Question for the pro-Dak fans on here?

[G2]

Bro, blaming Ceedee for not attempting to break up that INT is insane.

It could have been any WR, that's their job.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Serious Question



Why is Dak always absolved of any blame when it comes to his poor play. After every INT, its either the receiver ran the wrong route or didnt do enough to break the pass up (see both ints when targeting ceedee in the endzone). After every fumble in the pocket (Sacks are a qb stat). And the most frequent excuse is scheme and lack of weapons. Was this not the same scheme when he was 2nd in mvp voting last season?

This is not a serious question because nobody absolves him of all blame. The point is, and always has been, that there is no margin for error because there is no scheme and no surrounding talent - so when he does make a mistake, it is always catastrophic.

The scheme and talent is WHY he was 2nd in MVP last year lol

Maybe think about why all these people say it, and understand the context of what is happening around the quarterback.

 

[Creeper]

Dak is not absolved. He is playing like a mediocre QB and getting paid like an elite QB.

The point I would make though is this is not just a Dak problem. This is just a bad team with a QB who is not playing up to his salary. The INT he threw in the first video was an awful throw and decision, but it is one play. The team lost 47-9.

When I watch other teams play,, all I see is open receivers on most plays. When I watch Dallas I see Dak trying to thread the needle every pass because no one is open - until garbage time. I see other teams run play action to get WRs open, but Dallas can't run the football so play action doesn't work. They can't run the football because they can't block. The offensive line was horrid against Detroit. I saw Dak take some hits from DTs running full speed at him.

On defense, I see our DL getting no pressure. Goff had all day to find the open receiver, step into the throw and make easy completions. DBs are playing soft coverage allowing receivers to get downfield and run their routes unchallenged.

Dak has to do better, there is no doubt about it. But the entire team needs to do much better. The problem is, they can't because they are not a good team.

 

[Legend]

It would have been better for Dak as the leader of the team to get Lamb on board with taking less $ for the Cowboys to use to sign Derrick Henry, Bobby Wagner, and/or a better starter for the offensive line, and a run stuffing DT…

Whatever combination they wanted… such as two better starters for the offensive line and/or Derrick Henry… by Dak taking $50M instead of $60M, Lamb taking $30M instead of $35M, and not re-signing Trey Lance (since already have Cooper Rush)

By taking less money; Dak and Lamb would have more help for the Cowboys to be more competitive & not getting embarrassed as much on national television

This was the guidance Emmitt tried to give to Dak and the Cowboys years ago

 

[Vanilla2]

We have 0 run game and play some of the softest defense we’ve seen in a while(with some of our best players missing time). Not many qbs can make that work positively in the league at any given moment. Dak has a track record of being very good during the season and then they punched in the face a few times a season and then he typically lays an egg in the post season. I’m not the biggest dak homer but it can be worse. It can be better as well but we are saddled with the joneses so we’re always fighting with a hand tied behind our backs in some way.

 

[starfan1]

It was insane. I explained it why earlier

its only insane if he is using that as an excuse as to why it was picked. expecting a WR to attempt to break up a bad pass is not insane. However laws of physics are going to make that particular pass and option to break up pretty difficult.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

So Dak needs a top-3 defense of all time to get to and win a super bowl? Lol

Btw, Russell Wilson made $1.5m that season they won the Super Bowl.

No matter how any Dak fan tries to spin it, signing him long term was THE wrong decision.

From the looks of it...EVERY decision that was made this offseason was the wrong decision. Whether it's Martin, Diggs, Cee Dee....I mean you tell me...what RIGHT decision has been made in the last 3 years?

 

[Chasing6]

Because 1993 it was a completely different sport than in 2024

In 1993 you can win super bowls doing that. In 2024 you can’t even keep your job doing that

Ok. I guess that is why Jim Kelly had 237 TD passes to Troy's 165 in less games.

 

[Chasing6]

Jerry clearly wasn’t on the field while Dak looked like a deer in headlights and playing like a turd…

GM's don't play on the field.

 

[Chasing6]

Your comparing apples to oranges when you are comparing different eras.

It has nothing to do with different eras.

In any era of 1 team rushes for 50 yards and the other team 200. Pretty sure we all know who is going to win the game.

 

[Chasing6]

Yeah except he won Superbowls and Dak looks like a deer in the headlights when the playoffs come around

No, the Cowboys won SB's and he happened to play QB.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

No, the Cowboys won SB's and he happened to play QB.

I hope this was sarcasm.

 

[Chasing6]

I always find it comical when a dakster has to say that Dak Carried the team, mainly because people used to say Romo sometimes would carry the team in a game.

When a QB has to carry a team, the team sucks.

 

[jsb357]

Match scores and see what happens.

we have hater...

/sarc

 

[Chasing6]

Because usually dak can't score or long drive....giving the ball back to them over and over.

Match scores and see what happens.

Match rushing yards then so what happens.

 

[Chasing6]

Again, why do the Dakstans hate our legends so much?

Stating factual statistics is hate.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Ok. I guess that is why Jim Kelly had 237 TD passes to Troy's 165 in less games.

Passing tds are too contextualized a stat to solely base a QB’s performance by.

Did Jim Kelly have a RB who set the alltime nfl record in TD runs? Cowboys only ran the ball inside the 20 back then. If Dak Prescott had Emmitt Smith, he’d throw less TDs too.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

This is not a serious question because nobody absolves him of all blame. The point is, and always has been, that there is no margin for error because there is no scheme and no surrounding talent - so when he does make a mistake, it is always catastrophic.

The scheme and talent is WHY he was 2nd in MVP last year lol

Maybe think about why all these people say it, and understand the context of what is happening around the quarterback.

Are you blaming his mistakes on...."scheme"...that it's scheme that makes them so critical?

It's okay for dak to make mistakes...like any human. But it's up to him, in large part, how critical they are.

The team has to overcome player mistakes, sure. But qb bears the brunt of righting the ship. Big money man....big responsibilities.

 

[Legend]

Ok. I guess that is why Jim Kelly had 237 TD passes to Troy's 165 in less

Ok. I guess that is why Jim Kelly had 237 TD passes to Troy's 165 in less games.

And Jim Kelly stunk it up in the SBs against the Cowboys.

Aikman outplayed Steve Young 2x, Jim Kelly 2x, and Brett Favre 3x in the playoffs.

Aikman was the best QB on the field which resulted in 7 playoff victories; although Young, Kelly, and Favre had better regular season stats.

Barry Sanders regular season stats including YPC (5.0) were better than Emmitt’s.

Which player (Barry or Emmitt) elevated their play in the playoffs?

Which player (Barry or Emmitt) rushed for -1 yards on 13 carries in the playoffs against the same team he rushed for 188 yards a few weeks earlier in the regular season?

Big time players play big during the playoffs.

Aikman and Emmitt were big time players.

Dak is not a big time player.

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

Are you blaming his mistakes on...."scheme"...that it's scheme that makes them so critical?

It's okay for dak to make mistakes...like any human. But it's up to him, in large part, how critical they are.

The team has to overcome player mistakes, sure. But qb bears the brunt of righting the ship. Big money man....big responsibilities.

No. That is quite literally not what I said.