Much like debates that take place in this forum, ultimately 'rankings' like being referenced in this thread is nothing more than opinion. Regardless of rankings, which of course provides an opportunity for debate, what will be the deciding factor will be games played on the field this season.
And what bugs me is them not having any plans to play Rayne Dakota even a single series in the playoffs.
True as there really isn't anyone in the 2024 free agent QB group that is an improvement so to speak over Dak and to grab a QB in the draft means a need for a Top 5 pick and that is a crap shoot.....although could you imagine Deion Sanders kid Shedaur, QB at Colorado, being drafted by Dallas?
Freudian slip perhaps but you mean preseason not playoffs.
Yeah, and I heard the entire first team is playing a full quarter for Buffalo this week. I don't know how you get to game speed using practice alone. But apparently the Cowboys think they can. It's obvious that other teams are using preseason games to achieve this. Who knows, maybe they'll put some starters in on the last preseason game.
I don't remember how they did it last year with the 3 games, but I think there is a case for both. The guys playing week 2 are getting a break week before the season. It's the same deal they had with 4 games. Played week 3 and took week 4 off. If you keep them with week 3 in a shortened season, you bring the momentum into week one. Other factors too. We have some deep depth at some positions and I'm sure the coaches are fighting over who to keep. Big Mac could be keeping his new playbook close to the vest. I also consider Dak injury prone lately. Easy to forget.
Dak is no failure, but ok.
Yeah, that's how they typically did it. It also appears most teams around the league are doing the same. I just thought they might change things up since there are only 3 PS games instead of four. But I think you're going to be right on this.
Tampa Bay was an 8-9 team in 2022.
I agree but I still think they’d be a lesser team for it.
So? They weren't any better or worse than NYG, and Tom Brady is certainly not Daniel Jones.
While there, of course, is 'pressure' in being the starting QB of Dallas, or any NFL team for that matter, the argument can be made that this is, in fact, the season Dak will experience the most pressure seeing as how a big decision on a contract extension is due next season and Dallas has the defense and enough offensive weapons, as well as a new 'Dak friendly' offensive scheme, where expectations of at least an NFCCG are being placed on him and the team.
It’s fact. They were a sub .500 team. And a team with a losing record should not have been in the playoffs.
We can all agree TB had almost no rushing attack and Brady was a shell of himself by that game.
I look at it from the Jones family perspective. Since Dak has been the Cowboys quarterback he has never had a losing season and the Cowboys have been the top story of the NFL news cycle for the most part. The Jones family is happy with Dak because he takes the hits like a good soldier. What he did in 2017 for Jerry made him a Cowboy for life. Dak lost respect from the media and players around the league for standing. I don’t know what quarterback that could stand the pressure of what Dak was under at that time making a 4th round salary. The wrong move Dak could have been out of the NFL in 2018.
