Sturm's Morning After - Cowboys 28, Bengals 14

[Sturm1310]

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[Dodger12]

And sometimes, fortune seems to smile on you with some gifts from the football gods.

Let's not be fooled. I realize that GM Jerry Jones has been credited with the idea of taking Dak Prescott at pick #135, but I have never heard it explained how they had pick #101 at the start of that round and took Oklahoma DE Charles Tapper, instead. Sources have confirmed that pick #101 was earmarked for QB Connor Cook from Michigan State as the Cowboys wanted a young player behind Romo. Oakland, however, decided they wanted him more and traded with Cleveland to get pick #100 and took the Spartan QB. This left the Cowboys with a choice to take their next QB or go with a DE and they took Tapper. That has always prevented me from being to full of praise on how things all happened. Luckily for the future of the franchise, not one QB was taken in the next 34 picks. Not one. So, when pick #135 came around, Prescott was still available.

It was either lucky or insane to take that risk. Brilliant does not seem like a word that should come to mind. Unless, that is, we are describing what we have seen in the first five weeks.

Great write up and read........As the old saying goes, "sometimes I'd rather be lucky than good." And Dallas also tried to trade up in the first round to take Lynch. There's a lot of football left and I'm not ready to anoint Prescott but you can't help but be excited about the way he's playing.

But the one thing I haven't seen yet that I think will make him a complete QB is to go downfield with accuracy. This offense would be even more dangerous if we can set up the play action. I don't think they use play action very well for having such a dominant running game and defenses crowding the line of scrimmage.

I remember the old saying that the only person who could stop Michael Jordan in college was Dean Smith, his coach. Nobody could defend MJ, but his coach used him carefully and in moderation.

Now, we wonder if the only thing that can slow down this train is the front office and coaching staff wanting to get Tony Romo right back into action when he is healthy enough after the bye week.

In other words, is the only thing that can stop Dak and Zeke right now their own organization?

Yesterday makes you wonder.

It'll be real interesting if we continue this pace and Romo is healthy........

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Sounds like you're warming up to the idea of leaving Dak in there when Tony gets healthy, Bob. Seems crazy to me that the idea doesn't seem so crazy, you know?

 

[Aven8]

If Romo comes back and does his usual "read the defense and get the clock to 1 second" he will ruin what they have right now. However he did this in 2014 and had similar results. The issue is that team believes in Dak right now and that might screw it all up.

 

[waving monkey]

a lot of merit to the idea that there is a lot of chemistry on this team right now.
Romo can't bring the rust creature into the game with him and lose a couple of games right off the bat.
It's a sticky wicket

 

[Hawkeye19]

If Dak wins in GB next week... you leave him in until he loses the momentum. If we lose next week, then using the bye to get Tony up to speed for the Eagles game is a natural transition point.

We are watching something special right now. I expected the kids to play well yesterday but lose a close one. They dominated a very good team in every phase of the game. You have to ride this wave of momentum until it breaks. Hats off to Garrett and the coaching staff. I have been critical for years-- but they have done an outstanding job this season. Should be the frontrunner in the coach of the year conversation.

 

[aikemirv]

If Romo comes back and does his usual "read the defense and get the clock to 1 second" he will ruin what they have right now. However he did this in 2014 and had similar results. The issue is that team believes in Dak right now and that might screw it all up.

So you don't think the team believes in Romo?

 

[ConceptCoop]

If Romo comes back and does his usual "read the defense and get the clock to 1 second" he will ruin what they have right now. However he did this in 2014 and had similar results. The issue is that team believes in Dak right now and that might screw it all up.

Watch Aaron Rodgers. He does the same thing. Dak will too, when he's ready.

 

[reddyuta]

I will take all the luck we can get in the Draft Bob.We have been terrible unlucky in recent drafts with self inflicted wounds to drafting TEs in the 2nd rd,drafting guys who will never play in the NFL because of injuries.Its pure luck we got Dak but i will take it.

 

[DrunkWithPower]

I think the main difference between Romo and Dak right now is what they look for on 3rd down. Dak looks for anything that will move the sticks while Romo ignores the 1st down marker for a possible big play opportunity. Romo gives up some easy 1st down pickups because he recognizes 1 on 1 matchups and tries to get the ball downfield. Not saying this is a bad thing, but it is the reason Dak is a little better on 3rd down pickups. The flip side is Dak doesn't push the ball so the field becomes a little more compacted with guys pushing the line of scrimmage. Fortunately the O Line doesn't seem to care much.