Northern_Cowboy
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I'll have to start looking more closely because we are clearly seeing things a little differently. I see both sides I just don't see the excuses far, far outweighing the criticism.
I know you started an excuse thread for Dak and there are "excuses" but they are also reasons why the over-the-top criticism is bunk. It's the same thing with Romo during his playing days. Most people didn't defend Romo because they thought he was some great QB. They defended him because there were countless posts of how much he sucked and we would never be able to win with him. I was part of that group. Now after he quit playing he was elevated into some sort of QB God, but that's a different story. I think the same thing occurs with most Dak supporters. He is frequently bashed and these stats that get posted sort of speak to the point that he's not as bad as people claim.
What is really wish (and I know this is a pipe dream) is if people would take a step back, take a deep breath, acknowledge they have a bias, figure out what is driving that bias, and make an effort to re-evaluate their opinion with an open mind. I think the overwhelming majority of people would realize he's either not as bad or as good as they believe him to be. If that happened maybe most of the petty arguing would be eliminated and the quality of the board would be improved. Again, I know that's not going to happen, but the place would be a hell of a lot better if it would.
I started that thread mostly as a joke because i just got tired of hearing it. I don't think i have made 2 threads in my entire life that just happenned to be one of them. Dak's a good guy i just see things when i watch him play that say to me he is an average QB, i do wish he would run more because i think he is an above average running QB, but he doesn't or maybe the team doesn't want him to do that. Romo played on some very good teams and didn't get us far in the playoffs. Dak has played on some very good teams that haven't gone far in the playoffs either, the difference is going to be when Dak doesn't have a good team anymore (like 2011-2013) Romo carried those teams and we went 8-8 twice and 8-7 with him once when he missed the last game of the season, none of those teams had the talent that we had on our team last season although 2013 was a prelude to 2014 and maybe if Romo played that last game we win and make the playoffs. I think and it is just my opinion that when our talent starts to erode (and it will happen because of the big deals we have been giving out and not just Dak's) we will see a team with Dak at QB that goes 4-12 to 6-10