CFZ Dak looked a bit nervous last night on the sideline

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That face last night. That's the face of "oh crap," and now Dak is running to microphones insisting his thumb is healing lightning fast. He knows he need to head this off now while he believes he still has the chance.

But it's too late. Ship done sailed.

Jerry is getting that bounce in his step, not just from the wins, but from all the positive hubbub about his team so suddenly. Jerry has always been about the here-and-now and the buzz, and right now the league is aflutter with Cooper and the Cowboys. Jerry is blushing with giddiness.

Dak notices. And he's concerned. He was on the other side of this equation not so many years ago.

Cooper Rush is not the future of Dallas Cowboys football, nor is he actually setting the league on fire. However, he is showing that he knows how to play the position with poise and limited skill when tasked to do so, as a good backup quarterback should. The Cowboys quite obviously have a very good backup QB, and we didn't even really know it until now.

Therein lies the sudden problem. Dak knows the starter here is equally as limited, but without the poise and willingness to get the ball out quickly to intermediate routes with anticipatory throws. Dak takes so many unnecessary sacks that Rush does not, and his scatter-gun arm shrivels up and hides when it's time to take the shot to often.

What really caught my eye last night, and I'm sure Dak's, were two throws from Rush when he reached back and put some mustard on the ball. One to Noah Brown over the middle, and one to CeeDee on the crucial 4th down. I didn't know he had that ability, but he ripped those throws on a line.

After Barkley scored and put the Giants up, Rush settled the offense and led them to 17 points in the next three possessions. That's good stuff when it mattered most in that game, which could have been a 34-10 whooping if the Cowboys would have just gotten out of their own way at times.

The other thing you see is a sudden confidence amidst the poise with Rush. He now knows he's long for this league one way or the other. He's got Chase Daniel money coming his way now, and the team is responding to him. Yet another observation Dak has made as well, no doubt.

As I stated last week, there's a hornet's nest awaiting Dak coming out of this injury, and he'd better be ready to be a very different quarterback when it gets here. He got booed out of the stadium in Week 1, and the natives are not pining for him to return. A bad beginning is going to bring the fan base down on him worse than this run of injuries he's had.

Worse yet, what eyes will be looking back at him in the huddle? "Glad you're back," or "where's Cooper?" What will those eyes be saying?

Dak is at the precipice of proving himself once and for all, or losing his place here forever. This is it, and his face last night looked like he knew it.
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That face last night. That's the face of "oh crap," and now Dak is running to microphones insisting his thumb is healing lightning fast. He knows he need to head this off now while he believes he still has the chance.

But it's too late. Ship done sailed.

Jerry is getting that bounce in his step, not just from the wins, but from all the positive hubbub about his team so suddenly. Jerry has always been about the here-and-now and the buzz, and right now the league is aflutter with Cooper and the Cowboys. Jerry is blushing with giddiness.

Dak notices. And he's concerned. He was on the other side of this equation not so many years ago.

Cooper Rush is not the future of Dallas Cowboys football, nor is he actually setting the league on fire. However, he is showing that he knows how to play the position with poise and limited skill when tasked to do so, as a good backup quarterback should. The Cowboys quite obviously have a very good backup QB, and we didn't even really know it until now.

Therein lies the sudden problem. Dak knows the starter here is equally as limited, but without the poise and willingness to get the ball out quickly to intermediate routes with anticipatory throws. Dak takes so many unnecessary sacks that Rush does not, and his scatter-gun arm shrivels up and hides when it's time to take the shot to often.

What really caught my eye last night, and I'm sure Dak's, were two throws from Rush when he reached back and put some mustard on the ball. One to Noah Brown over the middle, and one to CeeDee on the crucial 4th down. I didn't know he had that ability, but he ripped those throws on a line.

After Barkley scored and put the Giants up, Rush settled the offense and led them to 17 points in the next three possessions. That's good stuff when it mattered most in that game, which could have been a 34-10 whooping if the Cowboys would have just gotten out of their own way at times.

The other thing you see is a sudden confidence amidst the poise with Rush. He now knows he's long for this league one way or the other. He's got Chase Daniel money coming his way now, and the team is responding to him. Yet another observation Dak has made as well, no doubt.

As I stated last week, there's a hornet's nest awaiting Dak coming out of this injury, and he'd better be ready to be a very different quarterback when it gets here. He got booed out of the stadium in Week 1, and the natives are not pining for him to return. A bad beginning is going to bring the fan base down on him worse than this run of injuries he's had.

Worse yet, what eyes will be looking back at him in the huddle? "Glad you're back," or "where's Cooper?" What will those eyes be saying?

Dak is at the precipice of proving himself once and for all, or losing his place here forever. This is it, and his face last night looked like he knew it.
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If the Cowboys are smart, they will deploy a similar scheme on offense for Dak when he returns. Dak is not going to consistently succeed as a drop back and pass it 45 times player. That is typically a recipe for a loss. Heavy run, play action, short passes, good defense. That's how you win with a really good defense and solid if not level-one QB. I also wish they would use the backs more in west coast like passing game. Not just those predictable flare routs. Leak them out into space in the middle of the field.
If a man is in motion Dak is limited on whether he connects. He loves the comeback route.
 

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...Please..no "Dak take a back seat" topics....Dak replaced an often seriously injured and aged QB in Romo!...Dak and Cooper's situation is not even close to the same!...Dak is the Starting QB for the immediate future, no matter how many games b/up QB Cooper wins...period! ( But it is nice to have a b/up QB who can win some games for the team.)

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That face last night. That's the face of "oh crap," and now Dak is running to microphones insisting his thumb is healing lightning fast. He knows he need to head this off now while he believes he still has the chance.

But it's too late. Ship done sailed.

Jerry is getting that bounce in his step, not just from the wins, but from all the positive hubbub about his team so suddenly. Jerry has always been about the here-and-now and the buzz, and right now the league is aflutter with Cooper and the Cowboys. Jerry is blushing with giddiness.

Dak notices. And he's concerned. He was on the other side of this equation not so many years ago.

Cooper Rush is not the future of Dallas Cowboys football, nor is he actually setting the league on fire. However, he is showing that he knows how to play the position with poise and limited skill when tasked to do so, as a good backup quarterback should. The Cowboys quite obviously have a very good backup QB, and we didn't even really know it until now.

Therein lies the sudden problem. Dak knows the starter here is equally as limited, but without the poise and willingness to get the ball out quickly to intermediate routes with anticipatory throws. Dak takes so many unnecessary sacks that Rush does not, and his scatter-gun arm shrivels up and hides when it's time to take the shot to often.

What really caught my eye last night, and I'm sure Dak's, were two throws from Rush when he reached back and put some mustard on the ball. One to Noah Brown over the middle, and one to CeeDee on the crucial 4th down. I didn't know he had that ability, but he ripped those throws on a line.

After Barkley scored and put the Giants up, Rush settled the offense and led them to 17 points in the next three possessions. That's good stuff when it mattered most in that game, which could have been a 34-10 whooping if the Cowboys would have just gotten out of their own way at times.

The other thing you see is a sudden confidence amidst the poise with Rush. He now knows he's long for this league one way or the other. He's got Chase Daniel money coming his way now, and the team is responding to him. Yet another observation Dak has made as well, no doubt.

As I stated last week, there's a hornet's nest awaiting Dak coming out of this injury, and he'd better be ready to be a very different quarterback when it gets here. He got booed out of the stadium in Week 1, and the natives are not pining for him to return. A bad beginning is going to bring the fan base down on him worse than this run of injuries he's had.

Worse yet, what eyes will be looking back at him in the huddle? "Glad you're back," or "where's Cooper?" What will those eyes be saying?

Dak is at the precipice of proving himself once and for all, or losing his place here forever. This is it, and his face last night looked like he knew it.
What a stupid post. It’s fine to not like him and to prefer the backup, but you didn’t post 1 single fact, just a bunch of BS that you made up. Dak was the ultimate cheerleader last night and genuinely excited about every good play.
 

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And winning. The most important one.

That's a team thing, not a player thing. Simple fact is, Rush isn't doing anything too dangerous out there - he's taking what the D is giving him. It's why it was 6-6 and 13-13 for a good portion of the game.

Rush's job is - if he's not going to score a lot, just don't give the opponent the opportunity either.
 

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Take away 2016 , and hes basically .500 . Worse against winning team .334 . Keep pushing Dakota down our throats , I think we all ready to throw up

No one said you have to share my view. Listening to Salmon Wilcox and Torrey Smith I will say I fully agree with them, that Dak makes the Cowboys better and thinking Rush should be the QB said fans are delusional. You may think yours is the only view, it is not. No doubt you are entitled to your own view but my view is shared by many.
 

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The Cooper Rush hype will only last until he loses his first game.

As much as I appreciate what Cooper Rush has done in the last 2 games, not making any costly mistakes or turnovers and doing enough to win both games. All of this praise he is getting showered with may have a negative impact on him eventually. If the hype and praise raises demands of what Cowboys fans or the media expects him to be able to do, goes beyond his abilities as a QB. And it really won't be Cooper Rush's fault for some fans putting him in the spot of now expecting him to do what all starting caliber NFL QBs needs to consistently be able to do, especially in order to turn their teams into playoff contenders.

Some who are on the Cooper Rush bandwagon, are hoping that the defense will be able to always hold opposing offenses within one TD per game or be able to keep opposing offenses under 20 points, to give Cooper Rush a chance to do enough to win games. But, as good as our defense has played, that maybe too much pressure on them to expect them to do what they did in the last 3 games, for 17 games. Things that Cooper Rush has yet to show is can be keep the Cowboys in the game, when the opposing offense is scoring in the 30s and 40s, because we have had games like this with Dak, where it turned into a shootout, high scoring type of game.

And again it's not really Cooper Rush's fault that some fans are hyping him beyond what his ability would be able to be, as a starting QB who plays for a full season, rather than a backup who comes in and plays for a few games in a season.
 

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As much as I appreciate what Cooper Rush has done in the last 2 games, not making any costly mistakes or turnovers and doing enough to win both games. All of this praise he is getting showered with may have a negative impact on him eventually. If the hype and praise raises demands of what Cowboys fans or the media expects him to be able to do, goes beyond his abilities as a QB. And it really won't be Cooper Rush's fault for some fans putting him in the spot of now expecting him to do what all starting caliber NFL QBs needs to consistently be able to do, especially in order to turn their teams into playoff contenders.

Some who are on the Cooper Rush bandwagon, are hoping that the defense will be able to always hold opposing offenses within one TD per game or be able to keep opposing offenses under 20 points, to give Cooper Rush a chance to do enough to win games. But, as good as our defense has played, that maybe too much pressure on them to expect them to do what they did in the last 3 games, for 17 games. Things that Cooper Rush has yet to show is can be keep the Cowboys in the game, when the opposing offense is scoring in the 30s and 40s, because we have had games like this with Dak, where it turned into a shootout, high scoring type of game.

And again it's not really Cooper Rush's fault that some fans are hyping him beyond what his ability would be able to be, as a starting QB who plays for a full season, rather than a backup who comes in and plays for a few games in a season.
So you are saying....after hanging on for coupel years, getting released...not signed...and picked back up while the fans call him trash dirt...and "throw the season NOW"...

but some good play, confidence and praise.....

is gonna suddenly break him?

Hmmm...well mkay.
 

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So you are saying....after hanging on for coupel years, getting released...not signed...and picked back up while the fans call him trash dirt...and "throw the season NOW"...

but some good play, confidence and praise.....

is gonna suddenly break him?

Hmmm...well mkay.

I'm saying that fans hyping him up beyond what he would be capable of doing in the position of a permanent starting NFL QB and then turning on him when he isn't able to match those capabilities, would be unfair to him.
 

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That face last night. That's the face of "oh crap," and now Dak is running to microphones insisting his thumb is healing lightning fast. He knows he need to head this off now while he believes he still has the chance.

But it's too late. Ship done sailed.

Jerry is getting that bounce in his step, not just from the wins, but from all the positive hubbub about his team so suddenly. Jerry has always been about the here-and-now and the buzz, and right now the league is aflutter with Cooper and the Cowboys. Jerry is blushing with giddiness.

Dak notices. And he's concerned. He was on the other side of this equation not so many years ago.

Cooper Rush is not the future of Dallas Cowboys football, nor is he actually setting the league on fire. However, he is showing that he knows how to play the position with poise and limited skill when tasked to do so, as a good backup quarterback should. The Cowboys quite obviously have a very good backup QB, and we didn't even really know it until now.

Therein lies the sudden problem. Dak knows the starter here is equally as limited, but without the poise and willingness to get the ball out quickly to intermediate routes with anticipatory throws. Dak takes so many unnecessary sacks that Rush does not, and his scatter-gun arm shrivels up and hides when it's time to take the shot to often.

What really caught my eye last night, and I'm sure Dak's, were two throws from Rush when he reached back and put some mustard on the ball. One to Noah Brown over the middle, and one to CeeDee on the crucial 4th down. I didn't know he had that ability, but he ripped those throws on a line.

After Barkley scored and put the Giants up, Rush settled the offense and led them to 17 points in the next three possessions. That's good stuff when it mattered most in that game, which could have been a 34-10 whooping if the Cowboys would have just gotten out of their own way at times.

The other thing you see is a sudden confidence amidst the poise with Rush. He now knows he's long for this league one way or the other. He's got Chase Daniel money coming his way now, and the team is responding to him. Yet another observation Dak has made as well, no doubt.

As I stated last week, there's a hornet's nest awaiting Dak coming out of this injury, and he'd better be ready to be a very different quarterback when it gets here. He got booed out of the stadium in Week 1, and the natives are not pining for him to return. A bad beginning is going to bring the fan base down on him worse than this run of injuries he's had.

Worse yet, what eyes will be looking back at him in the huddle? "Glad you're back," or "where's Cooper?" What will those eyes be saying?

Dak is at the precipice of proving himself once and for all, or losing his place here forever. This is it, and his face last night looked like he knew it.


You must have really long arms from all of that reaching....

Damn near every shot of Dak they showed, Dak was clapping his hands and cheering the entire offense on INCLUDING RUSH when they made plays. They showed a shot of them in the lockerroom for their post game huddle-praise session for one another and Dak was right there high fiving with the rest of the guys... so just stop.

Here we go with more over exaggerations.....

I bet you could stand still in Texas..... and slap people in New York and Los Angeles at the same time with them long arms.
 

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You must have really long arms from all of that reaching....

Damn near every shot of Dak they showed, Dak was clapping his hands and cheering the entire offense on INCLUDING RUSH when they made plays. They showed a shot of them in the lockerroom for their post game huddle-praise session for one another and Dak was right there high fiving with the rest of the guys... so just stop.

Here we go with more over exaggerations.....

I bet you could stand still in Texas..... and slap people in New York and Los Angeles at the same time with them long arms.

They are just going to say that Dak is doing it for "PR" and speculate that he must be angry or nervous on the inside about Cooper Rush doing enough to win games.
 
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