The way McCarthy is calling plays shows he has no trust in Dak

[Mac_MaloneV1]

If anything, I believe he can actually get through his progressions faster than in the past. It may have something to do with the copious amount of curl routes under JG/Moore.

He and Moore have both said before that he goes through them too fast sometimes lol

The idea that he can't get through his progressions is just totally wrong, and a disingenuous point. He was slow through his reads in 2017 and through part of 2018, but hasn't been true for a long time.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Old Trent Dilfer wins that game at his age.

 

[iceberg]

Dak is Dak and much like romo, he has fans polarized by being good but not good enough.

one week dak will be lights out, and the next, lights on no one home. this is dak and his entire career. not this year, not last year, all of his career.

and this is what we have as long as we have him.

 

[basel90]

Ive been saying this in spades. Dak is not an elite or $170 million dollar qb. One of the biggest misjudgments in the history of the boys. And they are stuck with him. He will keep them in the middle draft rounds where we select busts like Mazi Smith.

nailed it. Being average just keep dallas away from top picks to get a real elite QB. the dak fatigue should have set in a long time ago , but jerry is stubborn about releasing his own picks.

 

[basel90]

I have said this since the giant game excellent post, it’s frightening how little trust they have in him and what happened the moment they needed him to throw a touchdown. He threw it into triple coverage like Zach Wilson.

Dak is a 10 year cancer on this team . I noticed he was so average in 2018 at the tennessee game at home. Crowd started. booing him. Jerry responded by bringing amari cooper and losing a first rounder.
Nothing to show for it ( 2 playoff wins in 8 years !!!). At least Romo was more affordable. . Romo wins the game against arizona with more accurate throws and imporvisation. Dak cannot.

 

[Ranching]

It is obvious MM does not think Dak has the long ball capability , nor the improvisational talent when facing a pressing defense.
Dak knows he cannot get fired and has no job insecurity at all. I think his attitude shows it. No audibles or any crativity.
This is the type of game where a QB like romo would have won. Dak again cannot bail the defense when it has a tough day, I hope this season can be salvaged and that this is a fluke game. But it is concerning .

Have you ever called plays in a football game?

 

[Praxit]

..ok coach, dont quit yer day job.

 

[G2]

nailed it. Being average just keep dallas away from top picks to get a real elite QB. the dak fatigue should have set in a long time ago , but jerry is stubborn about releasing his own picks.

Dak isn't elite and neither is his salary. He's not even in the top 10 for highest salary. There are 1-3 QBs TOPS that I would even consider elite, but you have many folks who have their definition.
He is however, a top 10 QB. He's showed that. Why on Earth would the FO think the grass is greener?

 

[charron]

That's just how Mike calls plays. Poorly. He called the 1st 2 games the same way but the difference is the defense was so dominant they gave the offense 4 extra scoring opportunities per game. For this team to win this year the defense will have to be dominant cause when they aren't Dak isn't good enough to overcome Mikes poor play calling like Aaron used to. Gb beat Dallas in the playoff not because of Mikes play calling, no. A hobbled Aaron Rogers did what great QB's do when the play fails he improvises and make his magic happen. Not gonna hold my breath on this offense but this defense can still be fun to watch.

 

[Sydla]

Here.





Been like this for 3 years. Anyone who says "Dak doesn't see the field and misses open receivers" is either wrong or stupid.

Dallas does not have speed at WR to create any space, and I'm not sure they'd know how to use it if they did.

Blaming lack of speed is a bit silly. Lamb has enough speed and his strength is route running.

Cooks didn't become "slow" in one offseason.

The issue we have is a QB who is just decent and an OC that is lame.

 

[GMO415]

He has coached only two HOF QBs outside of Dak. Of course he has no faith in Dak.

 

[Captain-Crash]

Have you ever called plays in a football game?

Does atari football count? I was a legend at the arcade.

 

[Mikexike]

Pretty sure MM called a very similar game to the first two. No one said a word.....but the red zone issue is concerning. The red zone is all about execution and play design. I'm amazed how some OCs can design/call plays ( red zone ) that make it look so easy.

Put the 3 missing OL in the game and they score majority of the runs in the red zone.....

 

[Doomsday]

He basically called the same game he did in weeks 1 and 2.

The main difference is the defense didn't get any turnovers, couldn't stop the run, and gave up a ton of big plays.

 

[Cowboys5217]

This is nonsense. What QB meets this standard other than Mahomes and Allen? Jackson can maybe steal you a game with his legs here and there, but that's the end of the list.

Then we don't need to be paying Dak a big salary if it is "nonsense" to expect him to bail the team out. Any scrub off the streets can fail for you for a lot less money.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Silly take. So you post 5 plays where receivers aren't open and blame it all on the offense.
You do realize there are multiple plays, even more than 10+ a game where receivers aren't open?

It's the "everything must be a perfect utopia for Dak" fallacy in action again. Only if everything else is perfect can you then criticize Dak for a lack of performance. Actually, they would probably still come up with some sort of ludicrous defense after that.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Dak is Dak and much like romo, he has fans polarized by being good but not good enough.

one week dak will be lights out, and the next, lights on no one home. this is dak and his entire career. not this year, not last year, all of his career.

and this is what we have as long as we have him.

He hasn't lit anything up since the Tampa game. Kinda overdue for a lights out game from Dak.

 

[CowboyFrog]

If MM doesn't trust his QB that he is ride or die with then he is a huge idiot.. plain and simple. Dak is no rook and this is not a "Groom the QB" coach tenure.. this might be the dumbest take ever...if they continue on this path they will both be gone, if they dont see this then they are both pretty dumb.

 

[DandyDon52]

If Dak is really that bad, that he can't even be trusted to pass w/ the game on the line, then it is beyond time to move on. Rush would've been better last night.

well we know jerry wont move on lol. what I would do is start rush next game and let dak sit on the bench, tell him he better light a fire under himself
or do a more effective "get better" heck let rush start vs SF if he beats NE.
Rush or Grier could not have been worse on that last pass.
But if mike had put rush in for that one play, and he scores all the dak fans would throw a fit, assuming dak could have done it too.
If rush throws int or misses then everyone would say mike was an idiot to put rush in.

As it was now people say mostly daks fault, so guess that is better for mike.

To me it was a plain vanilla play not very likely to work, no innovation.
No threat of a dak run or a handoff, dak looked at him from the snap, no shovel pass etc etc, so the play called kinda sucked too.

 

[basel90]

Dak isn't elite and neither is his salary. He's not even in the top 10 for highest salary. There are 1-3 QBs TOPS that I would even consider elite, but you have many folks who have their definition.
He is however, a top 10 QB. He's showed that. Why on Earth would the FO think the grass is greener?

when the arizona QB that cost almost nothing looks better than Dak, You have to question your top 10 QB !! Dak is in the 15 th in ranking . This team has invested big and given him the money and the OL and Defense to win. he has not. The experiment will only yield the 10 win season average. if that is what you want , then he fits that bill. he will not take this team further. 8 years are enough experimenting and waiting. The excuses have to end for dak at a certain stage.