Free Agent WR Brandin Cooks says Dallas doesn't do enough to help Dak Prescott

[InPhiltraitor]

I guess Cooks thinks Dallas needed a better #2 WR

I found it ironic that the guy who was playing the position that I believe needs upgrading is saying Dak needs help.

 

[AstroPilota]

I have a feeling they are done trying to build this team around Dak. I say this coz Jerry only wanted to give McCarthy a 3 year extension, exactly around the time Dak's contract expires. It seems they are shifting their priorities to defense and conservative ball-control offense. Ride out Dak's contract over the next 2-3 years and move on.

It will be interesting to see who they replace Cook with ............top draft pick or Parris Campbell

This could very well be the case, and a good excuse for all the 1-year contracts - in a couple years it will be easy to totally blow the team apart an start somewhat fresh. JJ panicked and got himself locked into Dak and this might be the only way out - 2 or 3 seasons of mediocrity and ride it out.

 

[Mark]

Actually have a point here. I’m not trying to be funny, sarcastic, or take a shot at Dak. I believe the organization is not doing enough to win. If you want to personalize it with 1 player then yes the organization is not doing enough to support Dak. If Dak feels this then he will carry this into games. Especially big games. You can see it sometimes when he gets that look on his face. If the team isn’t going to do enough to help him as far as supporting cast then at least bring in a sports psychologist to help him stay in the moment and not get overwhelmed.

You can almost see it in games when the momentum has shifted and he tightens up. Jerry can afford a sports psychologist to help with the mental piece.

My contention for a long time. What Dak has needed all along is a head-shrinker.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

This could very well be the case, and a good excuse for all the 1-year contracts - in a couple years it will be easy to totally blow the team apart an start somewhat fresh. JJ panicked and got himself locked into Dak and this might be the only way out - 2 or 3 seasons of mediocrity and ride it out.

The 1-year contracts give them a chance to see if any are worthy of long-term offers. They probably won't admit but it's a soft rebuild. They know we can't catch the Eagles, and maybe the Commanders with one offseason.

 

[Captain43Crash]

I’m sure he’s talked to a psychologist already. They are not miracle workers. He is who, who he is mentally AND now he is probably worse physically after his injury.

Dak himself did not do enough for the team. He took advantage of Dumb Stephen and Jerry when he took the 60 million.

 

[ChuckA1]

Actually have a point here. I’m not trying to be funny, sarcastic, or take a shot at Dak. I believe the organization is not doing enough to win. If you want to personalize it with 1 player then yes the organization is not doing enough to support Dak. If Dak feels this then he will carry this into games. Especially big games. You can see it sometimes when he gets that look on his face. If the team isn’t going to do enough to help him as far as supporting cast then at least bring in a sports psychologist to help him stay in the moment and not get overwhelmed.

You can almost see it in games when the momentum has shifted and he tightens up. Jerry can afford a sports psychologist to help with the mental piece.

Another possibility is there's really nothing this FO can do to help Dak. Is it the FO's ignorance and incompetence, or is it maybe Dak has reached his ceiling?

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

People are talking about Dak seeing a psychologist, but I don’t think it would help. If anything, it would just make him overthink more, which he probably already does. You either have 'it' or you don’t. Brady had 'it'; Dak does not. Psychology might help him manage pressure or refine his mental approach, but it won’t suddenly give him that 'it' factor.

When the going gets tough, Dak folds. That’s just who he is. Somehow, he’s built a career despite it.

That's the thing though contrary to popular belief Dak wasn't always this way. Look at Pittsburgh last year. Hell look at the Packers game his rookie season. He legit went toe to toe with Rodgers in his first playoff game. If he's never shown it i'd agree. But he's shown it especially in his career. San Fran happened and while I agree the GB game was bad too....that just looked like a poor performance that didn't look like anything mental. The San Fran games every time play out exactly the same and looks like something is off. And when you lose 3 straight I can't imagine its getting any better.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The problem with Dak is he isn’t a big game player.


I agree Dak needs more help but it doesn’t need to come from WR’s.

He needs to be able to turn around and ask his RB to win him games because he just isn’t a guy that can carry in big games.

If you think you’ll win a Super Bowl with Daks arm you’re delusional.

The thing is you can't hide a guy though. To win a SB you have to rely on a QB's arm. Doesn't mean throw it 50 times a game but you have to trust him enough to win a game for you with his throw because its gonna happen. It never fails. Mahomes lost to the Eagles this past SB because he just could never make the throws we were so use to seeing him make. Eli Manning.....a average at best regular season QB but he made key throws on his way to those SB's. Cam Newton.....couldn't make the key throws in the SB. You need them.

 

[CATCH17]

The thing is you can't hide a guy though. To win a SB you have to rely on a QB's arm. Doesn't mean throw it 50 times a game but you have to trust him enough to win a game for you with his throw because its gonna happen. It never fails. Mahomes lost to the Eagles this past SB because he just could never make the throws we were so use to seeing him make. Eli Manning.....an average at best regular season QB but he made key throws on his way to those SB's. Cam Newton.....couldn't make the key throws in the SB. You need them.

We can’t rely on Dak for 4 quarters in a big game.

He might be capable of a moment here or there but asking him to win you games is a losing recipe.

Hes not that guy.

 

[Flamma]

Yeah this notion that there was a option to pay him less is insane. It was either overpay or let him go. I'm not sure if there was a right or wrong answer. If you let him walk you suck at quarterback. If you sign him you sign a guy who's a good player in this league but body seems to be slowing down some. So I can see both sides of the argument. But one side I can't see is that offering him a cheaper contract was gonna get it done. It wasn't.

I agree. But it is akin to price gouging. You know what you're offering isn't worth the asking price, but you ask for it due to the extreme situation. You walk out of a desert dying of thirst, and I have a 50 dollar bottle of water for you. You can either pay it or keep walking. Someone else will pay it, or close to it.

Interesting tidbit. I smoke so I would always have multiple packs of cigarettes on me at work. People would drive through my lane and ask where the nearest rest area was so they can buy cigarettes. The rest areas removed the machines. But I'll sell you a pack for 6 bucks. This was when a pack cost around 3 dollars. Every one of them paid.

 

[5Stars]

Cowboys $106 million free-agent WR says Dallas doesn't do enough to help Dak Prescott
Ben Grimaldi
Cowboys Wire


Free agency has started and the Dallas Cowboys are once again continuing their frugal ways, which means there isn't much help coming for the highest paid player on the team. Quarterback Dak Prescott is the lightning rod for both the Cowboys' successes and failures, but according to wide receiver Brandin Cooks, it's the organization that needs to step up their game, not Prescott.

In an interview with DLLS Sports, the free agent WR who's made over $106 million across his career and played with Prescott the past two seasons, believes the organization isn't doing enough to put the franchise QB in the best position to win.



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Oh, Prescott needs help alright! Mental and physical help. His football skills are what they already are, and nothing will help that and it's coming up on ten year of it.

 

[5Stars]

Been saying this for years. A sports psychologist might do wonders for him. He's shown the skill set to make all the necessary throws, but he seems either hesitant or overexcited, when the time comes.

Ten Dr. Phil's could not help him. He got paid and it's all downhill from here on.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

We can’t rely on Dak for 4 quarters in a big game.

He might be capable of a moment here or there but asking him to win you games is a losing recipe.

Hes not that guy.

Well no you don’t want to have to ask your QB to win you games. That’s Mahomes and no one else. But what I’m saying is you can’t hide him. In order to win you need big plays for your QB. It’s just what it is. That doesn’t mean throw it 50 times a game. Rely on your trenches to win and make the key throws to keep the defense honest and make plays.

 

[garyo1954]

Does he understand the money situation?

With a projected $175 million tied up on 3 players, there is a small slice of the pie left for 49 other players.

 

[nate dizzle]

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My contention for a long time. What Dak has needed all along is a head-shrinker.

The Witch-doctor from Beetlejuice couldn't shrink that dudes head enough to make him not choke.

 

[Redsfan_83]

Didn't we win 12 games like 8 years in a row? Top rated offense, etc? We stacked his OL for years, gave him decent RB;s...descent WR';s,,,at times terrific D....kicker/punter///special teams...sure we aren't doing enough now, but no help will be of assistance to him at this stage of his health/career. KC has done as little as any franchise in the last 8 years, and they are doing OK. This year we abandonced our QB, that's about where this discussion ends

 

[big dog cowboy]

No…just no.

With Dak and his compromised legs and hips, the tush-push would be coined the Dak disaster. 4th and just shy of 2 is almost automatic for the Birds now and they game plan that way. It’s why they’re not afraid to run on 3 & 5.

2nd, for some of Jalen’s short-comings, in bigger moments he’s stone cold. His heart rate ain’t fluctuating, whereas Dak, looks as spooky as a trout on the first day of fishing season.

If the Birds had Dak they wouldn’t have made it to the big game to play against KC’s makeshift line.

I’m not hatin’, that’s just real.

Barkley.

The Eagles didn't need the tush push.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Dak himself did not do enough for the team.

Bingo.

 

[SiCk_DiAbLo]

Why didn't Cooks give more help instead of blaming others...

 

[mfiggs18]

Outside of 2021 the supporting cast on offense has been average at best.