Dak Prescott: overrated or overhated

[PAPPYDOG]

Now, what plays did the departed Offensive Coordinator call - in a musical chairs offensive line and a receiver group, on a weekly audition basis as well...


'Blame it on the O'Mallys ... blame it on the O'Mallys ... make love to a damsel ....... and blame it on the O'Mallys!'

Next, we will be blaming the cheerleaders........

 

[gimmesix]

You’re absolutely right! He was 2-6 in season finale elimination games and the playoffs. He had a lot of turnovers in those games, and I criticized him for it but my criticism was always constructive. I always stated that he was a very good QB and that we can’t move on from him until we find someone better. I always made that very clear, but some had an agenda to make me out to be a Romo hater and they twisted a lot of my comments.

I don't call anyone a hater (unless I'm mocking those who do). I just didn't think your criticism or criteria was fair because again, it's a team game. Just like all those who criticize Prescott for team losses are not being fair. It's fair to criticize the player for their mistakes within the game but the team record is a product of the team's play (and I've done that with Romo and with Prescott). Sometimes the quarterback shares blame, sometimes he should get the majority of the blame and sometimes he doesn't deserve any of the blame. Romo, for instance (just one example), played absolutely good enough for Dallas to win that Green Bay playoff game in 2014. The team let him down, even if we want to argue that Dez made that catch, if he had only secured the ball to where it wasn't questionable, then maybe we win ... assuming that Rodgers wouldn't have just drove downfield and scored against our defense.

Again, I'm not into the hater designation. I think name-calling is for the weak-minded who can't argue their position. We went back and forth on the "elimination" games for a while. We may have never agreed on it, but I appreciate that you were always willing to defend your stance without resorting to childishness.

 

[Sarge]

Romo did not get the love until he hung up the cleats my guy

It was pretty bad too

Yep, Romo somehow got magically better as a QB once he went in the booth. Strange.

 

[Flamma]

I don't call anyone a hater (unless I'm mocking those who do). I just didn't think your criticism or criteria was fair because again, it's a team game. Just like all those who criticize Prescott for team losses are not being fair. It's fair to criticize the player for their mistakes within the game but the team record is a product of the team's play (and I've done that with Romo and with Prescott). Sometimes the quarterback shares blame, sometimes he should get the majority of the blame and sometimes he doesn't deserve any of the blame. Romo, for instance (just one example), played absolutely good enough for Dallas to win that Green Bay playoff game in 2014. The team let him down, even if we want to argue that Dez made that catch, if he had only secured the ball to where it wasn't questionable, then maybe we win ... assuming that Rodgers wouldn't have just drove downfield and scored against our defense.

Again, I'm not into the hater designation. I think name-calling is for the weak-minded who can't argue their position. We went back and forth on the "elimination" games for a while. We may have never agreed on it, but I appreciate that you were always willing to defend your stance without resorting to childishness.

Excellent post.

 

[CCBoy]

The poor evaluation of the wide receiver position group in 2018 forced the front office to make a move when they traded a 2019 first-round draft pick for Oakland Raiders receiver Amari Cooper. The young receiver hit the ground running, immediately bolstering the passing attack. The Cowboys went from offensive futility to suddenly explosive just by adding the former Alabama star. The Cowboys re-signed him to a five-year, $100 million extension in 2020. Cooper played three and a half seasons with the Cowboys, putting up 1,000+ yards in his first three. Unfortunately, Cooper’s numbers dipped in 2021, and with the emergence of another first-round pick, CeeDee Lamb, the Cowboys didn’t feel they could justify the cap resources for Cooper and he was shipped to Cleveland.

Prior to Cooper arriving, Dak was averaging just 216 yards per game, but that skyrocketed to 297 yards per game during the time when Cooper was catching passes for the Cowboys. Things didn’t go so well for Prescott in his second season and the reasoning could be blamed on various things. Some people believed that teams had a lot more tape on him and defenses were more equipped to figure him out. Others point to a November contest against the Atlanta Falcons where he got his clock cleaned as he was sacked eight times in that game. Prescott appeared skittish as the Cowboys dropped three-straight games and Dak had a four-game stretch where he didn’t reach 180 yards passing. Prescott finished with a career-low 208 yards per game average.

That year also marked the last season for veteran receiver Dez Bryant as he struggled to gain separation and started having balls slip out of his hands. Bryant's numbers down the stretch were abysmal and the team opted to go a different direction in 2018. Unfortunately, the team didn’t have the answers as the cheap additions of Allen Hurns, Tavon Austin, and Deonte Thompson just didn’t cut it. Amari Cooper is the smoking gun. There is no better revelation than the 202 to 274 split during the 2018 season after they acquired him from the Raiders. And whether Moore should’ve been let go or not remains to be seen, but he was a clear upgrade over Linehan. It is worth noting that Linehan also benefited when Cooper showed up, albeit he was only around for the beginning of it. What does that mean for the Cowboys going forward?

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Now, we’re Cook’n?

The Cowboys are upping their resources at wide receiver as they traded for the proven veteran Brandin Cooks. This may seem like they are going backward as they just had a proven veteran in Cooper, but props to the Cowboys for recognizing their misstep, and kudos to them for landing Cooks for half the price of Cooper.
The team is hoping the trio of Lamb, Cooks, and a healthier Gallup will provide answers. They appear to be firm believers that this avenue is the right path versus that of the play-calling prowess of Moore because he is now residing in southern California. Yards per game aren’t the end-all, be-all tell of a quarterback’s performance, but it does paint a picture of what a team is capable of through the air. If there is truth to the splits that the above graph shows, then having a legit alpha receiver with two quality counterparts will be just what Prescott needs to get rolling again.

https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/202...-lamb-amari-cooper-kellen-moore-brandin-cooks

 

[KJJ]

I don't call anyone a hater (unless I'm mocking those who do). I just didn't think your criticism or criteria was fair because again, it's a team game. Just like all those who criticize Prescott for team losses are not being fair. It's fair to criticize the player for their mistakes within the game but the team record is a product of the team's play (and I've done that with Romo and with Prescott). Sometimes the quarterback shares blame, sometimes he should get the majority of the blame and sometimes he doesn't deserve any of the blame. Romo, for instance (just one example), played absolutely good enough for Dallas to win that Green Bay playoff game in 2014. The team let him down, even if we want to argue that Dez made that catch, if he had only secured the ball to where it wasn't questionable, then maybe we win ... assuming that Rodgers wouldn't have just drove downfield and scored against our defense.

Again, I'm not into the hater designation. I think name-calling is for the weak-minded who can't argue their position. We went back and forth on the "elimination" games for a while. We may have never agreed on it, but I appreciate that you were always willing to defend your stance without resorting to childishness.

The criticism I had for Romo was fair. I never pinned a loss entirely on him, but some refused to put any of the blame on him. They would blame everyone but him. Some would claim that if he was on another team, he would have won a bunch of Super Bowls. He played good enough to beat Green Bay in 2014 but our defense couldn’t stop Aaron Rodgers. His playoff performances improved later in his career, but unfortunately injuries caught up with him.