Will McCarthy have the fortitude to pull Dak if necessary?

[Captain-Crash]

 

[Jarntt]

First, I'm hoping Dak bounces back from his interception troubles and plays great. I hope he plays so well that I say that I'm glad Jones paid him that big contract. I haven't said that yet. If he plays awesome and this team has a shot at the NFCC, then I'll shut up.
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However, if he stinks up the place, if his interception problem ends up as bad or worse than last year, then McCarthy should pull him. Put in Cooper Rush. I know that would not make Dak happy, but this game isn't about his happiness. It's a meritocracy, and if some other player gives you a better chance to win, you need to go with that player.
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Again, I'm not sitting here hoping that Dak stinks up the place. I want him to play well. I'm talking about ONLY if he plays really terrible.

The problem with this question is that our backup is Cooper Rush who is just not a starting caliber NFL QB. You don't pull Dak for him even if Dak is playing poorly and as you bring up, throwing interceptions. I mean people are complaining about Dak's interceptions and Daks TD-Int ratio last year in his worst year ever was 23-15. Rush's in what was the best streak of games in his career was 5-3. So, I don't think Dak could play poorly enough for me to sit him for Rush.

 

[Mannix]

-------If he plays awesome and this team has a shot at the NFCC, then I'll shut up.

So that is the goal now??? Pffffttt!!!!!!

 

[75boyz]

People forget how Ben McAdoo benched the beloved Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith in 2017 after a 2-9 start and ending Eli's 210 consecutive games started streak.

So compared to that, it would just be up to McCheese to have the balls to do it.
Knowing McCheese though, he'd be too scared of Coach Jones to do it.

 

[khiladi]

Cooper Rush lead Dallas to a bottom third offense.

Dak lead Dallas to a top 5 offense.

There’s no chance of Rush starting a game over a healthy Dak.

Actually no, Cooper Rush led the team to 3-1 in a conservative offensive game plan, kind of like Dak did in 2016 with a dumbed down offense predicated on the OL and RG.

Copper Rush also threw close to 400 yards the year before against the Vikings and actually found Amari Cooper in the game, unlike Dak, when the game plan was the same.

He basically made every throw Dak did that game, though he clearly lacks the arm strength.

 

[Chuck 54]

Any QB could be pulled if you give up on the game and want the QB to have a reset, but if you think we can accomplish anything with Rush starting at QB, you are dreaming. Dak would never be pulled in favor of any QB currently on the roster. QB is the absolute worst position on the team in regard to depth. Look at SF….2 young QBs, one was last season’s starter prior to injury; one was the 6-0 end of season starter. Yet they still signed Darnold as a veteran backup. It’s been many years since Dallas valued backup QBs.

 

[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

If you want to go to an EXTREME hypothetical....and say Dak throws 7 picks a game for the first 6 games....so horrible that his own team DEMANDS a switch....then yes I think McCarthy would do the right thing: go beg and grovel Jerruh for permission to bench Dak.

 

[Captain-Crash]

if we win no games because of dak's interceptions, I would never pull him.







I'd rather ridicule him. LOL

 

[CowboyRoy]

First, I'm hoping Dak bounces back from his interception troubles and plays great. I hope he plays so well that I say that I'm glad Jones paid him that big contract. I haven't said that yet. If he plays awesome and this team has a shot at the NFCC, then I'll shut up.
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However, if he stinks up the place, if his interception problem ends up as bad or worse than last year, then McCarthy should pull him. Put in Cooper Rush. I know that would not make Dak happy, but this game isn't about his happiness. It's a meritocracy, and if some other player gives you a better chance to win, you need to go with that player.
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Again, I'm not sitting here hoping that Dak stinks up the place. I want him to play well. I'm talking about ONLY if he plays really terrible.

No and there was no pick problem last year. Most of the picks were not even on Dak.

 

[John813]

Baker Mayfield would be a better can't that you're trying to get a picture as a starter who just flat out fell on his face but Prescott's already played at a higher level for seven years now so now I'm not worried about that I don't even remember what Matt Schaub did....

Man, didn't realize it was almost a decade ago.

He set the NFL record for 4 games in a row with a pick 6. He got injured the following week and his backup threw another pick 6, making the team record to 5 games in a row.

Schaub only ended up playing in 10 games with 2,310 passing yards, 10 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

First, I'm hoping Dak bounces back from his interception troubles and plays great. I hope he plays so well that I say that I'm glad Jones paid him that big contract. I haven't said that yet. If he plays awesome and this team has a shot at the NFCC, then I'll shut up.
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However, if he stinks up the place, if his interception problem ends up as bad or worse than last year, then McCarthy should pull him. Put in Cooper Rush. I know that would not make Dak happy, but this game isn't about his happiness. It's a meritocracy, and if some other player gives you a better chance to win, you need to go with that player.
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Again, I'm not sitting here hoping that Dak stinks up the place. I want him to play well. I'm talking about ONLY if he plays really terrible.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Actually no, Cooper Rush led the team to 3-1 in a conservative offensive game plan, kind of like Dak did in 2016 with a dumbed down offense predicated on the OL and RG.

Copper Rush also threw close to 400 yards the year before against the Vikings and actually found Amari Cooper in the game, unlike Dak, when the game plan was the same.

He basically made every throw Dak did that game, though he clearly lacks the arm strength.

4-1 there mathematician. And saying no an actual fact is a good approach.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

It wasn't a single game last year where he should have pulled Prescott not one not a single game...

I agree with a previous poster: He should have been pulled at halftime of the 49er game. He was playing awful when all we needed was a bus driver. If Dak plays as bad as that in our first 5 games, he should be pulled. I'm not rooting for that to happen. I'm hoping he'll prove all his nay sayers wrong by playing great.

Oh, and this has happened before. Landry pulled Danny White in favor of Gary Hogeboom in '84. He also pulled Craig Morton in a playoff game against the 49ers in '72 in favor of Roger Staubach. Coach Johnson started Steve Beuerlein in the playoffs against Detroit, and then pulled him in favor of Aikman because the game was going badly. None of these were due to injury. Beuerlein playing instead of Aikman was due to injury, but Beuerlein getting pulled in that game was not.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

You can tell the trolls are getting anxious with games coming soon. They only have so long until they have to ask SAS for a new narrative

 

[khiladi]

if we win no games because of dak's interceptions, I would never pull him.







I'd rather ridicule him. LOL

We had a plus 10 differential in terms of TOs, second to the 49ers and we led the league in forced TOs. If it weren’t for the defense holding the fort down after Dak kept chucking INTs or our defenses generating all these chances for Dak, I wouldn’t be surprised if our offensive rankings would fall to mid-tier.

 

[khiladi]

4-1 there mathematician. And saying no an actual fact is a good approach.

3-1 LAST season. 4-1 overall, including the Vikings game when the defense game him no TOs, unlike Dak who didn’t win a game that year I believe when they defense didn’t generate any TOs for him..

 

[Reverend Conehead]

You can tell the trolls are getting anxious with games coming soon. They only have so long until they have to ask SAS for a new narrative

This isn't a troll post. I've posted here for decades, and have donated money to this site. No quarterback should be guaranteed a starting position. There's a point where a QB should get pulled if he plays bad enough. It may be tough to determine that point, but any coach is foolish to stick with a QB whom he can't win with. I would say if he stinks up the place in the first five games, costing us those games, it's time to get him out. Or do you think he should start no matter what?

Maybe you think Landry shouldn't have pulled Craig Morton in the '72 playoff game. Is that it? Never pull your starter no matter what?

 

[fivetwos]

This made me think of when teams would replace the QB to try to find a spark.

Don Strock, Gary Kubiak, Steve DeBerg come to mind.

Some others I’m forgetting I’m sure.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

First, I'm hoping Dak bounces back from his interception troubles and plays great. I hope he plays so well that I say that I'm glad Jones paid him that big contract. I haven't said that yet. If he plays awesome and this team has a shot at the NFCC, then I'll shut up.
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However, if he stinks up the place, if his interception problem ends up as bad or worse than last year, then McCarthy should pull him. Put in Cooper Rush. I know that would not make Dak happy, but this game isn't about his happiness. It's a meritocracy, and if some other player gives you a better chance to win, you need to go with that player.
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Again, I'm not sitting here hoping that Dak stinks up the place. I want him to play well. I'm talking about ONLY if he plays really terrible.

putting in cooper rush would signal we are throwing in the season. Rush wasn't exactly lighting it up and he was going south quickly. he really got lucky quickly against rams and it all fell apart against Eagles with his three interceptions.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Look for him to get injured again as subconsciously he will make this a reality to "escape" what folks are seeing on the field.
It has worked for him in the past and I expect him to use it once again.

you know there is a ring of truth to this. I think in 2020 he decided to just crack his ankle for that reason

you are going more looney by the day, more extreme. more trollish. is everything OK at home?