Are Dak's Problems Mostly Mental or Physical?

Yes.

Fla Cowpoke said:

Ok, Dak may not be the answer, but his completion percentage is higher than Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes, and right there with Drew Brees, considered one of the most accurate passers ever. Many of those passer's numbers got better as they got older, so it is possible Dak's completion percentage ends up considerably higher than all of them. His YPA is higher than Brady's and right there with Rodgers and I would guess Dak gets much less of his yardage from RAC than either of them so it is really hard to point at him being inaccurate.

You can argue that he isn't clutch and have a better chance of proving your theory.

Also, you do know that Dak didn't call that play at the end of the game, right? That came from wonder boy Moore.

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Dak’s brother, cousin? How are y’all related?

UncleRico said:

Mentally I think he’s actually great, top 5 in intangibles department. Physically though he’s a 4th round draft pick. He is aware enough to know it though that’s why he plays conservative and doesn’t force things.

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You are clueless!

Dak has peaked. Physically he lacks an extremely strong Peyton Manning type arm for those outward timing patterns. He can’t throw those passes very well at all. But overall physically he’s fine. It’s mental. Dak does that thing where he hesitates or second-guesses himself. And it costs him. And he’s not gonna get over it. This is something you’re either born with or not. If you look at all the great quarterbacks they don’t hesitate like that. They don’t second-guess themselves. The speed of the game is incredibly fast and if your quarterback can’t make equally fast reads and decisions, he will get gobbled up. That’s what happens to Dak. He’s a mediocre NFL QB, And you will get nothing more out of him than you’ve gotten for the past three seasons. Nothing

Reezy said:

When the game is on the line you would pick those other QBs over him. It used to be only physical and that was getting better. Now the physical has gotten worse and there is an added mental aspect limiting his dual threat ability

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I know now that you say it, I realize that instead of being a 'dual threat' QB he's become a 'dual liability' QB.

Both... he has to lug around that 210 pound dead weight we call an offensive coordinator and he is forced to listen to him when he makes moronic play calls.

I believe the physical problems led to a lack of off-season preparation because of rehabbing the injury then the calf injury on top of it hindered Daks mechanics and he lost confidence.

I believe that with a full off-season to work on his game like he would normally do he will come back at the top of his game.

That may not be good enough for some but it is certainly good enough for us to make the playoffs which is our ceiling anyway.

All that said if there's open real estate in front of him and he refuses to run again this year I am done with him.

BoyzBlaster said:

I don't believe it. Regardless, he is the man with the ball in his hand and he has to have to intelligence and leadership and composure to make the right call in that moment.

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Ignored the rest that puts your inaccuracy claim in the garbage where it belongs.

morat1959 said:

Dak’s brother, cousin? How are y’all related?

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Lolz, funny, but can you show evidence that what I posted about his accuracy is untrue? I'll wait.

BoyzBlaster said:

Unfortunately I think we have a double whammy situation with Dak, i.e., he has both mental and physical problems. On the one hand he has weird mechanics and this results in worm burners and passes sailing over the outstretched arms of receivers. On the other hand, his inaccuracy has clearly affected his confidence, to the point he never attempts difficult passes especially in clutch situations, culminating in that wonderfully comic slide to end last season.
What do the rest of the zoners think?

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Triple whammy. He’s too dumb to reach elite level.

silvernblu said:

Triple whammy. He’s too dumb to reach elite level.

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He triple whammied us. Thanks a lot Dak.

BoyzBlaster said:

Unfortunately I think we have a double whammy situation with Dak, i.e., he has both mental and physical problems. On the one hand he has weird mechanics and this results in worm burners and passes sailing over the outstretched arms of receivers. On the other hand, his inaccuracy has clearly affected his confidence, to the point he never attempts difficult passes especially in clutch situations, culminating in that wonderfully comic slide to end last season.
What do the rest of the zoners think?

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BOTH......Gridiron PEA BRAIN and Panic riddled and the cherry on the cake is that he lacks the God-given talents to perform as a Tier 1 QB which is what Jerry paid for.\

Captain-Crash said:

well, he doesn't have any of those essentials, what else does he need?

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Jerry needs to cut another fat check and do what must be done with Dak!!!

No quarterback is, or ever was, perfect. Brady can't run worth a flip. P. Manning couldn't either. Brett Favre was an interception machine. Joe Montana didn't have a super strong arm. Our beloved Roger fumbled the ball 55 times and threw 109 ints. Aikman had only 24 more tds than ints and had a woeful 3.1 yards per carry rushing. And on and on.

Would we like Dak to be better in both the physical and mental aspects of his game? Sure we would.

But let's face it - we had, after Troy, 21 "starting" quarterbacks. Including one (Bledsoe) who played in a Super Bowl.

And NONE of those quarterbacks were good enough for fans here. Dak included, of course. So you need the "elite" quarterback, eh? That'll cure all ills, right?

But realize as well - Favre, Brees, Warner, Namath, Stabler, all Hall of Famers won ONE Super Bowl each. Marino, Kelly, Moon, Tarkenton, Fouts never won one. But Trent Dilfer, Brad Johnson and Joe Flacco did, and they are never making the Hall of Fame.

So Dak hasn't won a SB so far. Maybe never will. But fixating on blaming Dak misses the greater point - it's not always all about the quarterback. Criticize where it's warranted, gripe and vent about Dak. That's the privilege of being a fan.

But this constant "if only we had another quarterback..." mantra is no guarantee of ultimate success....

Fla Cowpoke said:

Lolz, funny, but can you show evidence that what I posted about his accuracy is untrue? I'll wait.

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Watch the games. End of story.

BoyzBlaster said:

Unfortunately I think we have a double whammy situation with Dak, i.e., he has both mental and physical problems. On the one hand he has weird mechanics and this results in worm burners and passes sailing over the outstretched arms of receivers. On the other hand, his inaccuracy has clearly affected his confidence, to the point he never attempts difficult passes especially in clutch situations, culminating in that wonderfully comic slide to end last season.
What do the rest of the zoners think?

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Shouldn't you ask this of your therapist?

Is your problem with Dak mental or physical? A good topic for you and your therapist to explore.

PAPPYDOG said:

BOTH......Gridiron PEA BRAIN and Panic riddled and the cherry on the cake is that he lacks the God-given talents to perform as a Tier 1 QB which is what Jerry paid for.\

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Dak doesn't care, he got his 50yd star field in the back yard, and having crazy BBQs on weekends with that 2nd contract.
We slam Dak, yet Dak is just purging Jerry for every nickel and dime when Jerry left himself looking stupid again with no other alternative but to pay up.
$th round pick.

morat1959 said:

Watch the games. End of story.

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I dont think a lot of the slobberers ever actually watch the games live, probably watching stat lines and highlights specifically.
This isnt exactly ground breaking news, those that actually follow the game, and have been privy to all of Daks "live"play, knew what we had when we drafted him.
A steal in the 4th round on a rookie contract.
But a total franchise albatross on 2nd contract.

Fla Cowpoke said:

Possible....but I know for sure it was a play they had practiced...Moore specifically addressed it in an interview after the fact. They wanted a chance to run a regular play instead of a hail mary type of play. I

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they should have had that stump dumb ref practicing with them too. Maybe he would have realized what situational awareness and sense of urgency at the final seconds of a playoff game means.

RonnieT24 said:

Both... he has to lug around that 210 pound dead weight we call an offensive coordinator and he is forced to listen to him when he makes moronic play calls.

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…..I wonder how many offensive coordinators he’s gonna run through before he’s gone?