Is Dak getting better?

[noshame]

Dak is in year 3, and will develop at least into year 5, so yes, hes improving and will continue
Yesterday we used different sets,different routes, and most of all playcalling was fresh.
They couldn't key on Zeke. Dak was on the move.
Yesterday was just a sample of what this offense is capable of.
The ball's in Scott's court if he continues to develop this offense we get four more games.
It's that simple.

 

[blumayne38]

outstanding performance by jarwin. he's learning how to find the seams.

Exactly jarwin helped a lot yesterday gave Dak a excellent big reliable target, had he not stepped up...who’s to say we win that game in all honesty.

 

[John813]

Imo he just dosent have the touch to throw consistently from the pocket and into the middle of the field and in between the safety and CB/LB. that takes confidence in you’re arm. That’s not to say he never makes those kinda passes or can’t he just doesn’t do it often. The colts have revived their offense after starting badly like 1-5 or something to that nature, with the “dunk and dunk” offense. I don’t despise the short offensive passing game, I just know there is a lot more to be had on this offense the tape shows it a lot of plays left on the field. And I think with a highly talented QB we can get the train rolling at a higher level. Don’t get me wrong though, we have a shot at becoming a nice offense I was thinking we would be more of a Carolina type offense when they went to super bowl 50. But we just never went that route with the play calling.

IIRC he did that more in 16, but yea he needs to hit those more as I believe the defenses are cheating to the outside routes/dumpoffs. Think if he can get confident with a TE then you'll see more mid middle passes connected again. Won't be week 17 Jarwin numbers but at least to keep the defense honest.
I don't mind the short passing game either, as it eats up clock too. Just need the offense to be efficient once they get to the redzone.

 

[aikemirv]

Did I say get rid of Garrett? No, don't read into and post something I did not say.

I said QB Coach and OC. And yes I stick by that. Just because Dak carried the team yesterday, which was great to see. Does not mean Linehan is the right guy to keep. It does not mean Linehan fixed himself and some of his play calling.

And what has Moore done to help Dak and his mechanics. Nothing. Dak's improvement came from him making better decisions on the field.

Do you really know what Moore has or has not done? Dak has to be willing to fix those things. I have a hard time blaming things on Linehan when you see the up and down play of Dak. The dumpoffs. the poor pocket awareness, getting rid of ball too late, panic and get rid too early. It is hard to blame Linehan when you see this stuff from Dak.

By the way, to fix those mechanics, I think you need a well respected guy who comes in and tells Dak how it is gonna be.

 

[cern]

Exactly jarwin helped a lot yesterday gave Dak a excellent big reliable target, had he not stepped up...who’s to say we win that game in all honesty.

true. who's to say we would not have won without jarwin. bease had great game. gallup improving by leaps and bounds. cooper's the real deal. rod smith showed why he's zeke's backup. given the chance, the man can fill in very ably if asked to do so. thing is, yesterday's game was an audition for dak. the emphasis was on throwing the ball, not running it.

 

[aikemirv]

Exactly jarwin helped a lot yesterday gave Dak a excellent big reliable target, had he not stepped up...who’s to say we win that game in all honesty.

I look at things like Jarwins performance and not as him stepping up but Dak seeing the field for once. We have seen too many times where Dak misses open guys or he is just not savy enough in reading defenses to know where the open guy is gonna be. I see that part yesterday as a huge improvement - at least I hope so.

 

[Pantone282C]

I have been hard on Dak all year. I can say that I do see improvement. Still taking too many sacks and he's missing big throws (but he is now making big throws). He's getting better. What is frustrating is the coaching. Why aren't we moving Dak around more? One of his better abilities is the threat of running the ball. Why aren't we at least designing more plays to get him in space. At least we can wear the defense out by doing this.

If they are gonna roll with a QB, they gotta give him the plays and players to get the job done.

 

[blumayne38]

IIRC he did that more in 16, but yea he needs to hit those more as I believe the defenses are cheating to the outside routes/dumpoffs. Think if he can get confident with a TE then you'll see more mid middle passes connected again. Won't be week 17 Jarwin numbers but at least to keep the defense honest.
I don't mind the short passing game either, as it eats up clock too. Just need the offense to be efficient once they get to the redzone.

The bears have a safety over there that can give QB real fits playing the middle of the field single high. Those teams are the ones that scare me. If they wanna play is cover 2 zone or man all day we can puns the rock keep it close and have a chance. A defense that can line up single high and rush 4 is dangerous. I’m glad we aren’t matched up against Chicago.

10-6 with being Sacked all year, not much more to add.. He’s above average, if you demand more then Draft his replacement and build back the o-line.. Best Wishes

15-20 of the sack given up this year we’re on him alone

 

[JReed1000]

As great as I thought his performance was...I think it was key thathe didn't have to depend on Zeke which caused Linehan to finally call plays to his strength. Next week Scott will go back to banging his head by giving Zeke the ball 95% of the time on 1st downs and won't call those rollouts that were killing the Giants D. Clock management wont keep the Seahawks out of the game. Our Offenses are similar. We have got to score atleast 24 points.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Exactly jarwin helped a lot yesterday gave Dak a excellent big reliable target, had he not stepped up...who’s to say we win that game in all honesty.

I find it hard to believe that Jarwin all of a sudden "stepped up", after 15 games it just all clicked? I seriously doubt it, he was the player that was the best option on those throws. If Beasley had been open downfield instead he might have gotten the 3 tds, after all he's had 2 in a game a couple of times. Billy Joe Dupree had 3 td receptions for Dallas in 1973, and that was the last time it happened. Witten and Novacek never had 3 tds in a game, and I would submit at this point in his career Jarwin is nowhere near their level.

Not so much Jarwin as the situations at the time...

 

[cern]

Did I say get rid of Garrett? No, don't read into and post something I did not say.

I said QB Coach and OC. And yes I stick by that. Just because Dak carried the team yesterday, which was great to see. Does not mean Linehan is the right guy to keep. It does not mean Linehan fixed himself and some of his play calling.

And what has Moore done to help Dak and his mechanics. Nothing. Dak's improvement came from him making better decisions on the field.

I know it's fun to rag on moore. but can anyone truly say he hasn't been helpful to dak. they spend a lot of time together on the sidelines going over film on the tablet. linehan's up in the booth. perhaps truth is moore helps more than any of us know. dak seems to pay attention when they're discussing what just happened on the last series of downs.

 

[blumayne38]

As great as I thought his performance was...I think it was key thathe didn't have to depend on Zeke which caused Linehan to finally call plays to his strength. Next week Scott will go back to banging his head by giving Zeke the ball 95% of the time on 1st downs and won't call those rollouts that were killing the Giants D. Clock management wont keep the Seahawks out of the game. Our Offenses are similar. We have got to score atleast 24 points.

At 4.7 yards a carry it’s not a surprise to me he runs it every first down I would also...

 

[HungryLion]

Dak is in his 3rd season.

Of course he is getting better... many QB’s take longer than 3 seasons to develop.

Now, there are still things he needs to improve. And it’s questionable on how much better his footwork and pocket presence will improve.

 

[jazzcat22]

Do you really know what Moore has or has not done? Dak has to be willing to fix those things. I have a hard time blaming things on Linehan when you see the up and down play of Dak. The dumpoffs. the poor pocket awareness, getting rid of ball too late, panic and get rid too early. It is hard to blame Linehan when you see this stuff from Dak.

By the way, to fix those mechanics, I think you need a well respected guy who comes in and tells Dak how it is gonna be.

Linehan effects the entire offense not just Dak.

 

[CF74]

The bears have a safety over there that can give QB real fits playing the middle of the field single high. Those teams are the ones that scare me. If they wanna play is cover 2 zone or man all day we can puns the rock keep it close and have a chance. A defense that can line up single high and rush 4 is dangerous. I’m glad we aren’t matched up against Chicago.

15-20 of the sack given up this year we’re on him alone

Maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of All sacks are on him, now imagine his progress and growth success rate without the other 2/3 o-line/scheme/receiver sack causation issues. Less whine threads...

 

[cern]

At 4.7 yards a carry it’s not a surprise to me he runs it every first down I would also...

aikman typically started with easy completions to Irvin and novacek, opening up the running game for the great emmitt. not sure why this wouldn't be a good idea for dak and the current cowboys as well. if the defense keeps giving you the completions, take them. if the defense begins to spread out to stop them, hit them with zeke.

 

[nate dizzle]

Dak was impressive yesterday. I didn't get to see the whole game yet as I was visiting family so I missed a lot but he looked great in the 4th from what I saw. Jarwin with 3 TDs was a nice surprise as well! Maybe not having Zeke in there forced Dak to look for his TE more? Only bad plays I saw from Dak was the dropped pick 6 from Jenkins and the weird throw to Cooper where he threw outside instead of inside and would have had an easy TD.

 

[Doomsday101]

I find it hard to believe that Jarwin all of a sudden "stepped up", after 15 games it just all clicked? I seriously doubt it, he was the player that was the best option on those throws. If Beasley had been open downfield instead he might have gotten the 3 tds, after all he's had 2 in a game a couple of times. Billy Joe Dupree had 3 td receptions for Dallas in 1973, and that was the last time it happened. Witten and Novacek never had 3 tds in a game, and I would submit at this point in his career Jarwin is nowhere near their level.

Not so much Jarwin as the situations at the time...

TE have been showing more in recent games so it is not all of a sudden, yesterdays game Jarwin getting open and Dak took advantage of it and while it accumulated into 7 catches for 119 and 3 TD I don't see it has all of a sudden I see TE becoming more of a factor over the last few games and managed to have a very big game yesterday

 

[Pantone282C]

I know it's fun to rag on moore. but can anyone truly say he hasn't been helpful to dak. they spend a lot of time together on the sidelines going over film on the tablet. linehan's up in the booth. perhaps truth is moore helps more than any of us know. dak seems to pay attention when they're discussing what just happened on the last series of downs.

Good points. We aren't really sure, but it sure was good to see him show some promise in a return to 2016 form. He needs to keep working on the obvious stuff, but he showed he can do some of the good stuff.

 

[blumayne38]

aikman typically started with easy completions to Irvin and novacek, opening up the running game for the great emmitt. not sure why this wouldn't be a good idea for dak and the current cowboys as well. if the defense keeps giving you the completions, take them. if the defense begins to spread out to stop them, hit them with zeke.

It could but at 4.7 yrds a carry it’s a easy 2nd down and running off time is how this offense works. We don’t play to score 40-50 points we keep it close and give ourselves a chance to win at the end. That’s why I give credit to coaching when it’s due