Let's not shy away from it. We have the best QB in the league

[Nexx]

LOL.. shocking that the Dak haters have magically rediscovered their keyboard today.. The team got beat.. it happens.. On to the next game. Personally I think the flu got them way more than they were willing to admit this week. The lack of energy was too widespread to think otherwise. Need to keep a keen eye on their energy level next week though. If it's a repeat then yeah, this team aint ready for prime time.

well the thing is Ronnie. its been awhile since the Cowboys played a good team on the road. Can you not see the pattern?

 

[Vtwin]

Excuse 10001 the flu got them.

And the travel regimen. And spies from the other team poisoning their dinner.

 

[DuncanIso]

Only way they extend Dak…he wins a Super Bowl.

Dallas isn’t even discussing an extension for Dak, or big Mike.

I think he’s a June cut in 2024.

lol..the letdown on this will be epic, the only question is will you be miserable with Dak as the QB for the next 3 or 4 years, seriously that is the only question about his contract its not "IF" its "How long will the extension be"..

It would an epic letdown.

Dak isn’t even an All Pro QB.

His cap hit would crush the teams chances for many seasons.

Or….Lance in 2024.

 

[HMJYay]

The issue is hyperbole. The team plays a stretch of terrible teams and feasts against the really terrible teams. The formula is always the same. If the defense gets TO's the offensive has the ball more and puts up numbers. If the other teams get ahead and the defense doesn't get TO's Dak always looks this way. He goes as the teams goes. All QB's do, but not all to the same extent. Dak doesn't elevate a team. The defense played crappy. Why is Dak out there down 31-3 throwing an interception? Why didn't he be the leader he says he is, take the team from a bad situation and keep the game comptetiive. Because he doesn't have the skill level to do it. Just as it always has been, Dak is a middle of the pack QB. If you put Dak on the Cheifs, the Cheifs are 3 win team. If Mahomes had the Cowboys they have won 12 so far. Dak goes entirely as the teams goes. He's a 12-15 QB in this league. Which isn't bad, but eventually the question comes do you pay this guy 60 million a year, because it's clear he's not giving discounts. Once you do pay him that and you can't afford to resign Cee Dee or Parsons are Tyler Smith to their next contract and Tyron moves on and Zack Martin moves on and you have truly bad team that he is hamstrung by the team will be a 4-6 team because they couldn't stay comptetive while giving him more money. It's always hyperbole with Dak. They win and he racks up the stats and he's the MVP. They lose big and plays terrible and he's the worst. The truth is in the middle. Do you pay for the middle? That's the question. The first contract was a mistake. A second bigger one sets the Cowboys back 3-5 years (in my opinion). You don't need great QB play. You need good QB play and good to great team.

 

[tomokawan]

Anybody judging Prescott off this game is ridiculous nothing's changed from last week except for the fact that our offensive line got handled with a four man line they played a lot of coverage there was no time to throw they abandoned the run game we got down early there were far too many penalties there were far too many injuries too many people were sick there's a whole bunch of problems in this game and we lost we got our butts kick what did you look at the other side what exactly did Josh Allen do in this game less than Prescott Prescott didn't get that run game if he did we'd have won this game they literally shut down our run and our path with a four man line and played Max coverage and they were getting to the quarterback pretty easily..

I wasn't judging him just off this game. The OP said he was the best QB in the league. The post from him was after last week's game. I said last week he is not the best QB in the leauge. And he is not IMO. How is that judging him on this game only???. It is a sesson long fact. Why did you not call the OP ridiculous for posting Dak being the best in the league after that game last week???

 

[DandyDon52]

Thanks.. To be clear I watched my daughter star as Marie in the Nutcracker yesterday so didn't get to watch the game live. She slayed.. apparently the team didn't.. I've seen a lot of talk on various platforms about lack of energy team wide. Makes me wonder if that flu bug was worse than they let on. We'll know more in Miami. I don't overreact after one game. Teams have bad days.. The Cowboys had one.. The last time they had one they played the best football in the NFL for 6 or 7 weeks. If they do that this team this season will end up right where we want it.

IMO the team was flat unprepared, not innovative at all , the Bills were the opposite.
The bills out coached mike and his guys big time.
When you forget parsons is even on the field, the coaches did not do a good job.

 

[DandyDon52]

The issue is hyperbole. The team plays a stretch of terrible teams and feasts against the really terrible teams. The formula is always the same. If the defense gets TO's the offensive has the ball more and puts up numbers. If the other teams get ahead and the defense doesn't get TO's Dak always looks this way. He goes as the teams goes. All QB's do, but not all to the same extent. Dak doesn't elevate a team. The defense played crappy. Why is Dak out there down 31-3 throwing an interception? Why didn't he be the leader he says he is, take the team from a bad situation and keep the game comptetiive. Because he doesn't have the skill level to do it. Just as it always has been, Dak is a middle of the pack QB. If you put Dak on the Cheifs, the Cheifs are 3 win team. If Mahomes had the Cowboys they have won 12 so far. Dak goes entirely as the teams goes. He's a 12-15 QB in this league. Which isn't bad, but eventually the question comes do you pay this guy 60 million a year, because it's clear he's not giving discounts. Once you do pay him that and you can't afford to resign Cee Dee or Parsons are Tyler Smith to their next contract and Tyron moves on and Zack Martin moves on and you have truly bad team that he is hamstrung by the team will be a 4-6 team because they couldn't stay comptetive while giving him more money. It's always hyperbole with Dak. They win and he racks up the stats and he's the MVP. They lose big and plays terrible and he's the worst. The truth is in the middle. Do you pay for the middle? That's the question. The first contract was a mistake. A second bigger one sets the Cowboys back 3-5 years (in my opinion). You don't need great QB play. You need good QB play and good to great team.

keep in mind dak doesnt make the game plan, or design the plays, or call them, so a lot of the blame goes on mike and his coaches.
Bills coached way better than cowboys in that game, and I saw no innovation from dallas coaches. Bills designed a defense and offense for this cowboy
game and mike and his staff had no answers for it.
And I am not excusing dak or other players. just saying they were not given any help, or anything good to work with.
That was horrible coaching job by mike, very similar to the playoff games last 2 years.

Replacing dak wont help if mike is still here, and even quinn coached a bad game in this one, 2nd game where he made poor use of parsons, it is almost like
he wants parsons to be a non factor.

 

[RonnieT24]

I wasn't judging him just off this game. The OP said he was the best QB in the league. The post from him was after last week's game. I said last week he is not the best QB in the leauge. And he is not IMO. How is that judging him on this game only???. It is a sesson long fact. Why did you not call the OP ridiculous for posting Dak being the best in the league after that game last week???

But he WAS the best QB in the league for 6 weeks. Yesterday doesn't change that. If he returns to that same level of play the next three weeks which performance do you give more weight to? The 9 games of ballin out or the one game he (and the team) stunk?

 

[tomokawan]

But he WAS the best QB in the league for 6 weeks. Yesterday doesn't change that. If he returns to that same level of play the next three weeks which performance do you give more weight to? The 9 games of ballin out or the one game he (and the team) stunk?

I disagree. No problem.

 

[plymkr]

Only way they extend Dak…he wins a Super Bowl.

Dallas isn’t even discussing an extension for Dak, or big Mike.

I think he’s a June cut in 2024.

My biggest fear is Dak lays eggs in Miami, against Detroit and then in the playoffs and we extend him at 55 APY.

 

[diamonddelts]

But he WAS the best QB in the league for 6 weeks. Yesterday doesn't change that. If he returns to that same level of play the next three weeks which performance do you give more weight to? The 9 games of ballin out or the one game he (and the team) stunk?

8 games of balling against below .500 teams.

 

[Blitzen]

My biggest fear is Dak lays eggs in Miami, against Detroit and then in the playoffs and we extend him at 55 APY.

He could throw interceptions on every single throw throughout and he would still get a mega extension. Even a first round loss would not stop it. Jerry and Stephen have already made it abundantly clear that postseason success is not necessary for the QB to get extended until he cannot physically play anymore. But, you do need to prove you can get the team to the playoffs pretty routinely. Luckily almost half the league makes the playoffs now-so much easier than it used to be.

 

[acr731]

But he WAS the best QB in the league for 6 weeks. Yesterday doesn't change that. If he returns to that same level of play the next three weeks which performance do you give more weight to? The 9 games of ballin out or the one game he (and the team) stunk?

He had a good run of games against some very bad teams and you want to crown him the best in the NFL.

Cool.... do what ever you want.

 

[Hadenough]

LOL.. shocking that the Dak haters have magically rediscovered their keyboard today.. The team got beat.. it happens.. On to the next game. Personally I think the flu got them way more than they were willing to admit this week. The lack of energy was too widespread to think otherwise. Need to keep a keen eye on their energy level next week though. If it's a repeat then yeah, this team aint ready for prime time.

The flu sounds like a nice excuse but we have seen this time after time when facing a solid playoff team. They aren't even competitive.

 

[erod]

But he WAS the best QB in the league for 6 weeks. Yesterday doesn't change that. If he returns to that same level of play the next three weeks which performance do you give more weight to? The 9 games of ballin out or the one game he (and the team) stunk?

Lol, when he gets turnovers from his defense and plays crappy teams. Tough games outside the division like yesterday, he always sucks. Always.

At least that MVP nonsense was put to bed. They need to focus on San Fran, not stats in games against Tommy DeVito and individual awards.

 

[erod]

LOL.. shocking that the Dak haters have magically rediscovered their keyboard today.. The team got beat.. it happens.. On to the next game. Personally I think the flu got them way more than they were willing to admit this week. The lack of energy was too widespread to think otherwise. Need to keep a keen eye on their energy level next week though. If it's a repeat then yeah, this team aint ready for prime time.

It's the "playing a good team" flu.

He gets it every time we play one.

 

[Asklesko]

 

[plymkr]

He could throw interceptions on every single throw throughout and he would still get a mega extension. Even a first round loss would not stop it. Jerry and Stephen have already made it abundantly clear that postseason success is not necessary for the QB to get extended until he cannot physically play anymore. But, you do need to prove you can get the team to the playoffs pretty routinely. Luckily almost half the league makes the playoffs now-so much easier than it used to be.

I agree and it sucks.

 

[Southern0005]

I don't know if he's going to win the MVP or if we're going to win every game but we need to stop dancing around it. Dak is playing the position better than any other QB in the game and has been for some time now. It's no longer about whether he's top 10 or "elite." It's about is anybody better. The argument could certainly be made that Purdy is certainly on the same level but that ignores the fact that he's getting WAY more YAC than Dak is and the main statistical advantage Purdy has right now is yards per attempt by 1.5 yards I believe and that is almost completely a result of the fact that the Niners' receivers are averaging 1.5 more yards per catch than the Cowboys' receivers. Purdy is clearly ballin, but Dak is ballin more! But at this point Dak and Purdy are 1 and 1a at the QB position. Nobody else is playing as well as those two.

Easy to play well…when you play the worst teams. How he look against an equal team in Buffalo? The only correct answer is horrible. Lucky to not throw 4 ints that game.

 

[RonnieT24]

Easy to play well…when you play the worst teams. How he look against an equal team in Buffalo? The only correct answer is horrible. Lucky to not throw 4 ints that game.

As bad as he looked he apparently looked better than Josh Allen. The difference is Allen's run game and defense showed up. Bad games happen. This one does not outweigh the previous 8 no matter how hard people try to make it so. Now if he and the team turn in a string of these that changes things but this business of only assigning "good team" and "big game" status to games when the Cowboys lose won't fly with me. The Eagles were one of the two or three best teams in the league according to many less than a month ago. Now that they got boat raced by two good teams they're suddenly trash. Too convenient for me. Congrats to the Bills.. they won a game they desperately needed just to stay in the playoff hunt. If the Cowboys right the ship and return to playing good football the rest of the way this game won't matter one iota.