Dak is the only reason the Cowboys have had a chance

[Rockport]

Since Dak was drafted, the Cowboys have an 80-51-1 record. He’s the only reason that they’ve even remotely contended for a deep run in the playoffs. His record is despite most seasons having a sub par defense or an offense with no running game or only 1 WR. He’s never had good defense with an offense like he has now. Uneducated fans are too ignorant to understand it takes a team to win and not just 1 person. If it only took 1 person, then the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls.

 

[Reality]

I am not blaming Dak for the losses this season as he has played well considering, but I think Aubrey is the Cowboys most important player this season.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Since Dak was drafted, the Cowboys have an 80-51-1 record. He’s the only reason that they’ve even remotely contended for a deep run in the playoffs. His record is despite most seasons having a sub par defense or an offense with no running game or only 1 WR. He’s never had good defense with an offense like he has now. Uneducated fans are too ignorant to understand it takes a team to win and not just 1 person. If it only took 1 person, then the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls.

Facts. We are lucky to have him.

 

[Risen Star]

He has put this entire franchise on his back for a decade.

Without him we'd be back in the Romo years of identical results.

 

[big dog cowboy]

He’s the only reason that they’ve even remotely contended for a deep run in the playoffs.

That's not the goal.

 

[blueblood70]

I am not blaming Dak for the losses this season as he has played well considering, but I think Aubrey is the Cowboys most important player this season.

Well this is true but lots of kickers especially the good ones usually lead the league in points and fantasy points it happens that they're part of special teams that we're talking about Offense and defense primarily.

Nobody was trying to leave him out on purpose... I remember a time when Dan Bailey and Nick Folk and hell even Brett Maher at one point were very important they're all important to the team that's why it's important to have one that's like Aubrey..

 

[thunderpimp91]

Yes Dak is the only reason the Cowboys can do anything good and hes the only quality player this team has had over the last decade.....and this is coming from the dude who calls everyone haters.

 

[blueblood70]

Since Dak was drafted, the Cowboys have an 80-51-1 record. He’s the only reason that they’ve even remotely contended for a deep run in the playoffs. His record is despite most seasons having a sub par defense or an offense with no running game or only 1 WR. He’s never had good defense with an offense like he has now. Uneducated fans are too ignorant to understand it takes a team to win and not just 1 person. If it only took 1 person, then the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls.

Look I like to just talk about this game by game and it's all that there had to been a hate post for Prescott as if he had a bad game no he and Lamb just off the top of my head we're the only players that look like themselves in that game they showed up to play everybody else didn't and I don't want to leave anyone out I know other people had some decent plays here and there but really the rest of the team just sucked so yeah the only reason we were in the Lions game was because of Prescott/Lamb and then we had to come on here and hear that he can't play in big games he can't finish really because that's not what I saw..

Might have even been a different game had Lamb played all the way to the end maybe some of those targets would have went to him Maybe he makes a different type of play and doesn't fumble it or have it intercepted off their hands But yes this year he's been harassed he's been pressured he's been in games where they had almost no chance because of the defense and he's played great and he should be given some props instead of the negative he's only a regular season stat guy when he played 4 games in a row since the bye week that were all considered playoff atmosphere and even the Lions game he I think he played very well considering everything else around him..

 

[Reality]

Well this is true but lots of kickers especially the good ones usually lead the league in points and fantasy points it happens that they're part of special teams that we're talking about Offense and defense primarily.

Nobody was trying to leave him out on purpose... I remember a time when Dan Bailey and Nick Folk and hell even Brett Maher at one point were very important they're all important to the team that's why it's important to have one that's like Aubrey..

I was speaking about this season, not kickers in general or even Aubrey in general.

For example, his 64-yard field goal against the Giants is the only reason the Cowboys won that game and that's before you consider the taken-for-granted 46 yard field goal to win it and the countless 50+ yard field goals he's made this season.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I just think there’s a disconnect between coach quarterback and gm

For example eberflus plays soft to end the Detroit game when we needed a stop to get the ball back. Why not all out blitz and take a chance? A touchdown beats you the same as a first down does anyways right? Looks like he just kept his head into his own stats and called what he calls. Team results be damned


Similar for dak. Situationally garbage. I saw him drop back on his own goal line and I’m thinking ain’t no way this 11 year vet is gonna deer in headlights a sack here


I don’t wanna hear about the tackles. Know your personnel. Know your opportunities and your risk reward.


I just think a dak lead team will always lose out on hidden yardage and crucial key game management moments. You need all the advantages you can get in the playoffs. Work the refs. Challenge a weak db. Audible to kill a game changing play. Boost your guys up etc


Dak isn’t gifted enough physically to beat 3-4 good teams in a row. He’s limited.


I also think he’s wearing down a bit. They all kinda looked like the 4 games in 20 days killed them.

What’s the thread topic? Yea dak ain’t good enough



I saw his work up for an endzone shot and even on his wind up out loud I said “oh that’s overthrown “. And of course he sailed it to cd


I don’t think receivers like how he throws. The entire fun of the position is to have chemistry and whatnot form your qb and he really doesn’t seem to know Where his guys like the ball


Like why is he under throwing all these deep balls?


Cd has a nasty move to get open for a 90 yard walk in td? And what does dak do? he puts helium in the ball and and sails and it cd waits for it and then we settle for 3.

Step into the throw and take the 7 hit cd in stride cmon now

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

I was speaking about this season, not kickers in general or even Aubrey in general.

For example, his 64-yard field goal against the Giants is the only reason the Cowboys won that game and that's before you consider the taken-for-granted 46 yard field goal to win it and the countless 50+ yard field goals he's made this season.

Do you think having Aubrey effects their play calling

 

[Kevinicus]

Since Dak was drafted, the Cowboys have an 80-51-1 record. He’s the only reason that they’ve even remotely contended for a deep run in the playoffs. His record is despite most seasons having a sub par defense or an offense with no running game or only 1 WR. He’s never had good defense with an offense like he has now. Uneducated fans are too ignorant to understand it takes a team to win and not just 1 person. If it only took 1 person, then the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls.

Why do you hate all the other players on the team?

 

[blueblood70]

That's not the goal.

That wasn't the point, I think you missed the point ,.


There are other teams that can't even accomplish that ,and are constantly just really bad,

If it wasn't for Prescott, we'd be one of those teams it wasn't for Romo, we'd be one of those teams...

i'm going to give him props having to deal with all the nonsense, the circus that comes with the Dallas Cowboys and Jerry Jones and not having complete teams, you know not just all in, just complete teams follow them into these big games, and the Lions game is a culmination, it's a snapshot of what Prescott and Romos had to deal with for years...

Literally in that game, Prescott and Lamb are the only two players I could think of that were themselves, and they played very well considering everything else,

the rest of the team let everyone down, and yeah, I got to come on and read Prescott's only a regular season guy, he just puts up stats ,really??!!!

because those four games were considered like the playoffs, and he played well against the Lions regardless of what people think.

Anybody who knows how to watch a game with a football IQ ,can see that Prescott and Lamb had very good games, not bad games, that's four games in a row when the seasons on the line, that our quarterback stepped up and it does matter, it is important..


The goal is to go further, but you can't get there without making the playoffs first, and he gives us that chance with these conditions with this ownership group, not a lot of quarterbacks can do this, they would all be David Carrs of the nfl..IE Wasted TALENT

There are a lot of good quarterbacks that have died in this league because they ended up on the wrong team, that they couldn't survive in these scenarios, and Romo and Prescott are special, because they are able to at least overcome this ownership group and a lot of deficiently assembled teams, and at least made something out of those years.

Yes get all 32 teams want to go to the Super Bowl, it's the main goal,

but you have to take that in steps And I hardly blame those two quarterbacks for not getting further, i'm sorry you guys can look at those playoff games the way you want, but I see it just like that Lions game, that's what they look like, you have the team around them just falling apart and they're doing the best job they possibly can do...

 

[Reality]

Do you think having Aubrey effects their play calling

Actually, I think it definitely does, and not necessarily in a good way.

At some point they are going to expect Aubrey to make a "gimme" field goal to win a game and he's going to miss it and then he will get blamed for the loss regardless of how many times he saved the coaching staff and team since he got here.

Kickers should be the fallback option, not the easy option.

 

[Redsfan_83]

Uneducated fans are too ignorant to understand it takes a team to win and not just 1 person. If it only took 1 person, then the Cowboys would’ve won several Super Bowls.

Could you remind me how it takes a team to win, and Dak is the only reason why we have had the win/loss record we have had? You have hidden in your hole all week and decide to come out, insulting anybody who doesn't drink your Kool-Aid, as is your typical start to a trolling day. And yeah, Dak hasn't been gifted any sort of talent on offence, and team's inability to remotely take a deep run in the playoffs is solely the fault of our D.......good times and another pathetic attempt at knowing anything on your end

 

[Redsfan_83]

Yes Dak is the only reason the Cowboys can do anything good and hes the only quality player this team has had over the last decade.....and this is coming from the dude who calls everyone haters.

He's here to stir things up as usual, nothing more, nothing less

 

[blueblood70]

I was speaking about this season, not kickers in general or even Aubrey in general.

For example, his 64-yard field goal against the Giants is the only reason the Cowboys won that game and that's before you consider the taken-for-granted 46 yard field goal to win it and the countless 50+ yard field goals he's made this season.

I gave him flowers for that, but they still need to get the ball into those situations to where they're even make able kicks for him those first downs ,that doesn't happen he doesn't move the ball himself, I don't remember him lining up on offense and throwing the ball to himself running under it like Superman, and catching it ,and getting into field goal range, and spiking the ball, it took the rest of the team for that these kickers rely on that.

That was my point... I mean you have to keep the game close in order for a last minute field goal to matter I mean last I checked the rest of the team had to do that even in the Giants game they had to move the ball hell that people don't like Donovan Wilson that much or Sam Williams but they all were critical in getting the ball back and then the offense moving it far enough in both those situations for the field goals to even matter..

So I'm saying we all know Aubrey is a great kicker but he doesn't play by himself this will always be a team game and yes he should be in the mention for top five important players on this team but Prescott #1 and he's played like it all year he deserves some recognition versus the hate that we see on here far too often don't say hate isn't criticism no most of it is hate because it's not even valid criticism it's coming with no context and Perspective.

Hey that's my opinion Like we all say everyone's entitled to their own opinions but I don't think enough is said about Prescott in a positive manner just like Romo their careers end and all people have is memories of how fans think they were the big problem of why we didn't go further in the playoffs...


I remember a lot of games where our quarterbacks May the right plays in order to set up the field goals it's pretty much how football works because I don't remember him kicking it from wherever they spotted it at the 30 yard line the ball had to be moved..

Remember a game where Tony Romo and I can't remember if it was at the end of regulation or the of a game they 'd only 11 seconds on the clock makes one big pass on a crossing route that got him out of bounds and they set up a game winning field goal well the field goal kicker may have won the game but it wasn't without the offense putting the ball in the right spot...

But I did it he's very important because he can kick him even longer so you don't have to work as hard but they all work together as a team but it starts with Offense.

That is why when people keep bringing up that Giants game, I'm going to have to bring up Sam Williams creating the turnover that went to Donovan Wilson, that got it back to the offense ,that moved the ball into field goal range.... Aubrey gets to be the hero that's great but there were other elements that went into it...



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[Acceptablename]

IMO Dak had a series of inadequate coaching. Not just Dak both the whole team. I fault Jerry Jones for poor coaching hires. Nobody else.

 

[thunderpimp91]

After learning about how bad the Cowboys roster has been from reading this thread I guess I would fully support putting Cooper Rush in the ROH for somehow getting a 9-5 record with these scrubs.

 

[blueblood70]

Actually, I think it definitely does, and not necessarily in a good way.

At some point they are going to expect Aubrey to make a "gimme" field goal to win a game and he's going to miss it and then he will get blamed for the loss regardless of how many times he saved the coaching staff and team since he got here.

Kickers should be the fallback option, not the easy option.

Understand what you're saying and I've heard that before and I disagree with it I get you should never be purposely only lining up for a field goal like we've seen Mike Mccarthy and Jason Garrett do where they made no attempt to score a touchdown that their entire series was about getting the ball just enough to get into field goal rings you can't do that we don't want that and I don't think they do that even with Aubrey unless it's in a situation at the end of a half or at the end of a game where it's necessary...

This is the NFL since the beginning of time those goal posts those yellow things that you kick field goals through have been on each side of the field they may have been in a different spot at one time but it's called football because the foot matters the kickoffs the field goals are just as big a part of the game as running catching and throwing So when you're saying it should only be a fall back option that's not true it's an integral part of the game..

It's why across the league kickers are usually very high up in points they're like one of the leaders in points Every team uses their field goal kicker as the strategic option it's there because you can win games like that when you have a better defense I think people forget that it should would be nice if we had a Ravens or Bears defense like a defense that can hold the team under 13 points and all you have to do is kick four field goals I've seen other teams kick 4 field goals and win a game i've seen games won six to zero..

not a single touchdown was given up in many games...

So I have to disagree with it, I mean I understand where you're coming from because I've seen it far too often around here, but the part I disagree with is it's not a fall back option, it's a big part of football, it's always has been, you want to ask the Ohio State University ,how that goes they missed a chip shot field going lose a championship game over it... I mean you should have just told them they should have tried harder to get a touchdown.. they wouldn't have to depend on the kicker. but that's not how it works the kicker is as big a part of the game as any other aspect of football it's always been there. long before the passing game became big.

Most scoring games used to be a thing and kicking was the integral part of those low scores..

It's easy to get lost here because we haven't had a championship defense in quite a while but there are other teams that know they could just sometimes only have to score one touchdown and a couple of field goals and they can win a game the Cowboys are not 1 of those teams...LOL