CFZ Prescott's interceptions aren't the issue

CCBoy

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Everyone knows interceptions are never the problem :facepalm:
Ever seen the numbers of interceptions thrown by Roger Staubach...consistently?

Teams have to overcome momentum changers that come in every single game played. :facepalm: :muttley::thumbdown:

It takes a whole team to over come most playoff negative plays...that includes receivers and offensive linemen, as well as your starting running back.
 

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Nooo, noooooo, nooooooooooooo. Dallas beat them head-up in Dallas. They forget to walk all over the Cowboys that game?
I guess you forgot they didn’t have their starting qb. Derrrrr
 

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This is exactly the same argument that he was making after week 6. You might was well talk to a brick wall.
Bet, now explain just how YOU are going to manage that and how YOU are going to do it in the real world of football.
 
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Every player has a ceiling on how good they can get. Prescott has hit his and will not get any better. They can change the route tree and play calling all they want but Prescott has to be able to still make the throws with consistency and accuracy.
There is a reason Moore was calling all those curl routes. It's and easier throw under pressure.
That is just an excuse. Responsibility still remains in the on ground leadership...never lower!

The Army had a saying: Know what the visibility range of an excuse is? ZERO meters!
 

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I wonder how many interceptions Dak would have had, if Gallup was actually a viable #2 option all season. As far as SF goes, I bet if Pollard didn't go down & we had 2 starter worthy receivers we would have had a much better chance.

Problem was that CeeDee was all they had to worry about in the 2nd half.

Exactly. Every other playoff team had at least 2-3 (usually a lot more) weapons to use. We had one.
 

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Dak has never thrown a lot of interceptions; that always impressed me. So, as much as I like Kellen Moore, I would tend to put the interceptions from last year on him- asking Dak to do too much.
Dak's issue is his inability to be the reason that the Cowboys win against teams when the pressure is on; his tendency to choke rather than step up when things aren't going well.
The Cowboys and the Bengals were the two best teams in the NFL last year, and those two teams should have been in the Super Bowl. Yet Dak was terrible against the 49'ers, even though the defense had San Francisco well under control. Brock Purdy was in over his head, and not yet ready for a game against the Cowboys with that much at stake. Even if he had been, the 49'ers were not as good as Dallas if the Cowboys had a real quarterback.
The Cowboys should have easily beaten the Niners, and Philadelphia would have fallen as well if Dallas had the talent under center to match the rest of the team. The Cowboys can chalk a lost Super Bowl opportunity up to Dak. And it's not the first one.
This is how bad Dak hurts the team. He seems like a great guy, but he's never stepped up when a real quarterback would. Expect the same this season.
The Bengals were unfairly made to play on the road, despite having the best team, because of the Damar Hamlin event that cost them a win and unfairly awarded home field to the Chiefs.
Mike McCarthy will have to find away around Dak if he expects success.
Stop it! Making excuses for Dak is getting old. He is to blame for throwing possessions away far too often.
 

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The defense will beg to disagree….those interceptions have led to great field position and put our defense at a great disadvantage……same can be said for the Bills defense as well
 

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I guess you forgot they didn’t have their starting qb. Derrrrr
Machota also called the Eagles defense as 'vanilla' that afternoon, as if wasnt giving away much before the play-offs. If you add that to Minshew and that the game was only a 'must-win' for one of the teams it does put the performance into some perspective. Then again it's in the history books, just as was the Rush game earlier in the season.
 

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Yeah, and we didn't have Dak playing against them in Philly. We never really got to see the Cowboys and Eagles play each other at their best last season.
Yeah too bad there are about 20 other games for each team to go off of that tells the story very clearly which team was better last season. What a stupid argument by anyone suggesting Dallas was better than Philly
 

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That is just an excuse. Responsibility still remains in the on ground leadership...never lower!

The Army had a saying: Know what the visibility range of an excuse is? ZERO meters!
Surely the on ground leadership is the QB, he has the ball in hand, he reacts to what's in front of him. Leadership rises to the occasion, the argument that we need XYZ or injuries happened or we conceded too many penalties is just an excuse. However, leaving that behind, 2023 looks as good an opportunity (new scheme, new play calling, better WR room, varied Running Game, more depth a defense with potential to stop the run and a decent CB2), holes have pretty much been filled.....we now have the weapons, use them.
 

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Yeah too bad there are about 20 other games for each team to go off of that tells the story very clearly which team was better last season. What a stupid argument by anyone suggesting Dallas was better than Philly

That's the thing though, I would've loved for us to have played them in the NFCC. I think it'd have been a classic.
 

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That's the thing though, I would've loved for us to have played them in the NFCC. I think it'd have been a classic.
I agree but it would have been a real struggle without a healthy Tony Pollard…..when he went down the offense became one dimensional and we would have gotten beat

Just like when Purdy went down and the Niners could only score 7 points against them…..got to be at full strenff to beat the Eagles
 

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That is just an excuse. Responsibility still remains in the on ground leadership...never lower!

The Army had a saying: Know what the visibility range of an excuse is? ZERO meters!
Would you want Prescott having your six when your in close quarter combat. I wouldn't!
 

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Surely the on ground leadership is the QB, he has the ball in hand, he reacts to what's in front of him. Leadership rises to the occasion, the argument that we need XYZ or injuries happened or we conceded too many penalties is just an excuse. However, leaving that behind, 2023 looks as good an opportunity (new scheme, new play calling, better WR room, varied Running Game, more depth a defense with potential to stop the run and a decent CB2), holes have pretty much been filled.....we now have the weapons, use them.
The Coaches are above the players when on the carpet. Responsibility rests there and there are causes for momentum changes, but excuses don't count. Leadership is responsible for overcoming so that momentum is maintained during a game. If a team can't, generally, then more training or changes have to accompany education to change the basis for the problem. An opponent exploits those problems that are aren't a single game opportunity. Those will come every game.

Not having your running back for a single game is a special incident...that has to be overcome in process. Also not having a solid and cohessive offensive line for long periods and an inadequate receiver group does need refocus or a new direction. That can repeatedly be exploited...and that becomes a weakness, not a turn of events in a game.

Dak Prescott wasn't seen as the main problem and the staff is working smartly to enhance, and yes, improve his game time decisions and skills. Hey, the ship is well up for voyage and will deliver goods shipped, the mission given.
 

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Would you want Prescott having your six when your in close quarter combat. I wouldn't!
An instructor has six weeks in AIT to get a young soldier up to be able to face combat. Leaders have been around a little longer. Dak Prescott is a leader. Now, when a soldier, leader, is forged in fire...they come out steel. So will Prescott. He's a man first and a Cowboy second. He will adjust to the changed leadership above him now. I have faith in those leaders as well. Dak will be lead to becoming a top shelf leader of a very strong as well as a younger team.

Both the offense and defense this season, will keep the score on average, to winning point differentials. The team is good enough to handle momentum changes, that will again, happen every game.

With gained players and two 12 win consecutive seasons, they are in position to do just that. Both the offense and the defense.

Then, they are Dallas Cowboys! :starspin:
 

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The Coaches are above the players when on the carpet. Responsibility rests there and there are causes for momentum changes, but excuses don't count. Leadership is responsible for overcoming so that momentum is maintained during a game. If a team can't, generally, then more training or changes have to accompany education to change the basis for the problem. An opponent exploits those problems that are aren't a single game opportunity. Those will come every game.

Not having your running back for a single game is a special incident...that has to be overcome in process. Also not having a solid and cohessive offensive line for long periods and an inadequate receiver group does need refocus or a new direction. That can repeatedly be exploited...and that becomes a weakness, not a turn of events in a game.

Dak Prescott wasn't seen as the main problem and the staff is working smartly to enhance, and yes, improve his game time decisions and skills. Hey, the ship is well up for voyage and will deliver goods shipped, the mission given.
The same coaches that delivered a 12-5 season (even with a LIMITED Cooper Rush). Dak isnt the 'MAIN PROBLEM' however over the past couple of seasons, when the game's on the line, he hasnt been the solution either..... it's a carry on from the argument that Dak's not elite he needs XYZ, most years a team need's their QB to step up.
I'll agree that this year he has improved weapon's (and potentially a more suitable and varied scheme).....so lets agree that moving forward there's no excuses (not on season outcome, but his ability to step up and perform when needed at the end of a game).
 

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Dak Prescott is a leader.
Apart from when facing the 9ers or is it when chasing a lead in play-offs. He's certainly a leader when the game's going well, but chasing leads and needing a TD ....no, or not yet.
 
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