Dak is not a smart player

[khiladi]

Remember when I was saying that we wasted a tight Sb window by starting this bum and we will need to rebuild the roster again, while catering to this scrub which will show him for what he really is.

Congratulations, we are now here, blaming everybody under the sun but Dak. This guy is literally a pick 6 waiting to happen. When this guy is struggling, he is the GOAT of struggling.

I mean this is the dude that took ONE WEEK in year 3 to throw a TD in training camp in a “Dak-friendly offense”. We also knew he didn’t “practice well”, but the excuse was he had “the it” factor on game-day. You see what not practicing well does to your OC being able to develop a solid game as well as WR chemistry. Seven years of baby-sitting this guy.

Even this year, when Rush was winning the story was Dak needs to “manage” the game.

Dude is not smart. He checks out of plays, he makes questionable decisions, he stares down his WRs, because he doesn’t have processing capability…. None of it is a “conspiracy”. They have milked whatever they could out of Dak. This guy has been getting treatment from the FO way beyond what other QBs in a similar situation would have.

 

[NotForLong]

So sick of Dak being compared to Romo. Dak is not even half as good as Romo. Only reason they get discussed as comparable is because Romo had to suffer through years of unwarranted fan hate.. first half of Romo's career was ruined behind a woeful Oline (like really woeful).. then the second half was ruined by some poor HC by garrett. Then his body started to fail right when the squad was there for him. Then 2016 happened.

Romo has shown.. and still shows in the booth.. that he is the opposite of Dak.. a smart operator that could read a defence and absolutely understood the game of football. Dak is just another overrated QB that is not worth the hype. His best year STILL is his rookie year.. FFS.. imagine if Teebow was still a thing because remember he had that good year once.. I mean FFS Colin K can't even get a back up gig.. but Dak keeps on rolling. Dumb decisions, blown plays, we've replaced the playbook for him, the WRs for him, the Oline for him.. how many careers does Dak burn before you just come to the natural conclusion he is trash?!

Name one career that was WORSE because of Romo.. name one dude that played better after leaving Romo? Romo was a HOF calibre QB.. Dak is a bus driving hack who was in the right place at the right time. I will say it to the day I die.. If Dak lands on ANY other team.. we would never have even heard his name. He would have washed out years ago.. another fourth round speculative pick that bounced around as a back up before heading off to do other things.

Zeke makes Dak better, Coop made Dak better, Pollard makes Dak better, CeeDee makes Dak better, Witten made Dak better, Gallup (last year) made Dak better...
Again.. name one dude that Dak has 'made' better?!! I'll wait.

That dude in the mail room that he played Spades with . . . totally elevated His game

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

He's physically gifted. He's tough. He leaves it all out on the field. He doesn't let bad plays get him down. He says the right things and represents the team well, and his teammates seem to like him. That's all great.

He's also a better quarterback than most.

But if this season has proven one thing, it is this: Dak Prescott is not a smart player.

How can anyone even argue otherwise?

Over and over again, Dak makes the same mistakes. He makes terrible throws to the other team in the worst spots. He throws to receivers who are double and triple covered.

Each time Dak throws a crippling interception, he gets up at the podium after the game and says the same thing: Can't happen. Won't happen. I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

And then he does it again. And again. And again.

What else can you call a player who doesn't learn?

In tonight's game, Dak threw a terrible ball that would have been yet another easy pick-6, if not for Fuller falling down and dropping it. So what does he do ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY? He throws an even worse ball TO THE SAME SPOT, AND TO THE SAME DEFENDER. Pick 6.

The announcers were tripping over themselves not to call him stupid. Because it was stupid.

Did he learn from it? No. He kept throwing to receivers with two or three Washington players draped all over them.

Oh, sure, we'll win more than we lose with Dak. We'll even put up 30 and 40 points sometimes and look great. But it's an illusion. We won't win games THAT MATTER unless someone can figure out how to fix a quarterback who makes bad decisions this often.

that interception was pathetic throw. ugly. never should have been thrown. its the most dangerous throw in NFL as often if you are not good at it, then exactly what happened, happens. awful. ugly. unexcusable.

 

[NotForLong]

I wasn't a fan but I have to admit Scott Linehan knew what he had with Dak from the beginning that's why he got him out of the pocket immediately. The minute they put Dak in the pocket the flaws began to show. Many of us commented on his throws down the middle were always behind the receivers . It was a sign.
Now he's steering his throws which is even worse, they are really late. If he tries to put something extra on the ball it sails high. Now he's become totally ineffective. Last year the division was crap and we thrived, this year the whole NFC is garbage with the exception of a handful of teams. Dak survives, he has a stout OL, superior RBs , solid TEs, and CeeDee who can't be covered and explodes after the catch.
The bottom line.
We're stuck with Dak for at least 2 seasons, the only way forward is to draft a QB or TWO and let the competition begin.
I love Daks intangibles, but he's done in the NFL.

What intangibles? . . . If your QB is paid 40 million a year and is inefficient and lacking as you described him . . . and everybody has to pick up the slack for Him . . . Isn't That an INTANGIBLE . . . a terrible terrible intangible that cancels out any other "Perceived" intangibles

 

[NotForLong]

He’s Carson Wentz with a better personality.

better personality? He shows his *** every opportunity He gets . . . The local media treats him with kid gloves ever since He got here . . . So that is why he is smiling all the time

 

[NotForLong]

Can't dispute that......but our OC is not smart also........so that means two people controlling the offense or key to the offense that aren't smart. How's that gonna work?

Lol . . . I use to think there was a huge group of fans on here that hated the OC . . . Now I realize it is just you mentioning him all the time

 

[Flamma]

He's physically gifted. He's tough. He leaves it all out on the field. He doesn't let bad plays get him down. He says the right things and represents the team well, and his teammates seem to like him. That's all great.

He's also a better quarterback than most.

But if this season has proven one thing, it is this: Dak Prescott is not a smart player.

How can anyone even argue otherwise?

Over and over again, Dak makes the same mistakes. He makes terrible throws to the other team in the worst spots. He throws to receivers who are double and triple covered.

Each time Dak throws a crippling interception, he gets up at the podium after the game and says the same thing: Can't happen. Won't happen. I'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

And then he does it again. And again. And again.

What else can you call a player who doesn't learn?

In tonight's game, Dak threw a terrible ball that would have been yet another easy pick-6, if not for Fuller falling down and dropping it. So what does he do ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY? He throws an even worse ball TO THE SAME SPOT, AND TO THE SAME DEFENDER. Pick 6.

The announcers were tripping over themselves not to call him stupid. Because it was stupid.

Did he learn from it? No. He kept throwing to receivers with two or three Washington players draped all over them.

Oh, sure, we'll win more than we lose with Dak. We'll even put up 30 and 40 points sometimes and look great. But it's an illusion. We won't win games THAT MATTER unless someone can figure out how to fix a quarterback who makes bad decisions this often.

What's strange is he's never been that kind of QB. He's always been willing to take the sack over taking chances. Now he's looking more like Tony Romo without the plus side of Tony Romo.

 

[noshame]

What intangibles? . . . If your QB is paid 40 million a year and is inefficient and lacking as you described him . . . and everybody has to pick up the slack for Him . . . Isn't That an INTANGIBLE . . . a terrible terrible intangible that cancels out any other "Perceived" intangibles

I'm trying to be kind

 

[NotForLong]

Well wriiten post and good points. Yes you are the voice of sanity. I agree with everything you said. We need an OC in here to coach the offense to play to his strengths and play away from his weaknesses. When Dak tries to be Mahomes and Allen it fails. He also not smart enough to make better decisions when trying to play hero ball. I'd like to see Moore replaced this year to see what Dak really is with an OC that gameplans better.

You people crack me up . . . out one side of your mouth you claim Dak is not Malholmes or Allen and then out of the other side of your mouths you are giving Dak all the praise for having the "Top" scoring offense the last 2 years

Helllllloooooooo How do you think that happened?

It happened on spite of Dak . . . Because of the OC . . .

You people just have to come to terms that when things are braking down no one can save Dak from Himself

And instead of praising Moore and wanting to retain him . . . You all want to dump him in favor of a 7 year veteran who has limitations that have to be micromanaged

Nobody knows Dak better then Kellen and there is no one out there that can cuddle Dak

 

[NotForLong]

He’s also like you said, not smart.. he stares down his WRs.. which people blame on Moore..

The OL and RG has masked his deficiencies to a large degree.

Yet the Fan Boys are throwing That unit under the bus this week.

Its amazing

 

[NotForLong]

What's strange is he's never been that kind of QB. He's always been willing to take the sack over taking chances. Now he's looking more like Tony Romo without the plus side of Tony Romo.

He is looking more like a 40 year old Vinny Testaverde

 

[Cmac]

Lol . . . I use to think there was a huge group of fans on here that hated the OC . . . Now I realize it is just you mentioning him all the time

You're good......yep I came up with Air Coryell Jr label (pass-happy)......I rip him with the predicatability. I've praised him, also (believe it or not). But I hold him accountable for the offense issues.....he is the OC. McCarthy is at the top of responsibility, without question, but KMoore just don't inherit immunity nor unaccountability. I don't hate him.......I hate the performance that is displayed.......just like we do with the players.

 

[nhcowboysfan]

Fire Kellen Moore. His play book only has 36 plays in it. If Tom Brady ran an offense with only 36 plays in the playbook he was struggle too.

When Moore goes vanilla everything is a little too obvious.

36 plays! I would be thrilled if KM had a playbook with 36 plays. It would be preferable to the same half dozen run plays and pass plays he tortures us with every week.

 

[NotForLong]

Have to admit...I was a LITTLE surprised he threw a should-have-been interception...then next play the exact same pass for an interception.

That is...NOT smart.

You were surprised. . . I was perplexed . . . then when I seen America's Cowboys explanation . . . I was stupefied

But since I am constantly reminded that we are stuck with him for 2 more years . . . I just shrug it all off because I am NUMB

 

[Flamma]

He is looking more like a 40 year old Vinny Testaverde

Good comparison. Because that's exactly what he's looking like. Because Vinnie had his moments too. The only difference is Vinnie had that problem his entire career. I think he threw 5 picks in the national championship game. I remember thinking I feel sorry for the team that drafts him.

 

[mahoneybill]

Dak lost on most plays using his legs today. And our 11 million dollar Schultz'kowski couldn't save him (on 9 targets for 33 yards) 2 weeks in a row!!! OOF!!

Ha ha ha

Wake up Kellen Moore!!!

Those tes are cursed at scoring tds in the playoffs

Schultz is no young Witten or Jay Novacek. Dak is overly dependent on him

 

[mahoneybill]

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[mahoneybill]

Play books in the 90's had like 180 pages. Play books these days have over 500 pages. So don't compare play calling back then to play calling now. Because is one thing isn't working these days you just switch to something else.


Moore calls too many runs up the middle. He calls too many post routes in the middle of the secondary. And he calls too many out routes. Where has Dak's interceptions been committed this year? On out routes and post routes. That's not a coincidence. It's easy for the defense to defend a play when they know what's coming.

Now why don't you explain to me why the cornerback just stood there, with no immediate deep help, on the pick 6. Our wide receiver could have ran right by that guy if you wanted too. So why was the coverage so good on that play?

Teams know our route structures

CD appears to change them to get open . No quick slants either like other teams or crossing variations like the machlin TD route

 

[khiladi]

Cowboys win, despite Dak struggling:

We got the number 1 offense in the NFL. Dak is the bomb.

Cowboys lose, with Dak struggling:

It’s Moore’s fault. He sucks at calling plays.

Moore has been tweaking the offense every year to cater to this mediocrity. All the Dak-Stan’s when Rush was QB was saying the “play calling” was different and they need Dak in this offense. Now we are back to “it’s Moore’s fault”.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Lol . . . I use to think there was a huge group of fans on here that hated the OC . . . Now I realize it is just you mentioning him all the time

I assure you, its not just him.

Could be "working with what he has" i suppose.