Postgame Thoughts

[vlad]

Since you asked. He caught a 5 yarder and ran for 35 to get a TD, then caught a 11-12 yrd pass and ran for 78-79 yrds to get a TD. Just make sure you give the credit where it is due. Cooper made those plays not Dak.

To be fair that second throw was probably his best all year, an absolute strike. Still don't have confidence in his future, but hope I'm wrong

 

[cowboyec]

great win.
onto the next.
BEAT new orleans

 

[Alexander]

One last time. Step off chief.

You need to get Chief back here and posting, TD.

We need a revival of the old timers.

It could be like the NWO.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Then explain why it is the long snapper for the Cowboys claims he has been doing this for fourteen years. The cowboys kicked a field goal earlier in the game no penalty?

So is the long snapper lying, or did the refs make a bad call and tried to back it up by closing ranks?

The article is the NY Post. Not the bastion of factual journalism. It was a bad call, no matter how you frame it.

I am done with this.

 

[TwoDeep3]

You need to get Chief back here and posting, TD.

We need a revival of the old timers.

It could be like the NWO.

Except we are old men now and would look like crap in those t-shirts.

 

[raichledog]

“He misses on so many it is laughable”

Hahahahahaha what’s laughable are these silly exaggerations.

22-31, 289 yards, 3 total TD, 0 turnovers.

“SO MANY MISSES!!!” Um, try 9. He completed 71% of his passes.

I mentioned 4 easy misses that any AVERAGE NFL QB makes 10 out of 10 times that Dak missed badly on. The easy td to Brown, the easy out to Beasley who had 3 yards of separation, the easy throw to Gallup who had 2 full strides on the defender, the easy throw down the seam where Dak trips over himself and bounced the ball a full 5 yards in front of the receiver turning a should be td drive into a field goal.

It’s not just his “misses” as in incompletions that I’m talking about. Even his completions are misses a lot of the time. Amari’s first td was a miss, but the dB fell down and left Coop wide open to sprint to the end zone.

 

[Nav22]

What does Romo have to do with anything?

If Dak is expected to be a finished product at age 25, then you have no reason to hide from historical comparisons.

Dak isn’t a finished product and neither was Romo at 25.

Romo worked his butt off every offseason to get better and had his very best season in 2014, at age 34. Dak needs to have the same work ethic, and it seems like he does.

 

[Seven]

They had to win, and they won— though nothing came easily tonight.

I am encouraged by Amari’s performance. Not only did he win the game tonight— but now opposing defenses have to play more honestly down the stretch.

Nice to see multiple turnovers and good ball security from our squad.

Still concerned about Dak. He holds the ball far too long and his pocket presence and field awareness are not good enough to consistently beat good defenses— which he will have to do in order to win in the playoffs.

You do realize Martin is banged up. They had a rookie at guard and has been replaced..Tyron has had and still has back issues and THEE worst unjury in the entire NFL is Fredbeard out.

So, on the OL Dallas has an injured Martin yet everyone expects Dallas is to carry on at a pro- bowl level.

They're doing a damn good job with all the injuries in the trench.

Play calling on passing downs needs to be two steps and release. Period.

 

[Nav22]

I mentioned 4 easy misses that any AVERAGE NFL QB makes 10 out of 10 times that Dak missed badly on. The easy td to Brown, the easy out to Beasley who had 3 yards of separation, the easy throw to Gallup who had 2 full strides on the defender, the easy throw down the seam where Dak trips over himself and bounced the ball a full 5 yards in front of the receiver turning a should be td drive into a field goal.

It’s not just his “misses” as in incompletions that I’m talking about. Even his completions are misses a lot of the time. Amari’s first td was a miss, but the dB fell down and left Coop wide open to sprint to the end zone.

Watch more football and not just the Cowboys.

That’s about all I can tell you. You seem to think every other team employs Peyton Manning in his prime.

 

[Blake]

I just want Garrett to address the team about stupidity Zeke putting Dak in the Salvation Army bucket Cooper's free throw shot over the goalposts which could have been construed as a prop enough of this **** already. Man up Garrett take control.

Garret's a Princeton soy boy. What do you expect?

 

[Luther]

Dak Prescott: 9.3 yards/attempt, 3 TD, 0 turnovers. 121.6 passer rating.

3 straight wins. 3 straight turnover-free games.

Oh, and on pace for his 3rd straight winning season.

Winners win. Dak is 28-15.

And rushing:
D. Prescott 6 rushes, 18 yards, 1 td

 

[Nav22]

And rushing:
D. Prescott 6 rushes, 18 yards, 1 td

I did include his Rush TD with his TD total, as everyone should do with Dak.

That’s his 17th career Rush TD. He’s got a great nose for the endzone and that’s a major asset in goal to go situations.

 

[TheHerd]

yes Zekes stupid penalty basically gave them a very short field and a TD . Garrett has no control or respect . We work that hard and get a TD then give it right back to them by not playing smart

Zeke's penalty didntd force the kicking team to allow a 44 yard return. The penalty was stupid, but the special teams are bad.

 

[raichledog]

If Dak is expected to be a finished product at age 25, then you have no reason to hide from historical comparisons.

Dak isn’t a finished product and neither was Romo at 25.

Romo worked his butt off every offseason to get better and had his very best season in 2014, at age 34. Dak needs to have the same work ethic, and it seems like he does.

I’m not hiding from anything, but I never even mentioned Romo. Dak does not have the arm talent that Romo did, never has, never will. Darren Woodson used to tell Parcells all the time that Romo was the best QB on the roster but it took a few years for Bill to trust him. Dak has his own set of skills that are, without question, valuable. But he isn’t half the thrower that Romo was. Dak doesn’t ever throw people open, he doesn’t see the field, he doesn’t make the tough throws. Dak fell into a perfect situation as a rookie qb and has regressed since. Defenses don’t respect/fear him at all.

 

[SloMo_Joe]

You sound like you’re either rooting against him or you only watch Cowboys games, in my opinion.

I can’t think of any other reason someone could come away with the impression that Dak was anything less than very impressive overall today.

As if an awful throw into the dirt in the 1st half SOMEHOW outweighs a gorgeous 90-yard TD strike in the 2nd half.

My original post did not criticize Dak at all. I just pointed out Cooper made 2 fantastic plays and deserved the credit for it.
So how is that rooting against Dak?
If you want to go back and read some of my posts I have repeatedly said that I am hoping that Dak can correct his footwork,
and bad throwing habits so that he becomes more consistent with his accuracy. Thereby becoming the QB this franchise needs. He is not there yet.
I think he has been through a lot in his life and would like nothing more than to see him succeed to the highest level because of it.
Nobody said that a bad pass somehow outweighs a good one. The point was, you can't point to a great pass during a game and act as though it is the be all end all evaluation of a QBs day.
If you are going to rant and rave about a good pass then accuse people of malfeasance if you get the slightest notion they are criticizing the QB then you have to be prepared to explain how their bad passes don't count.
I think Dak had a good day, it wasn't spectacular, and if I was to criticize him about something then it would be a legitimate complaint and not because I am supposed to have some kind of "agenda" whatever that is.

 

[DB_Cooper]

I have a question about the long kickoff. If you are kicking from the 20 yard like we were then you kick it out of bounds would it be placed at the same spot as during a normal kickoff? If so I don’t know why you don’t just kick it out of bounds there and not risk it.

 

[SloMo_Joe]

To be fair that second throw was probably his best all year, an absolute strike. Still don't have confidence in his future, but hope I'm wrong

Yeah, I was in the middle of carving turkey so I didn't see the whole thing. I went back and watched the replay and it was a great throw for about 25yrds in the air.

 

[Nav22]

I’m not hiding from anything, but I never even mentioned Romo. Dak does not have the arm talent that Romo did, never has, never will. Darren Woodson used to tell Parcells all the time that Romo was the best QB on the roster but it took a few years for Bill to trust him. Dak has his own set of skills that are, without question, valuable. But he isn’t half the thrower that Romo was. Dak doesn’t ever throw people open, he doesn’t see the field, he doesn’t make the tough throws. Dak fell into a perfect situation as a rookie qb and has regressed since. Defenses don’t respect/fear him at all.

Romo was not a great thrower at all when he was in his mid 20s. You need to re-watch some of those games. He airmailed deep balls all the time and he was skittish on other throws as well. He worked on his accuracy for years and years to get better.

What made Romo special was his ability to avoid pressure while keeping his eyes downfield and throw on the run.

Funny you use a Darren Woodson/Parcells story as some sort of proof that Romo was far better than Dak at age 25. Remember when Dak played so well as a rookie that it basically ended Romo’s career? Pretty sure the Cowboys veterans all bought into Dak that year too.

 

[Nav22]

My original post did not criticize Dak at all. I just pointed out Cooper made 2 fantastic plays and deserved the credit for it.
So how is that rooting against Dak?
If you want to go back and read some of my posts I have repeatedly said that I am hoping that Dak can correct his footwork,
and bad throwing habits so that he becomes more consistent with his accuracy. Thereby becoming the QB this franchise needs. He is not there yet.
I think he has been through a lot in his life and would like nothing more than to see him succeed to the highest level because of it.
Nobody said that a bad pass somehow outweighs a good one. The point was, you can't point to a great pass during a game and act as though it is the be all end all evaluation of a QBs day.
If you are going to rant and rave about a good pass then accuse people of malfeasance if you get the slightest notion they are criticizing the QB then you have to be prepared to explain how their bad passes don't count.
I think Dak had a good day, it wasn't spectacular, and if I was to criticize him about something then it would be a legitimate complaint and not because I am supposed to have some kind of "agenda" whatever that is.

Okay, sorry if I jumped the gun. Your post came off like you were attempting to discredit Dak but I may have misinterpreted it.

 

[SloMo_Joe]

Okay, sorry if I jumped the gun. Your post came off like you were attempting to discredit Dak but I may have misinterpreted it.

No worries, sometimes text is easily misconstrued.