How I think Mike McCarthy Impacts Dak Prescott

Cowboy4ever said:

The whole point of the WCO is to get the ball quickly and in space to your play makers, while they are on the move. Dak seems to struggle at hitting a moving target in stride a lot of the times. This will be a challenge for him. In a WCO, a ball being on the left hip instead of the right hip can make a world of difference. But I do think that some of the things that MM likes to do will help Dak, especially pre-snap with reads and stuff and going up tempo more often. I would also expect to see Zeke and Pollard involved ALOT more in the passing game. I would expect between the two, almost 100 receptions next year.

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zekecowboy said:

How does McCarthy solve Dak's accuracy problems? Kitna helped Dak improve but Dak needs strong teammates to make him look good rather than Dak making the wide receivers look great.

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Furboy said:

I know there are a lot of naysayers about Dak Prescott, and he had his struggles last year. However, I do not think he was the main problem last year. We had too many players playing as individuals, and I think the team just gave up on Garrett. McCarthy is a fresh voice to them, and fresh inspiration. Now, with that out the way, here's my take, and laugh at me how you will, but I will make a rather bold statement here.

I think Dak Prescott will be better than Aaron Rodgers because of this hire. I know. I know. A lot of you are going to have a go at me for this. However, let me explain my position.

In the first place, as good as Aaron Rodgers is, he is an absolute egotistical maniac who strikes me as uncoachable. He's got a massive ego, and he seems like he's incredibly difficult to get along with. I can't imagine how difficult he must be to coach from an ego standpoint, as good as he is. Dak Prescott, on the other hand, seems like a rather humble chap who seems like he'd take very strongly to coaching.

In the second place, Mike McCarthy is a WCO chap. I strongly believe that this fits Dak's style. If you noticed early on, he would check down often to his playmakers. This got him the reputation of being a "Check Down Charlie" as I recall. The nice thing about the WCO-style that McCarthy likes is that it allows him to quickly get the ball out and to his playmakers. This would help Dak to 1. not take so many hits/sacks and 2. get Cooper, Gallup, and Zeke the ball in space. This allows them to really have a good scamper against opposing defences. This leads me to my third place point.

In the third place, I think the combination of the coaching that Dak will receive and the style of coaching that McCarthy will bring will be able to allow Dak to do what he does best. Thus, I strongly think that the Dak we will see this year will be remarkably different to the Dak we have seen before this season. As Dak progresses in the McCarthy system, I think his success will become greater than that of Rodgers. Thus, I think he will end up being regarded as better than Rodgers.

A bit bold? Maybe. But that's my take on this. I truly love that we finally have a WCO that can take advantage of what Dak does well. This is what I've been BEGGING for. I initially wanted a Reid chap, but I think McCarthy will be better.

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RamziD said:

Anyone who thinks Dak Was the main problem last year is a mouth breathing idiot and you should just ignore them.

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CouchCoach said:

I do not think he thinks as highly of himself as he is confident, that was instilled in him by his Mom when he couldn't beat out the QB1 in high school and college. He was taught to always believe in himself and to not do that is a tarnish on the memory of his Mom. This is a lady that called his HS coach and told him he was playing her son wrong. He laughed when he told the story and then said "she was right".

The money thing is a mystery because we don't know the facts but most of what I'd read was that it was not about the money but the length of the contract. It seems that they were trying to keep themselves out of the QB sweepstakes in 3 or 4 years. His agent told him about all of these deals QB's have now that they're regretting. Wilson just got 35M, what do we think Mahomes is going to get and then Watson and Jackson? It wasn't that long ago that we were upset that Romo was getting 19M, the QB salary will have doubled from his last contract. It is increasing disproportionately to the cap. He is following the advice of his agent, as he should. Garappolo and Cousins are in at 27.5 and 28M and that's starting to look like a bargain comparatively speaking.

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Furboy said:

I know there are a lot of naysayers about Dak Prescott, and he had his struggles last year. However, I do not think he was the main problem last year. We had too many players playing as individuals, and I think the team just gave up on Garrett. McCarthy is a fresh voice to them, and fresh inspiration. Now, with that out the way, here's my take, and laugh at me how you will, but I will make a rather bold statement here.

I think Dak Prescott will be better than Aaron Rodgers because of this hire. I know. I know. A lot of you are going to have a go at me for this. However, let me explain my position.

In the first place, as good as Aaron Rodgers is, he is an absolute egotistical maniac who strikes me as uncoachable. He's got a massive ego, and he seems like he's incredibly difficult to get along with. I can't imagine how difficult he must be to coach from an ego standpoint, as good as he is. Dak Prescott, on the other hand, seems like a rather humble chap who seems like he'd take very strongly to coaching.

In the second place, Mike McCarthy is a WCO chap. I strongly believe that this fits Dak's style. If you noticed early on, he would check down often to his playmakers. This got him the reputation of being a "Check Down Charlie" as I recall. The nice thing about the WCO-style that McCarthy likes is that it allows him to quickly get the ball out and to his playmakers. This would help Dak to 1. not take so many hits/sacks and 2. get Cooper, Gallup, and Zeke the ball in space. This allows them to really have a good scamper against opposing defences. This leads me to my third place point.

In the third place, I think the combination of the coaching that Dak will receive and the style of coaching that McCarthy will bring will be able to allow Dak to do what he does best. Thus, I strongly think that the Dak we will see this year will be remarkably different to the Dak we have seen before this season. As Dak progresses in the McCarthy system, I think his success will become greater than that of Rodgers. Thus, I think he will end up being regarded as better than Rodgers.

A bit bold? Maybe. But that's my take on this. I truly love that we finally have a WCO that can take advantage of what Dak does well. This is what I've been BEGGING for. I initially wanted a Reid chap, but I think McCarthy will be better.

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zekecowboy said:

How does McCarthy solve Dak's accuracy problems? Kitna Romo helped Dak improve but Dak needs strong teammates to make him look good rather than Dak making the wide receivers look great.

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daboyzruleperiod said:

The same way Reid has done with Mahomes & Zimmer with Cousins. Oh, I edited Kitna for Romo. After all, Dak won MVP in his rookie season while Romo was on the sidelines, not Kitna. Let's give credit where it's due.

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zekecowboy said:

How does McCarthy solve Dak's accuracy problems? Kitna helped Dak improve but Dak needs strong teammates to make him look good rather than Dak making the wide receivers look great.

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Furboy said:

I think Dak can be an accurate passer. Will he be as accurate as Rodgers? Maybe not. But, in terms of sheer ability and his ability to be coached, I think overall he will end up being able to at the very least stack up to Rodgers. Keep in mind, he held his own extremely well with Aaron Rodgers in 2016 as a rookie. He was down 21 nil, and damn near came back and beat him. I think, with the coaching that McCarthy can provide, that Dak will be able to go toe to toe with Rodgers and beat him often. I think he'll end up being able to outduel him and show he can be better than Rodgers. And I think he'll be able to win a Super Bowl under McCarthy.

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doomsday9084 said:

Dak is a great guy in the locker room by all reports. A good leader. He is durable and tough. He runs the ball. He makes pretty good reads and makes good decisions with the ball.

Dak's problem is that he isn't accurate. He can't make the throws that Rodgers did in his prime. Even when he completes passes, they are frequently behind, above or at the feet of receivers. That leads to more drops, lost YAC and some interceptions.

I'm not sure how MM fixes that.

I do think that Dak can have better numbers with a better coach. Playing with a lead or a short field due to better defense, better special teams and a few takeaways is going to make anyone look better. In the right situation, I think Dak could win a super bowl. Improve Dak though? That's pretty much on Dak.

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ClintDagger said:

Dak’s accuracy is just so bad. I don’t know how many times he missed that little crosser to Gallup this year where if he puts it on the money it’s an easy 6 (assuming MG catches it I suppose, ha!). But that’s a throw I almost never see missed in the NFL and yet without fail Dak would throw it behind the receiver resulting in either an incompletion or a catch but only a moderate gain instead of a TD. I just think there’s something in Dak where he’ll never have that consistency. At times he will drop in the most beautiful ball and then he’ll be unable to connect on a routine screen pass and sometimes the throw on that screen is horrendous.

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Philmonroe said:

I think I can be the greatest singer of all time but reality tells me otherwise. Same with Dak and him being consistently accurate. This has been a known problem that got him drafted in the fourth rd in the first place. If he hasn't gotten much better in the 4 going on 5 years since those reports were made what makes you think he will improve now outside of hope? If Dak was the average person you know or saw that was out of shape/eating bad for years what would make you think that this year will be any different?

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Furboy said:

I don't know if he'll be extremely accurate over night. But, I do think he will become more consistent and I think the coaching he's going to receive from McCarthy will be tremendous for him.

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Captain-Crash said:

due to him being a slow reader and panicking under pressure.

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