Cooper Rush's replacement?

GINeric said:
Let's review that last statement. Now you said Dak is not that much better than Rush, correct? OK. Let me start off by saying that I don't think Dak is elite and he's probably not what we need moving forward to reach higher goals. This year may answer all of those questions.

With that said, Dak has been in the NFL for 7 seasons, but has really only played 6 due to injury.

Rush has played in the NFL for 6 seasons.... yet he's been a career practice squad player, he's been annually released and brought back on the practice squad. He struggles to pass for 100 yards in games. Hmmm....

Dak has started in the NFL since he came out of college as a 4th rounder and has pretty much outplayed every quarterback from round one to the final round in his draft class and earned himself a max contract.

Which quarterback did Rush play better in his draft class? Was Rush even drafted? If Rush and Dak was so close in skillset, how is it that Dak average probably 200 more yards passing than Rush? How come Rush never got a max contract?

Wait... wait... let me guess. Rush is so good that nobody came clamoring for his services and all 31 other GMs, scouts and coaches just missed the boat on the great unknown and talented Mr. Cooper Rush huh..... LOL!!!
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Dallas could have easily gone 10-7 or as high as 12-5 with Rush. Maybe better because they could have added some depth with the extra money. Rush is 5-1 as a starter the last 2 years. Just sayin. Dak isn't all that much better, but he sure costs a lot more. And I am sticking to my initial assessment: Better arm and overall talent, but slower and worse decision making.
 
Will it be Coop, will it be just a guy that we didn't want to spend much on because we don't want a QB controversy if he plays good while Dak is out. Or will we look to draft someone decent, NOT a guy like the previous drafting of Ben Dinnuci? Please give your thoughts....
 
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DeaconMoss said:
Dallas could have easily gone 10-7 or as high as 12-5 with Rush. Maybe better because they could have added some depth with the extra money. Rush is 5-1 as a starter the last 2 years. Just sayin. Dak isn't all that much better, but he sure costs a lot more. And I am sticking to my initial assessment: Better arm and overall talent, but slower and worse decision making.
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You said Rush would have led us to 10 - 12 wins??? How many times do you times do you think Rush's 100 yard outputs would have resulted in Ws??

What happened when Rush played against the Eagles?? 3 ints. That same Eagles defense that Dak shredded. So if Cooper is just as good as Dak, why didn't he shred the Eagles defense too?

As a matter of fact, what kind of performance did our defense have during Rush's 5 game win streak? Because Rush was barely clearing 100 yards passing per game.
 
yeah, I wish Rush would have put up more points in the wins. I think they give you 2 wins with more points and stats after each win.
 
USArmyVet said:
Rush mid-game mid-season prayer looking up to God wishing for a better QB....his prayers were answered whereas Dak is sitting there thinking: "Who will get the blame next for my poor play?"
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looks more like dak is thinking, "if I break this thumb again, I'll get back to the bench where I belong"
 
GINeric said:
You said Rush would have led us to 10 - 12 wins??? How many times do you times do you think Rush's 100 yard outputs would have resulted in Ws??

What happened when Rush played against the Eagles?? 3 ints. That same Eagles defense that Dak shredded. So if Cooper is just as good as Dak, why didn't he shred the Eagles defense too?

As a matter of fact, what kind of performance did our defense have during Rush's 5 game win streak? Because Rush was barely clearing 100 yards passing per game.
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Sort of a bit dishonest comparing Rush vs Dak vs Eagles defense.

Yes Rush threw 3 INT's as he had 1 int deflected in the air, 1 legitimate bad throw int, and 1 int that Lamb gave up on the route for fear of being hit (I mean if Dak can use WR's as excuses for INT's then why not Rush?).

That said, Rush brought Dallas back to a 20-17 deficit in the 4th quarter in spite of those 3 INT's but the Dallas defense allowed a 13 play 75-yard drive that took 7:37 off the clock and resulted in a TD and eventual 26-17 Eagles victory. The Dallas defense got 0 takeaways from Philly in that game (another Dak defense is to blame the defense for lack of takeaways) resulting in a 3-0 turnover differential in Philly's favor.

The game Dak played the Dallas defense got 4 takeaways (2 fumbles and 2 INT's) within their own territory (their 43, 36, and 22) as well as one in Dallas territory (40) which gave Dallas 20 points because Philly had Minshew at QB and not Hurts, the QB Rush faced in his game.

Am I saying Rush is better than Dak? Absolutely not but do not portray Dak as having "shredded the Eagles defense" is simply disingenuous.
 
Why not unretire Doug Flutie and sign him up. He has enough testosterone in his body after having access to Total-T in those commercials he is doing with Frank Thomas. Not only that but his pecker now is longer than he is tall so he can pole vault over pass rushers.
 
USArmyVet said:
Sort of a bit dishonest comparing Rush vs Dak vs Eagles defense.

Yes Rush threw 3 INT's as he had 1 int deflected in the air, 1 legitimate bad throw int, and 1 int that Lamb gave up on the route for fear of being hit (I mean if Dak can use WR's as excuses for INT's then why not Rush?).

That said, Rush brought Dallas back to a 20-17 deficit in the 4th quarter in spite of those 3 INT's but the Dallas defense allowed a 13 play 75-yard drive that took 7:37 off the clock and resulted in a TD and eventual 26-17 Eagles victory. The Dallas defense got 0 takeaways from Philly in that game (another Dak defense is to blame the defense for lack of takeaways) resulting in a 3-0 turnover differential in Philly's favor.

The game Dak played the Dallas defense got 4 takeaways (2 fumbles and 2 INT's) within their own territory (their 43, 36, and 22) as well as one in Dallas territory (40) which gave Dallas 20 points because Philly had Minshew at QB and not Hurts, the QB Rush faced in his game.

Am I saying Rush is better than Dak? Absolutely not but do not portray Dak as having "shredded the Eagles defense" is simply disingenuous.
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I respect your breakdown and have no problem with what you've stated. Dak can't be defended for the defense's lack of takeaways, but Dak CAN be defended when he puts us in position to win and then let Brady, Rodgers, and whoever else drive downfield in less than a minute to get a game winning fg. I've seen Dak get blamed for that....

Dak CAN be defended when he converts third downs, but flags fly because of holding, illegal formation or hands to the face. Or... games like last year's 49er playoff game... on pretty much most 3rd down plays when our defense made a stop, here comes a flag flying out for defensive holding, hands to the face, or pass interference. I've seen Dak blamed for that too.

Now you gave a breakdown on what ints were or were not Rush's fault. I understand what you're saying, but unfortunately there is an unwritten rule around here for our quarterbacks. ALL interceptions are the quarterback's fault in Dallas. That cover routes being ran incorrectly, the quarterback's arm getting hit, the quarterback's pass being tipped by linemen in his face, WRs dropping passes that touches both palms.

Now Dak had some horrendous ints by his own doing, but some of them were not his fault. But he was blamed for them anyway, so unfortunately, Rush is responsible for all three of those interceptions under the current CZ guidelines.
 
Bobhaze said:
The Cowboys need to draft a QB. I would really like seeing one drafted Day 2 if a good one falls to us.

The last nearly two decades, this organization has not been good about making the QB work to stay the starter. Dak needs to feel some pressure.

When Tony Romo was the guy, he was often lazy in his off season prep. (Apparently much like he is as a broadcaster) I know a guy who used to play in a church basketball league with Romo during the off-season back around 2012. He said he was surprised how out of shape Romo was. Dak seems to stay in very good shape but IMO he needs to feel some heat this off-season to up his game.

We should be drafting a QB more often. You never know when one of them can turn into something special.
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Jerry even made a statement to the effect recently that drafting a QB on a regular basis likely should have been a plan long ago. Was he just spouting BS to make his intensions sound appealing? Maybe we'll see the verdict on that when the next draft comes around?! We shall see.
 
DeaconMoss said:
Dallas could have easily gone 10-7 or as high as 12-5 with Rush. Maybe better because they could have added some depth with the extra money. Rush is 5-1 as a starter the last 2 years. Just sayin. Dak isn't all that much better, but he sure costs a lot more. And I am sticking to my initial assessment: Better arm and overall talent, but slower and worse decision making.
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It blows my mind that folks dismiss the fact he has gone 5-1 as starter and act as though its incomprehensible those results could have been attainable.
 
GINeric said:
You said Rush would have led us to 10 - 12 wins??? How many times do you times do you think Rush's 100 yard outputs would have resulted in Ws?? He is 5-1 as a starter so I guess quite a few.

What happened when Rush played against the Eagles?? 3 ints. That same Eagles defense that Dak shredded. So if Cooper is just as good as Dak, why didn't he shred the Eagles defense too? Shred? LOL. Dak was a miracle fumble recovery away from losing to the Minshew moustache! Why didn't Dak "shred" the no playoff commanders? or the no playoff Packers? or the barely made the dance Jaguars?

As a matter of fact, what kind of performance did our defense have during Rush's 5 game win streak? Defense gave up 19 against SF. 6 were bc of Dak's picks. Thats good support given the short fields they were up against. Because Rush was barely clearing 100 yards passing per game. Not Factual. And Who cares about the stats? Win the game.
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diamonddelts said:
Mayfield is hot garbage
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Perhaps but he rolled into LA and within 40 hours got them a win. "And Mayfield directed the 17-16 win in the most improbable of ways, a 98-yard drive with no timeouts in the final 1 minute, 45 seconds". Pretty good for a guy who had no idea who most of his teammates were or the offense.

Besides, you're supposedly talking about a backup. Aren't most organizations ecstatic if the backup can get them thru a few games without losing them all? A former #1 pick as a backup. Seems like a pretty good situation.
 
McKDaddy said:
It blows my mind that folks dismiss the fact he has gone 5-1 as starter and act as though its incomprehensible those results could have been attainable.
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he sucks. end of story. come to grips.

but sounds like you attribute a 100 yard outing, 13 point offensive output win to Rush's ability to win games. the defense scoring a TD and gifting them a field goal is immaterial...right?
 
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