Will Dak be better, worse, or stay the same this coming year?

Northern_Cowboy · Mar 12, 2022

plymkr said:
Yeah I don't feel Dak is going to regress to the point that he'll be benched for Rush. I mean I guess it's possible but highly unlikely. I also don't feel he will be Mahomes or Rodgers. Dak is an adequate to above adequate bus driver. If given the right bus he, and the rest of the team, can win a super bowl. If the bus breaks down Dak can't put the team on his shoulders and create wins. It's not completely hopeless with Dak, unless Dak can't read defenses then we're really screwed. But if the Jones can provide a quality team around him then I feel we could do something. The part that scares me is Dak played pretty poorly the last 9 games of the season. Some of those wins the defense pulled it out for us and saved the offense. So I'm rooting for Dak because if he fails then the Cowboys fail but I'm not believing in Dak right now cuz of the last 9 games of the season.

I will say that Dak is not the reason we lost in the playoffs. That was a complete team fail starting from Jerry Jones, through the coaches and in the players. Everyone was bad in that game besides maybe Anger. Dak played poorly too but he had no help from his coaches, line, receivers, RBs and defense. So IMO the playoff embarrassment was a total team effort. I don't put that one on Dak

Well i can't say i disagree with the bolded statement, but while i agree that Dak may not have been the entire reason we lost in the playoffs i will say that if he was truly an Elite QB he would have been the reason we WON!!....that is what Elite QB's do, they find a way to win games like those

Cboyfan4ever · Mar 12, 2022

fansince68 said:
For the life of me, I can't figure out why Dak is so slow to read a defense and throw with anticipation and touch to his WR. Dak needs a dedicated QB coach that is going to study his film and assist him with working out his faults.

Troy Aikmam said you either are accurate or you’re not.Dak works hard at his craft,and can maybe improve in that area w/ better mechanics.Maybe he can get better reading D w/ more film study.One area I believe he will never improve is processing.That’s just how his brain works.You can either see things quickly or you don’t.Hard to improve in that area because your brain is what it is and how it functions.

GMO415 · Mar 12, 2022

Joe Theisman stated it would take two years for Dak to recover. So, I'd say better than last year.

Mr_437 · Mar 12, 2022

Dak will be all of the above.

erod · Mar 12, 2022

88sAndHeartbreak said:
Dak is part of the problem and he has to get better at reading defenses and consistency. But he's definitely not as bad as yall are implying.

This O-line is bad and looking like it will get worst before it gets better. So I guess yall will just have to blame Dak until we win a SB, then it will be the team won and not him lol...

No one is upset or a homer, or a sympathizer, or whatever name yall consistently use... yall just as bad as the people yall complain about.

Dude...."worse" and "worst." You're killing me with that. In the thread title and now here.

acr731 · Mar 12, 2022

88sAndHeartbreak said:
So why did he play so well the first half of the season? You can't say he didnt.

You clearly weren't paying attention to why the first half of the season went so well - it wasn't because of Dak. Once the running game stopped clicking and teams started forcing Dak to win games on his own, that's when the problems started.

Just think how great Dak would be if he could play against practice squad scrubs every week...

88sAndHeartbreak said:
Dak is part of the problem and he has to get better at reading defenses and consistency. But he's definitely not as bad as yall are implying.

This O-line is bad and looking like it will get worst before it gets better. So I guess yall will just have to blame Dak until we win a SB, then it will be the team won and not him lol...

No one is upset or a homer, or a sympathizer, or whatever name yall consistently use... yall just as bad as the people yall complain about.

Do everyone a favor and stop blaming the o'line for Dak's failures. They contributed to him sucking, but it wasn't totally on them. Cincy has a far worse o'line, how did their season end?

conner01 · Mar 12, 2022

AmericasTeam81 said:
His peak was probably 2016

He’s improved each year

blueblood70 · Mar 12, 2022

erod said:
He's been around 6 years, lost his running ability, still won't throw to receivers against good defenses, and doesn't have the confidence of his team.

Coordinators don't have to gameplan for him. They don't fear him at all.

He's in decline, not on the rise.

still? he lit up NE, TB, and LAC the OP mentioned post calf was far different then firt 7 games he was on an mvp pace and was absolutely throwing at any and all CBS to begin the year on fire. his OL , no run game and the calf as well as OC/OLC play calls and scheme faltered around the same stretch..

trying to out it all on dak every other post is ridiculous..he was playing like top 5 qb the first half of the season and like top 10 late!

so hes already good to great.these threads are moot, lets watch and see but would help a lot hes not recovering from 3 injuries in one season and not having support down the stretch..

kid of tough playing behind the chains and having a very inconsistent OL and run game and be what fans think he should be. Sorry but that is truth and facts support it wasn't just dak struggling.

last game best example,

No run game against the 9ers, 14 penalties about 10 by the OL that created so many 1st and 20s then on 2nd and 3rd downs the OL was swinging gate against a 4 man line, and the defense let the 9ers score 4 straight times to start the game. When you can generate a pass rush and stop the run with 4 man line it means you are playing great coverage oin the backside, its tough to play qb like that or RB for that matter. we lost by 6 given all than. Same with the AZ game, raiders game, TB game all close losses to playoff teams.so clean up other areas and Dak will be fine as will the DC team. TEAM , key word.

sure its all dak..he does throw into great defenses but his issues are not having the time many times to wait for better play to develop or running away from the rush hes now cutting off half the field and misses better plays on the opposite sides etc..yes errant throws, we saw them, being impatient when not needed yes Dak struggled some but there are reasons for being bit gun shy when you are leading team with far bigger issues..

acr731 · Mar 12, 2022

blueblood70 said:
still? he lit up NE, TB, and LAC the OP mentioned post calf was far different then firt 7 games he was on an mvp pace and was absolutely throwing at any and all CBS to begin the year on fire. his OL , no run game and the calf as well as OC/OLC play calls and scheme faltered around the same stretch..

trying to out it all on dak every other post is ridiculous..he was playing like top 5 qb the first half of the season and like top 10 late!

so hes already good to great.these threads are moot, lets watch and see but would help a lot hes not recovering from 3 injuries in one season and not having support down the stretch..

kid of tough playing behind the chains and having a very inconsistent OL and run game and be what fans think he should be. Sorry but that is truth and facts support it wasn't just dak struggling.

last game best example,

No run game against the 9ers, 14 penalties about 10 by the OL that created so many 1st and 20s then on 2nd and 3rd downs the OL was swinging gate against a 4 man line, and the defense let the 9ers score 4 straight times to start the game. When you can generate a pass rush and stop the run with 4 man line it means you are playing great coverage oin the backside, its tough to play qb like that or RB for that matter. we lost by 6 given all than. Same with the AZ game, raiders game, TB game all close losses to playoff teams.so clean up other areas and Dak will be fine as will the DC team. TEAM , key word.

sure its all dak..he does throw into great defenses but his issues are not having the time many times to wait for better play to develop or running away from the rush hes now cutting off half the field and misses better plays on the opposite sides etc..yes errant throws, we saw them, being impatient when not needed yes Dak struggled some but there are reasons for being bit gun shy when you are leading team with far bigger issues..

Dak said it himself that the calf injury wasn't the reason why he wasn't playing well, so why are you still trying to use it as an excuse? The bad o'line excuse is also lame. Their main issue was all the damn penalties.

blueblood70 · Mar 12, 2022

acr731 said:
Dak said it himself that the calf injury wasn't the reason why he wasn't playing well, so why are you still trying to use it as an excuse? The bad o'line excuse is also lame. Their main issue was all the damn penalties.

it was part of the issues down the stretch, him coming back from it early on, maybe not at the last 5 games so go try harder to counter my point..i listed several reasons not just the calf but way to skim and cherry pick to make a point. That point didn't land..

go back to troll land..

Motorola · Mar 12, 2022

MountaineerCowboy said:
Worse.

Ya'll about to see just how important Cooper was to Dak's success.

Cooper ain't gone yet.

erod · Mar 12, 2022

blueblood70 said:
still? he lit up NE, TB, and LAC the OP mentioned post calf was far different then firt 7 games he was on an mvp pace and was absolutely throwing at any and all CBS to begin the year on fire. his OL , no run game and the calf as well as OC/OLC play calls and scheme faltered around the same stretch..

trying to out it all on dak every other post is ridiculous..he was playing like top 5 qb the first half of the season and like top 10 late!

so hes already good to great.these threads are moot, lets watch and see but would help a lot hes not recovering from 3 injuries in one season and not having support down the stretch..

kid of tough playing behind the chains and having a very inconsistent OL and run game and be what fans think he should be. Sorry but that is truth and facts support it wasn't just dak struggling.

last game best example,

No run game against the 9ers, 14 penalties about 10 by the OL that created so many 1st and 20s then on 2nd and 3rd downs the OL was swinging gate against a 4 man line, and the defense let the 9ers score 4 straight times to start the game. When you can generate a pass rush and stop the run with 4 man line it means you are playing great coverage oin the backside, its tough to play qb like that or RB for that matter. we lost by 6 given all than. Same with the AZ game, raiders game, TB game all close losses to playoff teams.so clean up other areas and Dak will be fine as will the DC team. TEAM , key word.

sure its all dak..he does throw into great defenses but his issues are not having the time many times to wait for better play to develop or running away from the rush hes now cutting off half the field and misses better plays on the opposite sides etc..yes errant throws, we saw them, being impatient when not needed yes Dak struggled some but there are reasons for being bit gun shy when you are leading team with far bigger issues..

Dak makes it easy to play Dallas defensively. That makes it easier to stop the run as a result. He doesn't throw teams out of coverages or make them play differently against the run.

And don't bore me with early season games. The first month of the regular season is preseason. They barely lift a finger in camp.

blueblood70 · Mar 12, 2022

erod said:
Dak makes it easy to play Dallas defensively. That makes it easier to stop the run as a result. He doesn't throw teams out of coverages or make them play differently against the run.

And don't bore me with early season games. The first month of the regular season is preseason. They barely lift a finger in camp.

disagree!

move on

this topic is sol old it grew mold died and is regrowing as new weed.

Oz-of-Cowboy-Country · Mar 12, 2022

Does anyone have a solution for Dak's low arching fastballs? I continue to say, his throws get to the receivers too quick. The receivers don't have time to adjust to the ball, after they locate it. Their inability to adjust leads to drops.

Anybody ever throw something at you then say, think quick? That's our QB.
:facepalm:

plymkr · Mar 12, 2022

Northern_Cowboy said:
Well i can't say i disagree with the bolded statement, but while i agree that Dak may not have been the entire reason we lost in the playoffs i will say that if he was truly an Elite QB he would have been the reason we WON!!....that is what Elite QB's do, they find a way to win games like those

100% agree with you. In the first paragraph I said Dak isn't good enough to put the team on his shoulders and create wins. That's what elite QBs do. An elite QB would have won against the 49ers. A QB that commands 40 million a year is paid to win those games. He's not that guy. He's not elite and he's not worth 40 million. I can't solely blame Dak for the 49ers loss because it was such a bad performance by the whole team, but I strongly believe if Dak was as good as people want him to be on this forum he would have found a way to win.

kevm3 · Mar 12, 2022

We had the no 1 offense in the league at a point and Dak broke some records. I don't really see the O getting much better than that.

ak47kaehu · Mar 13, 2022

Worse..... way worse. Cooper helped cover Daks warts. Now that cooper is gone, its panick attack dak time!

jrumann59 · Mar 13, 2022

He is Dallas's Randall Cunningham (of Eagles fame)

noshame · Mar 13, 2022

Once again, teams discovered how to shutdown Dak in the pocket. Move him around or he'll be out of the league in a year

vlad · Mar 13, 2022

erod said:
He's been around 6 years, lost his running ability, still won't throw to receivers against good defenses, and doesn't have the confidence of his team.

Coordinators don't have to gameplan for him. They don't fear him at all.

He's in decline, not on the rise.

I fear this is the case, I hope it’s not.

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