Blame Wade Wilson for Dak Prescott

[Jipper]

i dont blame the cowboys for Dak prescott - he was a 4th round pick - they have gotten more value out of that then most any other 4th round pick in history.

THe issue is the contract he just got and not having the guts to part ways once his 2nd contract ran out

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

i dont blame the cowboys for Dak prescott - he was a 4th round pick - they have gotten more value out of that then most any other 4th round pick in history.

THe issue is the contract he just got and not having the guts to part ways once his 2nd contract ran out

to say Jerry has screwed up handling Dak contracts is an understatement. in the first one, they argued over a couple of mill/year, and they could have easily signed him, but decided to play hardball and ended up with their pants around their ankles and bent over...so they franchised him. the difference between cost of franchise tag cost wiped away, stephens insistence on saving a couple of mill a year. then they handed him a contract, ok, at the time. gave Dak all the leverage. had no back up plan. tried to bluff with their card open on the table and they got caught with their pants around their ankles, bent over...again.

but then this one. have ZERO QBs under contract for 2025. obvious that Lance wasn't a threat.....and literally wait until an hour before season starts to get contract signed....how stupid can you be, again Jerry got caught with pants around his ankle, bent over saying thank you sir, may I have another!

 

[KJJ]

Blaming a QB coach for a 4th round QB who became a franchise QB all because he hasn’t won a SB? Might as well blame Sean Payton for Romo. He had pretty much the same career/results Dak has had. It’s pretty funny how some fans act like Dak was the worst possibly thing that could have ever happened to the Cowboys.

 

[OmerV]

2016, sucked against the only 2 legitimate defenses we played. You just have missed 2017 and 2018 pre-Amari.. and even post Amari he was still horrible against zone, always has been..

Baltimore was a top defense in 2016 & Dak had 301 yards passing, 3 TDs and no INTs

Minnesota was also a top defense, and while Dak's numbers were modest (139/1/0) he far from "sucked". He was very efficient & had a 108 Passer Rating.

Bears were a top passing defense in 2016 and Dak had 248 yards, a TD, no INTs and a 123 passer rating.

As for before Amari, what QB shines without tools to utilize?

Face it, while Dak has his shortcomings, and his contracts are a problem, no reasonable person can say he was a bad choice for a 4th round draft pick.

 

[Dorsett33]

The problem has never been the drafting of Dak Prescott, he was an historic 4th round pick.

The real problem was his contracts, the absence of genuine competition at the position and the attempt to turn him into something he wasn't.

Dak wasn't a gunslinger, he was a very capable bus driver so long as the offense had their strong lineup. They should have continued to use him the way they did his rookie season.

They also should have made a point to acquire an alternative instead of behaving as if the QB position was set for the next 10 years. This would have also given the team leverage during contract talks.

Any negative feelings about Dak should be directed towards management.

Dak is a very good QB. The FO just needs to put the people around him...just like any other team. Aikman wasn't that good until you put that full compliments of players and coaches around him. Same as Romo. So, yeah, blame the front office. If you look at Mahomes passing numbers....not anything that stands out. But, he has a helluva coaching staff and a good team around him.

 

[DoctorChicken]

i dont blame the cowboys for Dak prescott - he was a 4th round pick - they have gotten more value out of that then most any other 4th round pick in history.

THe issue is the contract he just got and not having the guts to part ways once his 2nd contract ran out

This. I “blame” no one for Dak Prescott. For a 4th round pick, he’s had an incredible career.

It’d be different if I thought Dak was a lazy bum who doesn’t try on the field, but that isn’t true. He gives it his all.

The fact that “his all” isn't good enough is the issue.

I blame the team for giving him a huge contract when it’s clear he wasn’t the guy. But I don’t blame him for it. He’d be an idiot not to milk Jerry for as much money as possible.

 

[Jipper]

This. I “blame” no one for Dak Prescott. For a 4th round pick, he’s had an incredible career.

It’d be different if I thought Dak was a lazy bum who doesn’t try on the field, but that isn’t true. He gives it his all.

The fact that “his all” isn't good enough is the issue.

I blame the team for giving him a huge contract when it’s clear he wasn’t the guy. But I don’t blame him for it. He’d be an idiot not to milk Jerry for as much money as possible.

very well said - the time to move on was last year, now its too late.

 

[shabazz]

very well said - the time to move on was last year, now its too late.

Yup.......thats the most important thing in this situation.

3 more years before it can be rectified

 

[Jipper]

Yup.......thats the most important thing in this situation.

3 more years before it can be rectified

Well...they could just cut him and eat it...but you need a draft pick to be the backup

 

[TwentyOne]

Erm... why blame?

Overwhelm him with fame i say!

 

[Captain-Crash]

I blame garrett and witten.

 

[Pass2Run]

I like that story. RIP Wade.

 

[khiladi]

Baltimore was a top defense in 2016 & Dak had 301 yards passing, 3 TDs and no INTs

Minnesota was also a top defense, and while Dak's numbers were modest (139/1/0) he far from "sucked". He was very efficient & had a 108 Passer Rating.

Bears were a top passing defense in 2016 and Dak had 248 yards, a TD, no INTs and a 123 passer rating.

As for before Amari, what QB shines without tools to utilize?

Face it, while Dak has his shortcomings, and his contracts are a problem, no reasonable person can say he was a bad choice for a 4th round draft pick.

You guys will just say anything.

Dak is a backup. He’s a bad 4th pick in the sense we wasted all these years on this guy who was clearly not going to get it done.

The Bears were the 24th rank scoring defense. Zeke rushed for 140 yards on 30 carries. I never said he didn’t bus drive his way to victories getting carried by the OL and Zeke in 2016. That’s why in 2017, when Zeke was suspended we couldn’t even score in double digits against a winning team and struggled against bums.

In 2016, Against the Vikings, we scored 15 pt. Dude threw for 139 yards.
Against the Giants, 7 pts. He threw for 165 yards and 2 picks, despite Zeke running for 107 yards.
The Eagles he also looked like a deer in the headlights to close out the season.

The Ravens were 2-4 in the last 6 games before we played them. They ended the season 8-8. They were garbage. The Bengals and Browns were straight trash that year.

The point being, acting like Dak was some legend prior to the injury is a crock of garbage, he was awful before he broke that leg too in that season, turning the ball over 7 times in 4 and a half games. Should have lost to Atlanta, who blew a 20 pt lead in the 4th the very next week, when they decided not to fall on the onside kick ball right in front of them.

 

[conner01]

This is nothing new ..........Wade stood on the table for Dak after Paxton Lynch and Connors's attempts failed. Don't understand the blame Wade tone.......imagining drafting Lynch or Connors instead on Dak.

A 4th rnd pick that’s by any definition is in top half of the league at his position is a good pick, and mire so at QB

 

[CT Dal Fan]

This kind of made me laugh, because the Cowboys drafted Dak to be Tony Romo's backup. "Blame" is subjective because Wade Wilson, Jason Garrett, and everyone else had zero expectations Dak would ever be a starter. In fact the Cowboys tried to move up for Paxton Lynch and then Connor Cook before "settling" for Prescott.

All debate about his career up to now aside, Dak not only exceeded all expectations, but he blew them away in the context of being the 135th overall pick (which was a comp selection for losing tackle Jermey Parnell in free agency for trivia buffs).

Remember, the focus of the 2016 draft was to take all the pressure off Romo by building the offense around Zeke (taken 4th overall) and then focusing on defense; which they did with the next three picks before taking Prescott. The Cowboys fully expected Romo to play out the last three years of his contract and wanted to maximize that window.

 

[OmerV]

You guys will just say anything.

Dak is a backup. He’s a bad 4th pick in the sense we wasted all these years on this guy who was clearly not going to get it done.

The Bears were the 24th rank scoring defense. Zeke rushed for 140 yards on 30 carries. I never said he didn’t bus drive his way to victories getting carried by the OL and Zeke in 2016. That’s why in 2017, when Zeke was suspended we couldn’t even score in double digits against a winning team and struggled against bums.

In 2016, Against the Vikings, we scored 15 pt. Dude threw for 139 yards.
Against the Giants, 7 pts. He threw for 165 yards and 2 picks, despite Zeke running for 107 yards.
The Eagles he also looked like a deer in the headlights to close out the season.

The Ravens were 2-4 in the last 6 games before we played them. They ended the season 8-8. They were garbage. The Bengals and Browns were straight trash that year.

The point being, acting like Dak was some legend prior to the injury is a crock of garbage, he was awful before he broke that leg too in that season, turning the ball over 7 times in 4 and a half games. Should have lost to Atlanta, who blew a 20 pt lead in the 4th the very next week, when they decided not to fall on the onside kick ball right in front of them.

I never acted like he was a legend, I said he was a very good choice for the 4th round.

This is what i said: Face it, while Dak has his shortcomings, and his contracts are a problem, no reasonable person can say he was a bad choice for a 4th round draft pick.

So quit pretending I said something different so you can manufacture a comeback to me

Aside from that , I love how you ignore that this was Dak's rookie season, and at the time is was one of the best rookie QB seasons ever in the NFL. It's pretty bogus to expect anything more than that.

And it's also bogus to pretend it wasn't legitimate because the schedule wasn't top to bottom with opponents that had the top defenses with no weaknesses. No other QB is held to that standard.

The topic of this thread it placing blame for drafting Dak, and the reality is Dak was a good draft pick. Whether the team over used him, or relied too much on him is a separate topic.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Lol
So add Wade Wilson to the list of those that helped destruct this franchise

Dak was a great pick but that coaches would be so dishonest to each other shows how dysfunctional management is.