CFZ At some point the clock will strike midnight for Cooper Rush

[75boyz]

At midnight he turns into Dak Prescott

Noooooooo, ...turn back the clock!

 

[Diehardblues]

Nobody is saying Cooper Rush is anything more than a serviceable quarterback.

Similar to Dak.

You’d put Prescott and Rush at same level . I know you’re a Dak critic but believe in most cases you’re a sound headed fan.

I get the criticism of Dak. I think he’s more in the middle of the pack . But at least we had a top offense which struggled having more success in the playoffs just like Romo did without a better defense . Their success or lack of success are very similar while I believe Romo was more talented .

You truly believe this 25th ranked offense under Rush can have as much success as Romo and Dak did?

 

[jgboys1]

You and I know darn well Uncle Jed after paying Dak, will not invest in a QB especially early rounds.

You are probably correct but Jerry wants to win one more super bowl before he goes and he ain't going to do that with Dak behind the center.

 

[USArmyVet]

You’d put Prescott and Rush at same level . I know you’re a Dak critic but believe in most cases you’re a sound headed fan.

I get the criticism of Dak. I think he’s more in the middle of the pack . But at least we had a top offense which struggled having more success in the playoffs just like Romo did without a better defense . Their success or lack of success are very similar while I believe Romo was more talented .

You truly believe this 25th ranked offense under Rush can have as much success as Romo and Dak did?

Well seeing as how Dak led the 22nd ranked offense in 2018 to the playoffs.....yes.

 

[noshame]

He's a bus driver and probably capable of getting you to the dance. That requires some creative plays and playcalliing.
What folks don't realize is he's a better option than Dak.
The Dak you saw against SF and TB is the Dak the NFL has figured out.
Game over.

 

[plymkr]

Don’t get me wrong- I admire the way Cooper Rush has played as our backup QB. Being 4-0 in his first 4 starts is nothing to scoff at. He’s been everything he was asked to be and more. And I’m not not a Dak worshipper either. My allegiance is always first and foremost to winning football games, not winning an argument on a football forum.

But I’m amazed at how fast so many of our fans have anointed Cooper Rush as the QB of our future. Four games is an incredibly small sample size to cast your lot with a QB long term.

His arm talent is clearly limited, he’s not very mobile, and the longer he’s expected to lead this offense the harder it will be for him to keep this level of performance going. Defensive coordinators will start figuring out ways to frustrate him the longer there’s tape out there on him.

The Cinderella clock is going to strike midnight soon.

Looking at Cooper Rush’s stats in college, he had impressive numbers- except- he threw way too many picks. He threw 55 interceptions in 4 years at Central Michigan. He never threw less than 11 in a college season. He’s only thrown one in his 4 starts in Big D, but he’s also been lucky a few times where a penalty wiped out an INT or a defender just dropped it.

Rush’s 4 game heroics reminds me a little of an NBA player who flashed briefly as a hero only to come back down to earth. Remember New York Knicks Point Guard Jeremy Lin? He single-handedly led the Knicks to a 7 game winning streak in 2011 and was hailed after that week as the future at PG despite not being drafted and not being that talented. Once defenses figured him out, the days of “Linsanity” were short lived. He played for six other NBA teams before he retired.

Cooper Rush deserves a ton of credit for what he’s done in his four starts. But IMO, he is far from being the long term answer here at QB. We should enjoy Rush’s glory while we can because the clock is ticking.

I think what this season has proven to me is we don't have a QB in the roster that can win us a super bowl. Rush and Dak are bus drivers. If the bus is a Mercedes then maybe the bus will win the super bowl with Dak or Rush driving it. So the team has to be awesome and our QBs will look good.

So if it was up to me and I had to make a decision on Dak or Rush moving forward. I would take Rush if there was some magical way to get rid of the 40 million APY contract Dak has. If we can't get rid of the contract then I choose Dak because he's the more gifted bus driver. But overall I feel both QBs are limited and one QB's salary limits the team. I'm hoping Jerry and company see this as well.

 

[DandyDon52]

Don’t get me wrong- I admire the way Cooper Rush has played as our backup QB. Being 4-0 in his first 4 starts is nothing to scoff at. He’s been everything he was asked to be and more. And I’m not not a Dak worshipper either. My allegiance is always first and foremost to winning football games, not winning an argument on a football forum.

But I’m amazed at how fast so many of our fans have anointed Cooper Rush as the QB of our future. Four games is an incredibly small sample size to cast your lot with a QB long term.

His arm talent is clearly limited, he’s not very mobile, and the longer he’s expected to lead this offense the harder it will be for him to keep this level of performance going. Defensive coordinators will start figuring out ways to frustrate him the longer there’s tape out there on him.

The Cinderella clock is going to strike midnight soon.



Cooper Rush deserves a ton of credit for what he’s done in his four starts. But IMO, he is far from being the long term answer here at QB. We should enjoy Rush’s glory while we can because the clock is ticking.

Ok bob, what would you define as clock strike midnight??
1 loss? 1 bad game?
That isnt fair because other qb's are allowed to lose or have bad games.
The way I see it, the only way to be fair is for him to get 3 or 4 more games regardless of if cowboys lose or he has a bad game.

Right now everyone or many are just waiting for that loss or bad game, to say see this is the real rush. And that simply isnt fair.

Rush has surprised me with his play, and I and others would just like to see him play 3-4 more games, and see how he does.

Smart thing is to not rush dak back with sore and not fully healed hand, and let rush keep playing.

It also isnt fair to expect rush to win the next 2 games, 1-1 would be all we would expect of dak, so same should be true for rush.

If someone said after game one , what would you expect cowboy record to be at this point and after say the eagle game, many
would have said 0-6, with 1-5 at best. Now here we are @ 3-1, and could wind up 4-2 or 5-1 lol, or worst case 3-3.

The next 2 games are super big games for rush, and if his team mates and coaches help enough, he could win the next 2.
I dont know, but I like what I have seen from him so far, and he hasnt played like a bkup , he has played like a guy who could be
a starter, if not for cowboys, somewhere else.

 

[plymkr]

I think the lesson we should take from Cooper's time is the supporting cast of players and coaches isn't as bad as many fans believed.

Yes, and it made me question is it the QB that is holding us back.

 

[Diehardblues]

Well seeing as how Dak led the 22nd ranked offense in 2018 to the playoffs.....yes.

We’ve already discussed that. That was a different offense after they traded for Cooper. It suked first half of year going 3-5. And finished 7-1. The season total stats are skewed.

 

[starman22]

The point is it's a fact. Some people whined about the 200 yard games, but are now completely ignoring it and propping up a backup.

So, turnabout is fair play? If they did it, I'm going to do it too?
Childish.

 

[nobody]

Don’t get me wrong- I admire the way Cooper Rush has played as our backup QB. Being 4-0 in his first 4 starts is nothing to scoff at. He’s been everything he was asked to be and more. And I’m not not a Dak worshipper either. My allegiance is always first and foremost to winning football games, not winning an argument on a football forum.

But I’m amazed at how fast so many of our fans have anointed Cooper Rush as the QB of our future. Four games is an incredibly small sample size to cast your lot with a QB long term.

His arm talent is clearly limited, he’s not very mobile, and the longer he’s expected to lead this offense the harder it will be for him to keep this level of performance going. Defensive coordinators will start figuring out ways to frustrate him the longer there’s tape out there on him.

The Cinderella clock is going to strike midnight soon.

Looking at Cooper Rush’s stats in college, he had impressive numbers- except- he threw way too many picks. He threw 55 interceptions in 4 years at Central Michigan. He never threw less than 11 in a college season. He’s only thrown one in his 4 starts in Big D, but he’s also been lucky a few times where a penalty wiped out an INT or a defender just dropped it.

Rush’s 4 game heroics reminds me a little of an NBA player who flashed briefly as a hero only to come back down to earth. Remember New York Knicks Point Guard Jeremy Lin? He single-handedly led the Knicks to a 7 game winning streak in 2011 and was hailed after that week as the future at PG despite not being drafted and not being that talented. Once defenses figured him out, the days of “Linsanity” were short lived. He played for six other NBA teams before he retired.

Cooper Rush deserves a ton of credit for what he’s done in his four starts. But IMO, he is far from being the long term answer here at QB. We should enjoy Rush’s glory while we can because the clock is ticking.

It will strike for Rush, just as it struck for Dak. Neither QB is the long-term solution (Unless Dak miraculously fixes his mental game since he got broke)

 

[buybuydandavis]

His arm talent is clearly limited, he’s not very mobile, and the longer he’s expected to lead this offense the harder it will be for him to keep this level of performance going. Defensive coordinators will start figuring out ways to frustrate him the longer there’s tape out there on him.

Cooper's arm talent limitation should be obvious to any DC, as should be the way to attack it.
If anything, I expect Cooper to improve. He's now getting full starter snaps, which he hasn't before. He's getting full games to play. This should sharpen his play.

Oh, like any QB, he'll probably have a clunker sometime. He's due. But the defensive adjustments will probably be more against what Moore is doing with Rush than against Rush himself.

 

[Shane612]

If he won 90 in a row, that would be 4+ perfect seasons so 4 SBs.......
.......just saying

That would be some kind of record, don't you think?

 

[buybuydandavis]

I would bet there are very few that believe Rush to be a long term answer, but they have seen enough of Dak to think that he isn't either.

It's the controlled experiment of what a $1mil QB can in the *same* context that doesn't reflect well on paying $40mil for Dak.

Rush < Dak < Rush + $39mil

 

[Bobhaze]

You and I know darn well Uncle Jed after paying Dak, will not invest in a QB especially early rounds.

In the 33 years JJ has owned the Cowboys, the only time we’ve drafted a QB in round one was Troy Aikman in ‘89. We took Quincy Carter in the second round in 2001. Dak was a 4th rounder. The Cowboys just don’t draft QBs very often.

But they should. You never know when you might get lucky on a young QB. But you won’t get lucky on any QB if you never try. We should be drafting a QB every other year IMO.

 

[morat1959]

You are probably correct but Jerry wants to win one more super bowl before he goes and he ain't going to do that with Dak behind the center.

This!

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

And a lot of "fans" can't wait for it.

Just to be clear my first post in this thread where I predict defenses do decipher is not posted "hoping" he has a bad game and my Cowboys lose. I really don't care who is who on this team as long as they perform. I have no favorites nor scapegoats. And I really don't like "fans" who are constantly stirring the pot.

 

[Bobhaze]

Ignore Captain Bold Font. We're making a Super Bowl run with Rush and it's going to be awesome.

That’s a pretty bold statement.

 

[HonoluluCowboy]

Don’t get me wrong- I admire the way Cooper Rush has played as our backup QB. Being 4-0 in his first 4 starts is nothing to scoff at. He’s been everything he was asked to be and more. And I’m not not a Dak worshipper either. My allegiance is always first and foremost to winning football games, not winning an argument on a football forum.

But I’m amazed at how fast so many of our fans have anointed Cooper Rush as the QB of our future. Four games is an incredibly small sample size to cast your lot with a QB long term.

His arm talent is clearly limited, he’s not very mobile, and the longer he’s expected to lead this offense the harder it will be for him to keep this level of performance going. Defensive coordinators will start figuring out ways to frustrate him the longer there’s tape out there on him.

The Cinderella clock is going to strike midnight soon.

Looking at Cooper Rush’s stats in college, he had impressive numbers- except- he threw way too many picks. He threw 55 interceptions in 4 years at Central Michigan. He never threw less than 11 in a college season. He’s only thrown one in his 4 starts in Big D, but he’s also been lucky a few times where a penalty wiped out an INT or a defender just dropped it.

Rush’s 4 game heroics reminds me a little of an NBA player who flashed briefly as a hero only to come back down to earth. Remember New York Knicks Point Guard Jeremy Lin? He single-handedly led the Knicks to a 7 game winning streak in 2011 and was hailed after that week as the future at PG despite not being drafted and not being that talented. Once defenses figured him out, the days of “Linsanity” were short lived. He played for six other NBA teams before he retired.

Cooper Rush deserves a ton of credit for what he’s done in his four starts. But IMO, he is far from being the long term answer here at QB. We should enjoy Rush’s glory while we can because the clock is ticking.

A true fan wanting to see us lose and cowboys perform badly. You Dak lovers are a bunch of clowns

 

[GINeric]

I agree 100% but the only problem is that the alternative is not much better. Dak isn't the answer either. Cowboys need to invest is a QB in next years draft.

Dak has been in the top ten lately. So invest in a quarterback in the draft when you have a quarterback capable of being top ten....

Yep... that sounds like an intelligent move when we have other positions to address in the draft. This isn't franchise mode on Madden my guy.