How can you not be passionate for Dak?

[Corso]

While Dak looked good in the first 8 games, he was not as flawless as his rookie season. The second 8 games Dak was playing on a below average offense. The o-line was playing average football with depth and performance issues, the YPC stats for the backs were empty as they had trouble running in crucial situations as well as first down and never provided half the threat and game-planning Zeke does, and the receiving core was amongst one of the least dynamic in the league.

Consider this, for all eligible pass catchers in 2017 (tight ends & receivers), Dak's targets where 24th in separation (Mr. Body Catch Terrance Williams), 89th (Jason Witten), 96th (league leader in drops Dez Bryant), and 98th Cole Beasley. His slight issues in the first half and then huge issues in the second half are a direct correlation to having Zeke to mask the receiver issues vs. not having Zeke and the issues being exposed. The team was simply 1 year behind on their overhaul of the wide receiver position, even though it was virtually impossible to see it coming. If the team had the same pass catchers in 2018 as 2017, we would all be very disappointed in the passing game.


You might ask, but why does he need protection, a running game, and good receivers in order to play well? Well unless you have an elite defense (which the team might be on the cusp of doing), elite coaching, or Brady, Brees, Wilson, or Rodgers playing QB; you're gonna need to give your quarterback help. Only the elite top 4 or 5 qb's in the league can take a team with holes to post season success. The other guys like Matt Ryan, Derek Carr, Kirk Cousins, Cam Newton, and etc. need help.


What was Matt Ryan's career before Julio Jones, Mike Shanahan and Devonte Freeman? Cam Newton's MVP year his team led the league in rushing and was top 5 in total defense. Kirk Cousins can pass for all the 4,000 yard seasons to all the DJax's and Garcons of the world if he wants to, without a running game he couldn;t win anything of significance. In 2016, Carr had a top 5 rushing team, a top 3 o-line as well as Pro-bowl caliber receivers and looked like an MVP; make those things slightly worse last season and you see a natural regression.


Every team with a non-elite QB needs and has a system designed for their strengths. Romo had one and unfortunately the coaches weren't logical enough to think that Romo's offense wasn't the best fit for Dak. They used a simpler version of the offense in 2016, and when they wanted to put more on his plate for 2017 they did so in Tony's offense. The passing game was meant to flow through Dez and open the game up for the others but with Dez not being the same guy from 2014 along with his lack of chemistry with Dak; that plan was doomed form the get-go. Again, this is on the coaching staff as they should have implemented an offense suited to his strengths and not Romo's.

*******Sidenote: I know this isn't a Romo thread but this must be addressed. We killed Romo when he played and love him now. He's a hall of famer in the fans eyes and was an elite qb to many. I love Tony, but this isn't true. Tony never took the team to a conference championship. Elite qb's can take teams with holes and make them exponentially better. Yes the FO never gave him a superbowl team, but there have been elite qb's to do it without the star studded roster. There are 2 ways to win a superbowl; option A) Elite qb play with opportunistic defenses (2010 Saints, A-Rods Packers), option B) elite defense and/or running game and smart risk averse qb play (2014 seahawks in Wilson's second year, Mannings broncos vs. Panthers). The Cowboys mistakenly thought with Romo they could win with option A, when they really should have planned for option B. Dak will always be a 14-16 league qb based solely off arm talent. But with the right team-building philosophy can play like a 8-10 with his leadership, movement skills, and lack of turnovers when given proper protection and receiving targets. That's all the team needs from him! 4,000 yard passing seasons and deep bombs are icing on the cake, not the actual needs of the team just entertainment.

The bottom line is Dak is a good qb with average arm talent who uses intangibles, toughness, leadership, dual threat athleticism, and great short to intermediate accuracy to play winning football. That's who he's been his whole career from college to the pros. *** You better believe his short/intermediate accuracy and risk aversion are real. They have been strengths of his during his whole career, 6 games with circumstances unlikely to occur again do not define him in those terms! With an offseason in his own system and fixing of all the major offensive issues there is no reason to believe he wont play like a 8-10 range guy. O line is here to stay, Zeke should play more than 10 games, and the wide receiver room is filled with guys who are good route runners and can get open. Dak SHOULD have the tools to succeed. He does need to improve, but he is a more than capable franchise guy.

Welcome to the board friend! I'm looking forward to reading you!

 

[WillieBeamen]

That's why he was in the conversation for league MVP his rookie season? Or having another great last year until Tyron and Zeke happened?

You're clearly a casual.


Dak isnt in the top 20 in the league in arm talent

Brees
Brady
Rodgers
Stafford
Ryan
Newton
Wentz
Wilson
Roethlisberger
Rivers
Mariota
Garropolo
Luck
Watson
Winston
Smith
Cousins
Bradford
Goff
Manning


All of these guys are better passers than Dakota.

 

[CowboyStar88]

Ill keep laughing. Doesnt it stink to know that once the season starts you will have to go into hiding?

Im sure you will poke your head out after a pick or a loss no doubt. LOL

Hide? Nah don’t know anyone on this board who will go in hiding. I’ve been here 14 years chump, so I’ll be here till the day I die. Right or wrong unlike you. You’re the guy who hides when they’re wrong. And gloats like a child when they’re right. People call you out daily. It’s entertaining. Nothing but a chump

 

[ShiningStar]

I am very much a Dak fan. Just not the Dak attack crap. Fan of the player.

 

[Darthkuriboh]

Then perhaps the team should have made a move to get Goff or Wentz instead of allowing Philly and LA to move up for the QBs. They knew the QB position was an injury liability and we didn't make adequate plans for the future.

Plans? This front office doesn't make plans. They do **** on the fly, and when the stupid decisions they make in a hurry don't work out, they blame everyone but themselves

 

[CowboyRoy]

Hey Roy. How about a mutual block.
Then I can pull for Dak and Romo and not listen to saying I'm not.
And you can avoid reading the imaginary stuff that you think I've ever said about Dak.
Agree?
Mutual blocks?

See, now I love that.

How about this..............tell me how you feel about Dak and I will let your own words speak for you. And then we can move on from there. Sound good?

 

[CowboyRoy]

Romo obviously is living in your head RENT FREE!

Romo is one of my favorite QB's of all time. I stuck up for him just as I stuck up for Dak now. Haters were wrong them and haters are wrong now.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Trust me you dont want him to be like romo, we won't see a SB for another 9 years.

We’re right on track now tho

 

[CowboyRoy]

All the time. And I use comas, punctuation and complete sentences. much.

And you correct punctuation on a chat room. LOL The only people that do that is guys that got nothing.

Quite frankly, your not worth the time. This isn't a thesis. I'm responding to a Romo cry baby on a chat room. YOu don't like it, put me on ignore. Cuz let me tell you. YOUR never going to hear the end of it from me once the season starts.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Hide? Nah don’t know anyone on this board who will go in hiding. I’ve been here 14 years chump, so I’ll be here till the day I die. Right or wrong unlike you. You’re the guy who hides when they’re wrong. And gloats like a child when they’re right. People call you out daily. It’s entertaining. Nothing but a chump

Oh yah, what have I been wrong about and when did I go into hiding. LOL

Another weak analysis. And I don't want you to go into hiding. Ill chase you all over this board as our franchise QB tears it up this year.

 

[big dog cowboy]

You're clearly a casual.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that statement.

 

[wssaustin]

No physical tools, can't do good reads, not making accurate throws, all of these are just ragh-ragh noises that before long will be forgotten.

 

[rags747]

Oh yah, what have I been wrong about and when did I go into hiding. LOL

Another weak analysis. And I don't want you to go into hiding. Ill chase you all over this board as our franchise QB tears it up this year.

And if our franchise QB does not tear it up, what will you do then?

 

[CowboyStar88]

Oh yah, what have I been wrong about and when did I go into hiding. LOL

Another weak analysis. And I don't want you to go into hiding. Ill chase you all over this board as our franchise QB tears it up this year.

Oh you think I care? You’ll be the obsessed one chump. I really don’t care if I’m wrong or right. I never guaranteed anything. Not being a fan of a player doesn’t equal calling them a failure or saying they suck. Is that really hard for you to separate? Go ahead and be a stalker big boy it suits you well.

 

[GMO415]

Bleu Star...until you change your Avatar, its hard to focus on what you were trying to relay.....hahaha. Yes, I believe in Dak, but look around the site, he's one of the most controversial players since Romo!

 

[GMO415]

Sorry but some are thinking Dak is just a stepping stone to Mike White in 2019.

I rest my case Bleu

 

[JoeKing]

I rest my case Bleu

Oh, don't include me in that noise. I'm with my brother @Bleu Star in this. I'm just saying there are some varying opinions out there on this.

 

[The Fonz]

 

[Big D]

Listen up pinheads, our problems are on the defensive side of the ball. Dak has nothing to do with that. All this talk about pure passer this, poor mechanics/ footwork that, blah, blah you sound like fools. The guy won more games in a row than any qb we've had since the 70's! Let that sink in. He was on pace to continue when he began taking sacks in the 2nd half of season. If you dont think that taking more sacks in 8 games than in the previous 24 combined doesn't effect the qb's performance then your just being ignorant.

 

[DFWJC]

See, now I love that.

How about this..............tell me how you feel about Dak and I will let your own words speak for you. And then we can move on from there. Sound good?

Why dont you read my 100 posts on the matter and stop accusing me falsely or trying to make me explain anything for no reason.
Its not my job to pamper you

And I have no idea what this “into hiding” stuff is. I mean, what the hell are you talking about? I haven't gone anywhere, and why would I?