Will they trust Dak to call his own plays during the season?

[Coogiguy03]

The leader of this offense, the great veteran QBs should have the key to the offense by the coaches. We saw Dak call plays in the pre season, is there a chance we see him call his own plays in the huddle? Please give your thoughts. I know killing the play is basically what this is, but I mean calling it all, the staff putting all trust in him!???

 

[StarOfGlory]

No. The coordinators in the booth can see much more than the QB can. A smart QB should recognize shifts in a defense and change the call as needed, but the days of the QB calling the game has long passed in this era of complex defenses. Very few QB’s in recent years have had the total ability to override their coordinators on any consistent basis. Brady and Peyton Manning are the last big names to have that much pull. Reid does give Mahomes the freedom to freewheel it, to speak. Hurts has to within the RPO the Eagles run. I believe Lamar Jackson has a long leash. That’s about it. Everyone else pretty much kills the occasional play but for the most part runs the play called.

 

[tyke1doe]

Maybe in blowouts.

 

[Kwyn]

The leader of this offense, the great veteran QBs should have the key to the offense by the coaches. We saw Dak call plays in the pre season, is there a chance we see him call his own plays in the huddle? Please give your thoughts. I know killing the play is basically what this is, but I mean calling it all, the staff putting all trust in him!???

No QB has called his own plays since Jim Kelly

Even Brady, Manninf and Mahomes ran the plays that are called but have a lot of leeway to audible out any time

 

[Jake]

The OC calls the plays but there are times when Dak does an audible when he sees the defense. That's common practice for veteran QBs. They have options at the LOS.

 

[Momanpr100]

No

 

[charron]

Speed means nothing if they suck at running routes. Cooks will help and if Gallup is indeed back that's a huge boost. But Dak needs to be back too, using his legs when needed esp in the red zone.

 

[jazzcat22]

I can see it now…a good play…MM called it…a bad play…Dak called it….

 

[CowboyRoy]

Speed means nothing if they suck at running routes. Cooks will help and if Gallup is indeed back that's a huge boost. But Dak needs to be back too, using his legs when needed esp in the red zone.

IT looked to me like he was skirting out from the pocket more often in TC. Not sure if that will carry over.

 

[CowboyRoy]

I can see it now…a good play…MM called it…a bad play…Dak called it….

Yep............if no one is open that means Dak held onto the ball too long and it was a bad play call.

 

[Bobhaze]

Yes and No.

Thing is, most NFL QBs check out of the original play call quite often. I’ve read it can be as often as half the time. So the OC calls the play but the QB can always check out to something else depending on what they see from the defense. In that sense, all QBs are sort of calling plays anyway.

For that reason- the frequency of QBs checking out of the original play- when fans get mad at the “call” made by the OC they may not realize the play executed was not the original call.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

The leader of this offense, the great veteran QBs should have the key to the offense by the coaches. We saw Dak call plays in the pre season, is there a chance we see him call his own plays in the huddle? Please give your thoughts. I know killing the play is basically what this is, but I mean calling it all, the staff putting all trust in him!???

Maybe give him play-calling duties in the regular season and NOT in the playoffs.

 

[Kwyn]

Maybe give him play-calling duties in the regular season and NOT in the playoffs.

Sure, why buck 30 years of NFL offensive play calling

 

[leeblair]

The leader of this offense, the great veteran QBs should have the key to the offense by the coaches. We saw Dak call plays in the pre season, is there a chance we see him call his own plays in the huddle? Please give your thoughts. I know killing the play is basically what this is, but I mean calling it all, the staff putting all trust in him!???

Calling plays against a vanilla defense doesn't make Dak a genius.
But I am glad they let him do it so he could gain some insight on what it is he's supposed to accomplish as the quarterback.
I posted a thread on it weeks ago and no one liked the idea, but it might help him understand his job.

 

[The Fonz]

He is no Tony Romo

 

[calicowboy54]

No. The coordinators in the booth can see much more than the QB can. A smart QB should recognize shifts in a defense and change the call as needed, but the days of the QB calling the game has long passed in this era of complex defenses. Very few QB’s in recent years have had the total ability to override their coordinators on any consistent basis. Brady and Peyton Manning are the last big names to have that much pull. Reid does give Mahomes the freedom to freewheel it, to speak. Hurts has to within the RPO the Eagles run. I believe Lamar Jackson has a long leash. That’s about it. Everyone else pretty much kills the occasional play but for the most part runs the play called.

i second this. also people keep forgetting the preseason game he called had 3 coverages all game and was easy to call. you will have 3 different coverages in a drive let alone a game

 

[acr731]

If MM lets Dak call the plays they might end up going 2-15. Hell to the no.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

The leader of this offense, the great veteran QBs should have the key to the offense by the coaches. We saw Dak call plays in the pre season, is there a chance we see him call his own plays in the huddle? Please give your thoughts. I know killing the play is basically what this is, but I mean calling it all, the staff putting all trust in him!???

Depends what you mean by call his own play. If you mean have the ability to check out of the called play based on what defensive coverage he is seeing than yes he probably will be doing that. If you mean calling his own plays from the huddle then no.

 

[visionary]

Of course, as a supervisor i always give even more responsibility to underlings who cant do even their own job well

So, yes, of course MM will let Dak call his own plays if he wants to be fired

 

[JustChip]

No QB will have 100% play calling responsibilities like they did 40 years ago. The personnel grouping logistics prevent the coordinator would have to send the grouping in before and the QB would call a play based on grouping. I don’t see that working very well.