Yahoo: Who was driving force that brought Dak Prescott to Cowboys and why did it take so long?

[Risen Star]

I find it funny when people say Dallas got lucky

What's funny to me..is that basically all 32 teams, for the most part...have a draft board that is basically the exact same...

Take any big name bust you want...and I promise you every team in the league had that same player ranked just as high..so they got "lucky" that somebody else took said player instead of them who turned out to be a bust

Did we get lucky we got dak? Yeah, of course...every draft is based on luck..every team in every draft is drafting w the same damn board..

It's nonsense. Unless every team gets lucky to one degree or another after the first overall pick.

 

[DasTex]

Heck I thought it was one of the worst kept secrets in Dallas loving Dak, and that he would likely be drafted 3-4th round if he was available.

Guess the lucky part was not getting getting the deal done late in the 1st for Lynch or getting Cook later on.

 

[LandryFan]

So, the 'insider' quote was obviously from Brian Broaddus. Don't know how strong the research is on Wade Wilson being the coach that pushed for him the hardest, but it's interesting to note, given how significantly Wade has been crapped on around here over the years. Maybe the guy's not all-bad, after all.

Yep. The coaching staff, in general, has been crapped on by a portion of the fan base here for not having the ability to coach a QB (or anything else, according to some). There was quite a it of that going on this last year with Weeden, Cassel, et al. Thankfully, that tired meme has ceased.

 

[Future]

Yep. The coaching staff, in general, has been crapped on by a portion of the fan base here for not having the ability to coach a QB (or anything else, according to some). There was quite a it of that going on this last year with Weeden, Cassel, et al. Thankfully, that tired meme has ceased.

It's not as if that wasn't warranted at the time. Tony Romo doesn't need a coach and the guys who did never seemed to be getting enough of it.

JG still has this job because of Tony, and he's going to keep it for a long, long time because of Dak's development.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I am sure they did a fine job scouting him and looking at him. But lets be real honest here. This team got very lucky to get Dak. It was obvious they thought Paxton Lynch and Connor Cook were better because it was all over here on draft day, and the days after, that they tried to move up to get those guys. It's obvious Dak wasn't their first choice.

But they lucked into him and got what will quite possibly turn out to be the best choice.


And yes every single team in the history of the NFL does in fact get lucky with their picks, on a pretty regular basis. There are plenty of times where you can go and reference the draft and how high people were on this player or that, and how it was impossible for this kid to not be a star...only to watch the kid completely suck at the pro level or be a head case off the field and not be able to stay on the field because of it.

Teams get lucky that the players they believe are going to be stars actually turn out to be stars.

 

[LandryFan]

It's not as if that wasn't warranted at the time. Tony Romo doesn't need a coach and the guys who did never seemed to be getting enough of it.

JG still has this job because of Tony, and he's going to keep it for a long, long time because of Dak's development.

There were some on here (I don't keep tabs on specifically who says what, just what is being said, in general) who were saying that the coaching staff had no ability to coach up a QB (any QB). They completely discounted the level of talent (or lack, thereof) of the material that the coaching staff had to work with. Dak is all the proof one needs to see that this staff can do their jobs quite well if given something to work with. Garrett, Wilson, and Linehan have all had a significant hand in his progress. As far as Garrett having his job because of having a good QB, I think you could say that of just about every coach in the NFL. Teams without good QB's tend to be losing teams. Coaches with losing teams generally get fired. You probably won't agree with me, but I believe JG has played his cards about as masterfully as possible given the hands he has been dealt. Has he made mistakes? Yes. But he's not the goober some here make him out to be and he never has been. JMO.

 

[aikemirv]

LOL Yes seems as likely as anything else.

To me it shows scouts are not very good at what they are supposed to do.

Goff amazes me that he was top pick, and all of the others might be better than him !!
Gurley was supposed to be awesome, but so far .....meh
Gabbert so far, just avg, and mariotta, up and down and all around.

Wentz is above avg, and good compared to some of the others.

Gurleys team sucks

Mariotta is having a great season!

 

[tyke1doe]

In that same vein Pro Football Weekly's Greg Gabriel also talked to scouts and made a good point about how well Prescott has been coached at Dallas.

http://www.profootballweekly.com/20...ormed-so-well-for-the-dallas-cowboys/arnbcpr/

So I guess Wade Wilson doesn't suck after all.

 

[Oh_Canada]

article entitled:

Who was driving force that brought Dak Prescott to Cowboys and why did it take so long?

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/who-w...ys-and-why-did-it-take-so-long-013907957.html

Excellent read where Robinson talks to several NFL scouts and player personnel people on why people missed on Prescott. The Elway stuff, is also interesting although that's been previously known. Robinson also names the Dallas coach who was Prescott's organizational champion.

In that same vein Pro Football Weekly's Greg Gabriel also talked to scouts and made a good point about how well Prescott has been coached at Dallas.

http://www.profootballweekly.com/20...ormed-so-well-for-the-dallas-cowboys/arnbcpr/

Remember hearing pre-draft how much the Broncos liked him. Before the DUI I really though it would take Dallas' second to grab him.

 

[haleyrules]

Good and Great fortune brought the Cowboys and Prescott together..

 

[Oh_Canada]

I find it funny when people say Dallas got lucky

What's funny to me..is that basically all 32 teams, for the most part...have a draft board that is basically the exact same...

Take any big name bust you want...and I promise you every team in the league had that same player ranked just as high..so they got "lucky" that somebody else took said player instead of them who turned out to be a bust

Did we get lucky we got dak? Yeah, of course...every draft is based on luck..every team in every draft is drafting w the same damn board..

The lucky part was the Oakland move to grab Cook. For whatever reason Dallas preferred him, personally I wouldn't consider him, guy has zero leadership skills.

 

[Titleist]

I wanted Dak since the day he beat my LSU Tigers. I was there in person and was amazed that this guy can carry his team into hostile territory with 100,000 drunk fans screaming at him and pull off a win.

I was there too. I hated his guts back then because we almost never lose to Miss State but I'm glad he's with us now.

 

[CATCH17]

I like these quotes.

• Across the board, sources who saw Prescott said he had solid workouts but didn’t blow away onlookers. Interestingly, this appeared to be something that carried over after the draft. As one Cowboys source noted, Prescott had bright moments in offseason camps and the OTAs, but it wasn’t until he started playing in games that he began to take large strides. Even Mullen admitted that workouts weren’t Prescott’s strengths. The same Mullen who went as far as to tell a Dallas scout that Prescott was worthy of being the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

“He’s never going to have the strongest arm,” Mullen said. “As I’ve told people when he went to the draft, I’m sure if you go to a pro workout, there are guys that are going to look better within that workout. I don’t know if you put 10 other guys on offense and 11 out there on defense against him, there’s going to be anybody better. But there [are] guys if you go put them in shorts and have them throw routes, their release might look prettier. Their arm might look stronger. But as far as managing the game and doing what you need to do to win games as a quarterback, I don’t know if you’ll find somebody better.

“He won at Mississippi State. He led us to No. 1 and that’s never happened in 118 years before. He knows how to win.”

 

[CATCH17]

LOL Yes seems as likely as anything else.

To me it shows scouts are not very good at what they are supposed to do.

Goff amazes me that he was top pick, and all of the others might be better than him !!
Gurley was supposed to be awesome, but so far .....meh
Gabbert so far, just avg, and mariotta, up and down and all around.

Wentz is above avg, and good compared to some of the others.

Scouts and coaches do dumb stuff all the time. They are not as high and mighty as they try to make you think.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Scouts thinking Dallas already had a Dak on the roster with Jamiell Showers. Really? Was Showers ever considered a leader in college (didn't follow him). Did Showers take his team to the #1 rankings with talent that was less than stellar? Showers completion % his senior year was 55%. That's beyond bad.

Very lazy scout(ING).

 

[CATCH17]

Scouts thinking Dallas already had a Dak on the roster with Jamiell Showers. Really? Was Showers ever considered a leader in college (didn't follow him). Did Showers take his team to the #1 rankings with talent that was less than stellar? Showers completion % his senior year was 55%. That's beyond bad.

I think the Cowboys really underestimate guys that play at bigtime programs or a conference like the SEC.

I'm convinced playing in the SEC is the biggest reason the transition has been so easy for Dak.

 

[tyke1doe]

One thing I like about Prescott is that you don't hear any of that "I'm going to make them pay" B.S. you get from prospects who were picked lower than they think they should have been.

Of course, if your dream is to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, it's hard to be mad at teams passing on you for anything other than you didn't get as paid as much as you could have been with your first contract.
But Dak will make a killing in endorsements between now and next year, ESPECIALLY if he takes America's Team to the Super Bowl and wins it.

 

[CATCH17]

Heck I thought it was one of the worst kept secrets in Dallas loving Dak, and that he would likely be drafted 3-4th round if he was available.

Guess the lucky part was not getting getting the deal done late in the 1st for Lynch or getting Cook later on.

I don't think anybody was surprised when we selected Dak.

They told everyone all throughout the draft process that they liked him and were very open about giving him private workouts.

It's almost like they wanted someone else to pull the trigger for them so they didn't have to make the decision.


I'm so glad we lucked into Dak. Zeke and Dak have glitched out our offense. We throw sooo many things at a defense.

I think Romo is a better passer but I think Dak's mobility really enhances our offense.

As good as Romo is at buying time and making a play I really like when Dak takes off running when the defense shuts down everything else.

The Commanders defended several of our plays but they didn't account for our QB to run.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Definitely wasn't Jerry. He wanted Manziel and Paxton Lynch. He couldn't sleep after he missed on the QB's. Said so himself.

Jerry honestly doesn't deserve Dak, and never deserved Romo. He's a terrible GM and the only reason this team hasn't sniffed any playoff success in 21 years.

 

[tyke1doe]

Again, a source said that Louisiana Tech’s Jeff Driskel was ahead of Prescott on the board, but that it ultimately came down to what player the coaching staff wanted as a quarterback project. And the staff overwhelmingly agreed that Prescott was that guy. While the scouts saw him as another iteration of Showers, the coaches thought he had some hybrid qualities that placed him somewhere on the continuum between Showers and Tony Romo.

All the Cowboys brass thought Prescott would be the perfect backup to groom behind Tony and Moore. Then Moore gets hurt, then Tony gets hurt. Then Dak steps in and performs like a veteran rather than a rookie.

We saw this mentality in the 90s Cowboys, which led to their demise, i.e., picking players who have backup talent so not to challenge the Emmitts and Aikmans on the roster.

Fortunately, Dak has rescued even Jerry, Garrett and Co. from this flawed thinking and may have rescued them from more years of hamster-treadmill running.

Imagine that.