I understand if you look at the stats it tells a different story from what we all saw happen on the field. On the field, Dak shut down early in 2022 vs San Francisco, and again in 2023 vs Green Bay. He doesn't put up points until the game is basically over. He allows the Cowboys defense to take the heat for him not producing; add in the interceptions that help the opposing team, and you see that the Cowboys defense was in games they couldn't win. Dak not only doesn't produce, but he helps the opposing team.
So yes, it is a team sport. But in this instance, the team will never succeed with a perennial weak link at quarterback.
Let me make it clear; I'm sure Dak is a decent guy off the field, and I don't hate him. I see him purely objectively, and that tells me that he doesn't have the "it" factor that top quarterbacks have, or any real quarterback has. He doesn't lead; he follows. If the Cowboys are beating up on a team, he will jump in and take his part. But when the Cowboys need him to be the reason they are a top tier team, he disappears from view. He doesn't make anything happen that makes the Cowboys better.
The stats tell a different story. They show that he puts up big numbers. But they don't show that he is absent when the game is really on the line, and only produces when the opposing defenses are playing loose because the game is already out of question.
If Dak hadn't spotted Green Bay 14 points in the first half, the Packers only have 14 points at the end of that half. Instead, they were up 27-0 before the Cowboys even scored, and that score came after the game was already decided.
Dak has choked away division titles, and he chokes every time the pressure is on him to be the difference maker. He simply isn't the kind of guy that leads a team to greatness. Instead, he's the kind of guy that will jump on the pile after everyone else has done the work.
