The Dak Thread **merged**

erod said:

This offense looks Ryan Leaf-ish. They need to turn this page now.

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buybuydandavis said:

Dak had one of the best rookies seasons of all time. He was plenty accurate, very accurate on the move, and ran for 6 TDs.

He was generally accurate til the Atlanta game. And has rarely been since. People say Dak got figured out, but I don't think teams figure out your accuracy into crap. They figure out your offense, which is on the OC.

We should have dumped Linehan, and gotten a new OC and a real QB coach this offseason. Evaluating Dak under a poor OC coaching regime reveals little about Dak, but that he can be screwed by poor coaching.

We made the wrong call on keeping Linehan, and until we rectify that, we're not moving ahead to either improve or accurately evaluate Dak. First things first. Get a decent play caller in here.

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gimmesix said:

I have been a proponent of a wait-and-see approach with Prescott because he's only in his third year as a starter. I felt we'd have a better pulse on who he is as a starting quarterback by the end of this season.

I also believed that like with most quarterbacks he gets blamed when there's poor protection, receivers run bad routes or drop balls, the play-calls are bad, etc. Then, there are his 2016 performance and games like Detroit where he makes some picture-perfect passes.

The Texans' game convinced me, though, that Dak is only that type of quarterback who gives you those glimpses that make you believe he can be better than he is. We can look at dropped passes, protection breakdowns, poor play-calling and say that Dak would look like that 2016 QB if those things were fixed, but truthfully in the Houston game, he had too many passes where the receiver was open and the protection was good enough and he couldn't connect. There's just too much hit and miss in his game, and I think if we focus on the hit and ignore the miss, we're going to end up sticking with a starter who isn't good enough unless everything around him is pretty much perfect.

I'm ready at this point to see what Mike White can show before it's necessary for us to draft a quarterback in the first round next year. Yes, I skipped Cooper Rush, but that's because I think Rush's ceiling is being a good backup, but he doesn't have the zip to be a starter.

I know some will believe I'm overreacting to a bad performance, but there's been too much InDakuracy last year and this year. It's no longer about who Dak might can become, it's about who he is.

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gimmesix said:

I have been a proponent of a wait-and-see approach with Prescott because he's only in his third year as a starter. I felt we'd have a better pulse on who he is as a starting quarterback by the end of this season.

I also believed that like with most quarterbacks he gets blamed when there's poor protection, receivers run bad routes or drop balls, the play-calls are bad, etc. Then, there are his 2016 performance and games like Detroit where he makes some picture-perfect passes.

The Texans' game convinced me, though, that Dak is only that type of quarterback who gives you those glimpses that make you believe he can be better than he is. We can look at dropped passes, protection breakdowns, poor play-calling and say that Dak would look like that 2016 QB if those things were fixed, but truthfully in the Houston game, he had too many passes where the receiver was open and the protection was good enough and he couldn't connect. There's just too much hit and miss in his game, and I think if we focus on the hit and ignore the miss, we're going to end up sticking with a starter who isn't good enough unless everything around him is pretty much perfect.

I'm ready at this point to see what Mike White can show before it's necessary for us to draft a quarterback in the first round next year. Yes, I skipped Cooper Rush, but that's because I think Rush's ceiling is being a good backup, but he doesn't have the zip to be a starter.

I know some will believe I'm overreacting to a bad performance, but there's been too much InDakuracy last year and this year. It's no longer about who Dak might can become, it's about who he is.

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PA Cowboy Fan said:

Well if you replace Dak with another mediocre QB and then another it will be like the Ryan Leaf days.

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Fletch said:

Not going to happen. Jerry just said on 105.3 The Fan that he absolutely believes, without a doubt, that Dak is a franchise QB for years to come.

So there ya go Zoners.

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Fletch said:

Not going to happen. Jerry just said on 105.3 The Fan that he absolutely believes, without a doubt, that Dak is a franchise QB for years to come.

So there ya go Zoners.

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DakPresgoat said:

Sure he was.

But the supporting cast this year is NOWHERE CLOSE to what Dak had in 2016.

Also, thrusting Dak into the starting role, hasn’t really worked out for him long term.

White is better off learning and growing from the sidelines. As far as long term potential is concerned.

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erod said:

Which is fine. All the sooner we move on from this disaster of a passing offense.

New coach, new coordinator, new quarterback....let's go.

Either get to the top of the draft, or do the Kirk Cousins thing. Something. This offensive line and running back are being wasted.

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erod said:

What else is he going to say? That means nothing.

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erod said:

What else is he going to say? That means nothing.

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Northern_Cowboy said:

Fair enough i will agree that the offensive supporting cast was much better in 2016 than it is now (our D this season is much much better than the 2016 D), but doesn't that statement point a little bit to what alot say around here, that everything has to be perfect for our QB to succeed?

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erod said:

His rookie year was ugly the last 6 games. The downfall started long before the Atlanta game.

He is dreadful.

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gimmesix said:

I have been a proponent of a wait-and-see approach with Prescott because he's only in his third year as a starter. I felt we'd have a better pulse on who he is as a starting quarterback by the end of this season.

I also believed that like with most quarterbacks he gets blamed when there's poor protection, receivers run bad routes or drop balls, the play-calls are bad, etc. Then, there are his 2016 performance and games like Detroit where he makes some picture-perfect passes.

The Texans' game convinced me, though, that Dak is only that type of quarterback who gives you those glimpses that make you believe he can be better than he is. We can look at dropped passes, protection breakdowns, poor play-calling and say that Dak would look like that 2016 QB if those things were fixed, but truthfully in the Houston game, he had too many passes where the receiver was open and the protection was good enough and he couldn't connect. There's just too much hit and miss in his game, and I think if we focus on the hit and ignore the miss, we're going to end up sticking with a starter who isn't good enough unless everything around him is pretty much perfect.

I'm ready at this point to see what Mike White can show before it's necessary for us to draft a quarterback in the first round next year. Yes, I skipped Cooper Rush, but that's because I think Rush's ceiling is being a good backup, but he doesn't have the zip to be a starter.

I know some will believe I'm overreacting to a bad performance, but there's been too much InDakuracy last year and this year. It's no longer about who Dak might can become, it's about who he is.

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Western said:

Troy Aikman squarely identities Dak Prescott's accuracy as a problem:

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Fletch said:

Not going to happen. Jerry just said on 105.3 The Fan that he absolutely believes, without a doubt, that Dak is a franchise QB for years to come.

So there ya go Zoners.

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Irvin88_4life said:

I agree but people need to go back and see Aikman numbers his first 3 years. He was terrible and folks tried running him out of town

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DakPresgoat said:

This is easily debunked by pulling up the stats, or you know, actually watching the games down the stretch during that season.

But having that argument is pointless now considering the circumstances.

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