Dak against top 10 defenses

[Nexx]

So when he does poorly against bad defenses.. what does that mean?

 

[Doomsday101]

Agreed. Most would have been happy to take 12 wins and fast forward to the playoffs if that was an option in the preseason.

Im happy with the season. You tend to win a few and lose a few you shouldn’t. It tends to even out.

Dak is paid $40M per year to start carrying this team to a SB. It starts now. Go earn that $40M per year dollar man title Dak.

I agree Dak has to play good ball but to get to where they want to be, guys on this team need to step up and play quality football or else they will not make it. Dak has to do his part but what I see with every championship team several players step up and make big plays be it offense or defense.

 

[TwentyOne]

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/opp.htm

What stat do you chose to get your rankings ?
I mean if i go with points allowed Philly is #18. And seriously nobody will consider Phillies defense a good one.

I guess to defend our QB next time someone will argue that the WFT defense was all world in our second game against them. :SMH:

Fact is that our #1 QB goes MIA against above average defenses. Watch one of his worst years in 2019. Watch those games.

The guy is a pre snap one read QB. He cant read post snap nor is he even good pre snap. KM designs a brilliant game plan for his skill set. But if the defenses take away his first read the guy is done.

People are crying for more crossing routes a more complex game plan or another WR as a deep threat. That is just rubbish. The guy just isnt able to do it and our coaches know that. They do their best to put him in the best position to succeed. But they also can only do so much. Just watch his QB options. The guy is not able to read the MLB/DE right on a constant basis. He is missing his read at least 50% of the time. But people want us to run him more. Thats just a joke.

Watch the last Phily game again and tell me when he made his first second read. The guy is flat our bad. Dont let you be fooled by misinterpreted stats.

 

[Verdict]

I agree Dak has to play good ball but to get to where they want to be, guys on this team need to step up and play quality football or else they will not make it. Dak has to do his part but what I see with every championship team several players step up and make big plays be it offense or defense.

Agreed. But the chances of getting there is low if Dak lays an egg. Hard to overcome that.

 

[CowboyFrog]

I agree Dak has to play good ball but to get to where they want to be, guys on this team need to step up and play quality football or else they will not make it. Dak has to do his part but what I see with every championship team several players step up and make big plays be it offense or defense.

This...from the HC down to the last roster spot..they all better bring it...its time and no one player can win this alone...

 

[Creeper]

#2 Carolina - 130.3 passer rating W
#4 New England - 108.7 passer rating W
#7 New Orleans - 79.7 passer rating W
#8 Broncos - 73.9 L
#10 Philly - game 1 143.3 W
game 2 151.8 W


Hmmm.. 5-1 with a cumulative passer rating in the 115 (114.6) range.. 18 TD 3 INT.

What was this I keep hearing about how he "struggles against good defenses?"

I think Dak's numbers against good defenses are probably proportional to the OLs performance against top defenses. When they give Dak a pocket his plays well. When he is under constant duress, he plays poorly - like any other QB.

But including the 2nd Eagles game is not really fair. That defense Dak saw would not be a top 10 defense under any circumstances. It was a bunch bunch of backups and some practice squad players.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I agree with this to a point - Dak can be inconsistent at times. But, I watched Mahomes last week and he was incredibly inconsistent as well - some of his throws were amazing and some were terrible. I know both QBs are paid incredibly well, and expectations should be high. But, these guys are human. I personally like Dak a lot and agree he's more than capable of helping us win a title. I don't think he's perfect, but I sure as he!! will be rooting for him and every Cowboy player and coach during the playoffs. I think we all agree, right...? We're all rooting for the Cowboys to win every week.

So you like the Celtics? I am a big celtics fan.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I think Dak's numbers against good defenses are probably proportional to the OLs performance against top defenses. When they give Dak a pocket his plays well. When he is under constant duress, he plays poorly - like any other QB.

But including the 2nd Eagles game is not really fair. That defense Dak saw would not be a top 10 defense under any circumstances. It was a bunch bunch of backups and some practice squad players.

I agree with everything you said here. The Eagles 2nd stringers was no competition. But at least he played off the chain as expected. And you could see the Oline getting a 1 yard push on the Dline. Its been a while since we saw that. Sadly, it hadnt to be 2nd stringers in order to do that.

 

[Mr_437]

Tell us how Dak will do vs the 49ers. If you have to defend a player every week he has flaws period...anybody have to defend Parsons, nope. Beat the 49ers keep the stats.

 

[CowboyRoy]

In a typical game both teams get 11-12 possessions and run 65-70 snaps. The Cards had 72 snaps while the Cowboys had 56. Also keep in mind that Zeurlein missed an easy FG early in that game too. That game should have been 10-10 at the half and if the defense gets a stop before the half and to start the second half the Cowboys get the ball with a chance to take the lead and control. Instead the defense gives up an easy FG at the end of the half and a long TD drive to start the second.. So instead of 10-10 or even 13-10 the Cowboys get the ball down 19-7 and Moore in panic mode.. Because we both know he panics any time they're not ahead by two scores.. He called pretty much nothing but pass plays the entire second half and hung his o-line and his QB out to dry.. If he does that in the playoffs we will be one and done.. No balance = no chance.

Again you fail to admit that the run game simply wasnt working. And when we say NOT working, literally not working. 1.8 ypc is a complete joke.

So your notion that he panicked or that we somehow should have continued to run nowhere is laughable. It was the passing game that got us back into the game.

Only time in 9 weeks the run game actually looked good was Saturday against 2nd stringers in Philly.

Despite what you continue to preach, the run game is as bad as it gets and to continue to rely on it will get us punted out of the playoffs as quickly as featuring Zeke gets us a 3 and out punt.

Until Zeke is no longer getting most of the carries or until the Oline becomes dominant, passing to open up the run is the way things need to go.

When the run game starts holding up their end, then we will see balance. Until then featuring the passing game is all we can do.

 

[RonnieT24]

Again you fail to admit that the run game simply wasnt working. And when we say NOT working, literally not working. 1.8 ypc is a complete joke.

So your notion that he panicked or that we somehow should have continued to run nowhere is laughable. It was the passing game that got us back into the game.

Only time in 9 weeks the run game actually looked good was Saturday against 2nd stringers in Philly.

Despite what you continue to preach, the run game is as bad as it gets and to continue to rely on it will get us punted out of the playoffs as quickly as featuring Zeke gets us a 3 and out punt.

Until Zeke is no longer getting most of the carries or until the Oline becomes dominant, passing to open up the run is the way things need to go.

When the run game starts holding up their end, then we will see balance. Until then featuring the passing game is all we can do.

That's a lotta words top say "blah blah blah.."

 

[CowboyRoy]

Tell us how Dak will do vs the 49ers. If you have to defend a player every week he has flaws period...anybody have to defend Parsons, nope. Beat the 49ers keep the stats.

Laughing at dumb posts isnt defending its just proving them wrong.

 

[RonnieT24]

So when he does poorly against bad defenses.. what does that mean?

Means he had a bad game.. Fortunately for us he doesn't have a lot of those..

 

[CowboyRoy]

That's a lotta words top say "blah blah blah.."

Repeating words to a poster that still doesnt get it. You think fixing the run game is to continue to run no matter the results or the score. Mindless. Thank heavens we dont have an OC that thinks like you do. This team would be 8-9 and missed the playoffs had we continued to feature Zeke and his 3 ypc skills the 2nd half of the year.

Zeke and his 5.5 ypc first half.........run it all day long. Zeke and his 3 ypc 2nd half...........no thank you.

Heck you dont even understand the basics of in game situation play calling. Down double digits in the 2nd half and you still want to pound Zeke up the middle at 1.8 ypc? LOL

We would have lost by 30.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Means he had a bad game.. Fortunately for us he doesn't have a lot of those..

So when Zeke has a poor game it means he did poorly?

 

[UncleRico]

LOL, the fact you include that 2nd Philly game knowing that they didn't play one starter that resulted in a Top 10 defense is so RonnieT, you just have to laugh.

Read it again- Just game 1 against Philly

 

[Section446]

Average QB, always has been, always will be.

 

[Dale]

Two things can be true at the same time. Dak can be an upper-echelon QB in the league (he is) while still holding an immense burden to prove he belongs there (he does).

 

[RonnieT24]

So when Zeke has a poor game it means he did poorly?

Yep.. just like every other player who has a bad game.. It's not all that complicated..

 

[Cowboys1fan]

#2 Carolina - 130.3 passer rating W
#4 New England - 108.7 passer rating W
#7 New Orleans - 79.7 passer rating W
#8 Broncos - 73.9 L
#10 Philly - game 1 143.3 W
game 2 151.8 W


Hmmm.. 5-1 with a cumulative passer rating in the 115 (114.6) range.. 18 TD 3 INT.

What was this I keep hearing about how he "struggles against good defenses?"

He struggles against good teams.. big games