Reminder: The 2016 Cowboys exhausted backup QB options before turning to Dak

[JackOfNoTrades]

Sorry if a re-post, haven't seen anywhere on CZ but found this article interesting. I wouldn't classify the Cowboys getting "lucky" in landing Dak as we drafted him for a reason after scouting, etc. However, I would say the sequence of events that a QB remaining a draft day need for us, him being available, his unplanned rise on the QB depth chart, etc., if not lucky, is certainly a situation of stars aligning. As fans, I'm sure many recall a lot of these happenings along the way but to see the dozen+ cross-roads in a concise list that if simply one different route was taken, Dak would not be a Cowboy and/or at least not set to be our 2nd year starter ......
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With the offseason settling in and the Cowboys considered the prohibitive favorites to win the NFC East again, it's easy to forget where Dallas was this time last year in its search for a backup to Tony Romo. Dak Prescott was not definitely the answer.

Just ask his quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, who pointed out to Todd Archer of ESPN last week that Prescott had terrible feet and didn't know how to call a play.

"The snap, he'd never done that," Wilson said. "Never called a play. He had his feet all goofed up. Never been under center too much. Never. Rarely said the words in the huddle or really any verbal communication at all."

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/r...sted-backup-qb-options-before-turning-to-dak/

 

[Pants]

he learned

 

[haleyrules]

lol. If any of that is true..he learned a heck of a lot....fast!

 

[xwalker]

Sorry if a re-post, haven't seen anywhere on CZ but found this article interesting. I wouldn't classify the Cowboys getting "lucky" in landing Dak as we drafted him for a reason after scouting, etc. However, I would say the sequence of events that a QB remaining a draft day need for us, him being available, his unplanned rise on the QB depth chart, etc., if not lucky, is certainly a situation of stars aligning. As fans, I'm sure many recall a lot of these happenings along the way but to see the dozen+ cross-roads in a concise list that if simply one different route was taken, Dak would not be a Cowboy and/or at least not set to be our 2nd year starter ......
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With the offseason settling in and the Cowboys considered the prohibitive favorites to win the NFC East again, it's easy to forget where Dallas was this time last year in its search for a backup to Tony Romo. Dak Prescott was not definitely the answer.

Just ask his quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson, who pointed out to Todd Archer of ESPN last week that Prescott had terrible feet and didn't know how to call a play.

"The snap, he'd never done that," Wilson said. "Never called a play. He had his feet all goofed up. Never been under center too much. Never. Rarely said the words in the huddle or really any verbal communication at all."

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/r...sted-backup-qb-options-before-turning-to-dak/

More evidence that Stephen is making the decisions, not Jerry.

The Cowboys were targeting Paxton Lynch in the draft, but the Broncos ended up pulling off a deal that left the Cowboys out in the cold. The next day, Jones lamented a lack of sleep during the night because he was unwilling to overpay for the right to draft Lynch.

"When I look back on my life, I've overpaid for my big successes every time. I probably should've overpaid [for Paxton Lynch]," Jones told reporters.

 

[ghst187]

lol. If any of that is true..he learned a heck of a lot....fast!

That and/or he's just one of those guys that can only play when the lights come on...which is in stark contrast to we usually have....great practice players that disappear on Sunday.