One of Prescott's Better Games

[ConstantReboot]

I'm saying didn't lose to chumps. That's what I'm saying. It was a hot Carolina team that lost 2 games all season, once against the Falcons and the Super Bowl.

The "throwing away games" happens to EVERY QB IN THE LEAGUE, it's pointless to even bring up. QBs touch the ball the most, have the most control of any player, it is bound to happen.

Romo has won us far more games than he threw away.

Carollina was a hot team. But Romo throwing those INTs means that he is human and honestly, they shouldn't have rushed him back so quick. As we witnessed, Romo re-injured his shoulder.

Romo is great right and we all know that. But you can't discount what Dak has done. He has thrown any games away this year and put us in a position to succeed.

Now what if Romo throws a dud when he comes back and losses a game? Then we start spiraling into a losing streak. What if that happens? What do you do?

 

[Deep_South]

Good thing we didn't bench Dak when he lost his first game to the Giants. Sanchez would be the QB.

 

[mattjames2010]

Carollina was a hot team. But Romo throwing those INTs means that he is human and honestly, they shouldn't have rushed him back so quick. As we witnessed, Romo re-injured his shoulder.

Romo is great right and we all know that. But you can't discount what Dak has done. He has thrown any games away this year and put us in a position to succeed.

Now what if Romo throws a dud when he comes back and losses a game? Then we start spiraling into a losing streak. What if that happens? What do you do?

I have yet to see anything Prescott has done that Romo can't. Are there any passes that Dak has thrown Romo would never be able to make? It would be one thing if Prescott was making plays with his legs, but where the heck has that been?

Also, this 5-1 streak has put us in a position where everything won't be on Romo like it was when he came back against the Dolphins. It's not a desperate situation, he can shake off the rust or even drop a game and we would still be in great shape.

As long as Romo still has his arm strength, which is being reported it looks fine, I'm not worried about Romo mentally. He'd do well and he'd win us the games we'd need. If not, I'd question that the rest of the team is also playing poorly.

 

[Dale]

I have yet to see anything Prescott has done that Romo can't. Are there any passes that Dak has thrown Romo would never be able to make? It would be one thing if Prescott was making plays with his legs, but where the heck has that been?

Also, this 5-1 streak has put us in a position where everything won't be on Romo like it was when he came back against the Dolphins. It's not a desperate situation, he can shake off the rust or even drop a game and we would still be in great shape.

As long as Romo still has his arm strength, which is being reported it looks fine, I'm not worried about Romo mentally. He'd do well and he'd win us the games we'd need. If not, I'd question that the rest of the team is also playing poorly.

I'm not a former QB nor a former play caller, so I could be completely off base here, but here goes: I think one element when people talk about "chemistry" is that the QB is effectively a director/producer out there on the field. Each one has their own interpretation and vision that can take the film in its own unique direction.

We're seeing Dak play that role well at the moment. We're producing 400 yards every week, scoring about 27-30 points every week, seemingly winning every week.

Romo is every bit as good as Dak, and better in a lot of areas. But why change directors in mid-production? How many plays might he check out of that Dak isn't due to Romo's different take on the situation? Might he lean more heavily on the pass than the run near the goal line? Etc.

If Dak opens the door to invite the idea of a change being made, then it presents a perfect time to go back to Romo. But I think things are simply going too well at the moment for the team to voluntarily alter the production of this team.

 

[ConstantReboot]

I have yet to see anything Prescott has done that Romo can't. Are there any passes that Dak has thrown Romo would never be able to make? It would be one thing if Prescott was making plays with his legs, but where the heck has that been?

Also, this 5-1 streak has put us in a position where everything won't be on Romo like it was when he came back against the Dolphins. It's not a desperate situation, he can shake off the rust or even drop a game and we would still be in great shape.

As long as Romo still has his arm strength, which is being reported it looks fine, I'm not worried about Romo mentally. He'd do well and he'd win us the games we'd need. If not, I'd question that the rest of the team is also playing poorly.

Romo can't run the read option.

Romo can't run the bootleg like Dak.

Romo can't run screens effectively like Dak.

Romo is not as mobile as he once was to move around in the pocket like Dak.

Romo can't take a hard hit anymore. Then we would have to go back to Dak and would probably lose our momentum.

I think Dak brings more to the table right now more than Romo because of his mobility and his ability to run with the ball. Everyone knows how to defend against Romo. Just blitz him to death.

You can't just blitz Dak and force him to make bad throws. You can with Romo.

 

[mattjames2010]

Romo can't run the read option.

Romo can't run the bootleg like Dak.

Romo can't run screens effectively like Dak.

Romo is not as mobile as he once was to move around in the pocket like Dak.

Romo can't take a hard hit anymore. Then we would have to go back to Dak and would probably lose our momentum.

I think Dak brings more to the table right now more than Romo because of his mobility and his ability to run with the ball. Everyone knows how to defend against Romo. Just blitz him to death.

You can't just blitz Dak and force him to make bad throws. You can with Romo.

They wouldn't be running the read option under Romo, that's a simplified playbook for Prescott. You take out the read option and you replace those with all the plays Romo has taking snaps directly under center. Romo can't run screens effectively like Dak? Evidence of this please. Us not doing it as often with Romo does not mean he can't do it, I doubt Romo is incapable of throwing a ball to Beasely on a screen. We are talking about a top 10 QB here, I think you're kinda reaching.

Prescott hardly moves in the pocket, he at times rolls out. Also, we don't know if Romo has mobility or not, with how great our O-Line is, he shouldn't have to be relying on it anyways. Dak sure as hell hasn't.

********. Dak's first INT this year came when pressure came from his right and he threw a ball on the run.

You're talking nonsense here. Also, Dak has 20 runs for like 60 yards, he isn't running anywhere.

 

[rpntex]

In case anyone was wondering how our rookie QB could handle a few mistakes/adversity, I think that was answered in this game. Not much you can do about someone coming from behind swatting the football out of your hands when throwing the ball, but the INT deep in your own territory was certainly not Zak's best. So what does he do? He leads the team on the next series on a long drive to a TD.

And watching the game, I made a comment that it appeared that Dak/Witten were just not in sync and didn't want to do those throws for the rest of the game...but Dak continued to trust his All-Pro TE and completed a couple of critical 3rd down throws to him late in the game to keep drives going, running down the clock and out of the hands of Rodgers.

Bravo...rookie.

I agree...to a certain extent. Absolutely Bravo! To be sure, BUT...

This was not one of his better games. His accuracy was the worst we'd seen from him all season. Way too many balls thrown behind receivers. That's not to say he didn't make any good throws - he made enough good ones - rather that he made more poor ones today than any other game we've seen. Very inconsistent.

Inconsistent is the best way to describe his day. In the end, however, Dallas got the W. that's all that really matters.

 

[rpntex]

Romo can't run the read option.

Romo can't run the bootleg like Dak.

Romo can't run screens effectively like Dak.

Romo is not as mobile as he once was to move around in the pocket like Dak.

Romo can't take a hard hit anymore. Then we would have to go back to Dak and would probably lose our momentum.

I think Dak brings more to the table right now more than Romo because of his mobility and his ability to run with the ball. Everyone knows how to defend against Romo. Just blitz him to death.

You can't just blitz Dak and force him to make bad throws. You can with Romo.

Dak doesn't read defense's like Romo can...

Dak doesn't throw the fade like Romo can...

Dak can't check out if bad plays and into good ones like Romo can...

See how that works?

 

[ConstantReboot]

Dak doesn't read defense's like Romo can...

Dak doesn't throw the fade like Romo can...

Dak can't check out if bad plays and into good ones like Romo can...

See how that works?

Dak reads defenses just fine.

Dak throws the fade too. See his preseason and college tapes.

Romo does check out of bad plays but so what. Linehan has been calling some really good plays to throw the defense off balance. We have not missed anything with Dak at QB.

 

[ConstantReboot]

They wouldn't be running the read option under Romo, that's a simplified playbook for Prescott. You take out the read option and you replace those with all the plays Romo has taking snaps directly under center. Romo can't run screens effectively like Dak? Evidence of this please. Us not doing it as often with Romo does not mean he can't do it, I doubt Romo is incapable of throwing a ball to Beasely on a screen. We are talking about a top 10 QB here, I think you're kinda reaching.

Prescott hardly moves in the pocket, he at times rolls out. Also, we don't know if Romo has mobility or not, with how great our O-Line is, he shouldn't have to be relying on it anyways. Dak sure as hell hasn't.

Bull****. Dak's first INT this year came when pressure came from his right and he threw a ball on the run.

You're talking nonsense here. Also, Dak has 20 runs for like 60 yards, he isn't running anywhere.

Your the one that asked what can Dak do that Romo can't. I said the read option. So what if its dumbed down. But its effective and the defense has to account for it.

Yes Romo isn't good with screens or lack of. When was the last time he threw a screen pass that went for a lot of yardage?

 

[BrassCowboy]

One thing I agree with what Aikman said during game is that some say a player should not lose his job due to injury, but he believes that is wrong and that the best man should play .

I agree. We owe Romo absolutely nothing if Dak is the guy to play. I am not against Romo playing, but right now Dak is leading this team and it is playing well with him at the helm. The entire team is playing well, both defense and offense. Being replaced with someone else is part of the game.

We will see how this rolls out and I will stand behind whoever is QB'ing, but to say unequivocally that Romo should go in when healthy out of some form of "thank you for yor dedication in the past" or whatever is over the top.

 

[JDSmith]

IMO this was Dak's worse game. He had 2 turnovers and dropped another one that miraculously got recovered by our guy. But when you can hand off to Zeke and watch him and the OL destroy a supposedly great Packers run defense, and the defense gets you 4 turnovers, it allows the QB a little more room for error. And he was good enough to win under those circumstances.

On the other hand, this was Zeke's (and the OL's) best game. The Packers were supposed to be great against the run. They had given up 171 yards on 86 carries in the first 4 games combined. 2.0 yards per carry. Our running game destroyed them, 191 yards on 33 carries - 5.8 yards per carry. We had 1 negative running play, for a loss of 3 yards. Outside of that our running game simply crushed the Packers defense and because of it guys were running wide open later in the game. They couldn't stop our run and had to commit everything to trying. It was also by far David Irving's best game, it's amazing we found that guy on the street.

Dak struggled at points in the game (and also made some beautiful throws at others), but the QB doesn't always have to win the game. Sometimes he just has to not lose it. Dak didn't come close to losing this game for us, which is why we won going away.

 

[Gaede]

Why is Garapolo not better? He was playing better before getting hurt.

Romo gives the best chance to win by a country mile.

Brady has 4 super bowl rings. Apples to oranges.

And I'm not sure if you've noticed, but we're 5-1 with Dak. So Romo gives us the best chance to win? What have we been doing these last 5 weeks? Not winning?

 

[CCBoy]

I need to rewatch, but didn't Witten drop 2 or 3 passes?

There were a number of catchable passes that hit the ground...not just Jason Witten's.

 

[CCBoy]

Winning covers the multitude of sins (i.e. turnovers).

Dak Prescott just throws by what he sees...and doesn't make any receiver his exclusive view. That covers a lot of bad contingencies and results in wins.

 

[TheRomoSexual]

To those complaining -- did we watch the same game? Dak had a 117 qb rating AT Lambeau.

 

[Rogerthat12]

In case anyone was wondering how our rookie QB could handle a few mistakes/adversity, I think that was answered in this game. Not much you can do about someone coming from behind swatting the football out of your hands when throwing the ball, but the INT deep in your own territory was certainly not Zak's best. So what does he do? He leads the team on the next series on a long drive to a TD.

And watching the game, I made a comment that it appeared that Dak/Witten were just not in sync and didn't want to do those throws for the rest of the game...but Dak continued to trust his All-Pro TE and completed a couple of critical 3rd down throws to him late in the game to keep drives going, running down the clock and out of the hands of Rodgers.

Bravo...rookie.

Did Zack throw the interception? I thought he was busy blocking for Dak.

 

[Risen Star]

I thought it was his most shaky.

having a defense that gets turnovers can fix everything though.

Definitely his most shaky.

 

[Rogerthat12]

Definitely his most shaky.

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[LOBO7]

I have two jerseys Romo white and Romo blue.
Let Dak ride this wave as long as he can. He earned it.
Dak handles the blitz as well as any rookie that I can remember.