I've suspected for a while that Dak is average to a little above average. The thing is, I would love to be proven wrong! First, he's a guy who's come from humble beginnings, being raised in a trailer park by a mother who is a good person who cared about Dak and his brothers, but did not have any access to luxuries or much privilege. He grew to love the game by playing football with his brothers and other kids in a field in that trailer park. Many of us had similar upbringings playing football with other kids for the love of the game. So it's impossible for me not to feel a kinship with a man like that and want to see him succeed, especially when he came in with a great attitude in his rookie year and did amazing things. However, football is a meritocracy. If someone comes along who gives us a better chance to win, the team has to go with whoever is best. So I would LOVE to see Dak succeed in a rags to riches story and see him hoist the Lombardi and thank his mom, his brothers, his first coach, and anyone else important to him. But if that ends up not being in the cards, that's part of life. I also wanted to see Romo hoist the Lombardi, but it ended up not happening. We've had some good quarterbacks who never got to win the Super Bowl. Don Meredith, Craig Morton, Danny White (though he did win it as the punter/backup QB), Drew Bledsoe, and Tony Romo were all quarterbacks who are good men and talented, hard-working guys who didn't manage to win the Super Bowl as the starting quarterback. It's why I believe the team should draft a quarterback in the first round in the next draft. They can compete, and then whoever plays best should get the starting job. As much as I love Dak as a human being, if the team finds someone who gives us a better chance to win, then we have to go with him. It's happened before. Staubach beat out Morton; Romo beat out Bledsoe. In 1979, the 49ers had a skilled veteran quarterback in Steve DeBerg, but they also had an unproven rookie named Joe Montana. Even though DeBerg is a good guy, and he did have some good quarterbacking skills, the 9ers made the right call by going with Montana. You've got to put personal feelings aside and go with whichever athlete gives the team the best chance to win.
I've been accused of being a "Dak hater" even though nothing could be further from the truth. A meritocracy is just brutal. It promotes athletes based ONLY and skill and winning ability. If Dak lost his starting job to someone better, it would suck for him, but the sport of football is ruthless. It's just the way it is.
