MMQB - Just How Good Is Dak Prescott? We Don’t Know Yet

[DFWJC]

Romo had that team in 2006 when he dropped the snap, and again in 2007. But it wasn't meant to be. And not to quote JG, but the NFL is hard. Only one champion every year and the rest a bunch of losers.

That 2006 team was not so good...average playoff team.
The QB certainly did his job. The holder...not so much. Lol

2007 was very good but were fading down the stretch.
Lost to the Super Bowl winner, like everyone else. Just happened to play them earlier.

He never had a line this good or a Zeke Elliott, but then again, who does.
The 2014 offense was similar though.
The result was first NFL QB in history to lead the league in QB rating in both regular season and playoffs...and inches from NFC title game or more.

Nultiple chance like that, and QB and team will eventually win one.

Looking forward to seeing what this group can do this year and the near future.
I like their odds.

 

[diefree666]

That 2006 team was not so good...average playoff team.
The QB certainly did his job. The holder...not so much. Lol

2007 was very good but were fading down the stretch.
Lost to the Super Bowl winner, like everyone else. Just happened to play rpthem earlier.

He never had a line this good or a Zeke Elliott, but then again, who dies.
The 2015 offense was similar though.

Looking forward to seeing what this group can do this year and the near future.
I like their odds.

The 2006 defense had a huge hole in the middle that Sean Payton spotted and then everyone else piled on. It was a fatal flaw. Even if the idiot kicker had been able to just give a bit of a shove to that LB Romo would have scored; but our D would have given it right back. 2006 was going nowhere.

2007- we had critical injuries to TO and some others late in the season and then in the NYG game the team just came apart. Clayton and Fasano's drops and quits were just the last examples.

 

[Aven8]

That 2006 team was not so good...average playoff team.
The QB certainly did his job. The holder...not so much. Lol

2007 was very good but were fading down the stretch.
Lost to the Super Bowl winner, like everyone else. Just happened to play them earlier.

He never had a line this good or a Zeke Elliott, but then again, who does.
The 2014 offense was similar though.
The result was first NFL QB in history to lead the league in QB rating in both regular season and playoffs...and inches from NFC title game or more.

Nultiple chance like that, and QB and team will eventually win one.

Looking forward to seeing what this group can do this year and the near future.
I like their odds.

That 2006 team would have beaten Chicago and you know that. This team is full of promise however and am very excited!

 

[Robbieac]

Further down he makes comments about Dez. I am slowly coming to the same conclusion about the Dez one. This team needs a premier pass rusher. But a premier WR should not be far behind. Doesn't mean dump Dez. But he is limited with his ability to get open. That cannot be good.

I agree TwoDeep. Alot of folks around here dont want to admit it, but Dez is no longer the premier receiver that he once was. He is still pretty good and would be a nice complement to a true premiere receiver if he would allow his own pride to do so though.

I roll my eyes anytime I see someone talk about "the new triplets," and Dez is included. Dak and Zeke.....definately. Dez?.....not so much. I wouldnt even put Dez as a top 20 receiver anymore. Hopefully we can get that third component to complete the new triplets in a year or two.

 

[BigD5]

That 2006 team would have beaten Chicago and you know that. This team is full of promise however and am very excited!

I think even if we make the fg Seattle drives right down the field and beats us

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

By this article Joe Montana is vastly overrated. I mean he had the greatest receiver of all time. A completely stupid article and premise. That's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back

Montana had 2 rings before Rice was even drafted. I know that wasn't the point you were making but you might choose another comparison.

 

[Elziegreat83]

I think even if we make the fg Seattle drives right down the field and beats us

Exactly! Everyone forgets there was PLENTY of time for Seattle to counter with a FG. Cowboys inability to get the first down on the initial witten spot reversal by review was the real reason they lost.

 

[Zman5]

So why aren't these morons saying the same thing about Carr or Mariota? They also both have very good OLine, running games and receivers too.

This is most like due to his draft status. Same crap Romo had to deal with because he was undrafted.

 

[GusTheo]

Andy Benoit wrote that article, he watches alot of film. At any rate, I found the part about what Janoris Jenkins said about Dez far more interesting than the Prescott stuff.

Jenkins can say what he wants, but the fact of the matter is Dez got open enough plenty to have a huge day, and for a variety of reasons it didn't work out. Missed Dak throw, Dez didn't come up with a ball that you'd hope your big time WR would come up with, a wide open play where he wasn't the #1 read and the ball went elsewhere. Let's not forget how balanced our team is and how much we run as well.

 

[Philmonroe]

So why aren't these morons saying the same thing about Carr or Mariota? They also both have very good OLine, running games and receivers too.

This is most like due to his draft status. Same crap Romo had to deal with because he was undrafted.

I agree because when Luck out here relatively stinking it's everybody else but his fault but with Dak it's the opposite. People need to be consistent with how we are going to rate qbs and stop being morons to their pre draft views

 

[Dundalis]

So why aren't these morons saying the same thing about Carr or Mariota? They also both have very good OLine, running games and receivers too.

This is most like due to his draft status. Same crap Romo had to deal with because he was undrafted.

It's all about aesthetics. The media and fans like the guy with the big arm that makes the highlight throws. Dak will continue to get the same labels Brady got earlier in his career until the evidence otherwise becomes overwhelming.

 

[Dale]

I agree TwoDeep. Alot of folks around here dont want to admit it, but Dez is no longer the premier receiver that he once was. He is still pretty good and would be a nice complement to a true premiere receiver if he would allow his own pride to do so though.

I roll my eyes anytime I see someone talk about "the new triplets," and Dez is included. Dak and Zeke.....definately. Dez?.....not so much. I wouldnt even put Dez as a top 20 receiver anymore. Hopefully we can get that third component to complete the new triplets in a year or two.

Is Dez really any different now than he was 3 years ago, though? He's always been an elite touchdown producer, and an elite high-point locater of the football. I haven't seen anything that suggests he has fallen off in those categories. Everything else? I'm not sure he's ever been elite in any other category. Just my two cents.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[robbieruff]

Wow. Incrediblly absurd notions in that article. Never experienced a storm? How bout being down multiple TDs in your first playoff game and almost leading your team back against a playing out of his mind AR?!

And to assert that no other QB ever had a better set of circumstances coming in as a rookie? I will give u one: Roger Staubach...at least had Landry started him from the beginning, which is a whole different conversation. Roger joined a team that was absolutely loaded with talent on both sides of the ball...

The most important quality Dak has as a QB - winner who doesn’t beat himself. The dude took a below average MSU program and had them #1 in the country!?! And he comes into the pros and keeps on rolling.

I love all the doubters tho. Be sweet when he’s hoisting a Lombardi over his head in the next couple of years or so.

 

[robbieruff]

Or it could be you're a Cowboys fan laughably comparing Prescott to Montana.

Joe Montana could throw a 5 yard slant to a wide open receiver in the end zone.

Or helped by a receiver (Dwight Clark) who can go up to catch an errant pass?

 

[FaSho]

That's for darn sure about Weeden and Cassel. I wonder if you asked most sensible fans how good a second year Dak is when compared to, say, Romo in his second year as the starter in 07, what they would say.

Romo was PHENOMENAL in his second year. Dak is good at not committing turnovers, but he's not at that elite level like Romo was, yet. He will be though.

 

[GusTheo]

Romo was PHENOMENAL in his second year. Dak is good at not committing turnovers, but he's not at that elite level like Romo was, yet. He will be though.

Offense also had a different philosophy back then. I'm a Romo guy through and through, but we are a run first team now.

Who knows, maybe in another year or so we throw the ball a bit more once Dak shows that big play ability with more consistency.

At the end of the day, Dak has one season under his belt. He's way ahead of the curve and we are beyond lucky to have had him fall in our laps.

 

[Fletch]

Once again article stating we have the best offensive line (the NFL has seen in last 25 years). Zeke HAD the best run blocking OL in the NFL. As for pass blocking protecting Prescott, they aren't the best. They were middle of the pack in pass protection. Dak was sacked 25 times. I don't get it whenever an article brings up Dak, they always mention how great an OL he plays behind, benefiting from it. Zeke benefits from it.

It's the Cowboys.