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So now..Garrett is gone, new coaches have been installed and different, better results will be expected.
Do these changes maintain the Dak Era or does it kill it?
How has Dak handled things so far? What should we expect going forward?
What have we seen from Dak so far?
The WCO is an adaptable offense..
McCarthy knows how to run it as well as anybody in the NFL.
Dak has shown his adaptability all 4 years with us.
Even under Linehan in 2016...
he run an offense with lots of WCO attributes.
Quick read short to medium passes, lots of controlled running, etc. TEs were extremely important with controlled passing..this produced a 13-3 record and top seed in the playoffs..
Dez was the biggest loser and Garrett and ownership made a big mistake in cutting him without asking for a contract adjustment and stopped progress as a result going to passing by committee with a raw QB.
This eventually cost us a #1 pick to trade with Oakland for Amari..so the jury I still out on this for now..
But short of that..everything seemed on a huge uptick. Dak had a #1 WR.
Witten saw an increased role becuz of it..the RBs saw more passes out of the backfield..
and sacks were not much of a factor as the ball was already outta there.
Dak had to change
Then in 2017, Garrett buckled to criticism that Dak could not throw deep and the offense changed to making Dak read the defenses and timing throws were required.
These were skill sets Dak did not come with from college.
In watching his college highlights..what I noticed was him often waiting for the receiver to get open then completing the pass.
It was not an offense designed to attack. It was designed to react.
Dak finally got it going in 2018
but he took like 60 sacks that year..it was difficult to watch. He was holding the ball, reading coverages..not running away but taking the sack. The team regularly played close games and helped by the Eagles failures..
we won but were not very impressive doing it.
More tweaking was needed.
Our recent history with Dak that lead to major changes for the team
2019 was supposed to be the break thru year for Dak where his ability to read defenses improved, he got rid of the ball if WRs were not open. Dak improved but the defense cost us game after game with poor play.
Record career stats piled for up for Dak and despite much of it happening in losing causes..Dak still increased production.
Unfortunately the defense cracked around him and we failed as a team to make the playoffs.
Where are we now?
So while many want to point at Dak as not being a Mahomes clone or a Rodgers wanna-be..
Dak has seriously met expectations up until now given a bunch of changes in the position from the team. And he has done all of this on his rookie deal..a huge underpayment considering the amount of performance of the player.
Now Garrett is gone and MM has arrived with his regime.
Another offense change, new coaches..yada yada.
Oh yeah..and Dak needs his contract BTW.
Now what?
So now MORE pressure mounts on Dak to get things right, earn his big contract, for the team under his guidance to succeed.
Yikes.
Can we demand anymore from Dak?
Enough. Pay him..commit to him..develop a team to support his style of play. We have loaded our roster and cap and fashioned our draft to build with him.
We have major contracts on the offense in the OL and soon WR and needed defensive improvements to further help Dak.
It's time to accept our new reality and stop the waffling which gets us nowhere.
We can either have fun with this or just go crazy with it all.
What makes sense to you?
I enjoy my lineage as a long standing fan.
It's being tested, Jerrah.
Comments?
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So now..Garrett is gone, new coaches have been installed and different, better results will be expected.
Do these changes maintain the Dak Era or does it kill it?
How has Dak handled things so far? What should we expect going forward?
What have we seen from Dak so far?
The WCO is an adaptable offense..
McCarthy knows how to run it as well as anybody in the NFL.
Dak has shown his adaptability all 4 years with us.
Even under Linehan in 2016...
he run an offense with lots of WCO attributes.
Quick read short to medium passes, lots of controlled running, etc. TEs were extremely important with controlled passing..this produced a 13-3 record and top seed in the playoffs..
Dez was the biggest loser and Garrett and ownership made a big mistake in cutting him without asking for a contract adjustment and stopped progress as a result going to passing by committee with a raw QB.
This eventually cost us a #1 pick to trade with Oakland for Amari..so the jury I still out on this for now..
But short of that..everything seemed on a huge uptick. Dak had a #1 WR.
Witten saw an increased role becuz of it..the RBs saw more passes out of the backfield..
and sacks were not much of a factor as the ball was already outta there.
Dak had to change
Then in 2017, Garrett buckled to criticism that Dak could not throw deep and the offense changed to making Dak read the defenses and timing throws were required.
These were skill sets Dak did not come with from college.
In watching his college highlights..what I noticed was him often waiting for the receiver to get open then completing the pass.
It was not an offense designed to attack. It was designed to react.
Dak finally got it going in 2018
but he took like 60 sacks that year..it was difficult to watch. He was holding the ball, reading coverages..not running away but taking the sack. The team regularly played close games and helped by the Eagles failures..
we won but were not very impressive doing it.
More tweaking was needed.
Our recent history with Dak that lead to major changes for the team
2019 was supposed to be the break thru year for Dak where his ability to read defenses improved, he got rid of the ball if WRs were not open. Dak improved but the defense cost us game after game with poor play.
Record career stats piled for up for Dak and despite much of it happening in losing causes..Dak still increased production.
Unfortunately the defense cracked around him and we failed as a team to make the playoffs.
Where are we now?
So while many want to point at Dak as not being a Mahomes clone or a Rodgers wanna-be..
Dak has seriously met expectations up until now given a bunch of changes in the position from the team. And he has done all of this on his rookie deal..a huge underpayment considering the amount of performance of the player.
Now Garrett is gone and MM has arrived with his regime.
Another offense change, new coaches..yada yada.
Oh yeah..and Dak needs his contract BTW.
Now what?
So now MORE pressure mounts on Dak to get things right, earn his big contract, for the team under his guidance to succeed.
Yikes.
Can we demand anymore from Dak?
Enough. Pay him..commit to him..develop a team to support his style of play. We have loaded our roster and cap and fashioned our draft to build with him.
We have major contracts on the offense in the OL and soon WR and needed defensive improvements to further help Dak.
It's time to accept our new reality and stop the waffling which gets us nowhere.
We can either have fun with this or just go crazy with it all.
What makes sense to you?
I enjoy my lineage as a long standing fan.
It's being tested, Jerrah.
Comments?
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