Dak has less rushing yards than Rodgers and Flacco

[DallasEast]

I don't know how many times I yelled at the tv for Dak to run, then he stands there and gets Sacked...

A couple of weeks ago, my wife (the Broncos fan) happened to walk by me watching the game, screaming, "RUN! NO ONE'S OPEN! THERE IS GREEN GRASS! RUN!" She told me, "Stop yelling. They can't hear you."

Fast forward to last Thursday night. New Orleans. Denver. We were sitting in the Superdome. I believe it was the third quarter during a Broncos possession, when my wife started yelling, "WHY ARE YOU (she doesn't know the name of her team's starting quarterback ) STANDING THERE? EVERYONE'S COVERED! RUN! THERE IS NOBODY THERE TO... THANK YOU! hehe! HE GOT A FIRST DOWN! HE GOT A FIRST DOWN!" She had the giggles after that.

She asked me 'What?" after finally noticing I was staring upside her head. I said:

Me: "Remember a few weeks back, when you got onto me about screaming at the TV?"
Wife: "Yeah."
Me: "Remember what I was screaming about?"
Wife: "Yeah." (her annoyed look is creeping onto her face now)
Me: "Do you remember what you were just yelling?"
Wife: "Yeah. The guy was just STANDING there when he could have ran for... " (she stops talking)
Me: "Yeah."
Wife: "oh. Sorry. Shut up! Dallas isn't playing now anyway."
Me. "Yeah. And your team didn't hear you either."

I love my wife.

/stupid side story

 

[goshann]

He hasn’t been mobile since 2016. People wanted to make him something he’s not because he looked like other mobile running backs but he was never that guy. He was a passer who could run.

He can't run any more though. He was way more mobile in 2021 then he is now.

 

[MyFairLady]

Dak is a statue and will continue to crumble until he is purged.

 

[goshann]

Dak has never been a very athletic QB (comparatively to other NFL QBs). He’s had slow feet, an average release and not had good pocket presence. His first few years in the league he had a top 3 RB and a top 5 line. He also has always been a strong and tough runner. So, that’s why the first few years defenses had to respond that threat. His injury left him not wanting to run. And his running game got worse. So now he’s left with defenses not having to respect that he might run (albeit slowly). And he still has slow feet, is fairly immobile and and has shoddy pocket presence. So, I think it’s a fallacy that he was ever quick, fast or mobile. He just has gotten older and slower feet

Agree with your point for the most part, but he was above average in mobility and running for a QB when he came into the league. I mean he wasn't quick or fast, but he had enough to capitalize on running opportunities.

Now he is well below average and has gotten way slower, and he clearly does not want to run at all.

 

[BoysForLife]

This Stat doesn't reflect positively on Dak, but in all fairness Rodgers is pretty fast for a 40 year old who blew his Achilles out a year ago.....

 

[HMJYay]

Agree with your point for the most part, but he was above average in mobility and running for a QB when he came into the league. I mean he wasn't quick or fast, but he had enough to capitalize on running opportunities.

Now he is well below average and has gotten way slower, and he clearly does not want to run at all.

I don’t agree he has ever been above average in mobility. I do think he’s always been strong and tough and that helped him to be a threat of running. But, that’s just my opinion and I could be wrong!

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He can't run any more though. He was way more mobile in 2021 then he is now.

He was but Goff can’t run and can still keep the defense honest. You don’t need to run a 4.4 to run.

 

[Cowboys5217]

This Stat doesn't reflect positively on Dak, but in all fairness Rodgers is pretty fast for a 40 year old who blew his Achilles out a year ago.....

He's just a better QB all around than Dak.

 

[Proof]

I had the exact same injury as Dak ..... I am not surprised he cannot run.

hope no one made fun of your injury or constantly referenced it. that would be pretty lame.

 

[Proof]

I don't know how many times I yelled at the tv for Dak to run, then he stands there and gets Sacked...

dang. you couldn't have yelled louder? come on man, do your part.

 

[zrinkill]

hope no one made fun of your injury. that would be pretty lame.

Hmmmmm

How’d you get yours? Checking the mail?

Just by guys like this

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I had the exact same injury as Dak ..... I am not surprised he cannot run.

you had brain injury? sorry to hear that bro but it explains a lot

 

[zrinkill]

you had brain injury? sorry to hear that bro but it explains a lot

I do not make fun of Dak on anything except how he plays football in the playoffs and against good teams.

You can do that kinda stuff with others.

 

[shabazz]

This is planned. They are saving his running for the playoffs ,exactly like they are doing with Ezekiel.

Simple Load management......

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Can we finally end any discussions of PaPa Prescott's athleticism as a running threat?

He has 25 yards rushing this year. He runs like he's 50 years old.

OMG, after looking at some of the other QBs, this is such an over reaction. you put a needle hole in front of your eye, then looked through the key hole to find something.

cowboys are dead last in NFL in rushing, 114 yards behind 31st place team.....
there are 10 players who have more rushing yards than the cowboys.
there are 17 players that have more than 40 yards rushing, including Pollard!!!!


Cousins has -8 yards.....so then there is that. a QB many like you compare Dak to.
Carr has 22 yards which is 2.5% of saints rushing yards
herbert has 34 yards....a QB you all salivated over for a couple of years
Goff has 17, and his team has 933 yards rushing.
Stafford has -3 yards rushing
Jordan love 29 yards, and GB has 1085 yards rushing....more than twice the cowboys


Dak has 5% of cowboys rushing yards

let that sink in.....

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

He also stares down his #1 option and can’t make reads.

yet he has been top 5 passing per game in the past 5 years!!! interesting for a one read QB who stares down his only option. and supposedly he is not accurate...

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

A couple of weeks ago, my wife (the Broncos fan) happened to walk by me watching the game, screaming, "RUN! NO ONE'S OPEN! THERE IS GREEN GRASS! RUN!" She told me, "Stop yelling. They can't hear you."

Fast forward to last Thursday night. New Orleans. Denver. We were sitting in the Superdome. I believe it was the third quarter during a Broncos possession, when my wife started yelling, "WHY ARE YOU (she doesn't know the name of her team's starting quarterback ) STANDING THERE? EVERYONE'S COVERED! RUN! THERE IS NOBODY THERE TO... THANK YOU! hehe! HE GOT A FIRST DOWN! HE GOT A FIRST DOWN!" She had the giggles after that.

She asked me 'What?" after finally noticing I was staring upside her head. I said:

Me: "Remember a few weeks back, when you got onto me about screaming at the TV?"
Wife: "Yeah."
Me: "Remember what I was screaming about?"
Wife: "Yeah." (her annoyed look is creeping onto her face now)
Me: "Do you remember what you were just yelling?"
Wife: "Yeah. The guy was just STANDING there when he could have ran for... " (she stops talking)
Me: "Yeah."
Wife: "oh. Sorry. Shut up! Dallas isn't playing now anyway."
Me. "Yeah. And your team didn't hear you either."

I love my wife.

/stupid side story

The sweet joys of marriage.

You two been married awhile I bet.

 

[DallasEast]

The sweet joys of marriage.

You two been married awhile I bet.

31 years, four months, 12 days. And that is not counting the five years we dated beforehand.

And ladies! Do not give my post the evil eye! I put an engagement ring on it before the 31 years yada yada yada but I will not confess exactly when that took place.