Dak was misquoted: "We won't have those tipped INT's this year"

[MountaineerCowboy]

Since he was discussing McCarthy's impact on the passing game, it might have been more pointing fingers at Kellen Moore.

Cooper Rush wasn’t throwing a bunch of tipped INTS.

Dak needs to stop making excuses.

 

[DallasEast]

So you think rules should be changed because loser QBs like Romo and Dak can’t protect the ball better?

I have talked about how interceptions are officially recorded to others sitting in my living room. At high school games. At college games. At NFL games.

For decades.

Like I said. Continue on with your agenda.

 

[jazzcat22]

Yep and there wasnt enough short underneath dumpoff stuff in the offense to the backs. Maybe just a Zeke leaking out.

I said for the past 3 years, they needed to get Pollard in open space for those dump off type plays. Use his speed and quickness.
Instead they try those quick sideline to a WR, in a crowded area, where a DB can jump the route and make a play. They never worked.

Like I pointed out several times, what KC did with Hill or other WR. Seems they always had a guy on the sideline maybe 5 yards upfield, completely uncovered. And it the pass to other players weren't there, he threw to that open guy, and always gained yards. It seemed like it was their version of a slant pass that never failed to Irvin.

Moore needed to use Pollard or a WR like that more often.

 

[OmerV]

Cooper Rush wasn’t throwing a bunch of tipped INTS.

Dak needs to stop making excuses.

He may be, but again, given the context he seemed to be using Moore as the excuse rather than the receivers.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

I have talked about how interceptions are officially recorded to others sitting in my living room. At high school games. At college games. At NFL games.

For decades.

Like I said. Continue on with your agenda.

Don’t throw bad passes and play smarter instead.

 

[blueblood70]

So he basically threw his wide receivers under the bus for the previous years.

What do you mean throwing them under a bus when you're being honest you're being honest and it's not just the receivers he's throwing Kellen Moore and that passing scheme under the bus but last year we already counted six or seven interceptions that were not on Prescott directly. So when a man's stating facts it's not throwing someone under the bus there were a lot of tip balls there were a lot of tight window throws because all the damn routes were being run too close together either by design or bad route running there was also a lot of poor reads between the quarterback and the receivers on who was supposed to go where. There's no bus and what do you mean previous years the guy only has 65 career interceptions that's better than just about anybody else that's ever played for the Cowboys or it's on par with a lot of the great quarterbacks it's touchdown interception ratio has already been discussed here it's up there with the top players I mean the year before you mean 2021 when you had 37 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions Patrick mahomes had 37 touchdowns and 13 interceptions you mean like that previous years Prescott is not known for throwing interceptions last year with an anomaly they're saying they were hoping to get corrected.

 

[DallasEast]

Don’t throw bad passes and play smarter instead.

All passes are not bad and still end up in the defense's hands. Next agenda counterpoint.

 

[big dog cowboy]

If you had been a member of this site (or another forum connected with a site that is not mentioned on CowboysZone) you would be aware I have posted on CowboysZone the exact same opinion before Tony Romo and Dak Prescott were ever in a Dallas Cowboys uniform. This fact will not matter to you. Continue on with your agenda.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I said for the past 3 years, they needed to get Pollard in open space for those dump off type plays. Use his speed and quickness.
Instead they try those quick sideline to a WR, in a crowded area, where a DB can jump the route and make a play. They never worked.

Like I pointed out several times, what KC did with Hill or other WR. Seems they always had a guy on the sideline maybe 5 yards upfield, completely uncovered. And it the pass to other players weren't there, he threw to that open guy, and always gained yards. It seemed like it was their version of a slant pass that never failed to Irvin.

Moore needed to use Pollard or a WR like that more often.

Or like what KC was doing with McKinnon last year. Mckinnon was a late season pickup in my fantasy league and he almost brought me a title. KC would run everyone out into patterns and then leak out McKinnon and dump it off and he would burn a linebacker or safety for big gains. The guy had at least one TD every game at the end of the season. Very effective down by the GL as well.

 

[1972COWBOY]

So is he purposely throwing picks to teach his receivers a lesson on being in the right place at the right time ?

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

All passes are not bad and still end up in the defense's hands. Next agenda counterpoint.

I’m with you.

The NFL needs to change the rules so loser QBs INT numbers are not so bad.

We’ll call it “The Romo/Dak rule”.

 

[Jarntt]

Just thought I'd start a new thread on what Dak actually said.

Sounds like he simply has confidence in his receivers...

Not a good look for Dak on it's surface. Seems perhaps he is reading the articles telling him it wasn't his fault last year. That's as far from what I wanted to hear from him as possible after a poor decision making season by him. His mental errors were worse last year than any other year I can remember and the excuses related to blaming the interceptions on others don't change that. I'm choosing to take this as him not communicating his thoughts clearly or the answer being taken out of context without hearing the entire Q&A because I've heard him talk enough over the past almost decade now to know this isn't how he responds to questions and isn't how he thinks. He always comes in and tells the media he needs to be better and takes accountability for the things that went wrong. Hopefully things will stop going wrong...

 

[DallasEast]

I’m with you.

The NFL needs to change the rules so loser QBs INT numbers are not so bad.

We’ll call it “The Romo/Dak rule”.

I am on record in this thread stating interception rules should be modified at all levels of the sport. Additionally, good to elite quarterbacks, quarterbacks you yourself define as being better than Prescott or Romo, are assigned interceptions that were not their fault. You know. Smart, winning quarterbacks by your definition.

Next agenda counterpoint.

 

[Jarntt]

I’m with you.

The NFL needs to change the rules so loser QBs INT numbers are not so bad.

We’ll call it “The Romo/Dak rule”.

Wouldn't you prefer to post on your own teams board?

 

[Vtwin]

In all your years/decades of football fandom, do you remember any other QB who has had his interceptions dissected, reviewed and studied, with seemingly the goal of relieving responsibility of the QB, to the extent that goes on here and now with this QB?

This is some serious trend setting, universe resetting stuff going on here at the Zone.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

In all your years/decades of football fandom, do you remember any other QB who has had his interceptions dissected, reviewed and studied, with seemingly the goal of relieving responsibility of the QB, to the extent that goes on here and now with this QB?

This is some serious trend setting, universe resetting stuff going on here at the Zone.

They even proposing rule changes in here!

 

[blueblood70]

Honestly, I don't see how it can be misinterpreted.

"They know where the hell to be, why to be and when they’re getting looked at."

Obviously, "they" is referring to the receivers. The statement implies that the receivers don't know the why, when, and where they're supposed to be. This puts the blame either on the teacher (the coach) or the students (the players). Tipped passes occur for primarily two reasons that put the blame on the QB if the receiver is open: inaccurate or slowly delivered passes. Tipped passes will (obviously) happen with a higher probability if the receiver is covered, and the QB shouldn't be throwing the ball to such players unless its a desperation play because that would be considered forcing it. If receivers aren't getting open, then it could the fault of the players or the coaches, or even a really good defense.

Regardless, it's the projection of blame onto others by Dak (whether coaches or players) that most people will see from statements like this.

Blaming the guy for being honest is ridiculous, he literally was just pointing out why his interceptions went up last year and how they hope to have it corrected... he didn't throw anybody under the bus unless that's how you like to interpret it because you're trying to throw dak under the bus..hmm

hypocrisy at its best this place is full of it

 

[blueblood70]

I can name two INTs, the one Ferguson had hit him in the chest and bounce in the air and the one Brown had hit him in the hands against Jacksonville that were perfect throws, hit the receiver right where the ball needed to be that turned into INTs ... Most of Dak's INTs had nothing to do with triple coverage. Several of them were of the receiver not crossing the safety's face variety which speaks to somebody being on the wrong page. The ones right before half against Detroit and Chicago on almost the same play for instance. I can't definitively say who missed that read but none of those were into triple coverage either. Well maybe the one to CD in Green Bay but that was only because Schultz ran the wrong route and brought his man over. Then there was the one to Sweat against Philly which was just a simple miscalculation of the guy's hops. And of course the INTs on back to back plays where the DB dropped the first one and some idiot called the same play to make sure to let him catch it the second time. Oh and the one to Gilmore when Gallup fell on his cut? I could go on and on but you won't acknowledge it anyway. Yes Dak threw some INTs that were into coverage. However very few of them were into triple coverage. MAYBE 2 or 3.. but that's about it.

100% that's what most of us are two receivers too tight together on a couple of those interceptions to where he threw it to look like an open receiver but what happened is the other receivers cornerback was so close he peeled off and came back to go intercept the ball instead of having been cleared away. So yes we saw a couple and by the way I think that wasn't Ferguson that was hendershot the one down by the goal line bounced off his hands got picked off... But I agree there were so many of those that were obvious I mean even in the playoff game against the 49ers the Michael Gallup interception Prescott read that he was gonna run out and that's where the best spot to throw it would be and when the DB saw that he stopped Gallup didn't react so all the DB had to do was just get in gallops way to stop him and then take off for the ball and gallop just stand there and watch the ball get picked off this kind of stuff happened all season and yet some other people are saying people are making excuses though it's facts it's all there in the film....

All Prescott was trying to say was they wanna lower their interception rate and the best way to do that is they have everyone on the same page and hopefully the new tweet offense with the new play caller and different route trees are gonna lower that interception total...

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

No.

But I watched us go 4-1 without him. He’s just as much of a problem as anybody else is on the offense. He is not needed to win games. That’s been proven.

Dak wasn't at fault for every loss and Rush wasn't the difference in those wins. If you dont agree the floor is open for you to prove it.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Dak wasn't at fault for every loss and Rush wasn't the difference in those wins. If you dont agree the floor is open for you to prove it.

Rush proved that Dak is not needed.

Rush is hated for that by some, but I love him for it.

Rush is the wrench in all the Dak fans machines.