Can 9 year veteran Dak Prescott lead today's Dallas Cowboys to a Super Bowl?

[CrownCowboy]

He’s never came close to doing it. Until the front office gets serious about the Quarterback position then the team will never come close to doing it.

 

[FoxF]

It’s not Dak it’s the culture here, the Jones's and that ain’t changing.

Dan Quinn’s defense got lit up against the Packers as well

 

[CowboyoWales]

I don't see how anyone thinks he is capable of leading a team to the SB. His choking threshold is so low combined with his inconsistency. He isn't a complete QB. He lacks the accuracy and ability to throw players open. His movement isn't what it was and his mental state is worse than when he started playing.
Usually a QB that is capable of winning a SB has the physical and mental ability but doesn't have the team. In Daks case he doesn't have either.

I havent even seen a roadmap into what to expect from Dak in 2025 (let alone PLAY-OFF/SB).

 

[CowboyoWales]

It’s not Dak it’s the culture here, the Jones's and that ain’t changing.

Dan Quinn’s defense got lit up against the Packers as well

If you want to change the culture; fine: take Jerry, take all the Jones......but take away Dak and that contract as well.

 

[FoxF]

If you want to change the culture; fine: take Jerry, take all the Jones......but take away Dak and that contract as well.

But who’s gonna steal your money at the stadium, at least he keeps us contending and butts in seats. Not that I agree but that is the reason for the contract.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

Unlikely.

 

[Aven8]

Yes. If the defense can get 9 TO’s in the game like the 92 Cowboys.

 

[FoxF]

Yes. If the defense can get 9 TO’s in the game like the 92 Cowboys.

gotta admit that was fun.

 

[Jarv]

If Dak were to make it to a divisional round his eyeballs might pop out of his sockets. Those situations (big games) strike terror in poor slak.

 

[shabazz]

No doubt Dak is capable enough to lead the team to the Super Bowl. Like all QB’,s he needs a SB level supporting cast.

In the 2023 season the Cowboys led the entire NFL with 9 All Pros......last season no team had more than 6.

Digest that

 

[Havic]

Can the 3rd best QB in the division lead the Cowboys to a super bowl? No.

This right here. Dak is not going to lead us to an NFC east title let alone the Super Bowl.

 

[CowboyoWales]

But who’s gonna steal your money at the stadium, at least he keeps us contending and butts in seats. Not that I agree but that is the reason for the contract.

But that's the point we're trying to get through......Jerry's fault as he's all about the marketing (over football) and Dak's fault for not playing up to the value of the contract.
The same people that are now arguing 'it's Jerry's fault, not Dak's' appear to be the same people that wanted Dak's extension. It also seems that those raging against the contract are the same fans that, at the very least, wanted Dak to play out 2024.

 

[Creeper]

Of course he can win a Super Bowl, but he won't. Dak needs a better team around him and Jerry will never give him that roster. Dak is not going to carry a team. The team will carry Dak.

 

[foofighters]

I think a lot of people are being way too literal here. No, Dak can't win a SB. He's not that type of player. That type of player is the Brady's, Montana's and such. Special players that we get to see every now and then. And that's ok that Dak isn't that type of player. However, can Dak LEAD the team to a SB? Sure. Leading is different. Leading is like watching Kevin Costner's "For Love of the Game." In those last few innings, Billy Chapel was done but his team carried him all the way. Billy was still leading out there. In most cases, winning the Super Bowl is a team effort. and as usual, the Cowboys will always have to overcome things like the circus that Jerry brings which it's never been good enough to overcome.

 

[ArtClink]

A much better question is can we finally win back to back playoff games with the following impediments to making deep playoff runs?

1. Jerry is our owner
2. Jerry is our GM
3. Jerry is our head coach ("Ol' Schotty" is the scapegoat in waiting)
4. Ol' Schotty, our head coach lacks the power to hire and fire players and coaching staff
5. Jerry sets the culture
6. If the players are cool with Jerry, then they don't answer to the head coach or anyone else but Jerry
7. Our home games feature blinding sunlight, further evidence that our owner/gm/hc cares more about ascetics than winning ball games.
8. Our FO is almost a non-factor in free agency (only Super Bowl winning teams are aggressive in FA.
9. 31 other NFL GMs are working 18 hour days to improve the roster while Jerry is distracted with signing the next motocross race or bringing that hack George Strait back for a concert at the Death Star.
10. Jerry holds weekly radio shows to discuss strategy normally performed by the head coach.
11. Jerry hold a presser at the same time as the "head coach" after every game (unless we are embarrassed and then Jerry is nowhere to be found.

Since the above items remain constant in Dallas, it is really difficult (impossible for 30 seasons anyway) for a team so mismanaged to make it to the NFC Championship game with so many obstacles to winning. How many years have we heard we have a Super Bowl roster? And how many playoff games ended in a loss because our defense can't make a stop? Have we fixed our defense so we can make a deep playoff run? You know the Aaron Rogers 4th and 25 defense from a few years ago? Have we fixed the defense that could not stop a hobbled Aaron Rogers in green Bay when Dez caught the ball with 4:58 left in the 4th quarter? Have we fixed the defense that could not force a 3 and our after Romo fumble in Seattle? Because that is why we lost those playoff games because our defense is soft once we play in the playoffs.

Dak may have a great year or a terrible one, but Jerry's insistence on embracing a losing model (The Jones Model - hc has no power, Jerry does the press conferences and radio shows, our home games have blinding sun, Jerry hires the staff for the "head coach", etc.) remains the elephant in the room. Dak couldn't win here, Romo couldn't win here, Bledsoe couldn't win here, etc.

Until the Jones model of management changes, the outcome is predictable. And it doesn't matter if Dak, Romo, or Anthony Banks (Cowboys preseason only) is under center.

 

[ArtClink]

The issue has never been Dak, but the owner who is also a GM.

Look at they're last Super Bowl team. Yes, it was with Switzer and not Johnson, but then look at the relationship with Aikman and Switzer. Seemed like Aikman was more motivated to win and not lose vs his own head coach.

The owner and GM of the cowboys had a proven leader in a coach named Johnson, but the owner/GM could not take being second in the spot light.

Someone once previously mentioned that when he saw the dirty birds last SB win, it actually took him a little while to figure out who the owner actually was on their victory celebration on national TV. The reality is that would NEVER happen with the current owner / GM of the Cowboys. He (the GM and owner) wants the credit? He can take the blame IMO.

How many owners (who is also the GM) land a helicopter at their training facility and stop practice? At least it made the news

This. It's a three-ring circus that Jerry creates every year and there are countless obstacles to winning, with a head coach with no authority at the top of my list.

 

[ShortRound]

The rest of the team will have to carry the qb.

 

[ArtClink]

He’s never came close to doing it. Until the front office gets serious about the Quarterback position then the team will never come close to doing it.

Dak got just as close as Romo did to winning a divisional playoff game and he has the same post season record as Romo. Was Romo not good enough to win a divisional playoff game? Answer: Both QBs are good enough to make a deep playoff run but we can't win because a) the hc has no authority, b) the defense is still not good enough, and c) because Jerry puts up so many obstacles to winning and insists on running every facet of the organization.

 

[Flamma]

Can the 3rd best QB in the division lead the Cowboys to a super bowl? No.

Given the talent around him, I would say no, he isn't good enough. But I'd also add that the two quarterbacks better than him in the division couldn't do it on the Cowboys either.

 

[leeblair]

No.
But if they can win the games with everyone else, he will be glad to come along and take the credit.
The Cowboys would have to win in spite of Dak, not because of him.
They would have to dominate every facet of the game, and then he would play well once the other team is reeling. That's his method of operating.
Dak doesn't lead; he follows. If the Cowboys are beating up on a team, he joins in. But if he has to be the reason they win, he can't.