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

[Coogiguy03]

I'M SORRY BUT YOU'RE THE HIGHEST PAID ON THE TEAM, THE PLAYER THAT CAN'T BE TOUCHED AT PRACTICE OR AT HIT TOO HARD IN THE GAME, he deserves the blame!!!!!

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

You seem to have gotten way emotional about an irrelevant post.

But I am not surprised

I actually think this is a valid point.....not that it checkmates op.

But we should see numbers on high round busts....to give some perspective.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

You might hit and you might not in the 1st round. That's the chance you take. You could draft Burrow, Allen, Herbert, or Mahomes or you could draft Turbiskey.

If you go looking for your QB in the 4th though you're not likely to hit at all.

Surely you understand how the draft works, right? The talent is at the top and you hope to just find back ups later on. If not for a couple injuries in 2016 and Dak is selling cars right now.

We still need those numbers. How many busted compared to how many excelled.
This would give us better understanding of what's expected at any draft point.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

So our last two QBs have gone winless in divisional round games. You have to ask yourselves is it the QBs or the teams we’ve had? I say it’s more the teams than the QBs. Neither Romo or Dak had a complete team around them. We’ve always had a deficiency that could be exploited in the playoffs, which has put the games on the shoulders of our QBs. Romo wasn’t good enough to carry us in a playoff game and neither is Dak.

Yep....the notion that it's all on the QB....is cheap and lazy. Dak or Tony is anyone.

Marino....one of the best ever....no super bowl. His fault?

 

[Whyjerry]

The reason people blame Dak for the last one is because they think it only would’ve taken 19 points to beat the 49ers. But had Dak played better 49ers would’ve scored more points than 19….maybe they also would’ve had some turnovers too if we’d catch them. Who knows.

1 of his picks was a big one but in my opinion the Zeke drop and the Diggs definite INT screw up were the plays that cost them.

 

[baltcowboy]

This unintentionally calls out Jerry Jones.

Somewhat. I know I will be called a homer but the Cowboys have not had any playoff luck except for maybe Detroit in 2014. Prime Rodgers twice, the Rams on a Bye, Farve on a bye after playing the hated Eagles two games in a row, and the miracle Giants in 2007. Jerry made a deal with the devil in the 90s and the blood payments is due.

 

[Captain-Crash]

you'll never find a Mahomes, let's just give up and keep garrett.

 

[DallasEast]

I'M SORRY BUT YOU'RE THE HIGHEST PAID ON THE TEAM, THE PLAYER THAT CAN'T BE TOUCHED AT PRACTICE OR AT HIT TOO HARD IN THE GAME, he deserves the blame!!!!!

Tell the truth. The Cap Lock key self-destructed immediately after the word 'game', didn't it? Just kidding.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Elvis Grbac?

Grbac didn’t start enough playoff games

Found it

Joe Ferguson, Bills

 

[KJJ]

Yep....the notion that it's all on the QB....is cheap and lazy. Dak or Tony is anyone.

Marino....one of the best ever....no super bowl. His fault?

It’s just par for the course here. Mahomes looked terrible in the Super Bowl a few years ago against Tampa, when his team was over matched. I truly believe that every team the Cowboys lost to in the divisional rounds with Romo and Dak had the better teams. Even the 07 Giants were better than the Cowboys at the time we played them. They got better by the end of the season and we didn’t. Eli only had to pass for just over 100 yards. Jared Goff only passed for 186 yards against us in the divisional round. Dak outplayed him, but our defense got gashed for over 200 yards on the ground. Even a statue like Goff was able to scramble for a key first down late in the game. Not saying some of it hasn’t been on our QBs, but it hasn’t all been on them. Not by a long shot!

 

[Techsass]

https://www.nfl.com/news/can-dak-prescott-quarterback-cowboys-to-playoff-success

Since their last Lombardi Trophy was hoisted at the conclusion of Super Bowl XXX, the Cowboys have yet to return to the NFC Championship Game, posting a dismal 0-7 mark in the Divisional Round. Three of those losses, including last season's defeat against the San Francisco 49ers, have come with Prescott under center, as he's become one of five QBs in the Super Bowl era to start three or more divisional tilts and go winless.

Who was the last to do so?

Well, it was current CBS analyst and former Cowboys QB1 Tony Romo, who Prescott succeeded in Dallas. The Cowboys are the only franchise with two quarterbacks to play in three or more Divisional Round games without winning one. Long gone are the days of Hall of Fame Cowboys greats Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, whose reputations were borne of playoff conquests and clutch play that saw them go 5-2 and 4-1, respectively, in the Divisional Round. Those days of Cowboys QBs captaining their squads to long postseason runs have ridden off into the sunset so far this century.

The problem is that while Romo & Dak aren't HOF candidates, they both are/were too good to just dump.

Washington got rid of Cousins & haven't been a contender since. I bring up Cousins because a lot of people like to compare him & Dak, although I think both Romo & Dak are actually better QBs.

Dallas has either been extremely lucky or cursed by finding them. We've been on the cusp of being real contenders, but seem to always fall just short.

That leads back to your hypothesis that it is solely due to our QBs. I think it is more a lack of our ability to build a complete team. The last 2 years is really the only time we've focused on having a stout defense. We've had a couple of odd years where they were good, but never dominant. Unfortunately we've had major flaws on the offensive side of the ball now.

So once again we're back to pinning our hopes on next season. I think we have a really good shot this time, but can understand why others don't.

 

[HungryLion]

I clicked on the article link just to make certain the other three quarterbacks' names were not missed. Looks like NFL.com's Grant Gordon intentionally omitted the other three quarterbacks from his article to keep it completely Dallas Cowboys-centric. Even the NFL's official website loves publishing clickbait, lol.

To be fair, the entire purpose of a website like that is to generate clicks and money lol

 

[Adreme]

Does it though?

Romo/Dak just happen to be the only duo to accomplish this feat and it's the teams fault?

The lack of talent at the most important position in sports matters.

Wins are not and never have been a QB stat anymore than they are a G stat or a WR stat. When people try to use wins as a QB stat they are trying to mask their lack of knowledge about the position.

 

[HungryLion]

The next time the cowboys are in a position to take a premium QB. I am fine with them doing so.

Its just so damn hard to find one of the elite ones.

I even look at the last draft that had some top prospects fall to the cowboys. Fields and Mac Jones. Is anyone taking either over Dak right now? I mean they are still young and developing but the results thus far aren’t very impressive.

 

[DallasEast]

To be fair, the entire purpose of a website like that is to generate clicks and money lol

True enough but adding a single sentence contain three quarterbacks' names would not have detracted from the information in the article.

 

[rambo2]

The next time the cowboys are in a position to take a premium QB. I am fine with them doing so.

Its just so damn hard to find one of the elite ones.

I even look at the last draft that had some top prospects fall to the cowboys. Fields and Mac Jones. Is anyone taking either over Dak right now? I mean they are still young and developing but the results thus far aren’t very impressive.

Hard to find an elite qb? There is at least 2 of them playing today. How hard can it be?

 

[DallasEast]

Hard to find an elite qb? There is at least 2 of them playing today. How hard can it be?

Who are the two playing today in your opinion?

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

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.

Kirk Cousins?

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Does it though?

Romo/Dak just happen to be the only duo to accomplish this feat and it's the teams fault?

The lack of talent at the most important position in sports matters.

I will say that Romo got incredibly unlucky in 2014. I know what the scoreline says, but Romo played well enough to win that game. Unfortunately, three things that were completely out of his control that cost us. 1. The defence was atrocious against a 1-legged QB. Marinelli's game plan that game flat out didn't work in the second half (the first half was excellent imo). Murray's fumble. We had the momentum until Murray fumbled on what should have been a TD. If you watch the tape, Murray had a massive lane to increase the Cowboys' momentum and potentially put the game almost away. 3. The Dez Bryant play. That was as perfect a ball as you can throw in that situation. It's been debated about whether or not it was a catch endlessly, and I'm not going to get into that here. If any one of those 3 is different, the Cowboys probably go to Seattle where we had flattened the Seahawks earlier that season. This exercise shows that it's not entirely about who the QB is. American Football is a team game, and these are 3 examples where Romo either had no control over the outcome or, in the Dez situation, he did his job. Dez's job was to secure that ball. Go for the TD if available, but secure it the entire way.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Well since we're the only TEAM...with TWO....

Maybe you should consider the possibility.

Exactly, it's possible that the TEAM didn't succeed. What a concept! Maybe it's more than just who is behind centre. I know this is hypothetical, but, if we had Parsons in 2014, do you think we lose to Green Bay? I'd say no. Why? Because our defence in the second half of that game wore out. Parsons would've put pressure on Rodgers, which makes Romo's job easier that game. Or, it might've helped if Murray didn't fumble. Either way, along with the Dez play, those are the 3 key plays that altered the course of the game. Those key plays, Romo either did his job or had no control over the outcome. That's why the stat the OP posted is useless. Of course, it sucked to lose that game, but to blame that on Romo is ridiculous, and it shows that the premise is flawed when you use critical thinking to break down what actually happened that game.