Clarence Hill and Hellman nugget on Dak cracking under pressure

[FVSTONE]

I will say this........some say it's him, others say he doesn't have enough talent around him. I don't know which it is but can both be true? Here's what I do know.......he played the GB like a free-agent rookie when ALL the marbles were aligned in his favor. There was no excuse for that whether you have a good or bad team and frankly I'm not sure he will ever recover from that gam

Just say it like it is, " Prescott nuts up at the worse times and his mates pay for it"!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gameover]

Sure you want to stick with that?

I'm out

I don't wanna blow my top!

You all deserve FOOTBALL MISERY

 

[CowboyoWales]

Possibly, but the way this team was built they were designed to play with a lead. Once it got to 27-0 it was over and neither side of the football did their part. Had the offense been able to get anything on the board those first few drives and avoided the turnovers its possible its a different story. Plenty of blame to go on both sides of the football, and also plenty of blame to the front office for not being able to field NFL caliber LBs.

That's the central issue, if the defense can't restrict scoring we struggle.
It supports the viewpoint that Dak just needs too much/EVERYTHING to go right..... if one aspect fails (eg secondary, vrs GB), it's game over.
As you correctly say. There's plenty of blame to go around, but whatever it is we can be sure that when it does....Daks not the solution to get us out of it (especially, at 60m per)

 

[StarOfGlory]

Well.... recently in the last 10 years, the only QBs who have won Super Bowls with their arm is Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, and.... Nick Foles. Expecting Dak to be one of the first 2 is an impossible and unrealistic ask. Expecting him to be the last is possible, but shouldn't be the expectation as we gotta take into account it's one of those rare instances that just weirdly happened for some reason.

So I think even most Dak fans would agree having a great running game would help him greatly. But unlucky for us, Zeke fell off badly. The Zeke fans in 2016 thought he was Emmitt.... lol.

Even in the Nick Foles game, the Eagles ran for 164 while he passed for 373. Oddly, that game was the last hurrah for both LeGarrette Blount and Jay Ajayi. And IIRC, they did it with a back up at LT. Also, for you stat nerds, the Eagles finished 3rd in rushing that year while we finished 2nd! But we were only 26th in passing.

 

[CyberB0b]

I have defended Dak and he is not the bum that many like to believe is. But the team was way better when they beat Seattle and Tampa. Like to see them win one game when its at least an even match.

Dak isn’t a bum, but it’s clear that he can’t put the team on his back and win. He’s a guy who can beat up on bad teams and struggles vs the good ones. He needs a really good roster and staff to get over the hump. Unfortunately, his cap number, along with the inept front office, make that impossible.

Dak is a good player with a strong work ethic and a great leader, but he isn’t a great QB.

 

[cowboyed]

Dak will recover just fine from the Green Bay disaster which was also because of horrific cratering by the defense. Even introspectively, if he earnestly self-criticizes, he can always apply his generously large green poultice.

 

[Hadenough]

The problem is signing the largest contract in the league following the GB game. Jerry hangs him and McCarthy out to dry and then gets injured after a few games. A weird hamstring injury landed him on IR for the season. His pressure is now 100x greater than GB game IMO. I think this Jerry is why is aggressively determined to fix the run game.

I think your spot on with Jerry wanting to fix the run game but as we saw in the SB the Chiefs took away Barkley and it was Hurts to make plays. Even when Zeke was in his prime Dak still wasn't beating good teams.

 

[Hadenough]

Dak isn’t a bum, but it’s clear that he can’t put the team on his back and win. He’s a guy who can beat up on bad teams and struggles vs the good ones. He needs a really good roster and staff to get over the hump. Unfortunately, his cap number, along with the inept front office, make that impossible.

Dak is a good player with a strong work ethic and a great leader, but he isn’t a great QB.

Dak may not be bum but he sure plays like one in the playoffs.

 

[Einstein]

My opinion is that while he has definitely changed since college, some things stayed the same or similar. This bit from his NFL.com Draft Profile: 'Hyper aware of pressure around him and lacks awareness to slide and find temporary shelter to make throw. Concern over pressure too often trumps ability to get through progressions.'

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/dak-prescott/32005052-4528-5723-d1b2-96e92ebc1241

 

[Coogiguy03]

I don't know what's wrong. Sometimes Dak is brilliant for Long stretches he isn't.Too long for that much cap space

Id rather he be great more consistently especially against the better teams

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

Even with a good running game there will be plays where the opposing defense gets it right, and Dak folds under the pressure.
The mistakes will still be game killers.

When you have a seven point lead, are driving to make it a 14 point lead, one critical error can result in a tie ballgame.
Follow that up with a 3 and out,........
Game killer!

 

[SquidwardTentacles]

Id rather he be great more consistently especially against the better teams

Great players are great against better teams and when under pressure.

With a great QB, he might get stopped under pressure, or forced into the occasional mistake.

With Dak, he might succeed and might not make a mistake

 

[Vtwin]

My opinion is that while he has definitely changed since college, some things stayed the same or similar. This bit from his NFL.com Draft Profile: 'Hyper aware of pressure around him and lacks awareness to slide and find temporary shelter to make throw. Concern over pressure too often trumps ability to get through progressions.'

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/dak-prescott/32005052-4528-5723-d1b2-96e92ebc1241

And that is a fatal flaw. Unfixable.

 

[Eightneight]

His Rookie year there was never a real instance where things were put on his shoulder until maybe that GB game. Remember his rookie year it was run heavy with Dak playing a very secondary role in operating that offense. The more they added to his plate the worst he got.

Yep. It was dink and dunk dak for the first several years and the team was better for it. But as the potency of the run game faded, so did he.