Well Prescott is consistent in one thing

[Surfguy]

Pollard needs to be used more as a receiver threat. With Lamb drawing attention, Gallup now executing clutch catches, Hilton converting, and Schultz, Pollard would be beating another linebacker down the sideline in a one-on-one scenario as all the coverage will be drawn downfield. And, his after-catch yards wil mean big gains. I think he's key to the whole damn thing in the playoffs. Get him the ball, Dak and Moore!

 

[shabazz]

2 more games? SMDH

It's "1" more game, hater!

you are correct. Tony’s record is safe, lol

 

[America's Cowboy]

you are correct. Tony’s record is safe, lol

 

[shabazz]

these Thursday games throw me into senior moments.

 

[RonnieT24]

Agreed.

Half (7) of Dak's 14 Interceptions are clearly on our receivers, but it's frustrating to see how many of our fellow agenda-driven posters don't accurately acknowledge that.

So, in reality, Dak has only thrown 7 Interceptions to date that are on him. That's not bad at all.

And they won't because it doesn't fit their narrative. Dak has 5 ricochet INTs this year where he placed the ball right where it needed to be and the receiver volleyballed it. He has three others that were slightly behind and hit the receiver in the back shoulder or the receiver tipped it reaching back. He also has two that were batted at the line of scrimmage and ended up in a defender's hands. To those with agenda those were "poor throws" too. The whole schtick is beyond tiresome. They can't bang on Dak for losing games so now they have to resort to banging on him for not winning with enough style points. It's actually fun knowing how hard they are having to try to feign any level of objectivity. I mean complaining about wins by a 12 win team that has beaten 6 teams with winning records and has beaten both the top two seeds in the NFC in the past couple of months is definitely a jump the shark moment.

 

[Redsfan_83]

He gets credit for the Cooper Rush games?

I read your post too quick, and after further review he hasn't even played many good teams this year. I count he is 2-1 vs anybody descent, counting JAX as good

 

[America's Cowboy]

these Thursday games throw me into senior moments.

Me, too, brother. I had to double check before posting. You threw me off. lol

 

[America's Cowboy]

And they won't because it doesn't fit their narrative. Dak has 5 ricochet INTs this year where he placed the ball right where it needed to be and the receiver volleyballed it. He has three others that were slightly behind and hit the receiver in the back shoulder or the receiver tipped it reaching back. He also has two that were batted at the line of scrimmage and ended up in a defender's hands. To those with agenda those were "poor throws" too. The whole schtick is beyond tiresome. They can't bang on Dak for losing games so now they have to resort to banging on him for not winning with enough style points. It's actually fun knowing how hard they are having to try to feign any level of objectivity. I mean complaining about wins by a 12 win team that has beaten 6 teams with winning records and has beaten both the top two seeds in the NFC in the past couple of months is definitely a jump the shark moment.

100% spot on, RonnieT!

 

[RonnieT24]

these Thursday games throw me into senior moments.

I think Romo's career high of 19 picks (twice) is safe.. What do you think? Even Troy's high of 18 is probably out of reach as well.

 

[Traye1]

True, but how many have been flat out dropped by the defense?Quite a few.

That's true of every quarterback...duh.

 

[Traye1]

I think Romo's career high of 19 picks (twice) is safe.. What do you think? Even Troy's high of 18 is probably out of reach as well.

Exactly....

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

And they won't because it doesn't fit their narrative. Dak has 5 ricochet INTs this year where he placed the ball right where it needed to be and the receiver volleyballed it. He has three others that were slightly behind and hit the receiver in the back shoulder or the receiver tipped it reaching back. He also has two that were batted at the line of scrimmage and ended up in a defender's hands. To those with agenda those were "poor throws" too. The whole schtick is beyond tiresome. They can't bang on Dak for losing games so now they have to resort to banging on him for not winning with enough style points. It's actually fun knowing how hard they are having to try to feign any level of objectivity. I mean complaining about wins by a 12 win team that has beaten 6 teams with winning records and has beaten both the top two seeds in the NFC in the past couple of months is definitely a jump the shark moment.

the ricochet balls are absolutely not his fault...I mean against the Jags, with Brown playing volley ball and now hendershot. for Gawd's sake make the catch. its simple.

but last week against Philly he tried a lazy pass over DL man and it got intercepted and this week against titans, he had a similar lazy pass that was batted down. he has to clean those up.

and his second interception was the one that made me scratch my head. why throw that ball. and why throw it where he did, it was as if he didn't see the defensive player. that ball minimay should be thrown higher, where the Dallas player has a chance, having to reach up for it and nto give defender any chance...instead he threw it right at the numbers....he has done that several times this season and makes me scratch my head going what the heck was he seeing.

 

[RonnieT24]

100% spot on, RonnieT!

Yeah I've just had to make it a policy not to even engage them.. because that's just feeding the trolls. I love a good football argument as much as the next guy but that's not what these idiots are looking for. They're not looking to see if they can rankle people by making outrageous proclamations often laden with blatantly false information. Now my mind doesn't work that way so I can't claim to understand what the purpose of this sort of thing could be.. but I got no use for it. But sometimes you have to jump in and refute their made up facts because less savvy members of the forum might believe the crap they post to be true. It's fine line those of us who truly love the team and relish the opportunity to chop it up about the team have to walk. Cause nobody likes stepping in dog**** and that's mostly what these idiots post here.

 

[America's Cowboy]

Yeah I've just had to make it a policy not to even engage them.. because that's just feeding the trolls. I love a good football argument as much as the next guy but that's not what these idiots are looking for. They're not looking to see if they can rankle people by making outrageous proclamations often laden with blatantly false information. Now my mind doesn't work that way so I can't claim to understand what the purpose of this sort of thing could be.. but I got no use for it. But sometimes you have to jump in and refute their made up facts because less savvy members of the forum might believe the crap they post to be true. It's fine line those of us who truly love the team and relish the opportunity to chop it up about the team have to walk. Cause nobody likes stepping in dog**** and that's mostly what these idiots post here.

100% agree, RonnieT!

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Hey everybody screamed and hollered they didn't like the dink and dunk Dak.

They wanted 300 yards They wanted a couple touchdown passes a game well many times you got to throw at 40 times for that to happen and when you throw it 40 times there's going to be a couple bad things happen too.

Dak gave you all exactly what you wanted 300 yd a couple touchdowns The number one offense but it comes at a price unless you're Roger Staubach or Joe Montana and can avoid interceptions like the plague there is a price to pay and as long as we win that price is not too high.

So quit whining all the pressures on the Eagles right now be happy about that

SO you are admitting he doesn't have the ability to do that? Like an elite QB should?

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

on this game, the drop or can I call it volley by hendershot was defintley on him and not Dak.

the other interceptio was all on Dak, not sure what he was seeing, and if he is going to throw that ball, it has to be high and away so at least the defense can't get to it. that was an ugly throw.

and he also has to get over that lazy throw he tries to make over DEs on the screen plays...he had another one batted tonight, which was a very lazy throw. he has to be more decisive with it.

Yep....very clear distinction in those two interceptions. Kinda too bad the QB's get those easy catch int stats.

 

[hopemsu]

The big difference being you can work around boneheaded ints against a 7-8 team with half their starters missing and a QB who was on the Lions practice squad a month or two ago

In the playoffs against good competition that dog won't hunt. Therein lies the problem

Troy aikman had 14 or more interceptions 33% of his career and won a Super Bowl in 25% of his nfl seasons. Troy just called and said you can still win with interceptions. He did a lot of winning and interceptions

 

[RonnieT24]

the ricochet balls are absolutely not his fault...I mean against the Jags, with Brown playing volley ball and now hendershot. for Gawd's sake make the catch. its simple.

but last week against Philly he tried a lazy pass over DL man and it got intercepted and this week against titans, he had a similar lazy pass that was batted down. he has to clean those up.

and his second interception was the one that made me scratch my head. why throw that ball. and why throw it where he did, it was as if he didn't see the defensive player. that ball minimay should be thrown higher, where the Dallas player has a chance, having to reach up for it and nto give defender any chance...instead he threw it right at the numbers....he has done that several times this season and makes me scratch my head going what the heck was he seeing.

I think calling the flat passes "lazy" is a misnomer. What he's trying to do is put touch on the throw. Those touch throws are tougher to manage for a guys like Dak who has a strong arm but is still developing as a passer. Sometimes he zings it out there with pace and it's too hot to handle for the intended target. We've all seen those. It appears he is making a concerted effort not to do that this year. It's still a work in progress. This may sound weird but the INT to Sweat against Philly told me something... It told me he's not looking at the pass rush. The ability to "see through" pass rush is huge for a QB. Now I'm not saying that he should be tossing balls into the face of DEs left and right, but the ability to be unaffected by the rush is a big key in a QB's development. Dak also has one of the lowest batted ball percentages in the league. I don't think he's even gotten out of single digits yet this year. By comparison I think Hurts is approaching 20.

On the second INT last night I think it was just a miscalculated throw. I think he saw the guy over the top of Schultz so didn't want to put it up high for fear of getting his guy blown up but he underestimated where the underneath guy was. It happens.. If he and the offense continue to average 35 ppg I can live with it. And a lot of times the QB CAN'T see where the underneath player is because he has several 320 pound men dancing around in his field of vision.. I have not re-watched that one in particular but sometimes that's just football.

I've said for a while that what we're seeing is Dak Prescott evolving into a more aggressive version of himself this year. Clearly he has not quite found his equilibrium on that account yet. But he's 8-2 since coming back from the injury and is leading the highest scoring offense in the league. The running game has not been there to help him now for three straight weeks yet he's still led the offense to over 33 points a game. I don't know how we can watch that and not feel excited because I believe IS going to figure it out. Now there is absolutely nothing he can do to stop his receivers from playing volleyball with his throws.. That's on the receivers and tight end coaches.

Think about it this way.. If CeeDee catches that ball that bounced off him in Green Bay we win that game. If Brown catches the ball that bounced off him we beat JAX.. If Hendershot doesn't volleyball last night we probably blow the Titans out. Three throws.. all hit receivers.. could have changed 2 losses into wins and one ugly win into one with a little more "style." In short.. Dak could be 10-0 in his return without his doing anything different than what he did in those games. All that had to change is for his teammates not to let him down in those instances. Again not trying to absolve him of any blame.. just trying to put things into perspective. Half of the INTs have hit receivers in the hands. So I can't expend too much energy beating on Dak about the failings of his teammates. I will talk about his poor throws and poor decisions all day.. but only with people willing to remove the ones that hit receivers in the hands/chest/face from the discussion.

 

[blueblood70]

Dak only sucked for a couple of throws. I still cannot bring myself to fault him for another receiver thinking he's playing beach volleyball and upon rewatch I clearly see that the botched snap never got off Biadasz's butt. Biadasz was getting his arse whupped by Tart so maybe he had other things on his mind.. but overall Dak had a pretty good game. Especially considering no running game and relatively poor protection. By my count we had 2 drops by Brown, one by Schultz, one by Gallup and the killer from Hendershot. Did I miss anybody.. The offense had its struggles for stretches last night.. but by and large most of it wasn't on the QB..

how about the other near misses as well Daltons bobble going into the EZ, nearly a drop, Turpin nearly another punt nearly fumbled, and other drops by wrs , bad blocks etc.. not much of a run game , defense dropping a pick 6 and that near fumble that tank knocked out and didn't get..

just one of those games the bounces weren't on our side yet we won by 14 points with 10 points spread on the road....

 

[blueblood70]

Troy aikman had 14 or more interceptions 33% of his career and won a Super Bowl in 25% of his nfl seasons. Troy just called and said you can still win with interceptions. He did a lot of winning and interceptions

100% true

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