Dak is a nice guy. But nice quarterbacks don't win much.
Aikman would give you the cold shoulder. Drop a pass or don't cross the safety's face, you're not getting another pass from Aikman.
Brady would chew you out. Tell you to run the route and get you A where you need to be because the ball is going to be there.
Marino would chew you out too.
If your guys aren't where they're supposed to be (Schultz: "But, but somebody knocked me off my route."
), it's the quarterback's responsibility to take control and tell his receivers, "Don't let it happen again."
Guys respect that. That's why they respected Michael Irvin. He was up in everyone's face because he was sweating passion and a desire to
WIN. It wasn't this, "Aw, shucks. You did your best. We'll get em next time." Irvin was like, "We win right here, right now or we die trying!"
Then again, you've gotta earn guys' respect. Dak doesn't have that clout right now, but I don't think it's in his personality either.