What Makes Dak Irreplaceable?

[plymkr]

A new thread needs to be made on if Dak Prescott is tradable.

I think the answer is yes.

With today’s QB prices and a shortage of decent QBs, I say Dak can be traded even with the high price tag.

That’s a good idea. I for one would trade Dak in a heartbeat if we got out from his contract somehow. If that’s possible.

I live in Illinois. Yeah it sucks. South of Chicago. I got to watch the Bears yesterday. During the Bears game I was checking the score on ours. I was thinking, we are not as far from the Bears as it seems. We can’t beat good teams on the road, we make horrible mistakes at the worst times and our QB and offense can look awesome at times or terrible. They may make the playoffs just to get thumped in the 1st round. Kind of like us. Fan’s around here would love Dak and I’d be more than happy to trade him for one of their 1sts. It won’t happen but we need to blow this team up if we’re all excited about just making the playoffs.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

He’s trash and always has been. That’s why Dallas never wins with Dak when the defense doesn’t generate TOs and spot him a lead.

Again Hurts has been behind a whole lot more than Dak. And the Cowboys are generally a better team playing with a lead.

And I would love to see this evidence that Dak "never" wins when he's not spotted a lead by the defense. Guess this happened 73 times in his career already? Get real.

I just watched the Chiefs lose again and the narrative is the team around Patrick Mahomes isn't good enough. But when the team around Dak isn't good enough he's asked to carry them and make them better. So Dak has to do that while the best quarterback of this generation in Mahomes does not?

Someday fans will see past their agendas and learn football is a team sport and not a one player show. Again I will repeat, the last time Dak was on the field yesterday the Cowboys were winning the game. So I guess it's his fault Damone Clark ripped a Dolphins' facemask and Miami converted all those third downs to win the game.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

That’s a good idea. I for one would trade Dak in a heartbeat if we got out from his contract somehow. If that’s possible.

I live in Illinois. Yeah it sucks. South of Chicago. I got to watch the Bears yesterday. During the Bears game I was checking the score on ours. I was thinking, we are not as far from the Bears as it seems. We can’t beat good teams on the road, we make horrible mistakes at the worst times and our QB and offense can look awesome at times or terrible. They may make the playoffs just to get thumped in the 1st round. Kind of like us. Fan’s around here would love Dak and I’d be more than happy to trade him for one of their 1sts. It won’t happen but we need to blow this team up if we’re all excited about just making the playoffs.

So you want to blow the team up that's making the playoffs consistently just to draft another quarterback that has not proven he can win at this level at all just for the sake of change? Guess we want to become the new Washington Commanders.

I swear you would think Dak threw three pick sixes yesterday. The defense blew a late lead and the Cowboys lost. And even putting Dak and Justin Fields in the same sentence is laughable. Dak had two bad games this year, San Fran and Buffalo. Not saying he was perfect vs. Miami but he led the Cowboys back from 19-10 down in the 4th to a 20-19 lead. He did his job. Maybe hold the rest of the team to the same standard???

 

[plymkr]

So you want to blow the team up that's making the playoffs consistently just to draft another quarterback that has not proven he can win at this level at all just for the sake of change? Guess we want to become the new Washington Commanders.

I swear you would think Dak threw three pick sixes yesterday. The defense blew a late lead and the Cowboys lost. And even putting Dak and Justin Fields in the same sentence is laughable. Dak had two bad games this year, San Fran and Buffalo. Not saying he was perfect vs. Miami but he led the Cowboys back from 19-10 down in the 4th to a 20-19 lead. He did his job. Maybe hold the rest of the team to the same standard???

No I want to blow the team up because our ceiling is maybe a WC win at best. That’s been our ceiling for 8 years under this current QB. And I am holding the rest of the team accountable but this is a Dak thread. If we keep Dak for another 4-6 years then we are keeping a QB that hasn’t won big games on the road since 2017.

If limping into the playoffs and a WC win is considered a winning season then our standards as a fan base needs to improve. I personally am not satisfied with that. Likewise with the blowing up of the team we need to completely revamp the LBers and run defense. I do agree with you that Dak did his job, in the 4th qtr, but unfortunately there was a 2nd and 3rd quarter. Likewise the defense did their job holding Miami to 22 points but unfortunately failed miserably when it counted.

We have a very “teasing” team. Not quite good enough to be contenders but not bad enough to make changes. We’ve been that way for a while now. I personally would roll the dice and blow it up to see if we can rebuild to something that can make a run. But that also includes the defense, not just Dak.

 

[rangers71]

Yeah especially if you don't even try correct?
Jerry has trained some of you very well.
What it shows is you have to spend the capital to get one.

I never said Jerry was smart, just that those don't grow on trees. Here's a hint take a look around the league.

 

[Vanilla2]

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[rangers71]

You must realize, maybe not though, that the last QB the Cowboys took in the 1st round was Aikman, right?

We all understand they don’t grow on trees, but if you don’t even try you’ll never get one.

Absolutely I know that. But it's not as easy as saying well let's just take one. It's not as easy as saying get rid of Dak and let's pick a guy. We have one of those sitting third string now..

 

[rnr_honeybadger]

He’s trash and always has been. That’s why Dallas never wins with Dak when the defense doesn’t generate TOs and spot him a lead.

The offense under him requires a defense that plays flawlessly.

 

[DeaconMoss]

No better options out there...his salary cap hit next year...he isn't the entire problem this year like he was last....like it or not he drove us down the field to go up in this game and if the D holds, the narrative about him is slanted. He was literally running for his life all game, and as much as you want to crap on him this wasn't the game to do so. In the end our D failed this team yet again

Held the top scoring team to 22 points. Kicker made 5 fgs. Some were long 55+. And 1 TD. You can't be serious. Where was the MVP 40 burger?

 

[EenonyMoose]

What makes Dak irreplaceable is the lack of a viable replacement. We can circle back once they find another top 10-ish quarterback, then it will come down to things like scheme fit and value. Until then, you're either all in on Dak or you're tanking. There really isn't an in-between.

 

[windward]

The guy who said Daniel Jones is better than Dak now claims Joe Flacco is better?

I’m shocked! Shocked! (Well, not that shocked)

 

[Chasing6]

There’s some teams out there with much more Elite QB’s in Herbert, Wilson and even Burrows who aren’t winning championships yet.

Would we rather have one of them, of course but obviously it doesn’t stamp your ticket while it does make it easier. One has already at least made it to a Super Bowl.

Winning championships is still about “ teams “ . While having an Elite QB makes it easier to build around it isn’t the only way.

This is first season this era we’ve actually had a top 5 defense. I think most critics would argue we have enough of a core team and QB to build around.

But focusing on a QB who is top 10 caliber statistically than other aspects and contributing factors is troll like behavior and lazy analysis at best.

In the end as fans we really don’t have much other choice than to root on what our front office provides. Perhaps you should ask them.

But do we have a top 5 Defense? Or is it because of our schedule. Can't have it both ways. Blame Dak's success on a soft schedule, then say we have an elite Defense with the same schedule.

I don't believe elite defenses struggle stopping the run.

 

[Chasing6]

Last 4 games against good teams. We have 1 sack per game and Dak has been sacked 14 times.

 

[khiladi]

Again Hurts has been behind a whole lot more than Dak. And the Cowboys are generally a better team playing with a lead.

And I would love to see this evidence that Dak "never" wins when he's not spotted a lead by the defense. Guess this happened 73 times in his career already? Get real.

I just watched the Chiefs lose again and the narrative is the team around Patrick Mahomes isn't good enough. But when the team around Dak isn't good enough he's asked to carry them and make them better. So Dak has to do that while the best quarterback of this generation in Mahomes does not?

Someday fans will see past their agendas and learn football is a team sport and not a one player show. Again I will repeat, the last time Dak was on the field yesterday the Cowboys were winning the game. So I guess it's his fault Damone Clark ripped a Dolphins' facemask and Miami converted all those third downs to win the game.

Noe you are playing deny the data. Please spare me the team is not good enough when Cooper Rush is 5-1 with the same roster. Dak has also had a way better OL his whole time here. Mahomes. already has 2 SBs and conference championship appearances in less time than our Wonder at at QB and did it with the same roster that Alex Smith played with.

And BTW,



The guy has been in the league the longest, and he’s only notched 6 wins in this context. That’s trash.

 

[HungryLion]

You must realize, maybe not though, that the last QB the Cowboys took in the 1st round was Aikman, right?

We all understand they don’t grow on trees, but if you don’t even try you’ll never get one.

That’s true.

 

[Diehardblues]

But do we have a top 5 Defense? Or is it because of our schedule. Can't have it both ways. Blame Dak's success on a soft schedule, then say we have an elite Defense with the same schedule.

I don't believe elite defenses struggle stopping the run.

We shall see how our defensive ranking is at end of season . But so far it includes our blowout losses . Which includes a weakness stopping the run which prevents it from being an Elite defense. But still arguably the best we’ve had this era. Still work to be done

 

[ArtClink]

I always see "But if not Dak then who?" type of replies to basically anyone not happy with Dak as the QB for the Cowboys.

What makes him irreplaceable in the eyes of those with that mindset? Are there people that really think Dak's skill and ability is SO high that he can't be replaced?

What skill or talents sets him apart from say..... Joe Flacco off the couch?

Are you insane? Are you off your anti-psychotic meds again? The unwarranted hate for Dak is getting old. Total bs dude.

 

[ScalperX]

Add this one to the list that can't explain what skill or abilities make Dak irreplaceable.

The list is getting long.

What is this irreplaceable garbage you keep going on about? Everyone is replaceable unless you’re the best player at your position in the history of the game.

Dak gives this team a chance to win it all. Peyton Manning was a known choker until he wasn’t. Same goes for Matt Stafford. Rodgers is arguably a top 5-10 QB of all time and has won 1 Super Bowl… how is that not triggering a light bulb in your pea brain?

Mahomes, Stafford, Flacco, and Rodgers. Those are the guys in the league currently that have won a Super Bowl(s). 2 of those guys are ELITE. Every other QB in the league hasn’t won the big one and is in the same category as Dak.

This team’s problems aren’t all on Dak. It’s mistakes and penalties. It’s no run game. It’s bad oline play. It’s our inability to stop the run. It takes a complete team to win a Super Bowl. For you not to understand that after watching Eli Manning, Joe Flacco, Stafford, Foles, etc… win SB’s really shows your lack of intelligence.

You should turn on the 49ers game tonight if you want to see what a complete team looks like with a non-elite QB.

 

[Redsfan_83]

Held the top scoring team to 22 points. Kicker made 5 fgs. Some were long 55+. And 1 TD. You can't be serious. Where was the MVP 40 burger?

They still gave up almost 400 yards and just had to hold them on the final drive, which in most other games would have been a TD not a field goal. The offense wasn't great but all the claims that Dak can't drive his team down when needed were proven wrong yesterday, even though he was hardly playing at an MVP level

 

[StarBoyz83]

Not irreplaceable but hard to go from a top 10 qb to going into a season with rush Lance and a drafted qb. Extra money would be nice but 40-50 million doesn't really get you that much if they don't use it on dak