starfan1
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I tend to agree with you here Dak needs to use his legs a bit more for sure the opportunities are there. I don't expect him to have the pinpoint accuracy that Rodgers has that's not who he is. i think many see that and think Dak is getting 40 mil and he needs to do that and that's insane. Rodgers is one of the few people I've ever seen do that. But Dak brings other skills such as running, leadership and he's not terribly inaccurate. he does however need to hit the pass to Noah Brown type passes. There is just no excuse for missing that. Im not even that upset he missed Gallup on the long one but it was pathetic to miss Noah.Agree like I said in my post last week.. Dak needs to figure out the extent to which it inspires his teammates (and deflates the defense) when he takes off and converts a big first down with his legs. He CANNOT be content to just throw the ball away when guys aren't open all the time. If the defense is playing man and they all turn their backs to you then go get the cheap 5-6 yards and slide or get out of bounds. Maybe lower the boom on some lil CB if he comes up and tries to take you on.. Watch the reaction from his teammates when he does .. Dak has to take more upon himself to elevate this team and that doesn't just mean throwing it more.. That's Kellen Moore's vision.. it does not need to be Dak's. Dak providing a threat as a runner is good for our offense.. Dak sitting in the pocket taking hits is not..
I'm never going to be one to blame Dak for guys not getting open.. So I am not going to participate in the whole "he can't lift the team without good receivers" narrative. No QB is going to thrive without at least one reliable receiver who can get open (or go beast mode on the DB even if they aint open) and at least a serviceable running game. We've had neither for 3 of the last 4 games. Not surprisingly the offense has looked terrible in those games for the most part and we've lost.
But we have so many ledge jumpers this week and drama queens looking at those 2 passes and putting the blame on Dak because of his contract when the defense was horrid again. brown was putrid although at least 1 of them PI calls was bogus IMO but it is what it is. Quinn was stupid to put him on an island on 3rd and 18 to begin with