It’s a catch 22 man. If I speak in generalities, I get asked for examples, if I give examples, I am a nitpicker. I will gladly speak in generalities, then.
Dak is an outstanding leader and has many other intangibles that owners and coaches want in a team leader.
He is also an average quarterback with below average arm talent and pocket presence. He is not worth $40M. He is unfortunately inconsistent season to season, game to game, quarter to quarter, drive to drive. He has had the privilege of operating with outstanding surrounding talent, which makes him look better than he is (clean pocket, meaningless spectacular catches, etc).
His experience and trust in his team allows him to have good control of the offense, but when he drops back it’s a flip of a coin. He rarely throws with anticipation (likely due to lack of confidence in accuracy, which I appreciate the self-awareness at least), and struggles to hit receivers in stride even on drag routes. His deep balls only have about a 30% chance of being catchable, which is why he rarely does it. He is capable of catching fire and playing lights out football (Minnesota), but seems to balance those moments/games out with poor play the very next game. I will say he is excellent in play action bootlegs most of the time.
I think he frustrates his own receivers due to late or inaccurate throws that limit YAC and get them hit at the catch point more often than necessary. I think the offense playbook is tailored really well by Moore to account for all of these flaws.
He rarely elevates the team, the team more often elevates him (e.g. 4th qtr of IND game. He had virtually nothing to do with that)
Due to all of this and his salary he will be the QB of this team for a long time and I will root for him every game, but I also believe the reasons he was picked in the 4th round are still limitations for him today and will continue to limit him in the future.
Now ask for examples and let the vicious cycle begin lol
I can give an example of Mahomes having bad throws...then say I am speaking in generalities. before you hop on the comment that I am comapring Dak to Mahomes, I am not. Mahomes is by far the best QB in the league and perhaps generational.
and you bring up and example, to make a case for generalities. that's how nitpicking works. I never said he is perfect. in fact I have said on multiple occasions that he needs to be more consistent. he has periods,, games that he is lights out and great, then he makes some throws that make you scratch you head, and its not just one or two, its several.....but overall he has more good throws than bad throws.
and the cowboys offense went from 20 something, average struggling offense to now #1 in the league. my apologies for not scoring in every quarter at the pace you like to meet your expectations, that's not how NFL games work...its not realistic.
so he is not a difference maker in your mind, yet, cowboys offense just got elevated significantly. I am sure there are excuses to be written as to why the offense isn't good, its because vikings are over rated and they were tired (yes, somebody actually said, their defense was tired, that's why we did good) and that Giants are over rated and this and that....
and btw, the interception he threw against GB, the one against Indy were because he was anticipating the WR making the cut, being there, making a play. the throws were made before the WR made the cut but you say he doesn't throw with anticipation, probably because he doesn't do it 100% of the time...it has to be 100% of else its failed!!!
also not sure about your comment of 30% of his deep balls being catachable...based on what? eye test? and how does that compare to the rest of the league? are you measuring it in a silo? the silo that's built based upon your expectations? what's your expectations of deep ball being catchable? does the WR bear any responsibility for being open and not allow the DBs get intot heir bodies and break the pass? I mean this is a great example of people making comments, without anything to show why they made that comment except the eye test and again, doing it in a silo.
he is playing like a top 10 QB. outside of the elite QBs, all other QBs have flaws. better ones make more good plays than bad. his salary is about the range of a top 10 QB. but in some fans mind, 40M means elite and he has to play at an Elite level and he is not elite.
and in the 4th quarter of Indy game, in the first minute or so we continued a drive from previous quarter. scored a td in the first couple of minutes and put the game out of hand. after that, it was teeing off on Ryan and just running the ball to finish the game...what else do you expect? in fact, although it was an interceptions, one of the drives in the 4th started on Dallas 28....are you going to complain that it doesn't count because it didn't start at the 18!!!
and I don't think his WRs are frustrated. not sure where you get that from, but perhaps that's another eye test thingy
