They gotta be elite passer. Dak ain’t elite throwing. He ain’t good running - so unless better wr and outstanding play calling basically have no shot at winning.
I am convinced Dak's biggest problems are mental. Does anyone remember Steve Sax, who played for the Dodgers and Yankees? He was considered one of the better fielding 2nd basemen in baseball until one day he couldn't make an ordinary throw to 1st base. He'd field a ground ball and with plenty of time to throw 40 feet to the 1st baseman he would throw it wildly almost anywhere but at the first basemen. He had something like 30 throwing errors in one year. They dubbed it the Steve Sax Syndrome, and it is all mental.
Can a QB develop a similar ailment? Yesterday Dak was having difficulty throwing simple passes to the RBs in the flat. On one 3rd down play he had Pollard wide open and Dak threw it in the dirt. I have no idea why he was so off yesterday, but he was clearly struggling to hit his receivers running routine routes. Was Dak rattled for some reason? Or is he struggling with a mental condition similar to the yips in golf? If there is nothing wrong with him physically then the only explanation for a performance like yesterday has got to be mental. Who knows what is going on in Dak's head but let's hope it is a one game thing.
At the same time, I am getting sick of hearing Dak say it will get fixed, and it will not happen again, only to see him do the same thing the following week. Every week he says the same thing. Dak should just say I played poorly and leave it at that. We know he has to play better. We know he is trying. But that is not good enough. Words don't mean a thing. It is clear at this point he has no control over the INTs and he cannot stop doing it so why say it will stop? Just play better or shut up. The problem for Dallas is Dak seems to be getting worse every year.
I am convinced it is mental with Dak because he will play so poorly for a quarter in some games then have a HoF performance for the rest of the game. What changed? It cannot be physical and it never was with Dak despite all the excuses of bad shoulders, bad ankles, bad thumbs, etc. I am surprised the Cowboys did not rollout the hyperextended knee as an excuse after yesterday's game.
