Diehardblues
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Dak has had several games this season where he led the final drive to win the game. He might be part of the reason we needed to come back but the point is he did.leadership skill is still something to be proven to me. I mean he could very well have those. But that recent bit with Woody comparing him to Romo and touting what he heard. Well I don't know how much of that is that your current locker room should always be supportive of your quarterback, or else something is rotten in denmark, versus if those same players will still say the same thing long after their and dak's playing days.
The winning ability is also something I still have to witness, or moreso Dak's ability to win games versus for him being carried by others. I saw the winning ability in 2016. 2017 is a very ugly year to me. 2018 I've felt in games that coop, zeek and the D were carrying Dak. I don't see him doing all that many running plays that you see mobile quarterbacks do that win the game this year. In fact, his pocket awareness seems to get him sacked instead of get out of trouble at times. But actually, I'm not one who wants Dak to be a running quarterback. He is missing something he had in 2016, that took Romo a longer time to develop than Dak who had it in year 1. I like quarterbacks who scramble to avoid the sack, but romo had figured out that he didn't need to run the ball and threw it before he got to the line of scrimmage. Dak was doing that in 2016, but that has been missing from his game since. So I'm not quite seeing what Dak is doing to win the games versus that he had a nice defense that keeps the score low for the other team, and Zeek and Coop who seem to be our #1 and #2 players. I have said before, all that does matter is if Dak can win games, but I don't care how he does it, but I think I should be able to see when he does make a great play. I think it is possible for Zeek and Coop to be more responsible for the Ws, but I also don't think they can carry dak through the playoffs. It's a different game, so I think I should be able to evaluate Dak better and see if he can be responsible for winning.
Ultimately he’ll be measured by his playoff success.
I’ve been very critical of his passing abilities but if he can help lead this team to our ultimate goals then he’ll be all we need. If not then the criticism will be justified. Just win!!