Nobody can blame Dak today

TWOK11 said:

Missing both starting tackles, 2/3 starting receivers and while getting hit nearly every time he dropped back he threw for nearly 300 yards and carried his team nearly all the way back from 3 TDs down.

The OL and defense really wet the bed today

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The Romo's would be gushing about #9 today.....Dak.....meh.....

Guy is a warrior and I am proud he is the QB of the Cowboys.

He also has to battle Garrett’s bs. Still wouldn’t pay him 30 million. He needs to be smart about the contract. Lower number he takes more players we can keep. I swear we need top tier talent at every position because of this clown Garrett

Philmonroe said:

Yep and I'm sure most of us can name the main combatants on either side. I think he's average and more like Alex Smith but don't think he's the worse just like Alex Smith. I think he's an okay QB but I'd take the chance to draft a better first rd QB over him and if it fails it fails. He's not good enough to be opposed to try to get better at that position even if it doesn't work out. I'm not a believer of staying with average because you're scarred you might do worse than average. You can also do better than average too.

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We are close on this. I think hes pretty good, not great. I am encouraged though because I think hes improved a lot since 2017. That said if a truly dynamic QB was available I wouldn't be opposed.

Personally I dont think hes been the reason for this losing streak and certainly not yesterday. Hes rapidly approaching Romo territory where he has to play lights out for us to win. He doesn't have prime Romos skills though and he cant overcome the holes we are digging ourselves into.

erod said:

Dak was destroyed by Darnold yesterday. Embarassed even. You can't be serious.

Dak played yesterday with the type of offensive personnel Romo had most of his career, especially on the offensive line. Difference is, Romo would have put up 30 on the Jets and won a game like that.

Dak was down to Green Bay, 31-3.

He got beat by Teddy Bridgewater and only field goals.

Now he was down 21-3 to the 0-5 Jets.

He's simply easy to defend.

Are we seriously going to devote $35 million in cap space each year to this guy?

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I didn't realize Dak was down to Green Bay. I thought the cowboys were. When you need to blame the QB for the horrible defense it just weakens your position and makes you look like either a troll or someone who doesnt understand this sport.

Since Dak is responsible for the points giving up by our defense does this same thing hold true for every QB? Was Trent Dilfer a great QB because no one could score on the Ravens D? Is Mitch Trabiski a great QB because the bears have a great defense?

So lets hold the QB's accountable for their side of the ball. At least then we can debate from a position of logic and some degree of football intelligence.

Dak has outscored the following QB's of note.
Goff
Rodgers
Stafford
Rivers
Cousins
Ryan
Mayfield

He has the highest QBR in the NFL. His QB rating is 102.9.

I love Romo. My favorite player of all time. But we simply can't know how many points we would have scored. Thats just something to say to have something to say.
We scored 22 points yesterday. Aaron Rogers has scored less than this twice this season. But the difference is they won both of those games.......Because of the defense.

But carry on with your agenda. Checkers isnt such a bad game i guess.

superonyx said:

I didn't realize Dak was down to Green Bay. I thought the cowboys were. When you need to blame the QB for the horrible defense it just weakens your position and makes you look like either a troll or someone who doesnt understand this sport.

Since Dak is responsible for the points giving up by our defense does this same thing hold true for every QB? Was Trent Dilfer a great QB because no one could score on the Ravens D? Is Mitch Trabiski a great QB because the bears have a great defense?

So lets hold the QB's accountable for their side of the ball. At least then we can debate from a position of logic and some degree of football intelligence.

Dak has outscored the following QB's of note.
Goff
Rodgers
Stafford
Rivers
Cousins
Ryan
Mayfield

He has the highest QBR in the NFL. His QB rating is 102.9.

I love Romo. My favorite player of all time. But we simply can't know how many points we would have scored. Thats just something to say to have something to say.
We scored 22 points yesterday. Aaron Rogers has scored less than this twice this season. But the difference is they won both of those games.......Because of the defense.

But carry on with your agenda. Checkers isnt such a bad game i guess.

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Nobody is blaming the QB for the horrible defensive play against the Packers but he can take the blame (if not all then a large part of it) for only being able to put 3 points on the board thru 3 quarters against GB. Was the D to blame against the Saints (playing with a backup QB)? Does Dak get any of the blame for only leading the offense to 10 points in that game? we only needed 13 to win

superonyx said:

I didn't realize Dak was down to Green Bay. I thought the cowboys were. When you need to blame the QB for the horrible defense it just weakens your position and makes you look like either a troll or someone who doesnt understand this sport.

Since Dak is responsible for the points giving up by our defense does this same thing hold true for every QB? Was Trent Dilfer a great QB because no one could score on the Ravens D? Is Mitch Trabiski a great QB because the bears have a great defense?

So lets hold the QB's accountable for their side of the ball. At least then we can debate from a position of logic and some degree of football intelligence.

Dak has outscored the following QB's of note.
Goff
Rodgers
Stafford
Rivers
Cousins
Ryan
Mayfield

He has the highest QBR in the NFL. His QB rating is 102.9.

I love Romo. My favorite player of all time. But we simply can't know how many points we would have scored. Thats just something to say to have something to say.
We scored 22 points yesterday. Aaron Rogers has scored less than this twice this season. But the difference is they won both of those games.......Because of the defense.

But carry on with your agenda. Checkers isnt such a bad game i guess.

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If he's a $35 million per year QB, it is his job to keep up with the Packers. You can't put up 3 points in a half. You can't let Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold out-duel you.

His stats were racked up against teams that are now 3-14. And one of those wins was because the Dolphins and Commanders played each other yesterday in a horrific game. Enough with stats.

This isn't all Dak's fault. Not by a long shot. But he certainly isn't doing much about it. He's not worth paying like he's a Hall of Famer.

Northern_Cowboy said:

Nobody is blaming the QB for the horrible defensive play against the Packers but he can take the blame (if not all then a large part of it) for only being able to put 3 points on the board thru 3 quarters against GB. Was the D to blame against the Saints (playing with a backup QB)? Does Dak get any of the blame for only leading the offense to 10 points in that game? we only needed 13 to win

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Rodgers scored 10 points against the Bears. In order to blame Dak we need to pretend he was the guy fumbling and dropping passes that hit him in the hands.

Of course Dak gets some blame when he has a bad game. QB's generally get too much credit and too much blame.

The non drama filled reality is that most NFL games come down to a single possession. Its been this way for a while. Even though we lost the last 3 games and we have not looked pretty losing all 3 games could have ended with us winning. I know this isnt one anyone with their pitchforks out want to hear. And when a team is this talented heads should roll for losing 3 straight. This team has been unfocused and it seems like they have a lack of seriousness and this starts from the top with an owner that has neutered his staff.

erod said:

If he's a $35 million per year QB, it is his job to keep up with the Packers. You can't put up 3 points in a half. You can't let Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold out-duel you.

His stats were racked up against teams that are now 3-14. And one of those wins was because the Dolphins and Commanders played each other yesterday in a horrific game. Enough with stats.

This isn't all Dak's fault. Not by a long shot. But he certainly isn't doing much about it. He's not worth paying like he's a Hall of Famer.

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That is an oversimplification used to justify a opinion formed long ago.

The salary garbage is just noise.

This team has broken records when it comes to offensive ineptness since Dak Prescott took over the QB position.

Not all of it lays at his feet but he isn’t anything special and doesn’t deserve to be signed to a mega deal IMHO.

He’s tough, seems to be a decent enough guy and is good running with the football but he lacks the accuracy and field vision to be elite. That’s just MHO based on what I’ve seen.

TWOK11 said:

Missing both starting tackles, 2/3 starting receivers and while getting hit nearly every time he dropped back he threw for nearly 300 yards and carried his team nearly all the way back from 3 TDs down.

The OL and defense really wet the bed today

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I blame Dak for not checking out of the stupid play calls, not walking off the field with the score 7-3 on 4th down to let the field goal unit on the field with + 3 minutes left in the half, and not motioning the HB back to block with LSU Jamal Adams looking him dead in the face to blitz on the 2 point conversion call.

Dak better know who he is playing with and also who is coaching him. He has an incompetent Boy Genius as a OC, a incompetent clapper as a HC, and a incompetent GM that is suppose to just own the team.

Man's got to know his limitations.

It's not all Dak's fault but he's the leader of the offense. Let the next HC decide on what to do with QB. This team has many issues. It just isn't a good team.

Northern_Cowboy said:

Ifs and buts no different than the couple of picks that Dak threw right into the hands of the Jets defenders that were dropped yesterday. Tit forTat bud

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One happened and one didn't........ you can't even grasp the Tit for Tat concept.

They can't be "picks" if they weren't picked.......bud.

on Defense, it starts with the DLine and the lack of a consistent pass rush

Darnold was able to stand there and pick apart the 2ndary.

on Offense, this felt like that one Atlanta game a couple of years ago where little/no adjustments were made to help the OLine, especially the OTs

Cannibal_Cowboy said:

Yep, he was really on top of his game sailing so many passes 2 feet over his receiver's heads.

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So many? Like how many? He did have 12 incompletions all game and 4 of them were drops by the receivers? Do you ever watch other QBs? Is it only Dak who overthrows? You can criticize him all the way, but please.

CowboysWillRise said:

We are close on this. I think hes pretty good, not great. I am encouraged though because I think hes improved a lot since 2017. That said if a truly dynamic QB was available I wouldn't be opposed.

Personally I dont think hes been the reason for this losing streak and certainly not yesterday. Hes rapidly approaching Romo territory where he has to play lights out for us to win. He doesn't have prime Romos skills though and he cant overcome the holes we are digging ourselves into.

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Yeah I think most if they can get past the Internet back and forths will see they are more closer than alike. Maybe like us depending on what side you lean more towards you're going to see it more that way obviously but overall I think most think he's average if we all were drinking truth serum. I don't think he's the worse and damn sure don't think he's the best or close to it. I've always said if your best description of a player is stuff that's not on field related how good is that player really? People definitely say player X has intangibles, is a leader of men, etc but how many of those players do they not list actual on field talent for them first? When most talk about Daks main talents its either team stuff like record and or how he is a leader rarely do you hear people lead with his accuracy, throwing power, anticipation or other football related skills. Similar to Tebow in that way.

I don't think he's the sole reason but I'd say in the NO game and last week he was a nice part of the problem. Yesterday was an all around collab between every phase of the team. Being realistic he needs too much to succeed and will most likely get even worse paying him big time dollars and that's just not good enough. I don't like to mention him and Romo because that's sets folks off but do we think he will ever have a player like Robinson that got paid of Dak making him look so good and elsewhere look like why did we get this guy again? Maybe but I just don't currently see it and by the 4th year starting shouldn't we start to see those qualities in a QB? I'm not saying start Rush over him unless the season is over but if I had a chance to replace Dak like KC did for a potentially (not guaranteed) better QB I'm doing it so fast I'd break my own neck. If some don't agree that's okay also.

Seven said:

One happened and one didn't........ you can't even grasp the Tit for Tat concept.

They can't be "picks" if they weren't picked.......bud.

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Ya ok if you say so....lolol

ChronicCowboy said:

Has anyone noticed how little touch Dak has on his throws? They all seem to come out at 100 mph.

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Elway, Jeff George, Marino, Rivers.........they all say hi.

He didn't have the time......

Seven said:

Elway, Jeff George, Marino, Rivers.........they all say hi.

He didn't have the time......

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He didn’t have the time to use touch? Touch is how you throw the ball.

charron said:

Sounds like a bunch of excuses. The tackles were fine, receivers were open, Dak just needs to throw a better ball and maybe these receivers can catch it. Drops happen but you can't always make the catch as hard on the receivers as possible and expect them to still perform at a high level, they need help too.

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You're amazing...... pulling crap outta your *** and I didn't even see your hands move and all that with your head in the way.

Bravo! My good man.

I blame Dak.