Jane Slater: Player has concern that Dak panics when 1st read not there

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One thing about Dak I noticed is that he tries to play too fast when the team is behind. What I saw yesterday was a lot like what happened at Washington back in the 2022 finale. His internal clock goes wild and every pass becomes a tick too early or off target.
 

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Accurate assessment of yesterday.

He absolutely choked in the 1st half, and sped himself up unnecessarily when the 1st read wasn't there.

The pick-6 was beyond atrocious and then he was nearly picked in the endzone right before the half as well. That would've been his 3rd INT.
 

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Olsen pointed this out several times . GB planned to take away the 1st read KNOWING , DAK can't read defenses for crap and would panic .

Great scouting , as this has held true his entire career
Right. Ferg was open on a corner route, clean pocket, Dak scrambled instead of throwing to the next (open) read. CeeDee was open on a corner route on the INT when Cooks was mugged, again, clean pocket just go to the next progression and deliver the pass.
 

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Also not sold on the "first read" stuff. Can a guy that can't read defenses lead the NFL in TD passes by accident?

Dak sucked yesterday but so did the scheme. Green Bay took Lamb away and all McCarthy tried to do after that was force it to him. Somewhere the Packers coaches are watching this film and laughing their butts off right now.
 

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Accurate assessment of yesterday.

He absolutely choked in the 1st half, and sped himself up unnecessarily when the 1st read wasn't there.

The pick-6 was beyond atrocious and then he was nearly picked in the endzone right before the half as well. That would've been his 3rd INT. :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::angry::angry::angry::angry::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
You left out a few details. Fixed it for you.
 

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You saw that too. On the KO, before Dallas offense took the field the camera was on Dak, and he was staring into space like a daydream.
trying desperately to come up with a post game comment or two to explain away another failure.
 

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he does but other than lamb and 87. Too easy to guard the wr. They need get separation. Not good enough. Example cooks did horrible route and effort to prevent the int.
 
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