We're We Just A QB Away This Year?

[gmb1]

We had the defense. They showed up.

The run game could be hit and miss, but that's also a product of teams not worried about your pass game.

Maher was sketchy for a game, but made both of his FGs against San Fran.

Dak goes down and we still go 4-1 without him. That shows he's not a difference maker.

I feel like this year, more so than any year since our last Super Bowl, we were just good QB play away.

@Mods ... Can you fix my "We're"? Thanks!

Could we have won a superbowl with Cooper Rush? I mean, Ravens won superbowls with Joe Flacco and Trent Dilfer.

 

[5Stars]

Could we have won a superbowl with Cooper Rush? I mean, Ravens won superbowls with Joe Flacco and Trent Dilfer.

Well, with all the Dak lovers and all their wants for the team to succeed with Dak, if that were to happen, Rush probably could win the SB. But, he will need all pros at every position, just like Dak needs.

 

[Cmac]

Can they play QB, too? If not, no way!

....then can't wait for Stetson Bennett to become the new QB.

 

[gmb1]

Well, with all the Dak lovers and all their wants for the team to succeed with Dak, if that were to happen, Rush probably could win the SB. But, he will need all pros at every position, just like Dak needs.

So you're saying they are the same type of player? If so then why would should Rush start over Dak?

Or would the GM screw that up too? I got lots of questions...

 

[5Stars]

So you're saying they are the same type of player? If so then why would should Rush start over Dak?

Or would the GM screw that up too? I got lots of questions...

You could bring in Brady in his prime and JJ would not let him replace Dak. Dak has JJ be the short hairs and we all know it.

 

[JJHLH1]

How many Super Bowl wins does he have? We beat him with Cooper Rush.

Winning games in late January is more important than winning them in September.

What Burrow has accomplished the last two years behind a mediocre OL is very impressive.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds058]

We had the defense. They showed up.

The run game could be hit and miss, but that's also a product of teams not worried about your pass game.

Maher was sketchy for a game, but made both of his FGs against San Fran.

Dak goes down and we still go 4-1 without him. That shows he's not a difference maker.

I feel like this year, more so than any year since our last Super Bowl, we were just good QB play away.

@Mods ... Can you fix my "We're"? Thanks!

Agree Lex Luger, as Shannon Sharpe always tells Skip, year 7 you know what you have with Dak, he has given well over a small sample size by now who he is and what he is.

 

[charron]

Elite QB's can fix many issues.

 

[AshyLarry06]

I gave you alot of crap this season and I still don't understand why your hatred of Dak seems strangely personal, but well.... you were right. And I think sadly, the answer to your question is yes. I will still root for Dak to turn it around because he's the QB of my favorite team but I'm out on defending his play and I don't see him taking us to a championship unless he gets a new OC who acknowledges what he is and a whole lot of over the top weapons.

I used to think MountaineerCowboy was a plain Dak Hater too, but he's not. Just appears to be frustration with our ineptitude at QB, something all of us are experiencing in collectivity now.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Don’t throw those 2 bad INTs, SF doesn’t score 19 and you’re not held to 12.

That's a reach, the interceptions only resulted in 6 pts, and after the first int Dallas scored a td and went ahead, so the int at that point was offset. The second only put SF up 3, hardly an insurmountable lead.

Losing Pollard hurt more, but he only had 22 yds on 6 carries, and that happened less than 2 mins before the half. Not like he had shown he'd have a huge difference in the second half.

The thing about ints, and other plays, is that you never know what teams would have changed up if the int or other play hadn't happened. If SF had gotten behind in the second half, then their play calling would have been different. Same if they got way ahead in the second half, no need to pass a lot if you can just run the clock and win.
Dak did not play well, nobody disputes that. But let's assume Dak didn't throw the ints and they beat SF. With no Pollard, Steele, Brown, Lewis, Peters and with Zeke sporting a knee brace, no Peters to help out on the line, plus Moore's scattershot play calling, there were 3 chances of beating Philly in Philly - slim, fat and no.

Beating SF would only have pushed Dallas farther down the draft list and made the final loss even more painful.

Dallas had to struggle to beat the Texans, got blown out by a non-playoff WFT just a couple of weeks ago. Barely beat the Eagles in Dallas playing Gardiner Minshew, for goodneess' sake.

Yes, it's time for Dak to be replaced, but Dallas' problems run far deeper than quarterback, even with a Rodgers or Mahomes they are not the same caliber of team as the Chiefs, etc.

 

[DoctorChicken]

Yeah, we’d absolutely still be in it with Burrow, Allen, Herbert, or Mahomes imo.

 

[Creeper]

If Dak played this week the way he played last week, we would have won. But he didn't, and let's be honest. The way he played against the Bucs is better than he has played at any point in his career. But it is just one game.

I think the knee jerk reaction is to say we lost so the 49ers must be a better team. Sometimes the better team loses. Sometimes the best team does not play its best game. I think the 49ers game was one of those games where one team played pretty well, the other made a lot of mistakes that cost them in the long run. Now you can argue that bad players make mistakes and good players don't, or that players who make mistakes are bad players. I can see that. But if Dak just gives us an average game, I still think we win.

But there is one more element to the game. Injuries. If we had Lewis and Brown, and Steele and Pollard on offense, I think we are the better team and I think it would have showed Sunday, even with Dak's INTs.

Can we get better? Absolutely, We need more weapons on offense, just because it is always better to have more weapons when you go into battle. Even if we just had Pollard I think the outcome would have been different. But for next year we cannot just rely on CeeDee and Pollard. We need a TE who is a threat, and another WR that can get open. That is not unreasonable. But at the same time, Jerry has to not create any holes that have to be filled in the offseason.

 

[Cowboy_svt]

Yeah, we’d absolutely still be in it with Burrow, Allen, Herbert, or Mahomes imo.

technically we wouldve done worse with Allen, he only managed 10pts at home

 

[5Stars]

technically we wouldve done worse with Allen, he only managed 10pts at home

In the freaking snow! Get with the program!

 

[Cowboy_svt]

In the freaking snow! Get with the program!

True, but the bengals dropped 27 on them in the snow. And Allen hasnt exactly been mistake free either, which is what killed us

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

technically we wouldve done worse with Allen, he only managed 10pts at home

At least he had a snow storm as an excuse.

 

[Risen Star]

I mean, we have other problems but we were certainly good enough to get out of the NFC and have a real shot at winning it all with a real QB.

 

[JW82]

Just about everyone on here correctly pointed out that we needed help at receiver after giving away our best one before the season, then refusing to address the position in free agency or the trade deadline. We were all obviously correct. We have an OC with zero creativity. Dak clearly regressed this season after a 37/10 season in 21. We can’t win of he plays like did in 22. If you have a mediocre OC and only 1 quality receiver you have to have perfect QB play. Dak is not that guy.

 

[Jarv]

Notice the OP gave

1. Zero Options to Replace Dak

2. Zero breakdown on how it will affect the Cap

3. But guarantees the Next Eye Test QB will win 13 Games and One Playoff Road Win 2023 and NFCC and SuperBowl.....Hate Hate Hate

Dak Haters are Imbeciles

Why are you a hater?

Because someone on a sports board disagrees with you on the ability or non-ability of Dak to play QB?

Do you call your parents, children, wife or friends Imbeciles if they don't agree with you on something?

 

[KJJ]

Winning games in late January is more important than winning them in September.

What Burrow has accomplished the last two years behind a mediocre OL is very impressive.

If you have a bad September you may never get to January. Joe Burrow is a good QB but to say we would’ve won the Super Bowl with him when he’s never won a Super Bowl is going overboard. I don’t think he’s going to win the Super Bowl this year.