Dak is not the answer

Zman5 · Nov 21, 2017

Get him a real HC and he'll be fine. I just hope Jerry doesn't let JG waste Dak's career like he wasted Romo's.

SlammedZero · Nov 21, 2017

LOL this team has bigger/deeper issues than QB. Dak will be fine. He's at very least good enough to win with if we had a competent coaching staff.

DallasCowboysRule! · Nov 21, 2017

Dak is just fine. He had a bad game against one of the top defenses in the league. I'm not gonna dump the guy just because he had a bad game after the kind of start he's had to his career. People need to chill out and allow him to progress.

Beast_from_East · Nov 21, 2017

mattjames2010 said:
How much does he need to score 1 meaningful TD?

I keep hearing he's good enough with "more pieces around him" - He has every one of his WRs, 2 pro-bowl offensive lineman, a decent enough TE and an RB that gave him 91 yards last night.

How much more does he actually need? It's one thing to have a bad game, it's another to have the game he had last night.

He has 2 probowl offensive lineman, but the other three suck. His WR core is average at best, Dez is a shell of his former self. How do I know? It has been 17 consecutive games with Dez under 100 yards, that doesn't happen to stud WRs. You think Julio Jones or Antonio Bryant goes 17 games without breaking a hundy? I don't think so. As far as the running game, that 91 yards is not really indicative of how the game went. They were talking about this on the Lunch Break and Eatman said that on first down they averaged like 1.2 a carry, thus basically nothing which lead to 2 and 3rd and longs. Then Morris pops one for 25 and then back to nothing. Yea, it looks ok on the stat sheet at the end of the game, but it was not effective running.

mattjames2010 · Nov 21, 2017

Beast_from_East said:
He has 2 probowl offensive lineman, but the other three suck. His WR core is average at best, Dez is a shell of his former self. How do I know? It has been 17 consecutive games with Dez under 100 yards, that doesn't happen to stud WRs. You think Julio Jones or Antonio Bryant goes 17 games without breaking a hundy? I don't think so. As far as the running game, that 91 yards is not really indicative of how the game went. They were talking about this on the Lunch Break and Eatman said that on first down they averaged like 1.2 a carry, thus basically nothing which lead to 2 and 3rd and longs. Then Morris pops one for 25 and then back to nothing. Yea, it looks ok on the stat sheet at the end of the game, but it was not effective running.

He has more than a lot of QBs in this league has - and Dez is still a capable WR, he's no scrub. T-Will is not an ideal #2, but again, he's no scrub either, and Beasley and Witten are good enough for at least underneath throws.

Also, stop listening to junk post-game shows. Morris had 17 carries for 5.4 average. It wasn't an outstanding game, but it was sure as hell not a bad game. Dak had enough help in yesterdays game and simply just failed.

You are pointing at everyone else to avoid criticizing Dak - the guy played like **** and deserves to be called out. So call him out.

Beast_from_East · Nov 21, 2017

mattjames2010 said:
He has more than a lot of QBs in this league has - and Dez is still a capable WR, he's no scrub. T-Will is not an ideal #2, but again, he's no scrub either, and Beasley and Witten are good enough for at least underneath throws.

Also, stop listening to junk post-game shows. Morris had 17 carries for 5.4 average. It wasn't an outstanding game, but it was sure as hell not a bad game. Dak had enough help in yesterdays game and simply just failed.

You are pointing at everyone else to avoid criticizing Dak - the guy played like **** and deserves to be called out. So call him out.

I am not saying Dak is not at fault, he played like crap. His accuracy was terrible and he was trying to create plays that were just not there to be had. With that said, I am not ready to declare him "not the answer".

Wolf2k5 · Nov 21, 2017

mattjames2010 said:
You're right, everyone else is the problem for his multiple picks, inaccurate throws, and not setting his feet.

It's all the fault of Dez, I guess...

I'm saying you guys blaming him having a bad game missing arguably his biggest weapon and knowing he was gonna have to carry everything. He failed at that against an amazing defense and the best record in the NFL. You are saying that means he's "not the answer"? I remember the Bledsoe and Johnson years. I'm thankful we have a DECENT qb after Romo when other teams are on attempt 10 this decade...

mattjames2010 · Nov 21, 2017

Wolf2k5 said:
I'm saying you guys blaming him having a bad game missing arguably his biggest weapon and knowing he was gonna have to carry everything. He failed at that against an amazing defense and the best record in the NFL. You are saying that means he's "not the answer"? I remember the Bledsoe and Johnson years. I'm thankful we have a DECENT qb after Romo when other teams are on attempt 10 this decade...

We're back to this....

Missing 3 players is not an excuse for him to play like a backup QB. Sorry, no, there's no good excuse for the awful play from Dak. Not being able to score a single meaningful TD is not excused by not having Zeke or Smith.

risco · Nov 21, 2017

JoeKing said:
Cowboys fans are a fickle bunch. If Sean Lee, Tyron Smith and Zeke Elliott were playing healthy yesterday, you'd be celebrating a victory today. But because of those absences, you are ready to quite on your QB. He's not a bum, he just needs his supporting cast back.

Nah- they are bandwagoners jumping off at the first opportunity... I say good riddance.

Cebrin · Nov 21, 2017

Dak will be fine. I just hope his future isn't squandered like Romo's. He played like garbage, it happens.

Cowboysfan917 · Nov 21, 2017

I think that the problem for a lot of us fans is that we went from a QB as accurate as Romo for 10 years and now we have an athletic QB and expect the same. Odds are that Dak is never going to get much more accurate because his problem is in his natural mechanics. He is an athlete playing QB who is a solid passer. He throws high, throws low, throws behind. This was the knock on him out of college and this was him last season and this is him this season.

Bullflop · Nov 21, 2017

Lord forbid that the OL is having a severe downturn with Tyron's injury and a couple of others who were fairly troubled with their pass protection.
Last year, Dak was the toast of the town and suddenly now, he's a bum, just because the entire team isn't playing up to snuff. Evidently, there's something valid to be said for the old addage that a QB gets too much credit when things go well and far too much blame when they're not.

John813 · Nov 21, 2017

As of now, not too worried. Overall, I think the fact that he has come in from day one and performed as well as he has up to now shows what type of player he is overall. Wentz struggled his first year, Goff looked like a bust.

Dak may simply be going through some sophomore slumps this year. At least that's what I'm hoping.
Wentz had to work on his throwing motion but the Eagles went out and got him some improved weapons on the outside.
Goff got an innovative HC/OC.
Dak still has the clapper and Scott.
While Scott played a role in bringing in Dak, I don't think he gameplans to his strengths. That being said, Dak needs to put in some more time to keep on working on his technique, especially regarding his footwork.

FuzzyLumpkins · Nov 21, 2017

bbailey423 said:
The ceiling for Dak is Donavan McNabb. Listen, not every QB is going to be Tom Brady. The Giants won 2 Super Bowls with Eli Manning. He is good enough IF...IF...you put together a more complete roster and coaching staff. If you think you must cut every QB that comes along that is not Tom Brady...you will be looking forever for a franchise QB. Look how talented Tony Romo was...and he only won 1 playoff game. Romo was good enough and still did not sniff the prize. The issue in Dallas so much bigger than the QB. Especially a QB that has played like 25 games.

Except that McNabb had touch downfield and struggled with accuracy driving throws. As passers they literally have the opposite skillsets.

Dak is fine you just need players that complement his skillset. He needs guys that can work the middle and get separation downfield. The conventional big downfield high point threat like Jones, Dez, and Megatron is wasted on him. A guy like Will Fuller, Antonio Brown, or ODB would be an ideal deep threat. They get separation via quickness or elite speed.

A running game to open the middle of the field helps. He is not a guy like Rodgers who can do it all.

sean10mm · Nov 21, 2017

It's funny how disconnected from reality people are here. Dak has played 26 games they're crying that he doesn't play like future Hall of Famers (who didn't typically play like future Hall of Famers after 25 games themselves...)

mattjames2010 said:
We're back to this....

Missing 3 players is not an excuse for him to play like a backup QB. Sorry, no, there's no good excuse for the awful play from Dak. Not being able to score a single meaningful TD is not excused by not having Zeke or Smith.

Hmmm, I wonder how Aikman played when the roster Jimmy built started to rot out from under him...

Oh that's right, he turned into a pumpkin and was beaten up until he had to retire.

Jarv · Nov 21, 2017

Dak is fine, offensive scheme sucks, everyone knows what the play call will be which makes simple things much harder, thanks to JG.

Hoping like others that JG is gone before he ruins more careers.

black label · Nov 21, 2017

Jarv said:
Dak is fine, offensive scheme sucks, everyone knows what the play call will be which makes simple things much harder, thanks to JG.

Hoping like others that JG is gone before he ruins more careers.

A big part of that is they only give him half the field to read. Hes too dumb to handle more.

zrinkill · Nov 21, 2017

black label said:
A big part of that is they only give him half the field to read. Hes too dumb to handle more.

What a stupid post

JoeKing · Nov 21, 2017

risco said:
Nah- they are bandwagoners jumping off at the first opportunity... I say good riddance.

If they were bandwagon jumpers they would be flying a different flag like me. I'm upfront with my approach but these turncoats would rather hide in the CowboysZone in Cowboys fan clothing but critique and ridicule the team's ever move all week. I still love the Cowboys and wish them all the success but I have a hometown guy, Case Keenum in Minnesota lighting it up so I'm going to support him. Rest assured if the Cowboys end up playing the Vikings in the Playoffs, this Viking flag is coming down and I will be hoping my guy, Keenum has a bad day. I'm true blue.

mcmvp · Nov 21, 2017

AKATheRake said:
If Dak Prescott was up for trade, there would be 15-20 teams calling and would be more if they weren't already held in salary cap commitment to their current top 10 QB's.

He turns 25 just a month before next years regular season.

Only half a season ago he went to the Pro bowl and was named offensive rookie of the year. All on a 4th round deal.

There's no denying Zeke and Tyron Smith missing the last 2 games are having an effect but coaching and quite possibly all of these distractions have effected results as well.

2 of our 3 most important players on offense and quite possibly the whole team are not on the field playing for us right now.

Dak Prescott is not this teams problem. The start of the off season to the teams current overall circumstances are.

You bring up an interesting point. I don't know about 15-20, but there certainly would be calls if he were available. The Cowboys are in a unique position that a 4th round QB is worth more than his original draft position just a little over half way through his second year. The question is how much more is he worth now? Would Jerry consider selling high on Dak? His contract is certainly not an issue...and it makes him an even more valuable trade option.

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