Dak's Ceiling

[Deionindahood]

Has Dak reached the pinnacle of his growth or is he still developing and maturing? I personally think what we see is what we get. Curious what others think.

 

[shabazz]

We’ve been told that his 2 best attributes were that he never got hurt and missed games and that he doesn’t turn the ball over…..that myth has been busted

 

[MysteryIceGuro]

Dak’s ceiling is no higher than the height of a newborn baby.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

The guy is still chasing the ghost of his rookie season 7 years later.

His numbers his rookie season, aside from INTs, were middle of the pack.

It was the efficiency that made that offense good and him look good leading it. He took what the defense gave him instead of trying to be Mahomes like he does now.

 

[Runwildboys]

Unfortunately, I think what you see is the best you're ever gonna get. Capable of making great plays, but incapable of being consistent enough to do it for a whole season.

 

[Deionindahood]

Said part is we are stuck with Dak and his contract.

 

[shabazz]

Said part is we are stuck with Dak and his contract.

Sad turns into horrified when we see his salary cap hits the next 2 seasons.

 

[Aven8]

Dak’s just a solid QB. Moore does him no favors having said that.

 

[USArmyVet]

Sad turns into horrified when we see his salary cap hits the next 2 seasons.

Nope...because Jerry and his idiot son believe Dak is ELITE and will restructure Dak's contract so Dak will be here for the next 4+ seasons and we as fans will be beyond 30+ years without a Super Bowl.

 

[jgboys1]

Nope...because Jerry and his idiot son believe Dak is ELITE and will restructure Dak's contract so Dak will be here for the next 4+ seasons and we as fans will be beyond 30+ years without a Super Bowl.

I would cut him at the end of this season and bite the bullet more sooner than later. Why hang on to a QB who you know won’t be bringing you a Super Bowl championship?

 

[BoysForLife]

Is basically a crawlspace

 

[USArmyVet]

I would cut him at the end of this season and bite the bullet more sooner than later. Why hang on to a QB who you know won’t be bringing you a Super Bowl championship?

$49M cap hit...$89M dead money....Dallas can't afford that cap hit.

 

[DasTex]

Dak ceiling has been met. Moore needs to realize it and create the game plan around the running game....but we all know that isn't going to happen.

 

[SultanOfSix]

I think so. By year seven you are what you are.

Dak proponents want to compare him to Romo getting better as the years went by, but Romo was a fundamentally different QB than Dak in just his second year of starting. He was a pro-set QB who threw receivers open. Sure, he was a "gunslinger" and made a number of mistakes (the 5 interception performance against Buffalo an example, even though he did lead the team back to win), but as he matured, he toned down those mistakes. His fundamental mental abilities and skills never significantly changed. They just got a bit more polished.

 

[Vtwin]

This might help to find it.

 

[jgboys1]

$49M cap hit...$89M dead money....Dallas can't afford that cap hit.

I agree, but I hate to see this clown on our roster going forward. I guess extending him will spread the damage over longer period of time. He should have never have been signed with that ridiculous contract in the first place.

 

[USArmyVet]

I think so. By year seven you are what you are.

Dak proponents want to compare him to Romo getting better as the years went by, but Romo was a fundamentally different QB than Dak in just his second year of starting. He was a pro-set QB who threw receivers open. Sure, he was a "gunslinger" and made a number of mistakes (the 5 interception performance against Buffalo an example, even though he did lead the team back to win), but as he matured, he toned down those mistakes. His fundamental mental abilities and skills never significantly changed. They just got a bit more polished.

The interesting thing is that Romo was deemed a gunslinger for all his pass attempts and style yet in only 1 did Romo eclipse 550 pass attempts (648 in 2012)....Dak had 596 pass attempts in 2019 & 2021 and was well on his way to passing for 600+ attempts in 2020 before his injury....and for all his gunslinging Romo had a career Comp % of 65.2%....just 1.3% behind Dak's career Comp % of 66.5%.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Just gonna have to live with Dak until 2025. Maybe the worst contract in team history.

 

[USArmyVet]

I agree, but I hate to see this clown on our roster going forward. I guess extending him will spread the damage over longer period of time. He should have never have been signed with that ridiculous contract in the first place.

While a short term detriment approach, Dallas should do everything it can to draft a quality QB in the 1st round next season and absorb Dak's contract for 2023 then trade him for what you can get after 2023 wherein his dead money hit is $39.9M compared to a cap hit of $52M.

 

[leeblair]

Has Dak reached the pinnacle of his growth or is he still developing and maturing? I personally think what we see is what we get. Curious what others think.

I think you're dead on.
He's not growing. He's not maturing.
He thinks he's doing it great.
And that's why this is as good as it gets for the Cowboys with Dak.