No wonder it takes a "special type" of QB to survive in Dallas.
A player can be...
- Top 5 in the NFL in completion percentage (no apples to oranges comparisons due to "era")
- Top 3 in the NFL in Yards per Attempt (Tops among the Top 5 completion percentage leaders and not exactly Dinking and Dunking to have a high Comp%)
- Be Top 5 to Top 10 in almost, if not, every "advanced" completion percentage stat out there
- All while playing on a team that is battling for the league "lead" in the most dropped passes
And yet that player's accuracy and ability to be an NFL caliber QB, let alone a starting one or better, will be questioned on a DAILY basis.
Was Dak "great" against the Giants? No. But he was far better than average playing against a Division Rival that made last nights game out to be a REVENGE game. Make no mistake about it, the MNF game was way more meaningful for the Giants than it was for the Cowboys. Should it have been that way? No, the Cowboys should have came out playing with more fire. But it happens.
Seriously, with THIS fan base, the only positive to be the Cowboys QB is the money. And I suspect, even if a QB win a Super Bowl or two, I could easily see the FANS trying to run that guy out of town if he does not make deep playoff runs a couple of years in a row, even if it was not his fault (ie injuries, poor defense, other player turnovers, ect...).
All I have left to say is that I hope some of you hold yourselves to the same "near perfect" expectations in your own lives.