Twitter: Dak: "I want to be one of the best to play this game"

Idgit said:

It’s hilarious that we’ve got posters taking the contrarian side on this topic. Hint: there’s no downside to this one. It’s just a nice little sentiment from a hard working dude. It doesn’t mean much, but it’s nice to hear him saying—and apparently, doing—the right things.

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I'm tired of "hearing nice things" from this organization...............what a minute I just read your sig, never mind.

Kevinicus said:

And you can find the same thing for a crap ton of other players over the years who went on to do absolutely nothing. Many not even making the team they were on at the time they were getting tons of praise.

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True, but they don't handle the football all of the time like a QB does. QBs have the best opportunity to show their worth or improvement within a short amount of time. Dak keeps showing progress. If he was regressing, I would be right there with you asking for a change at QB, but that has not been the case with Dak. This year has been set up to truly allow Dak to show how good he is. Let's see what happens.

birdwells1 said:

I'm tired of "hearing nice things" from this organization...............what a minute I just read your sig, never mind.

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Yeah. I don't really mind if you're tired of hearing positive things from this organization. It doesn't affect me at all. Just don't take something positive and try to twist it into the opposite of what was intended. Otherwise, knock yourself out being grumpy.

Hawkeye0202 said:

This is why I'm confident he'll win a min one Super Bowl......his heart and determination reminds me of Emmitt Smith.

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Yeah and I want to hit the lotto jackpot....not happening.

SoupcanSam said:

Yeah and I want to hit the lotto jackpot....not happening.

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You'd probably pay the lotto more aggressively if you had one of 32 possible winning tickets.

CouchCoach said:

Not lower expectations but I am not a SB or bust fan because winning one never did a damned thing for me. Winning one now wouldn't either.

One thing I left behind, entitlement. I realized how spoiled I had become with 20 winning seasons in a row, 8 trips, 5 rings and even when we won those 3 in the 90's, that didn't enrich my life and I had just moved back to Dallas from PA during Buddy Ball.

I realize some are SB or bust, there is no second, and that's fine for them but I learned to reduce a 16 game season into 16 1 game seasons with emphasis on the division games and some highlight matchups like the Rans and Saints.

As far as expectations, when has that done anyone any good with something they have no control over? I stopped making predictions because it didn't really matter. You speak of expectations, but which of us seems the disappointed one with 23 years of hopeless futility?

If a fan can be down after a season like the one we just had, I don't have much hope for them ever being happy. Hey, winning the SB won't be enough, they'll want more or feel they were let down.

visionary, if I felt as you do and some others here with that 23 year thing, I would have already been gone. Hell man, we've been watching a grown man play with his toy because he can. You either accept that or be frustrated or find a new team.

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I’m stuck with the cowboys and I’m darned if I accept mediocrity do I guess that just leaves....

Hawkeye0202 said:

Three years of putting together a pretty decent resume, some fans/poster are still comparing him to Tim Tebow.....how can you take them serious?

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exactly.

It's definitely tough to knock Dak's resolve to prove himself.
Win or lose on the field, he's aces as a competitor!!

His work habits are awesome. Let's see where it takes us.

CowboysFaninHouston said:

why does this give you confidence? I can give you 40 other responses from other QBs and players in the past 10 years saying something similar!!! its called a sound bite and its what they are supposed to say.

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Tell me one thing positive about Prescott. Because your integrity an opinion of him is 0 right now

visionary said:

Did Tim Tebow “want to win”?

Was Tom Tebow “determined to win”

How many SBs did he win?

Why not?

He didn’t have the talent to win

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Why do people have a problem with a positive statement coming out of someone's mouth. It baffles me . The consistent bashing shows your integrity when it comes to your opinion on Prescott

Hawkeye0202 said:

For reasons most posters know ......you wouldn't understand

If you as a true Cowboy fan are not encouraged to hear this.....I don't know what to tell ya

Jesus Christ, you'd think it's something every fan would to like hear from every player on the roster.

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I can't comprehend the consistent bashing of Prescott and it's the same people. I would like to see one positive thing come out of their mouths about this quarterback. No they won't which gives them a zero Integrity because it goes further than them just not liking him as a quarterback. I can be as critical as I can be a positive about him. Like for instance it's his intermediate pass over the linebacker before the corner, in my opinion actually needs the most work. Know the tunnel vision version is Dink and dunk can't throw the long ball. You know how hard it is to throw a bullet on a line. Anybody can put the ball up for grabs like mr. Hail Mary Aaron Rodgers.

visionary said:

Of course you do, that’s just a moronic statement

Of course ANYONE would want desire and heart

The guy down the street from me might have the work ethic and desire to be the QB for the cowboys, that doesn’t mean he should be

ESP at the QB position in the NFL, talent is more important than anything else for greatness

It also certainly does not mean he should be paid 30 million per year

These lollipops and rainbows threads about Dak ignore the obvious facts that he had real basic deficiencies that he has shown an inability to improve on in the last 3 years when his job and a ton of money have been on the line

You think he will suddenly improve when he is actually making that money?

He is who he is and that’s not good enough

THE worst thing a franchise can do is to pay an average QB elite money hoping he will BECOME elite

He will keep us “relevant” but we’re nit winning a SB with Dak and Garrett

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That's all he's done is improve LMAO

Daks mental toughness and drive is unquestioned.

Whirlwin said:

That's all he's done is improve LMAO

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Sure if by improve you mean:

2016 - Get drafted in the 4th round and the FO isn’t overly impressed and the only one on the coaching staff that is happy is Wade Wilson. Your #3 on the depth chart even though your playing better than Moore. Due to injury your thrust into the starting role. He proceeds to have one of the best rookie seasons of any QB in NFL history. Gets the ROTY award. Goes 13-3 and the playoffs would have likely been 14-2 if he played the final game. The staff should have played the starters half of that final game cause it showed in the playoff game. Still losing they tried to come from behind and gets momentum. How rogers held onto that ball after Heath hot him is beyond me. I think it was Scandrick that was coming up and would have scooped up the fumble. But anyways. Then Byron totally fanboys out and stares at rogers instead of covering the guy coming across. We lose. Team finished really well and held together that year.

2017 - Plenty of film for defenses to watch on him they pulled bracket coverage on beez most of the year and stacked the box. Looming suspension over the best RB in the NFL that finally happened for 6 games and one of the best LT in the league in and out. The staff uses Chaz Green to sub. Dak takes a beating that most QB wouldn’t have survived for a few games. And they come up short of the playoffs by 1 game. Not the best year for a lot of players on the team that year. Trying to get Dak forcing the ball to Dez. Again team game and couldn’t get it done.

2018 - Comes our with no #1 WR or TE he could trust. The best WR was a rookie. Lost the best starting center in the NFL. Again the LT off and on and in pain. You have a undersized rookie playing next to Tyron. By the end of the season Martin had a nagging knee injury. After 3-5 they finally get a #1 WR and change a O-Line coach and the team takes off. Makes the playoffs and makes the playoffs and win a game. Our usually really good Defense got burned. Again it’s a team game. We had some stalled drives that could have kept us closer.

But the kid had shown improvement and the ability to adapt. He hasn’t hit his ceiling yet.

IMO all the QB are overpaid and the market will continue to go up till something changes. The FO is sold he will be the franchise QB and will continue to develop. Go ahead and sign him and let’s get on with it. I am not saying 34 a year but at least the market value. In a few years that will be a deal compared to his play.

PhillyCowboysFan said:

I want to be one of the best to post on this forum!

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You're not beating @Ranching at that.

408Cowboy said:

You're not beating @Ranching at that.

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Lol!!!! Salud!!

Idgit said:

Yeah. I don't really mind if you're tired of hearing positive things from this organization. It doesn't affect me at all. Just don't take something positive and try to twist it into the opposite of what was intended. Otherwise, knock yourself out being grumpy.

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Dude we've been hearing these same things over the last how many offseasons? Pardon me if I play "show me dont tell me". Everyone is primed to have a career year, how about just have it and let everyone else talk about it. Stop falling for the banana in the tailpipe.

birdwells1 said:

Dude we've been hearing these same things over the last how many offseasons? Pardon me if I play "show me dont tell me". Everyone is primed to have a career year, how about just have it and let everyone else talk about it. Stop falling for the banana in the tailpipe.

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There are plenty of threads for expressing more frustration. I know I'm in the huge minority, but I've enjoyed this run starting from 2014 on. We've had three teams that were capable of contending in the NFC in the postseason in 2014, 2016, and 2018. I think we have another in 2019. Considering there are 2-3 teams capable of contending in a conference on average each season, It's not exactly a Trail of Tears that we haven't made farther yet. Teams win championships by building contenders and taking advantage of their breaks. It's a good thing that we're in that group right now, and it's hard to get here. I'm not going to waste it by being pissed off about it until the team delivers what we all want to see. Being a contender is what makes watching football fun.

CouchCoach said:

Not lower expectations but I am not a SB or bust fan because winning one never did a damned thing for me. Winning one now wouldn't either.

One thing I left behind, entitlement. I realized how spoiled I had become with 20 winning seasons in a row, 8 trips, 5 rings and even when we won those 3 in the 90's, that didn't enrich my life and I had just moved back to Dallas from PA during Buddy Ball.

I realize some are SB or bust, there is no second, and that's fine for them but I learned to reduce a 16 game season into 16 1 game seasons with emphasis on the division games and some highlight matchups like the Rans and Saints.

As far as expectations, when has that done anyone any good with something they have no control over? I stopped making predictions because it didn't really matter. You speak of expectations, but which of us seems the disappointed one with 23 years of hopeless futility?

If a fan can be down after a season like the one we just had, I don't have much hope for them ever being happy. Hey, winning the SB won't be enough, they'll want more or feel they were let down.

visionary, if I felt as you do and some others here with that 23 year thing, I would have already been gone. Hell man, we've been watching a grown man play with his toy because he can. You either accept that or be frustrated or find a new team.

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This actually the definition of lowered expectations.
Basically you're saying that it doesnt matter to you if they win a sb or not it's all the same to you.
I understand though because thats what 24 years of no super bowl will do to you but me I believe that they have the talent to win they just have to overcome the culture.

Hawkeye0202 said:

This is why I'm confident he'll win a min one Super Bowl......his heart and determination reminds me of Emmitt Smith.

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Both Romo and Dak are good enough to win SB's. They need better coaching and the right team around them. Its that simple.

Garrett is going to have to either get out of the way, or out coach 2 or 3 of the following coaches in the same playoffs to win a championship:

Pederson, McVay, Bellicheck

What do you think are the odds of that?

if Garrett is left out of the play calling, game planning, halftime adjustments, and clock management then it is possible. But if he sticks his head into those areas he will most likely bumble it like he always does.