Dak was the worst player on the field today *MERGE*

[805BoysInBlue]

He made some impressive throws against the saints but im not understanding what's up with all these screens. No running game and screens allow for the defense to play close to the line of scrimmage. I dont get it.

 

[Beaker42]

Hey I remember you!

you hate Dak and want him to get injured!

what part of Mississippi are you from?

Bahahaha. Wrong state. Don’t want him hurt, just earning that $$ instead of stealing it.

 

[Wezsh0T]

Look carefully. He doesn’t push off the leg where he had the calf injury.

100%. Early in the season he was planting the back foot and getting good weight transfer into his throws. Right now, he doesn't want to push off of that foot and has gone back to the mechanics of throwing off his front foot without getting his hips turned.

I think it's a combination of recovering from the injury and not being confident in the ankle, calf, leg and also he's in his own head. He looks hesitant to throw, hesitant to run, and is looking the receivers open instead of anticipating them open like he was earlier in the season. He just doesn't look confident in himself or the oline right now. He's not sliding in the pocket like he was and I will say that is definitely due to the injury.

Those that are saying he was always bad this season have short memory. A bad player doesn't complete 70+% of passes and tear apart defenses, looking like an MVP. Dak, legit, looked like an MVP candidate earlier in the year, to deny that is just silly. For those that are saying he looked fine against Atlanta, well, Atlanta isn't a very good team.

That being said, he needs to figure it out and get his mojo/timing with his receivers back. He was making ALL the throws earlier in the season and was deadeye accurate. His decision making has been impaired lately, but he is also sailing passes he was making earlier (bad footwork and mechanics right now). He needs to fix his mechanics and get back to being confident in his reads. Maybe that is where defenses are tricking him.

 

[Wezsh0T]

Most of his throws are with his weight on his front foot through out the throw and not putting any weight on his back foot and pivoting forward, turning the hips and shoulders. So release point is inconsistent and he is trying to compensate with his arm which only makes it worse.

Exactly. That is what I see as well. That's what he was doing his rookie year and it was a big change at the beginning of this year. He has gone back to that.

 

[Wezsh0T]

I didn't know that Dax is Throwing with his Legs?

Where do you think the mechanics for good throwing comes from? It's the legs and the hips.

 

[CowboyinMD]

Just rewatched Dak's throw to #55 of the WFT. How could he not see him? If he was trying to throw about the defender's head to Schultz, then that was a very poor attempt, to say the least.

Lots of flutters out there yesterday. Ball doesn't seem to have that zip coming out as it did before the injury.

https://postimg.cc/2bFD4tCH

 

[Frozen700]

Idk man. Dude just isn't seeing the field and is off on his throws.

Crazy how when I start having faith in him, he starts to prove my original opinion about him to be right.

Sucks because I was actually rooting for dude

 

[America's Cowboy]

You said you saw the game, what a clown you are.

You're always a clown. What's new?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

As with most problems in life, the issue is never based on a singularity event, but a combination of multiples.

1. Dak's leg injuries have severely affected his throwing mechanics which does significantly impair accuracy. That is why you are seeing a lot of high balls, balls behind receivers, ect...
2. Dak suffered one of the most gruesome injuries you can get on a football field, a dislocated ankle. The man would not be human if he didnt wonder in the back of his mind if he could get hurt bad again.
3. Dak has had a lot of emotional distress, he lost his mom to cancer, his brother killed himself, he was gruesomely injured, his grandmother just died, ect. If he was not suffering through depression right now I would be very surprised.

So you see fellas, its probably a combination of everything. Injuries, mechanics, mental fatigue, depression, ect. If I was big Mike, I would sit Dak down now that the division is a lock, let him get totally healthy and also get him in to see a phycologist to help him get his mind right and to work through his depression. He may need some meds in addition to counseling.

Counseling may help, but be careful with meds. They can cause side effects not conducive to being a pro athlete. Whatever is up with Dak, I hope he overcomes it stat. The mood and sanity of Cowboy Nation depends on it.

 

[stinkface]

FWIW, Stafford was playing all world for the first 6 or 7 games of the season and he is playing like crap now. Even good QB's can get the yips. Mechanics for both stafford and dak suck right now.

 

[Gangsta Spanksta]

Tony Romo once threw five INT's in a single game, two of them were pick 6's. There were no calls to remove him. Do you remember why? The Cowboys won! Do you think Romo was the reason they won? Of course not! The defense held the Bills to a three and out after three of those turnovers.

Now lets not lie. Every game that Tony threw an interception in there were calls to replace him. My boss at work once commented that we would be better off with the backup playing than Romo. And again you are looking past the real problem here is that this team was said to be better than the 2014 team with talent and especially defense. But the way we played yesterday plus the last few games, shows that this team would do worse in the playoffs than that team did. expectations were raised, and now we see that we will be one and done if trends continue.

 

[noshame]

Not the calf, it's the defensive schemes he's facing. There's a reason he wasn't a first round pick

 

[Hadenough]

This is not a QB we can win a SB with. The time to move on was this offseason.

Mac Jones wouldve looked good with a Star on his helmet

No way they could pass on Parsons. Mac Jones would of been a good swap to move on from Dak and his high demands though.

 

[Hadenough]

Its insane that the highest paid player on our team was the absolute worst player on the entire field today


We need a QB

This team is headed for an early exit in the playoffs if Dak keeps this up.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

He has not been the same since the calf. That said his mental toughness was always his best asset and since coming back his decision making has been flat out awful. He needs to get his mojo back. Turnovers will get us beat in the playoffs.

His plant leg is the one with the calf injury and has caused him to be inconsistent and erratic in his passing... And his reluctance to run and being slower is also a big disadvantage.

 

[Hadenough]

QBR. 9.9 lowest ever. Thank God for the defense!

At this point Dak isnt even a bus driver.

 

[JoeKing]

I mean, that has to be it, right? Can we get Dak or even the Cowboys organization to admit that?

Perhaps he needs to sit? What good is a playoff berth with a broken Dak Prescott?

OR --> is it not just the injury, but the way defenses are scheming? Doesn't help that Zeke and the running game (sans Pollard) aren't the same as they were earlier in the year.

Bottom line is Dak is struggling. Glad it's coming out in the open right now. Let's see what he intends to do about it...

As if you can do something about it. Being on here demanding full disclosure and getting others to agree with you is just useless. Why do you need all these admissions from "Dak or... the Cowboys Organisation"? It makes you sound like a conspiracy theory nut job. Yes, we can all see Dak is not 100%. Getting together to agree we all see the same thing does nothing to help the situation. Maybe it makes you feel better to have others confirm they see what you see? The way you are going about this is just puzzling. Meanwhile, the Cowboys are winning and continue to strive to get healthy and better.

 

[LittleD]

I'm not blaming any injury anymore. A lot of these errors are mental. He hasn't been able to respond to the ongoing chess match required of a high-level QB. The Broncos laid the blueprint and he hasn't been able to recover since (same with Kellen). The Dak/Kellen combo has peaked

Dak just isn't processing the game at a high level anymore

Peaked hell...they both have regressed badly. Actually, Kellen knows that Dak was always marginal at best. Jerry overpays another "break your heart" player.

 

[Hadenough]

If you’re so brilliant and care about the team, apply for the job and save us.✊

believe it or not there are plenty of people on this forum and involved in college and NFL that would be better at choosing talent. Jerry only cares about marketing.
You must have forgotten how Jerry was impressed and wanted to draft Johnny Manziel.

 

[noletime95]

Dak is immobile, seems slow to process his reads and is inaccurate at times. He seems to panic when it’s not necessary and definitely panics with pressure.

Besides that he looks great