OT: Cowboys
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I still think Dak is mental. He's playing scared and holds the ball too long despite refusing to run anymore. His accuracy has fallen off and the O-line is not helping. Having an anemic run game and decimated D is compounding the issue 10x. Dak is only playing decent when playing with a big lead or when playing from way behind.
The non-decimated defense wasn't exactly lighting it up.
Unless you religiously follow college football, most of the nation probably had never heard of Isaac Guerendo, at least until last night. A rookie 4th round pick shredded the Cowboys defense like Swiss cheese. Another blunder by Jerrah.
And rightfully so. Dak is trash.
Dak Prescott left off top five quarterback list by multiple Cowboys teammates
https://www.cbssports.com/unfl/news/dak-prescott-left-off-top-five-quarterback-list-by-multiple-cowboys-teammates/
Dak Prescott left off top five quarterback list by multiple Cowboys teammates
https://www.cbssports.com/unfl/news/dak-prescott-left-off-top-five-quarterback-list-by-multiple-cowboys-teammates/
Whatever are we going to do without those 2 yards per carry?!?
Cowboys never should have re-signed this clown (i never would have signed after he held out a year early).
Zeke took his time for granted and now it's gone..
Zeke took his time for granted and now it's gone..
Guy who diddled little girls? I never saw him make long field goals the way Aubrey does
Dak's injury came about a month too late. Would have maybe given them a chance to see if they could anything out of/for Lance prior to the trade deadline.
Still should. If he's out any appreciable amount of time, they need to start Lance over Rush. Rush is a good backup that you can trust to keep you on track if you're a winning team. Not so much this year. They need to play Lance and see if they can do something with him.
Still should. If he's out any appreciable amount of time, they need to start Lance over Rush. Rush is a good backup that you can trust to keep you on track if you're a winning team. Not so much this year. They need to play Lance and see if they can do something with him.
Might as well place Dak on IR the rest of the season. Give Cooper and Lance a chance. Season is over anyway.
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Dak Prescott injury update: Cowboys QB to miss multiple weeks as hamstring worse than expected, per report
Prescott left Week 9 late and got replaced by Cooper Rush
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Why do you think that Trey Lance is their future? He has looked terrible when given the chance.
You are thinking like Jerry Jones and that is not a good thing. Lance has not panned out in practice games, or preseason. He may throw for 300 plus yards and run for a few, but at the same time throw 5 interceptions.
Secondly, how can you not think that Cooper Rush can keep a team on track when they are winning? He was 5-1 as a starter the last time Dak was hurt. I have never seen Cooper have a terrible game. He does not make a ton of mistakes, and can manage a game. He is their future more so than Lance.
The issue this year is that Cooper will not have a RB to help him. He is great at managing a game if you have an actual RB that is decent. He does not have that and therefore will have to pass a lot more than he should. What you will see is a ton of 3 to 4 yard passes instead of passes down the field because of the lack of a RB. This is going to be very tough for him to overcome.
You may be right that Lance would be better in this offense, because he can run. Maybe the Cowboys need a QB that runs all the time because that would give them the RB they need. But one would venture to say that Lance would be a ton less accurate than Rush.
Either way, this team is set up to lose a ton of games regardless of who the QB is due to not having a RB. The only thing I can say is that Dak is paid 60 million to carry the team regardless of their shortcomings. He has not, and is not that kind of superstar. I am 100 percent in agreement with you that Dak should have never been resigned. The money should have been used on a RB, and they should have let Dak play out his contract.
Thinking like Jerry Jones is throwing Rush out there, hoping he goes 3-1, and wishing Dak comes back to take the team to playoffs.
I said exactly what you said about Rush. He's a great backup for a good team. He doesn't make mistakes can get you through a few games if needed. But he has to have a good running game, good playmakers, and a good defense to do it. Guess who doesn't have a good running game, good playmakers, or a good defense this year. He can win you a bunch of 21-17 games. He's not going to win a bunch of 42-35 games.
I'm basically trying to make any sense of the Lance trade. When it was made, you could justify it in 2 ways. One, you were going to let Dak walk and have him take over. Or two, hope he showed enough to flip him for draft picks. Both are off the table now. As long as you're paying him, you might as well see if he has anything. The season's been over since the Detroit anyway. Maybe he catches lightning in a bottle and you end up trading Dak in the offseason. Very highly unlikely, but what do you have to lose at this point. Or else you just paid $10 million for the most expensive third string emergency QB in history.
If they could get a seventh round pick and a bag of practice footballs for Lance tomorrow, I'd take it.
The thing is that Rush has proven himself. He is most likely the better backup. It gives the team the best chance to win. It is the smart decision to go with him. Trying to make sense of the Lance trade is trying to make sense of anything Jerry does. You can't. This is the guy that wanted Johnny Manziel over Zack Martin.
As you have said, what does it matter. For the next 4 years, this team will get progressively worse. Most players will go elsewhere, like the Commanders, where Parsons will find a new home, and Jerry will be regulated to signing has been's, and never been's as all the money went to Dak and Lamb. He will sign that RB next year, but it will not matter because the O line, Defense, Dak, and many other factors will still weaken the team. Knowing Jerry, he will not sign that RB, because he would rather overreach in the draft and get one there, where he can get him on a rookie contract. The issue with that, is that he will be wasted for 3 years until Dak goes, and then Jerry will sign him to a huge contract and do this all over again.
No one will take on Dak's contract now. The issue is that he gets paid more than Mahomes but can't carry your team. So you are saddled with a guy taking up 60 million of your cap, that has to be surrounded by superstars. The Raiders would have been the perfect place before Jerry resigned him.
The Cowboys were doomed when the resigned Dak, and everyone knew it, but Jerry. Then not getting a RB was the second dim witted move. They need a FB and RB, instead all they got was a FB. Seriously, do you really think that Jerry can right this ship? Hell no, it is going to get so bad over the next 4 to 6 years that this team may truly have a decade or more before they rise above .500. It is that bad.
