Dak Critics haven't been proven wrong

[Chasing6]

Dak is Dak until he wins a SB. As is any other quarterback that hasn't. Doesn't mean he's a bad quarterback. Just mean he hasn't won the big one yet. From a line of quarterbacks that hasn't. From Dan Fouts to Marino -Romo to now. Does that make them bad quarterbacks? No. Just not Championship ones.

Not a Championship team.

 

[Qcard]

Ahh yes. You remember the "you can't teach accuracy" lol?

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Wow. Surprised this hasn't reached 30 page yet. Is there a Dak topic burnout? Where is @leeblair and @MountaineerCowboy. We need them to contribute more than 30 comments....don't tell me they are burning out too. Hell must have frozen over.

I am sure the mods will be called ..but hey!!!

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

He played well against Philly que no?

What month are we in? I can't remember

Is is Daktember? Or Daktober?

All I know isnits not January.

January.

Remember that word....before we get into "Dak has proven his critics wrong" arguments again

 

[Qcard]

Wow. Surprised this hasn't reached 30 page yet. Is there a Dak topic burnout? Where is @leeblair and @MountaineerCowboy. We need them to contribute more than 30 comments....don't tell me they are burning out too. Hell must have frozen over.

I am sure the mods will be called ..but hey!!!

Dak Haters crash out every time the Cowboys win....do you know how hard that is with moving Goalposts

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I’ve always said we don’t have to like or support all of the moving pieces to support the sum. But for 60 minutes each week we are rooting them on.

But that’s not what’s happening here on the most part IMO by a select few.

That's a big assumption.

Not sure what you are using for criteria ...evidence. a couple trolls? Why give a (VERY!) "select few" the time of day.

It's what they want.

 

[Diehardblues]

That's a big assumption.

Not sure what you are using for criteria ...evidence. a couple trolls? Why give a (VERY!) "select few" the time of day.

It's what they want.

I agree and wish everyone would ignore. But first they must be identified for ALL to see. So every time they’re seen we know to ignore and or just respond with a laugh poking fun at them for trolling.

That will eventually run them off. Credible responses or attempts to carry on dialogue or discussions is futile and will feed their existence. I still see too many actually taking them serious.

This forum has enough heated exchanges with credible Cowboy fans to need a very few Trolls attempting to stir up the board which waste everyone’s time.

 

[DFWJC]

Dak is playing really well so far.

team MVP, imo


Just a reminder regarding Romo 2014....and is not at all a knock on Dak.....
Romo was the first QB in NFL history to lead the league in QB rating in BOTH the regular season and playoffs.
That dude was in a serious ninja mode zone that year

 

[JayNovacek84]

The highest paid player ever gets no sympathy from me.

Be better.

But he is doing better, even his harshest critics are admitting he's playing better than ever

 

[diamonddelts]

Dak is playing really well so far.

team MVP, imo


Just a reminder regarding Romo 2014....and is not at all a knock on Dak.....
Romo was the first QB in NFL history to lead the league in QB rating in BOTH the regular season and playoffs.
That dude was in a serious ninja mode zone that year

One an done in the playoffs.

 

[cowboyed]

Of course not

Dak has played well in the regular season most of his career

Daks problems are freezing up in the playoffs

Dak has played well in 3 out of 5 games this year .......... really well ......... but we are still 2-2-1

If Dak gets us in the playoffs and plays well there ........... he will have proven his doubters wrong.

Dak deserves his shortcomings in the playoffs proportionately with the rest of a flawed talented team not post season caliber due to a lack of quality or developed backups. That may be changing under this new coaching regime which certainly has done well preparing other players due to the significant amount of starting player injuries.

 

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

Dak should face criticism when he deserves it. Like any other human on earth. Just like he deserves plaudits when they are earned. But it's comments like "do better" when he puts up 40 but doesn't win the game due to circumstances beyond his control, gets plastered on these threads, that are just garbage and only intended to cause arguments and not debates. There is no QB playing better then Dak over the first 5 weeks. Doesn't mean he is elite. Doesn't mean he will be at the same level over the next 5 weeks. Doesn't mean he will be the reason they win or lose in the playoffs. Only Cowboys QBs would get blamed for not winning the game when scoring 40 points. It's bizarre. Or it's fuels by hatred. Or it's fueled by people so bored with their life they feel the need to cause **** in forums like this.

 

[Redline360]

Daks playoff games:

2016 GB: face value stats it looks like Dak outplayed Rodgers but it's not the case. Dallas was down 28-13 going into the 4th. 3 score differential. 2/3rds of the game they did nothing until GB went prevent defense to start the 4th. Then they finally got on a roll and started clicking but it was to little to late. Good finish by the offense though.

2018 Seattle: down going into the 4th in a close game. Zeke did most of the heavy lifting most of the game but Dak and co did come through in the 4th to put the game away. Good finish by Dak in a tough fought game.

2018 Rams: down 1 score going into the 4th so on paper looks like the game was close but in reality it was ugly. 220+ rushing yards given up and they crushed us in T.O.P. Seattle shut down our run game and we became one dimensional. This game is not on Dak by any means since the defense got walked over but they did struggled to move the ball when they had the chance. Goff was pedestrian at best too.

2021 niners: down 3 scores going into the 4th. Dak and the offense was atrocious.

2022 Bucs: Crushed them but they had no right being in the playoffs (8-10). Missing (2) pro bowl OL and their defense/secondary buy the end of the season consisted of camp bodies.

2022 niners: defense did its thing. Offense was atrocious once again.

2023 packers: defense was atrocious and the offense was no help. Big numbers on paper for Dak(fave value) but in reality he did absolutely nothing for the most part until GB pulled starters in the 4th and went prevent.

So in reality when you look deeper into the games Dak and the offense outside the Bucs game has been stagnant and down going into the 4th almost every game. Big numbers late when its to late. IMO Daks best playoff game even though the face value stats show otherwise would be the Seahawks game. Dak and the offense came up big in the 4th and the defense had a few big stops. Not accounting the bucs game of course.

 

[leeblair]

Most of the comments here are a darn embarrassment. I'm embarrassed for y'all. That's how bad y'all sound. Grown men who still can't give credit where credit is due for the franchise QB of your supposedly NFL team just because you personally don't like him. That's embarrassing.

See, here's what the Dakbots refuse to acknowledge:
It's not personal with Dak.
We don't like the way he pretends to be a great quarterback, but then chokes EVERY time it's his turn to be the reason the Cowboys are better.
We recognize that Dak is NOT a leader. He doesn't have a leader's mentality. He'll play fine as long as the Cowboys are collectively beating up on a team, but he has NEVER stepped up and led the Cowboys in a game in which they needed him to play great.
Dak is a pretender. He plays for money and he loves stepping up to the mic and taking ALL of the credit when the rest of the team dominates.
But HE IS THE REASON THE COWBOYS HAVE NOT WON AT LEAST ONE SUPER BOWL DURING HIS TIME IN DALLAS.
DAK IS NOT NFL CALIBER!!!

 

[G2]

The serial critic trolls have an extra chromosome. Just ignore the flies.

 

[Proof]

we've seen this story plentyof times before, so it's hard to get excited. but i will say he does seem *different* and it started with the jalen carter incident for me. they way he broke huddle and went to jaw with him seemed like a different more confident dak, and the season thus far has supported that. here's hoping. but only hoping.

 

[Hadenough]

See, here's what the Dakbots refuse to acknowledge:
It's not personal with Dak.
We don't like the way he pretends to be a great quarterback, but then chokes EVERY time it's his turn to be the reason the Cowboys are better.
We recognize that Dak is NOT a leader. He doesn't have a leader's mentality. He'll play fine as long as the Cowboys are collectively beating up on a team, but he has NEVER stepped up and led the Cowboys in a game in which they needed him to play great.
Dak is a pretender. He plays for money and he loves stepping up to the mic and taking ALL of the credit when the rest of the team dominates.
But HE IS THE REASON THE COWBOYS HAVE NOT WON AT LEAST ONE SUPER BOWL DURING HIS TIME IN DALLAS.
DAK IS NOT NFL CALIBER!!!

Well said! when we say we hate Dak, it's Dak the NFL QB. Dude makes me sick when he doesn't shoulder responsibility for these playoff losses. Yeah he said something about that GB loss but all those years he kept saying we need to get better.
You look at Hurts and their offense right now and I see Brown dropping a lot of balls and Hurts saying he takes full responsibility for the offensive struggles.
That's a leader mentality.
Dak had a chance in that GB game in OT to erase some of his past. Tolbert makes a great catch. A handoff to Williams is stuffed, Dak tries to run! He always resorts to a run in the biggest moments. Doesn't make it. 3rd down and throws the ball out the back of the endzone. Why aren't they throwing to the tight end who takes two steps into the end zone and boxes is defender out. Why aren't they throwing a quick slant. I'll tell you why because Daks not accurate. That was the perfect simulated pressure moment of a playoff game and boom they end up with a field goal.

 

[Swagger]

They were never right.

What exactly are they criticizing?

Are they criticizing his contract? Did he put a gun to Jerry's head? Ultimately, who is responsible for that contract ?

Being the highest paid player in the NFL has absolutely nothing to do with being the best. Nothing! That contract is based on the management's desire to keep him on the team. If anyone doesn't like that contract then they can go knock of Jerry's door and let him know instead of pointing their dissatisfaction at the guy who said "yes" just like anybody else on this forum would have done.

Is it his playoff performance?

Seven playoff games, 14 TDs and 7 INTs, a two to one ratio.

This 2-1 TD to INT ratio in the playoffs ranks him 27th among the 106 quarterbacks in NFL Super Bowl era history that threw 100 or more passes in the playoffs.

That ratio is better than Jared Goff, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Steve Young, Brett Favre, Lamar Jackson, Cam Newton, Donovan McNabb, Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger and John Elway to name a few.

Dak threw 2 INTs twice in a playoff game. That is not the reason the team lost.

A true contending team would have the back of their quarterback when they are struggling. In A span of 3-4 playoff games, No quarterback is going to be consistently flawless against the best playoff defenses.

Nobody remembers that Tom Brady threw three consecutive INT's late in the 2020 NFC championship game because the team still won thanks to their defense.

Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Russel Wilson, Andrew Luck are just a few examples of quarterbacks that threw 3 or more INTs in a playoff game and their team won. That is what championship teams do. The other 52 members of the team believe they can hold some influence over the outcome of a game..

Dak has a 64% completion rate in the playoffs, ranking him 17th among 106 QBs that threw 100 or more passes in the playoffs..I counted 22 Super Bowl champion quarterbacks with a lower completion rate, six of them in the past 15 years.

Dak is not the reason the Cowboys lose early in the playoffs, nor was Romo previously. We all know the real reason, It has been consistent, glaring and obvious now for 3 decades. It is the most important "position" if you look at a franchise as a team concept..

The person occupying that position today has what could be considered a binding, lifetime, fully guaranteed, no-cut contract..

That is far more egregious than anything you will read in the contract of Dak Prescott.

Context is everything.

Dak has massaged his stats in the play offs e.g., it was a blowout against the Packers until he racked up garbage time touchdowns against prevent defense.

Of the 3 interceptions Brady threw against the Packers in the 2020 NFC Championship game at least two of those were effectively arm punts. I do agree he had the better defense and offensive line compared with Rodgers and that's why the Bucs won.

The interceptions Dak has thrown in the play offs have tended to be at very bad times and with far worse consequences like the pick 6 against Green Bay.

Dak is worse than his stats would indicate in the play offs.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Well said! when we say we hate Dak, it's Dak the NFL QB. Dude makes me sick when he doesn't shoulder responsibility for these playoff losses. Yeah he said something about that GB loss but all those years he kept saying we need to get better.
You look at Hurts and their offense right now and I see Brown dropping a lot of balls and Hurts saying he takes full responsibility for the offensive struggles.
That's a leader mentality.
Dak had a chance in that GB game in OT to erase some of his past. Tolbert makes a great catch. A handoff to Williams is stuffed, Dak tries to run! He always resorts to a run in the biggest moments. Doesn't make it. 3rd down and throws the ball out the back of the endzone. Why aren't they throwing to the tight end who takes two steps into the end zone and boxes is defender out. Why aren't they throwing a quick slant. I'll tell you why because Daks not accurate. That was the perfect simulated pressure moment of a playoff game and boom they end up with a field goal.

So full of baloney. It's predictable before you even type. You never once complained against Romo when he never once took blame for his mishaps, especially during the playoffs. Never. It was always "we got to do better" with him. At least Dak takes blame at times. Never heard it from Romo. Yet, here you are lying once again as usual.

 

[TheCritic]

Having said all that, this year he isn't proving critics wrong, he's just seems to have elevated his play and worked on overcoming those legitimate criticisms.

Because you see..Dak proving critics wrong doesn't mean Dak is proving critics wrong. The sky is blue but if you squint real hard like you're taking a dump, then the sky is really purple. You see...!?!?!?