Dak Prescott Is 1 of 5 QBs In The Super Bowl Era To Go Winless In 3 Or More Divisional Round Games. Romo Was The Last QB

[Kevinicus]

I get what you're saying and don't necessarily disagree, but I believe last years 49's could successfully argue they were a decent QB away from a SB appearance.

Hell, the last 49's team to play in the SB had it won if not for a horrendous overthrow to a wide open receiver on what would have been the game winner.

In both cases, two very good teams couldn't overcome bad QB play.

No doubt, QB play is important. And it's nearly impossible to have a team good enough to overcome having no QB at all (9ers last year).
It takes an entire team to win/lose. A team includes a QB. But a QB is not a team.

 

[FaSho]

Romo never had a defense

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Maybe it aint the QB's, maybe there are other factors that are also involved, like maybe the defense, offensive line, having enough weapons in the receiving and running game, maybe the Cowboys are making it to these games because the Quarterbacks are able to plug the missing holes on the team, but because the holes on the team are so wide and deep that during the playoffs the QB can't cover the holes as well. Maybe, having a subpar offensive line, playing one of the toughest schedules in the NFL last year, having minimum weapons on the offensive side of the ball all culminate in the fact that the QB can't cover every hole on the offense. Maybe sometimes the defense was deficient and not able to stop a 50 yard pass down the sideline to give the other team a last second field goal. Maybe, it was raining and the QB took the snap and dropped the slick ball and was stopped on the goal line, but what if you forgot that during the second half of that game the defense could not make a single stop of the opposing offense that even if the extra point was made that the defense was unable to stop that offense with plenty of time on the board. Maybe it aint the QB, maybe this team is just not good enough. Maybe the QB made an incredible play then the WR made an incredible play, but because of some stupid rule the play was called back in the final minutes of a game. I'm just saying maybe it aint the QB.

But it probably is the QB.
Look at our last play of the 2021 season.
Look at our last play of the 2021 season.

 

[Sinister]

But it probably is the QB.
Look at our last play of the 2021 season.
Look at our last play of the 2021 season.

It's true it could be the QB, but what most likely it is, is that the team is just not good enough, imo. That has been true since Romo was here. Everyone makes mistakes especially QB's unless your Tom Brady, but even Tom Brady year in and year out played one of the easiest schedules in the NFL and always had a great defense and a great coach. You can't take two plays as a sample size otherwise why did we lose that playoff game to Green Bay at home Dak's rookie year.

Dak made some terrible plays last year and had 15 interceptions, but why did it happen?
Is Dak careless with the ball?
Was the talent much worse on offense than we are believing or is Dak just a bad QB?
If Dak is a bad quarterback define and explain in which way, not just in one or two plays explain the consistent failures that you see that don't appear in successful QB's in the league?
How does Dak's lack of talent emerge during games?
Was Dak compensating for the offensive lack of talent?
Was the offensive line good enough?
If the offensive line was good enough where did it show up?
If the offensive line was not good enough where did it fail?
Did the WR room over achieve or under achieve?
Who in the WR room over achieved?
Who in the WR room under achieved?
How did Tony Pollard injury hurt the offense that game?
Although Zeke did not hurt the team Zeke didn't appear to offer any answers either how did that define itself throughout the season?
Was Kellen Moore a good enough OC to compensate for Dak mistakes?
Was Dak compensating for Kellen Moore's lack of experience/play-calling?


Personally, I think that the Cowboys are lucky to have Dak, because looking at the QB's taken after the first round since 2015 you'd be hard pressed to find a better QB, but that's just me.

Just take a look at the QB's not taken in the first round since 2015 it is not just nothing it is less than nothing.

Anyone who says that they should trade everything they have to get the 'consensus' best QB should just look at how the 'consensus' best QB's have fared, not pretty at all.

 

[RonnieT24]

No....no its not. If we check qb stats....we can tell whos better.
If we check wins and losses....we can find the better.....

Team.

Sorry but no you cannot. The fact that the game continues to evolve making it easier and easier to put up Madden like passing numbers should be all the evidence you need to see to know this isn't true. But I 100% agree that wins and losses are about the team.. Always has been, always will be.

 

[RonnieT24]

The one year I thought Romo and the coaches finally got it was the year Murray ran for all those yards. Unfortunately it lasted only one year.

Yeah.. but Romo made that YOLO throw to Dez instead of dumping it off short for the first down. Keep moving the ball down into scoring position. Score with no time left, then go out to Seattle and punk the Seahawks again on the way to the Super Bowl. That's what SHOULD have happened and probably WOULD have happened if Romo takes the long approach instead of throwing up the 50/50 ball to Dez. Yes Dez caught it and it should have been first and goal at the 1.. but going deep was not the correct football play in that moment. And not making the correct football play at the right moment was what ultimately defined Romo's career. Or should I say doomed it.

 

[phildadon86]

Yeah.. but Romo made that YOLO throw to Dez instead of dumping it off short for the first down. Keep moving the ball down into scoring position. Score with no time left, then go out to Seattle and punk the Seahawks again on the way to the Super Bowl. That's what SHOULD have happened and probably WOULD have happened if Romo takes the long approach instead of throwing up the 50/50 ball to Dez. Yes Dez caught it and it should have been first and goal at the 1.. but going deep was not the correct football play in that moment. And not making the correct football play at the right moment was what ultimately defined Romo's career. Or should I say doomed it.

Yup. Hero ball. Whether he caught it or not it was a stupid decision. Heck they could have even ran for a first there. What was Romos thought process? Get the touchdown and hope the defense stops Rodgers? Or take a knee at the one and kill time? For a guy that prides himself on his football IQ that was a dumb decision.

 

[Starforever]

Since the Cowboys last championship, loss of talent and fake bravado, have taken over this organization. Mr. Jones and family (the only constant), lived off the fumes of championships years past, and it caught up with them. Only now does it seem like the team is rounding out to be united in coaching, talent, and acquisitions.

 

[RonnieT24]

Yup. Hero ball. Whether he caught it or not it was a stupid decision. Heck they could have even ran for a first there. What was Romos thought process? Get the touchdown and hope the defense stops Rodgers? Or take a knee at the one and kill time? For a guy that prides himself on his football IQ that was a dumb decision.

Yeah even at the moment he threw it I was like "nooooooo..." because it just was not the right move at that time. The Packer defense had no answer for Murray all day (he had a 30 yard run earlier in that same drive) so you take short passes, and hand it off all the way down to the goal line and score with as little time as possible left for Rodgers. You have to know your defense as well as who your opponent is. 4th and 2 with 4+ minutes left even if you score was not the time to go for broke. He glitched out at that moment. No two ways about it. Dak had a similar glitch moment in that "Damnit I want to throw this interception" sequence against Philly I think it was? Where we called the exact same route two plays in a row, the DB dropped it the first time and we called it again to make sure he caught it!!!! Sometimes players and coaches have brain farts... It happens.. I just hope we don't see any more of it any time soon.

 

[RonnieT24]

Since the Cowboys last championship, loss of talent and fake bravado, have taken over this organization. Mr. Jones and family (the only constant), lived off the fumes of championships years past, and it caught up with them. Only now does it seem like the team is rounding out to be united in coaching, talent, and acquisitions.

Yeah it's hard not to see that this team is building towards something good. Hopefully we stop adding to the list of Hall of Fame caliber players wasted by this franchise who retire with nothing to show for their efforts but a lot of individual accolades. Those are nice, but the ring's the thing.. Here's hoping our guys all get one soon.. Playing for THIS franchise that is. Can you imagine in 10 years looking back on Zack Martin and Tyron Smith's careers and lamenting that they never got a ring? I'm making myself sad just writing that.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

This is actually starting to bother me…

Who are the other 3? Rivers made an AFCCG, Bledsoe made a SB, Cunningham made an NFCCG with Minnesota, Andy Dalton? Did he make 3 divisional rounds? Maybe he had a lot of byes.

Alex Smith has to be one

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Alex Smith has to be one

He made an NFCCG