Pretend you have no idea who the QB in this picture is

[rnr_honeybadger]

What people fail to understand is how hard was the throw for it to bounce off the guy and right into the waiting arms of defender?

 

[CowboyRoy]

In next years FA and draft lets take a look..
DT
LB
RB
WR
QB
DB
OL probably as well.
Take a look at every position and tell me we shouldn't be looking.

Some more than others. Bland needs to be playing the corner opposite Diggs. QB we dont need anyone. WR we need a 3rd and 4th WR, not a big deal. RB's and WR's cab be had for cheap in FA.

DT, LB, RB are the biggest in my opinion.

 

[Cmac]

And then I tell you this ball will get picked off and run back for a TD immediately after this still shot. Who would you blame for that?

Now, who have you been blaming knowing who threw the ball?

The answers to these questions may provide some insight into your bias

imagine what Noah Brown did after that......look at his own hands? Ask why did he fall down? Ask why am i body catching some much?

 

[5Stars]

Some more than others. Bland needs to be playing the corner opposite Diggs. QB we dont need anyone. WR we need a 3rd and 4th WR, not a big deal. RB's and WR's cab be had for cheap in FA.

DT, LB, RB are the biggest in my opinion.

Disagree with one thing. They should always grab a QB if there is a chance if for nothing else they might find a better one than Rush for the backup position. They should do that every year, IMO.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Disagree with one thing. They should always grab a QB if there is a chance if for nothing else they might find a better one than Rush for the backup position. They should do that every year, IMO.

I would never pass up on a guy they think can be a great QB. I just dont see it as a priority position.

 

[Vandyr]

I blame Brown for that one.
I blame Dak for the first one.

I agree. The more I look at it, the more it looks like it wasn't as low of a throw as I thought. That's all on Brown.

 

[blueblood70]

Pretty much, 1st one he was getting hit as he was releasing the ball but as he said you take the sacks and move on, not throw the ball up for grabs. 2nd one no doubt hits his target, has the 1st down all Brown has to do is make the play.

1st int

exactly couldn't tell in normal play but that hand hit his shoulder/bicep area, how much i dont know but the fans keep blaming Prescott when 50% of these INts are not on him..

 

[DoctorChicken]

On First Fake, they showed a head on clip of Dak on the first pic, and NOBODY hit his arm prior to that horrific pass.

He just botched it. He is wildly inaccurate at times.

 

[5Stars]

I would never pass up on a guy they think can be a great QB. I just dont see it as a priority position.

I hear that! lol. They need some serious help on defense, for sure. But what is crazy is the defense was kicking azz there for awhile.

 

[khiladi]

Why pretend when we have the actual video?

Why does Dak run straight into the right defensive end and because of that, have to jump and try and throw across his body with his hop facing towards his right?

Why was the ball tipped which caused a duck? Because of Dak..

In fact, Dak should probably thank the defender, because if it wasn’t tipped, it’s not deflected forward of Brown, but actually behind Brown and into the bad of the trailing defender, so then Dak wouldn’t have an excuse to hide behind an obvious pick that was his fault, so now he also can scapegoat Brown for the fact he didn’t catch a deflected ball…

 

[CowboyRoy]

Why pretend when we have the actual video?

Why does Dak run straight into the right defensive end and because of that, have to jump and try and throw across his body with his hop facing towards his right?

Why was the ball tipped which caused a duck? Because of Dak..

In fact, Dak should probably thank the defender, because if it wasn’t tipped, it’s not deflected forward of Brown, but actually behind Brown and into the bad of the trailing defender, so then Dak wouldn’t have an excuse to hide behind an obvious pick that was his fault, so now he also can scapegoat Brown for the fact he didn’t catch a deflected ball…

Dak does need some help in tackling. That was bad.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

And then I tell you this ball will get picked off and run back for a TD immediately after this still shot. Who would you blame for that?

Now, who have you been blaming knowing who threw the ball?

The answers to these questions may provide some insight into your bias

Noah isn't known for putting his body in the best position to catch the ball. Could have kept his hands close to his body and went to the ground...making that catch.

 

[Fmart322]

And then I tell you this ball will get picked off and run back for a TD immediately after this still shot. Who would you blame for that?

Now, who have you been blaming knowing who threw the ball?

The answers to these questions may provide some insight into your bias

Definitely wasn't Dak's fault on that int

 

[Typhus]

Forget the interception, they put up 34 points. More than enough to win. The much celebrated defense played very poorly and the reason for this loss.

Big reason indeed.

 

[KMY_Amber]

And then I tell you this ball will get picked off and run back for a TD immediately after this still shot. Who would you blame for that?

Now, who have you been blaming knowing who threw the ball?

The answers to these questions may provide some insight into your bias

A picture doesn't lie, but neither does it tell the whole story.

Dak threw the ball before Noah turned his head, so when Noah turned to look for the ball, it was on him within half of a second. So the drop was likely partly due to not reacting in time to catch it.

With such a short pass, Dak could have waited one more blink for Noah to turn his head. So this is a risk Dak took.

Yes, Noah still could have caught it, and is being paid to catch it, but Dak lowered the chance of a catch by throwing such a short pass with the receiver not looking yet. Hard to track the ball in half a second. Look at the play in real time, not in slow-motion...that was not a simple catch, as I've seen many receivers "drop" the ball when the ball arrives faster than the receiver expects (especially on a short throw when the ball isn't in the air long).

BTW, I'm a Dak supporter, so my bias leans towards Dak ...but I don't think this was as simple as "Noah dropped the ball".

 

[jujoboys]

McCarthy's fault. He should have activated TY Hilton. TY catches that pass every day of the week. Instead we have a glorified special teams player and run blocker playing 3rd WR. He will make you a play or two and then he does something like this.

 

[bsbellomy]

Pretty much, 1st one he was getting hit as he was releasing the ball but as he said you take the sacks and move on, not throw the ball up for grabs. 2nd one no doubt hits his target, has the 1st down all Brown has to do is make the play.

1st int

The way Dak got tackled there look like one of those horse collar tackles that cause serious injuries.

 

[stinkface]

McCarthy's fault. He should have activated TY Hilton. TY catches that pass every day of the week. Instead we have a glorified special teams player and run blocker playing 3rd WR. He will make you a play or two and then he does something like this.

Brown may have a few issues, but he has punched above his weight class all year. Look at his stats. He has had his best year by far, plus he blocks and plays special teams. The bigger issue is why is Gallop out there if he isn't healthy. TY Hilton should replace Gallop starting next week hands down.

 

[Steve007]

And then I tell you this ball will get picked off and run back for a TD immediately after this still shot. Who would you blame for that?

Now, who have you been blaming knowing who threw the ball?

The answers to these questions may provide some insight into your bias

It's not just the one pick. Dak has missed a lot of throws. He is not the only problem but he is part of the problem.
Here BrianBaldinger breaks down daks plays. You can see Dak had a few bad plays.

 

[RonnieT24]

Agreed

I will say that 5 of his picks this year have bounced off receivers hands/chests. So his numbers are a bit inflated.

I and many others have always lobbied that there needs to be a separate category for INTs that hit receivers in the hands, chest or facemask. Or balls that are batted at the line. The fact that the NFL does not differentiate those often paints an unfair picture of how a QB is playing. Easily over half of Dak's INTs have hit his guys where one should reasonably expect a person who is paid to catch the ball to actually catch the ball. The bigger issue though is that Dak is clearly in one of those ruts that are almost impossible to break out of in season. I fear he will not be able to correct whatever is going wrong until he has had a full offseason to rep what they are trying to do with his receivers. A lot of them are just the two not being on the same page. Again I don't know how you repair that in-season. I fear it can't be done.