Possible future QB more important than 1 game

[Blue&Silver]

I think Dak is a bridge and when Jerry has the opportunity to draft a guy like Aikman who was the undisputed best quarterback prospect in quite some time he'll draft him. It takes a while to get those types of franchise quarterbacks..

 

[CowboyRoy]

He needs to take more chances to Dez. The second half it was almost like Garrett and Linehan grabbed him and handed him the 2015 QB gameplan

You mean he has to force it to Dez in double coverage as opposed to throwing it one on one to Witten for 8 yards and a first down? No thanks. He made the veteran read there. Going through his progressions and pre snap reads. Its the coaches job to get Dez freed up my moving him around. Instead the idiots keep him out wide where they can double and triple him. He disappears when Romo plays also.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I think Dak is a bridge and when Jerry has the opportunity to draft a guy like Aikman who was the undisputed best quarterback prospect in quite some time he'll draft him. It takes a while to get those types of franchise quarterbacks..

NO bridge needed when you have a young guy like Dak. He is the real deal.

 

[Swanny]

Dak showed signs of being the future franchise QB for the Cowboys.

I was more concerned about the QB than I was about winning 1 game.

Many QBs have come to the NFL with the required physical tools but few have the mental-makeup to be great players. Dak showed excellent mental-makeup.

He needs to improve his accuracy. He has shown that he can make the throws but needs to do it more consistently. He appears to have decent mechanics so improving shouldn't be that difficult.

Improving accuracy for a guy with decent mechanics should be easier than trying to change a player's mental makeup.

Most QBs the Cowboys have tried to develop failed due to their mental-makeup not from a lack of physical ability.

Weeden - Slow witted. Didn't want to get hit.

Quincy - Self explanatory.

Henson - Couldn't deal with mistakes. Weak emotionally. Lacked top competitiveness.

Hutchenson - Zero pocket awareness.

Several others - Couldn't make good decisions quickly and/or under duress.

I feel weird today. I dont feel terrible after a loss. It feels good having a capable QB behin Romo and for the future. In all honesty I hate to even say it. But with how bad the defense and Doug Free are I almost prefer a high pick for next year because this team has ZERO CHANCE at a Super Bowl. I'm not going to sit here and say I'm rooting for the Cowboys to lose. I could never do that. But I think it really would be better for the future.

The one thing that I am most upset about from this game is how much it really shows how overpaid Dez really is. He's paid like a Super Star. I thought he was a Super Star. He MUST make that catch.

 

[Direwolf63]

Dak showed yesterday that he can be a decent bus driver when called upon. He has yet to show that he can be a game changing, franchise type QB. Maybe it will come. Maybe it won't.

When you have a porous defense, your QB has to be a playmaker. Dak showed flashes in the preseason. Not so much against the Giants.

It's only one game. So there is no final judgements yet.

 

[CCBoy]

I feel weird today. I dont feel terrible after a loss. It feels good having a capable QB behin Romo and for the future. In all honesty I hate to eveb say it. But with how bad the defense and Doug Free are I almost prefer a high pick for next year because this team has ZERO CHANCE at a Super Bowl. I'm not going to sit here and day I'm rooting for the Cowboys to lose. I could never do that. But I think it really would be better for the future.

The one thing that I am most upset about from this game is how much it really shows how overpaid Dez really is. He's paid like a Super Star. I thought he was a Super Star. He MUST make that catch.

Easy fella'...Dez will be fine.

 

[Swanny]

Easy fella'...Dez will be fine.

I hope so.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

You mean he has to force it to Dez in double coverage as opposed to throwing it one on one to Witten for 8 yards and a first down? No thanks. He made the veteran read there. Going through his progressions and pre snap reads. Its the coaches job to get Dez freed up my moving him around. Instead the idiots keep him out wide where they can double and triple him. He disappears when Romo plays also.

False, there were opportunities when Dez had a 1 on 1 matchup. I dont think the Giants had the same respect for Dak that our fanbase has for him. Specifically that 3rd and 12 and the giants brought everyone, Dak dumped it to Jwitt again when he could have had Dez single man. I dont mean to get nit-picky, I know its his first game and thats great, but he keeps playing dink and dunk its 0-6 we go until Romo.

 

[Donhyphen]

He looked like the real deal. Only a Romo homer would say he didn't look good. Not great but very impressive.

 

[LandryFan]

If Dez and Bees catch 2 balls that they dropped then we win and everyone is on the Dak train.
More play action and bootlegs, get him outside where he can put pressure on those corners.
I thought he looked fine, better than any Qb not named Romo we have had in years.
Zek is the one that showed less than needed. Free looks old and slow.

If Dez and Bees catch those two balls, Dak has stats very similar to Wentz's, except that Dak's stats were gained against much stiffer competition. Cleveland is beyond bad. I seriously doubt they win a single game this year.

 

[WillieBeamen]

The agenda on this board

Some are saying it was a mistake to not trade for Wentz, after 1 game

Some are completely disregarding the fact that most rookie QBs struggle

Most rookie qbs struggle with good coaching and good defenses. We have neither.

It was 1 game people. Lets wait until Romo gets back before we write this kid off.

 

[Sydla]

The agenda on this board

Some are saying it was a mistake to not trade for Wentz, after 1 game

Some are completely disregarding the fact that most rookie QBs struggle

Most rookie qbs struggle with good coaching and good defenses. We have neither.

It was 1 game people. Lets wait until Romo gets back before we write this kid off.

Couldn't we say the same thing for the other side?

I mean all last week if you said that people need to slow their roll on Prescott and he's going to likely struggle at times, you were basically shouted down and called a negative ninny.

All the Prescott is Gonna Destroy the League crowd can't now walk that back and suddenly start preaching patience.

 

[Clove]

Couldn't we say the same thing for the other side?

I mean all last week if you said that people need to slow their roll on Prescott and he's going to likely struggle at times, you were basically shouted down and called a negative ninny.

All the Prescott is Gonna Destroy the League crowd can't now walk that back and suddenly start preaching patience.

I'm just wondering who are cowboys fans around here, because it sounds like you're a Romo fan. I'm a Cowboys fan with since enough to give it some time. I mean, for Jimmy sakes, Aikman took 3 years to finally put it together.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Couldn't we say the same thing for the other side?

I mean all last week if you said that people need to slow their roll on Prescott and he's going to likely struggle at times, you were basically shouted down and called a negative ninny.

All the Prescott is Gonna Destroy the League crowd can't now walk that back and suddenly start preaching patience.

I agree with you there. All the "This is Daks team now" and "Dak wont allow romo to get his job back" was asinine.

But to judge him off of one game, where out WRs and coaches let him down, is dumb to say the least.

 

[Sydla]

I'm just wondering who are cowboys fans around here, because it sounds like you're a Romo fan. I'm a Cowboys fan with since enough to give it some time. I mean, for Jimmy sakes, Aikman took 3 years to finally put it together.

Not sure where you are going with this? Are you suggesting that I am only a Romo fan and am putting Prescott down?

 

[CowboyRoy]

False, there were opportunities when Dez had a 1 on 1 matchup. I dont think the Giants had the same respect for Dak that our fanbase has for him. Specifically that 3rd and 12 and the giants brought everyone, Dak dumped it to Jwitt again when he could have had Dez single man. I dont mean to get nit-picky, I know its his first game and thats great, but he keeps playing dink and dunk its 0-6 we go until Romo.

If we drop 2 TD passes a game were 0-6. If Garrett continues to coach scared were 0-6, if we cant find a pass rush we are 0-6, If we cant run the ball we are 0-6.

 

[BrassCowboy]

exactly.... some seem to be judging him unfairly but they are doing so from that inflated platform that the media and even us fans have put him on, but realistically he is a 4th round pick, a rookie, playing his first real game. Given the fact that it is unrealistic to expect him to play at Tom Brady level his first game, he did show some great intangibles that makes for a very good QB in the future. He needs to stay in the game for the experience and us fans needs to be patient and go along for the ride.

 

[clff15701]

I'm just wondering who are cowboys fans around here, because it sounds like you're a Romo fan. I'm a Cowboys fan with since enough to give it some time. I mean, for Jimmy sakes, Aikman took 3 years to finally put it together.

This... Some of these people have lost their minds. We put a 4th round rookie into action and he drove the Bus and didn't blow up. That right there should be the positive. We won a grand total of ONE game Aikmans first year. Romo took 3 years to develop. What is wrong with some of you guys? Dak is two years ahead of Romo at this point.

 

[Sydla]

This... Some of these people have lost their minds. We put a 4th round rookie into action and he drove the Bus and didn't blow up. That right there should be the positive. We won a grand total of ONE game Aikmans first year. Romo took 3 years to develop. What is wrong with some of you guys? Dak is two years ahead of Romo at this point.

I think the argument being made here by most is that while he didn't play poorly, he also wasn't great yesterday. So the book is clearly still out on Prescott at this point and it's possible he very well could be the heir apparent to Romo (which would be great mind you as it makes our next few draft strategies clearer) and it's also possible he may just be a middling QB and that we still need to find Romo's replacement.

There is absolutely nothing outrageous about taking that stance. Because it's probably the most accurate stance at this point.

 

[Dorsett33]

As much as i like Dak- i thought he was very average yesterday. Lets not look at it with rose colored glasses. He was fortunate to not have any turnovers and he took almost zero chances- way too many checkdowns for my liking

You say he was fortunate not to have turnovers, yet....took zero chances. Taking chances is a high risk for turnover. He took what the defense gave him and that's a makeup of a good QB. He's a rookie and going to have ups and downs. Had the two veteran Receivers caught those passes for touchdown....some would be waiting another week to unleash the fortunates and unfortunates.