way through the 2006 season.

For these reasons, I don't trust Jerry & Son using a high and super costly 1st or 2nd round pick on a QB. Jerry & Son SUCK when it comes to that. They've got a winner in Dak, who has developed into a Top 5 passer and is barely entering his prime (27 years old) years as a QB. There is no need to get rid of him, UNLESS HIS LEG DOESN'T HEAL RIGHT OR STARTS GIVING HIM PROBLEMS.

USArmyVet said:

What has he done since?

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Well lets see, he set ANOTHER NFL record by having three consecutive games in a row with 450 or more passing yards just this season.
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America's Cowboy said:

All true, but...

You should include the total duds Jerry and Stephen were trying their hardest to move up in the 2016 Draft not once but twice to pick in Rounds 1 & 2.

They SETTLED for Dak late in the 4th round with a compensatory pick, and look how lucky they got with Old Man Romo and Noodle Arm Moore both getting injured in Preseason that year, thus forcing Dak into the starting lineup AND PROVING ONCE AGAIN HOW WRONG JERRY & SON TRULY ARE WHEN IT COMES TO QB EVALUATIONS!

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Your MO...always throwing other QB's under the bus to lift up your lover. How embarrassing. What about Senior Broke Leg, huh?

The second bolded part also you got right and did not even know it...let's hope they are wrong again with this cripple who can only win the stat comp, and nothing else, except in you nightly dreams.

Oh, also...thanks for calling one of my comrades a disgrace to the Army just because he did not agree with your love fest. Go bake your lover boy some cookies.

Motorola said:

The record that season was because Romo went down to injury.
And.... how 'bad' was the season before that? 2014 - a 12-4 record and a playoff win.

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And then the three seasons before 2014 the Cowboys were 8-8.
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This who Dak thing is pretty funny.

Having lived through the post Aikman years where these same dumb arguments were raging as to whether Quincy was the greatest QB since Staubach, or C. Hutchison was better then Montana, or Drew Henson would be the greatest of all time, we are very lucky. We have had Romo and now Dak, two QB's who are very good, we got on later in the draft or as an UFA.

Sadly, it doesn't matter who the QB is until Jerry is gone. Mahomes would go 8-8 here.

phildadon86 said:

They spent how many years after Aikman looking for a QB? lol

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Aikman retired after the 2000 season and Romo didn't start until 2006 so I guess they looked for 6 years. First they tried Quincy Carter then Chad Hutchinson, then Vinnie Testaverde, then Drew Bledsoe until Romo finally took over.
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Trajan said:

This who Dak thing is pretty funny.

Having lived through the post Aikman years where these same dumb arguments were raging as to whether Quincy was the greatest QB since Staubach, or C. Hutchison was better then Montana, or Drew Henson would be the greatest of all time, we are very lucky. We have had Romo and now Dak, two QB's who are very good, we got on later in the draft or as an UFA.

Sadly, it doesn't matter who the QB is until Jerry is gone. Mahomes would go 8-8 here.

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If that is true...well, from what I hear, Dakky Duck will win multiple SB's.

gjkoeppen said:

Well lets see, he set ANOTHER NFL record by having three consecutive games in a row with 450 or more passing yards just this season.
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LOL and how has that helped the team win anything?

shabazz said:

Quincy should have been a first rounder........but the GM’s were clearly not ready for his skill set. He could really command the huddle

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Here's what's wrong with your statement. You could have said the Cowboys should have taken him with their first round pick IF, that huge word, IF Carter was picked by another team in the first round but he wasn't. So to claim that carter should have been a 1st round pick just doesn't ring true since EVERY team passed on him in the 1st round. Even at that the media was all over Jones saying he was reaching taking Carter in the second round. Most draft gurus had him rated as a later 3rd round QB.
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5Stars said:

Interesting...Dak talks about always having to fill in for the "guy in front of him". Hmmm, he also says it's been that way all his career, and guess what? That's how he became the QB of the Cowboys, because Romo got injured, and that is probably the only way he got the job.

If he is as good as he thinks he is, why was he always "behind" the starters? That's our 4th round QB, was not even drafted high because he was never considered the "first guy", always in second place waiting for an injury. I hope he sent Romo a thank you card.

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Dumb post.

Tom Brady- 6th round pick
Joe Motana- 3rd round pick

That’s two of the greatest to ever take a snap. There are other examples as well, but these are the most glaring.