Video: Stephen Jones: Dak is more like Aikman than Romo

[America's Cowboy]

I think that means Dak's going to need the team to carry him more than he carrying the team.

You mean like in the Green Bay playoff loss game from 2016?

 

[gimmesix]

No Stephen didn't, you did bringing up his tight window throws. I simply said I have seen Aikman consistently make tight window throws, and Dak not so much. Irvin seldom got separation for the record.

Irvin was the king of the push-off until the league took it away from him. I'm not knocking him because he was a great player, but when he needed to, he created separation by shoving the defender away from him.

 

[3rd_n_inches]

I was in for the Stephen Jones quote and then how long it would take to turn it into a shot at Dez. I made it to the 1.41 mark!

 

[CouchCoach]

Irvin was the king of the push-off until the league took it away from him. I'm not knocking him because he was a great player, but when he needed to, he created separation by shoving the defender away from him.

Yep, hence the "Irvin Rule", which strangely enough, was already a rule.

 

[erod]

You mean like in the Green Bay playoff loss game from 2016?

That's not a great example because that Packers defense was absolutely atrocious, and injured everywhere on top of that. They could stop nothing.

I think our best case scenario for Dak is that he develops into a quarterback like Alex Smith. Both of them do not like to take chances with the football and prefer to throw underneath. Neither is big on using their wideouts much. Smith is pretty good at moving his team though, and he's got good mobility to keep drives alive, but he won't knife through defenses down field in tight windows.

Our worst case scenario is that Dak evolves into a Josh Freeman or Byron Leftwich. Those guys lost their nerve after taking a lot of hits, and just faded away. They never transitioned from the college game to the NFL. There are a TON of quarterbacks that fit in that category.

Dak isn't like Troy or Romo. Both comparisons are silly.

 

[Ken]

Except for the amazing accuracy part.

Yes, How could Dak's career 65% completion % ever dare to compete with AIkman's 59%....lol

 

[DFWJC]

I believe he is referring to his approach, because it sure isn't skillset. Aikman was more of a script follower, Romo a freestyler.

I think it's the script follower thing.

 

[DFWJC]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...matthew-stafford-among-top-10-tightwindow-qbs

As the greatest quarterback of all time, Tom Brady's absence from the top 10 will certainly come as a surprise to some fans. However, Brady's best skill is the ability to consistently make the right read while operating the Patriots' offense like a well-oiled machine. Brady has thrown fewer than 18 percent of his passes into tight windows in each of the last two seasons, quantifiably demonstrating his elite decision-making.

-- Jared Goff was one of the most improved players in the NFL this past season, bouncing back from a nightmare rookie season. New Rams head coach Sean McVay proved to be one of the best play-callers and offensive minds in the game. McVay's scheme helps facilitate space and lay-up completions for his quarterback to help him get into a rhythm and move the ball. Goff threw an NFL-high 25.9 percent of his passes into tight windows in 2016, but that rate fell down to 14.3 percent under McVay, ranking 31st among qualifying quarterbacks.

The tight window stat is EXTREMELY flawed.
VERY dependent on the person throwing the ball in multiple ways

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Except for the amazing accuracy part.

110% correct.......NO QB has come close to Aikman's laser accuracy and arm strength.

 

[vlad]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...matthew-stafford-among-top-10-tightwindow-qbs

Goff threw an NFL-high 25.9 percent of his passes into tight windows in 2016, but that rate fell down to 14.3 percent under McVay, ranking 31st among qualifying quarterbacks.

This. Everyone keeps blaming the players for this now mythical "lack of separation". I don't know how Linehan and Garrett aren't getting the ire focused on Dez and to a lesser extend Beasley.

 

[erod]

110% correct.......NO QB has come close to Aikman's laser accuracy and arm strength.

I actually thought Romo was more accurate with difficult throws, but he didn't have Aikman's arm.

Troy threw the best 15-yard out I've ever seen.

 

[okstateCowboy]

Aikman could not even start in today’s NFL

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

Except for the amazing accuracy part.

LLLOOLLL, there goes the OJ.

 

[goshan]

I didn't listen to this BUT Dak is to Aikman as Romo was to Bledslow. Aikman was deadly accurate, Dak doesn't have that yet. Aikman wasn't mobile either but mobile enough. Aikman also had amazing chemistry with Irvin. Aikman had a great arm, I would say Dak's is average. I really don't see a strong similarity to their game. Again it's like comparing Romo's game to Bledsoe's game. Romo was mobile, Bledsoe feet of clay. Bledsoe had a better arm when he was younger than Romo. Romo could improvise. Bledslow could only dream about improvising. Truly I'd say Dak is more like Quincy Carter with higher character, leadership ability and self esteem. Dak is smart, Quincy not so much

Quincy probably had better wonderlic than dak. Quincy is odd and has an addiction problem, but he isn’t dumb.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

No Stephen didn't, you did bringing up his tight window throws. I simply said I have seen Aikman consistently make tight window throws, and Dak not so much. Irvin seldom got separation for the record.

It was the timing offense........how many times we used to hear Troy releasing the ball before WRs would make their break.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Quincy probably had better wonderlic than dak. Quincy is odd and has an addiction problem, but he isn’t dumb.

Quincy: 30
Aikman: 29
Dak: 25
Romo: 37
Dez: 16
Garrett: 36
ClaiBURNED: 4

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[Whyjerry]

Yawn. More Jones family comments about football. Complete rubbish. Aikman was a pure pocket passer with accuracy. Romo was an athlete that used his God given ability to extend plays and cover up a disasterous offensive scheme.

Dak is much closer to Romo in athletic ability. Young Jones is becoming more annoying by the day.

 

[northerncowboynation]

Quincy probably had better wonderlic than dak. Quincy is odd and has an addiction problem, but he isn’t dumb.

I said Quincy wasn't smart, not that he wasn't intelligent. Smart is the application of intelligent

 

[kskboys]

Dak is like a polar opposite of both.

 

[Gameover]

Irvin seldom got separation? Maybe but he certainly knew how to use his body as a shield to keep distance between the defender and Irvin's outreached hands when making a grab.

Nonsense