Dak takes a step backward in win

drawandstrike

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Dak's mechanics were not good.

Philly's defense probably had some to do with that.

Also the "plan" to force attempts to Bryant was god-awful. Dak was 4/14 to Bryant and 15/25 to everyone else.

Funny thing is, those 4 catches where Dak delivered an accurate pass resulted in 114 yds and 1 TD. On the 10 attempts to Dez that weren't connected, not a single one was a drop. Half were inaccurate throws and 2 were successfully defensed by the CB.
 

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Romos first 7 games in 2014

14 tds, 6 ints, 1 lost fumble

Dak this year so far

13 tds, 2 ints, 1 lost fumble..

and Romo had a healthy Dez for those 7 games while Dak hasnt. hmmmm
Greasing up Dak's stats with TD runs doesn't fool anyone. There isn't nearly as much utility in a QB run when you have Zeke in the backfield compared to a 20+ yard TD pass.
Also any "1st X games" for 2014 Romo already has his worst game included, and Romo finished 2014 on an unstoppable tear. Dak has likely only begun to crap the bed.
 

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Greasing up Dak's stats with TD runs doesn't fool anyone. There isn't nearly as much utility in a QB run when you have Zeke in the backfield compared to a 20+ yard TD pass.
Also any "1st X games" for 2014 Romo already has his worst game included, and Romo finished 2014 on an unstoppable tear. Dak has likely only begun to crap the bed.


do rushing tds count for 5? 6?
 

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What absolutely gets under my skin is forgetting we were 4-12 last season with 4 different QB'S. Now they want to say Dak is no good and it's the team that is pulling him along.

Uhhh WHAT !?!?!?!
 

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Greasing up Dak's stats with TD runs doesn't fool anyone. There isn't nearly as much utility in a QB run when you have Zeke in the backfield compared to a 20+ yard TD pass.
Also any "1st X games" for 2014 Romo already has his worst game included, and Romo finished 2014 on an unstoppable tear. Dak has likely only begun to crap the bed.
He finished on an unstoppable tear? We nearly lost to the Lions at home and did lose to the Packers.

Ohhh you're talking about the regular season. who gives a crap about stats in the regular season ?
 

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He finished on an unstoppable tear? We nearly lost to the Lions at home and did lose to the Packers.

Ohhh you're talking about the regular season. who gives a crap about stats in the regular season ?
Why don't you ask the person who posted the comparison of the regular season stats in the first place? That is what we are discussing. Please try and read first.
 

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Funny thing is, those 4 catches where Dak delivered an accurate pass resulted in 114 yds and 1 TD. On the 10 attempts to Dez that weren't connected, not a single one was a drop. Half were inaccurate throws and 2 were successfully defensed by the CB.

Why is that funny? Dak is the back up doing his best. Why would you be amused by this?
 

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Greasing up Dak's stats with TD runs doesn't fool anyone. There isn't nearly as much utility in a QB run when you have Zeke in the backfield compared to a 20+ yard TD pass.
Also any "1st X games" for 2014 Romo already has his worst game included, and Romo finished 2014 on an unstoppable tear. Dak has likely only begun to crap the bed.

Ok so you don't like Dak? You don't think he's filling in for Romo admirably? Why tear the kid down? He wasn't even expected to play this year. What's the issue?
 

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Ok so you don't like Dak? You don't think he's filling in for Romo admirably? Why tear the kid down? He wasn't even expected to play this year. What's the issue?
With the Animosity troll, it's not about Dak. He doesn't care about Dak. If it was Sanchez, Moore or even Orton or Kitna he would still be passionately campaigning that they are better. He's just anti-Romo.
 

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Why is that funny? Dak is the back up doing his best. Why would you be amused by this?

You have to look at Michael's post, which is what I was responding to. It's not so much Dak trying to 'force' the ball to Dez as Dak having really bad accuracy issues for 3 quarters of the game.

Here's what I was responding to:

Also the "plan" to force attempts to Bryant was god-awful. Dak was 4/14 to Bryant and 15/25 to everyone else.

It only makes sense Dak has an easier time with shorter throws to guys like Beasley and Witten. As he grows in this offense he'll start getting more comfortable throwing deeper to Dez.
 

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I'm not so sure Romo wins by two scores. Too many people are not giving the Eagles proper credit. Jim Schwartz had a very effective scheme last night, and Romo would've had to battle that is well. The eagles did a good job of limiting Dallas' running game, although Zeke did break a couple of runs. There's game also effectively took away Cole Beasley in the middle of the field. That being said, that should've left Witten or one of the other wide receiver's open. Deck failed to capitalize on match ups because his "go to" guys were taken away. I took that as pretty strong evidence that Prescott is still only reading half the field… Not surprising, however, for a rookie. I do believe Romo would have made adjustments, but he still would've had to deal with the reduced effectiveness of the running game.

I think Dallas would still have one with Romo, but under no circumstances do I think it would have been easy.

There were several instances where Dak passed up Witten and Beasley wide open and made bad reads. Also several times he rolled right and took away half of the field instantly
 

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Let's be honest with ourselves Dak is a media darling and a so-called controversy is always good for ratings. Many football inepts have fallen head over heals for Dak but he proved last night he is not ready to lead this team into the playoffs. It was a pedestrian performance. Daks fundamentals were very poor under pressure resulting in a near 50 percent completion percentage. Could easily have been 3 picks not just one. He often failed to recognize in the blitz. He doesn't look comfortable changing his protections. Dak almost drove the wheels off the bus which is the one thing a bus driver just can't do. He's simply not ready but is any rookie ever quite ready ? Romo torches the Eagles wins by 2 TDs and makes it look easy.
LOL pure speculation, he might have lost the game too.
 

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Let's be honest with ourselves Dak is a media darling and a so-called controversy is always good for ratings. Many football inepts have fallen head over heals for Dak but he proved last night he is not ready to lead this team into the playoffs. It was a pedestrian performance. Daks fundamentals were very poor under pressure resulting in a near 50 percent completion percentage. Could easily have been 3 picks not just one. He often failed to recognize in the blitz. He doesn't look comfortable changing his protections. Dak almost drove the wheels off the bus which is the one thing a bus driver just can't do. He's simply not ready but is any rookie ever quite ready ? Romo torches the Eagles wins by 2 TDs and makes it look easy.

Thing with using Hypotheticals is you are never wrong. Truth is we don't know what would have happened if Romo was starting or not and I say that as a big fan of Romo but the fact is there is no way to say what could or would have happened if this or that happened.

As for Dak taking a step backwards? He took a step not sure I would say it was a backwards step. Fact is all QB rookies and vets alike will have poor games all of them Romo included but when a QB can keep his head in the game and help his team come back to win the game I have a hardtime saying that is a backwards step. I have seen many games with Romo where he started off playing poorly but kept this cool and helped his team come back to win.
 

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There were several instances where Dak passed up Witten and Beasley wide open and made bad reads. Also several times he rolled right and took away half of the field instantly

and there are times Romo has done the same especially when he is seeing Dez in one on one matchups. Which Dez was getting a lot of vs Philly. Dak was not having a good game I don't question that at all but the kid kept it together and made some big throws late in the game to help this team win.
 

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You have to look at Michael's post, which is what I was responding to. It's not so much Dak trying to 'force' the ball to Dez as Dak having really bad accuracy issues for 3 quarters of the game.

Here's what I was responding to:



It only makes sense Dak has an easier time with shorter throws to guys like Beasley and Witten. As he grows in this offense he'll start getting more comfortable throwing deeper to Dez.
Understood.
 

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Ridiculous. We saw exactly what makes him so much better than Romo. He was not at his best and yet beat a tough divisional opponent. If Romo played that game and wasn't at his best, it would have been a double digit defeat. Dak is a winner. Winners find ways to win at the end of games. Why is last night's game all of sudden who Dak is? All players have games where they are not at their best. If anything, it solidified to me that Dak is who I want taking us into the playoffs because he knows how to win. He can struggle for 3 1/2 quarters and find a way to still win. If Romo struggles for 3 1/2 quarters, he throws at least 2 ints and they are down by 17-21 points.
 

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Ridiculous. We saw exactly what makes him so much better than Romo. He was not at his best and yet beat a tough divisional opponent. If Romo played that game and wasn't at his best, it would have been a double digit defeat. Dak is a winner. Winners find ways to win at the end of games. Why is last night's game all of sudden who Dak is? All players have games where they are not at their best. If anything, it solidified to me that Dak is who I want taking us into the playoffs because he knows how to win. He can struggle for 3 1/2 quarters and find a way to still win. If Romo struggles for 3 1/2 quarters, he throws at least 2 ints and they are down by 17-21 points.
Romo has dominated divisional opponents since 2013 when he has been healthy, Dak's been mediocre against them this year and unlikely that gets better as they get more tape on him. As for your winner argument, Tim Tebow was a better winner than Dak, we should bring him then?
 

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Ridiculous. We saw exactly what makes him so much better than Romo. He was not at his best and yet beat a tough divisional opponent. If Romo played that game and wasn't at his best, it would have been a double digit defeat. Dak is a winner. Winners find ways to win at the end of games. Why is last night's game all of sudden who Dak is? All players have games where they are not at their best. If anything, it solidified to me that Dak is who I want taking us into the playoffs because he knows how to win. He can struggle for 3 1/2 quarters and find a way to still win. If Romo struggles for 3 1/2 quarters, he throws at least 2 ints and they are down by 17-21 points.
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
 

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Dak has already played (and won) more games than Romo has in the past 2 seasons.
 
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