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

nobody said:
No. The proof is already there. He chokes in the biggest moments against playoff teams. He's on the downswing of age and his play and injury in 2024 proved it. But I sure hope he proves me wrong. I'd love for the current group to get a ring.
My prediction is that he'll do well in the regular season, but get injured along the way and his backup will take us into the playoffs and we'll get beat in the divisional round as the team once again doesn't seem to take preparation for the playoffs seriously enough.
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100% on point.
 
CowboysFaninHouston said:
I didn't try to equate anything. all I said was nothing is ever 100% on a single player. end of story. yet you trying to spin it into, yes it is. its 100%. I used one example. so in that case, you look at it one game at a time. like I did. you try to look at the summation and over all performance over several games and several year.

and why is it when Dak haters want to make a point about the salary, its all about averages. you know year to year the salary cap is managed and the cap hit isn't based on averages. in the first contract his cap hit was 17,19, 25M the first three years, although the average said its much higher than that. keep in mind, the cap goes up every year too, so those averages you use tend to drop.

the whole point I made and it was clear. Dak carries more of the fault burden than others, but not 100%. end of story. that is a fact that is undisputable.
now go play with the percentages as much as you like and have fun.

and Dak is not going to lead into anything. this franchise hasn't led into anything for 30 years. latest is Dak era. after Dak there will be another and before Dak there were others. people just choose a side and go at it. before Dak, there was Romo and people had chosen sides. some switched, some didn't after Dak became QB.

and this offense is young on the OL. pretty experienced everywhere else.
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There we have it.
 
Well you guys seem to like talking about this, but for me it is silly at this point to
be thinking about winning the SB.

I will wait and see how this team and HC does the first half of this season.
 
Hadenough said:
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.
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This is probably the best way of summing it up accurately right here
 
big dog cowboy said:
Can the 3rd best QB in the division lead the Cowboys to a super bowl? No.

Win 3 games in a row in January against the likes of Stafford, Goff, Hurts, Love, Daniels, Mayfield? No.

Forget the super bowl. Can he lead the cowboys to just 2 wins in a row in January? The clock is ticking.
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the clock has been ticking for 30 years. so then there is that.
 
DandyDon52 said:
While that is true, those teams that won the SB's had a lot more than just a good DT.
They all had a great defense, and good offense. And they had the only 2 great HC 's,
with switzer being the exception to that.
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Of course, that's blatantly obvious. However, the point remains. DTs are the 2nd most important position for a super bowl run, after QB of course.

And to add, there's no such thing as a great D w/o great D tackles. You can be average at any other position, but not DT.
 
Irvin_truther said:
Part of it is the star, the other is Dak not playing top notch in the playoffs, although he's had his moments.

It's a moot point because nobody is going to get rid of a phil Simms, Jared Goff, brad Johnson, Kirk cousins in his prime level QB.

He's good enough to win a super bowl with a great line and defense.

We just saw hurts win a Superbowl lol
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Is this sarcasm, lol?
Brad Johnson was a journeyman QB (5 different teams in his career. Kirk Cousins is on his third, and Washington let him go after franchise tags in his prime. Jared Goff was 26 when he was traded from the team that drafted him number one overall (and he had already been to the SB with them once). Teams move on from average QBs in their “prime”-well not Dallas.
 
Blitzen said:
Is this sarcasm, lol?
Brad Johnson was a journeyman QB (5 different teams in his career. Kirk Cousins is on his third, and Washington let him go after franchise tags in his prime. Jared Goff was 26 when he was traded from the team that drafted him number one overall (and he had already been to the SB with them once). Teams move on from average QBs in their “prime”-well not Dallas.
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They only move on if they can get a Stafford...

Tell me where a Stafford is available along with mcvay....?
 
Yes he can. Joe Flacco, Phil Simms, Brad Johnson, and other QB's that are not, and never were, as good as Dak, have a Super Bowl ring. The right team around these type of 2nd-tier QB's is very doable, and has been done.
 
CowboysFaninHouston said:
but its 100% his fault. right? so if we put Mahomes in there, we would have 4 championship games in the past 10 years? guaranteed? 100%
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No fan is saying it's 100% his fault (unless they are a troll from another team), and there's plenty of 'fault to go around (inc: Jerry, Defense, coaching)..
None of that detracts from the fact that we arent winning with Dak (especially with the contract he negotiated).

You keep mentioning Mahomes, well he helped orchestrate the Chiefs to a SB, with a run offense that only had 100 yards further than the Cowboys and they didnt have a receiver with over 900 yards (and that was Kelcie)....its the ability to perform with less.
Mahomes also doesnt have an overriding persistent WEAKNESS that belies the reasoning behind why we cant win with Dak......THAT ABILITY TO ORCHESTRATE A COMEBACK, especially at the most important times. (play-offs, time running out, composure to incrementally chip away at a deficit).

Dak needs (too much) , EVERYTHING to go right, for him to perform and that's highly unlikely with the remaining CAP hits. There is an opportunity in 2026, if HE can orchestrate and manage this years Offense to success, and Jerry is willing to gamble on Dak to give a Defense in 2026 to go ALL-IN.......BUT THAT IS A MASSIVE GAMBLE, AND THAT's ON DAK......BECAUSE THE FAILURE is GOING TO BE PAINFUL (A BIT LIKE IF WE'D TRADED FOR HENRY IN 2023).
 
AstroPilota said:
Yes he can. Joe Flacco, Phil Simms, Brad Johnson, and other QB's that are not, and never were, as good as Dak, have a Super Bowl ring. The right team around these type of 2nd-tier QB's is very doable, and has been done.
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But none of them had such a massive CAP HIT. If your QB is on big money, you have to 'make cuts in other areas', eg the Chiefs got to last years SB with no WR/TE with over 900 yards and a rushing offense with only 100 yards more than we did.
Even then, each of those QB's had to step up in the play-off run.....that's the problem we appear to have.
 
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