Zeke, Zeke, Zeke. maybe Dak's not good enough?

[Boyzmamacita]

Give Prescott a chance.

You be so funny.

 

[Fletch]

Layman only see's what's in front of them, the obvious. Zeke wasn't there, everyone says he's the best player on the team, simple reason why the offense was bad on Sunday

A deep thinker knows this offense would've struggled w Zeke, just like it did in Denver w him, Arizona w him, and even Washington where the Cowboys were extremely lucky on offense. Not to mention Minnesota and New York at the end of last season. 24 combined points with Zeke

Dak plays scared on the road

Talk about Zeke all you won't, but runners are a dime a dozen.

Zeke or not, we're not doing nothing vs this remaining schedule, unless the QB grows a pair.


1. Maybe the pass catchers aren't good enough
2. Maybe the offense design isn't good enough
3. Maybe losing Zeke hurt a little

Doesn't change the fact: Dak has been garbage on the road since the Pittsburgh game on Nov 13, 2016.(He had a decent showing vs a rag tag in San Fran, he made some plays vs Ari, but nothing close to a consistent high level)

Show me something!! Poise!! Any thing but the fear I've seen since Pittsburgh. To honest I seen it that day but he rebounded w a beautiful third and fourth quarters.


I'm tired of watching him look like He-Man at home but then looking like that scary tiger on the road

This is bigger than no Zeke

We have a large sample of him looking petrified on the road w Zeke

"This been brewing" - The great Dusty Rhodes

Thanks for allowing me to vent out loud

Lol at yet another anti-Dak thread. Whooooooo!!!

 

[zrinkill]

What a stupid thread

 

[ShiningStar]

John Elway sucked too, couldnt win the big one without a great RB.

 

[CATCH17]

I agree with your point but consider a few things.

1. He's only a 2nd year player and look how good he's been.

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2. Our left tackle & coaches single handedly crippled the offense last Sunday. Dak never had a chance with the position the coaches put him in.

BTW, I thought Morris looked really good last week but anytime we got something going Chaz Green killed it.

 

[ShiningStar]

I want to see if this coaching staff can use Dak to his strengths and game plan where the offense runs on all cylinders. this whole, lets ignore the coaching issues and blame a QB whos being told what to do is BS.

 

[FaSho]

I can't believe some of you are serious right now.

Aaron Rodgers would have looked like crap if he got sacked 8 times, and pressured on every single play.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

It is not so much about Zeke or DeMarco, etc. The problem is that our stale, outdated offensive scheme relies on a bellcow/stud RB. Guys like Morris or whoever would be fine backs, just not in this offense. It not only needs that special back but an Oline as well with a capable QB. Take any one of those away and you see the results.

Dak is good enough to run this offense as long as no one gets injured/suspended on the line or at RB. He is not ready to carry a team through the air. Romo tried his best(10 times the QB as Dak) and got nowhere.

Romo's best season had Murray(his personal best) and lost in playoffs. Dak had Zeke and had the same results as Romo with Murray. See a pattern here?

There is a fundamental flaw in Dallas and it is not with the QB's. If every cog in the wheel is there, the offense flows. But, break one cog, the wheel falls off.

That is because the scheme/system is terrible and outdated. Couple that with coaches who have no innovation or creativity and you see the same results.

Good coaches gameplan for their opponent and attack their weaknesses. Our braintrust does the same thing over and over hoping it is enough with a small wrinkle here and there nevermind who has an injury at that point in time.

Our offense is predicated on an elite run game, so yes, missing Zeke(and Smith) is huge. Again, it needs an elite run game, not just a good one.

Bashing Dak is getting old. Did he not lead us to 13-3 last season with that elite run game? He is more than capable of doing the job but he will never be a Rodgers, Brees or Montana.

There are many reasons why this team never meets expectations but Dak and Romo are not among them. There is one common denominator and that is the GM Jerry which leads to a second denominator in Garrett.

BTW, I only included Romo in this because you liked to rag on him as well. Bottom line...........coaching and a stale offensive scheme hold this team down more than anything.

I don't even want to address the defensive side tonight

Spot on. Jerry is not a real GM. So he cannot grasp that Garrett will never win 3 or 4 games in a row during the playoffs. Everything would have to be perfect for him to pull that off. Which is why we have already seen the ceiling for a Jason Garrett coached team.

 

[Aven8]

We had a chance to go up 14-3 but Green held and pushed us back another 10 yards. That's when we started to go south.

We also need a quality RB outlet as Rod Smith is too damn slow to catch passes and go anywhere.

 

[LoneStarDawg]

Oh good another anti Dak thread.

Dime a dozen

 

[Boyzmamacita]

We had a chance to go up 14-3 but Green held and pushed us back another 10 yards. That's when we started to go south.

We also need a quality RB outlet as Rod Smith is too damn slow to catch passes and go anywhere.

Is that the drive where we were actually running the ball well then started passing for no apparent reason and failed?

 

[Blue&Silver]

Let me guess another Dak attack?

 

[Blue&Silver]

This is why I really wanted to see what Dak looked like without Zeke but Tyron not being there really destroys that assessment. We might only have 4 games to accurately assess Dak. Point being - Dallas can not be team with the lesser QB against division rivals Eagles (Wentz) & Giants (likely have top 3 QB pick). I still think Dallas has all of next year to come to conclusion but these 6 games is going to pull curtain back on whats what.

So this game will be the real test? This is what happens when a quarterback is not taken in the top of the first round they never get the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Gameover]

Under Dak, the Cowboys are 9-4 at home (including playoffs) and 9-4 on the road. So your argument seems pretty silly @Floatyworm.

Shallow thinker

 

[Gameover]

Didn't you already try this thread? It sucked the first time, it's worse now.

This one was way better!

 

[Aven8]

Is that the drive where we were actually running the ball well then started passing for no apparent reason and failed?

That's the drive where he threw to Beasley on the near sideline beauty and got called back for the Green hold. I can't remember the passing part as we always tend to do that! Lol

 

[Everson24]

What's hurt Dak right now is the double coverage Cole Beasley is seeing. It is forcing him to hold the ball too long and Dez and T Will don't get quick separation. The only way to break the double teams on Beasley is to hit more big plays downfield but we aren't doing that consistently enough.

Tom Brady was having the same problem earlier this year when he lost Edleman. He took a lot of tough hits. Since then they have given him more safety valves at the RB position. Maybe that's what Garrett needs to do but we really don't have the pass catching type RBs right now.

 

[cowboyblue22]

dak is not the problem for the dalls cowboys there trouble starts and ends with the man at the top and his little minions

 

[Reverend Conehead]

There aren't very my quarterbacks, if any, who would have done well behind that protection collapse on the O-line that we saw against Atlanta.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Shallow thinker

You or floaty?