This team is stacked, but how do we rein in Dak, use him in an efficient and safe way?

[75boyz]

Winning a super bowl this year will be much more about #4 than the defense.

I couldn't agree more. The defense will most likely do its part as they did against San Francisco.

It will be up to SleepNumber.
The fate of both McCarthy and the entire team rests squarely on Rayne's shoulders.

Will be fun to see if he's up for the challenge.

 

[88sAndHeartbreak]

When he says we need to get better and not I need to get better he is rolling the rest of the team in with his poor performance. Go back and look how many times he says that before the last 49ers game. He had to say something this last game because Parsons was livid and was blaming Dak without saying it. Daks favorite word after a loss is WE! Here ya go! Surely you remember this game.

@Hadenough
Just to respond to you from the other thread...

Did you actually listen to that FULL interview? Specifically the part @2:35 where he assessed his own play. He also mentions conversations in the lockerroom the team had, so everything he said went through them first.

*Edit: Saying "WE" isnt blaming others. Check out every other player interview after a loss.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Barely top 10 on his best day? Don't think that's quite fair. Dak is probably a top 10 QB period. He can be elite on his best days. He can look like a backup on his worst. Has more than enough talent and leadership ability to be a Super Bowl QB. Don't get me wrong—he's clearly not Mahomes—but with the right pieces around him and potentially an elite defense I think he can get us there.

As for OP's question, I think the biggest thing he needs is a legit playmaker or two in this draft. I personally love Mayer (and Kinkaid but Mayer is my favorite). I think a TE makes a lot of sense at 26 with this class. But someone like Bijan, Gibbs, or one of the top WRs would also qualify. I think a TE at 26 and a RB or WR in the 3rd-5th round would be a good play.

I like Mayer too. I'd love an oline player, but I'd also be excited if we got Mayer.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Bottom line.
*Dak is the reigning INT leader.
*Deek needs to pass less and hand the ball off more.
*His QB coach needs dumb it down for Deek and plead for more receivers on the field to dilute the opponents' coverage.
*That bloke Deek needs to take a hike after 2023...

 

[LACowboysFan1]

But what do you do with a JAG QB who is an interception leader?

Yes, Dak was an interception leader in 2022. No doubt. Numbers don't lie, if you're talking just the total number of interceptions.

But let's check other years, shall we?
2021. Dak had 10 interceptions with, in round numbers, 600 attempts. Matthew Stafford had 17. Justin Hebert, with only 72 more attempts, had 15. Derek Carr, with only 26 more attempts, had 14 interceptions.

But those quarterbacks weren't called an "interception leader".

Dak had a bad year, interception-wise, last year, with an int rate of 3.8%. But the four years before that his int rate was less than half that, with rates of between 1.5 and 1.8. Saying Dak is an interception leader is a textbook definition of cherry-picking stats, to this point in his career, anyway. Maybe that is the "real" Dak, but more seasons like this last one has to happen to prove that.

 

[starfan1]

Yes, Dak was an interception leader in 2022. No doubt. Numbers don't lie, if you're talking just the total number of interceptions.

But let's check other years, shall we?
2021. Dak had 10 interceptions with, in round numbers, 600 attempts. Matthew Stafford had 17. Justin Hebert, with only 72 more attempts, had 15. Derek Carr, with only 26 more attempts, had 14 interceptions.

But those quarterbacks weren't called an "interception leader".

Dak had a bad year, interception-wise, last year, with an int rate of 3.8%. But the four years before that his int rate was less than half that, with rates of between 1.5 and 1.8. Saying Dak is an interception leader is a textbook definition of cherry-picking stats, to this point in his career, anyway. Maybe that is the "real" Dak, but more seasons like this last one has to happen to prove that.

He’s a troll that’s what trolls do

 

[Captain-Crash]

threads like this hurt my feelings.

 

[Swagger]

Yes, Dak was an interception leader in 2022. No doubt. Numbers don't lie, if you're talking just the total number of interceptions.

But let's check other years, shall we?
2021. Dak had 10 interceptions with, in round numbers, 600 attempts. Matthew Stafford had 17. Justin Hebert, with only 72 more attempts, had 15. Derek Carr, with only 26 more attempts, had 14 interceptions.

But those quarterbacks weren't called an "interception leader".

Dak had a bad year, interception-wise, last year, with an int rate of 3.8%. But the four years before that his int rate was less than half that, with rates of between 1.5 and 1.8. Saying Dak is an interception leader is a textbook definition of cherry-picking stats, to this point in his career, anyway. Maybe that is the "real" Dak, but more seasons like this last one has to happen to prove that.

How many touchdowns did Stafford throw in 2021...context matters

 

[LACowboysFan1]

How many touchdowns did Stafford throw in 2021...context matters

Exactly. But the statement made had nothing to do with td passes or wins or such, it was that Dak was an "interception leader", based on ONE year of leading the league in ints. One year does not make a qb an "interception leader" in the sense that it's an ongoing, continual and every year occurrence. Dak may or may not continue throwing interceptions at a high rate, but we won't know that until it does or doesn't happen..

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Yes, Dak was an interception leader in 2022. No doubt. Numbers don't lie, if you're talking just the total number of interceptions.

But let's check other years, shall we?
2021. Dak had 10 interceptions with, in round numbers, 600 attempts. Matthew Stafford had 17. Justin Hebert, with only 72 more attempts, had 15. Derek Carr, with only 26 more attempts, had 14 interceptions.

But those quarterbacks weren't called an "interception leader".

Dak had a bad year, interception-wise, last year, with an int rate of 3.8%. But the four years before that his int rate was less than half that, with rates of between 1.5 and 1.8. Saying Dak is an interception leader is a textbook definition of cherry-picking stats, to this point in his career, anyway. Maybe that is the "real" Dak, but more seasons like this last one has to happen to prove that.

I am not concerned with Deek's past or aggregate years. The most accurate --- or approximate --- gauge of a player is the previous year.
No. 1 in pick.


But if we, too, check previous years, then Zeke and his 2016, 2018 and 2019 start looking good. And I want him re-signed

No, me L.A. lord, Deek the INT King took a consistent, wrong path down Pick-nik Lane, and it will be among the intriguing storylines of 2023 to see if Deek outdoes himself or regresses.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I am not concerned with Deek's past or aggregate years.

Of course not. It hurts your narrative.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Of course not. It hurts your narrative.

Current stats > past stats

Or as you Dak fan boys say, "analytics."

 

[Techsass]

19 pages woo-hoo!!!
Well done

 

[LACowboysFan1]

I am not concerned with Deek's past or aggregate years. The most accurate --- or approximate --- gauge of a player is the previous year.
No. 1 in pick.

No. Remember back in 2020 Zeke had 6 fumbles in 244 carries, and many called him a "fumbler". But with 237 and 231 carries in the next two years he had 1 fumble total. By your above reasoning after 2020 you would have to describe Zeke as a fumbler, if so how did he manaage to have 1 total int in the next two years with similar carries?

Any player can have an off year, Dak included.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Or as you Dak fan boy

You calling me a Dak fan boy?

Clearly you haven't been following my posting content at all. SMH.

 

[big dog cowboy]

No. Remember back in 2020 Zeke had 6 fumbles in 244 carries, and many called him a "fumbler". But with 237 and 231 carries in the next two years he had 1 fumble total. By your above reasoning after 2020 you would have to describe Zeke as a fumbler, if so how did he manage to have 1 total int in the next two years with similar carries?

Any player can have an off year, Dak included.

Funny how that works isn't it?

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

You calling me a Dak fan boy?

Clearly you haven't been following my posting content at all. SMH.

I endeavour to follow you more closely.