I agree that we shouldn't crown the head of Dak just yet, but remember, pre-season is how and when Romo won everybody's heart and the record didn't matter.
Dak and Dallas
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True enough, but this is why fans aren't football coaches. They go off of a memory of 'what happened one time' and assume when they get the next tingle that it's a divine epiphany. Dak might be great - in all seriousness, we really don't know. He might even win rookie of the year, but that doesn't translate into all-time greatness, either.
Time alone will tell - although he does at least appear to have a good start.
I laughed out loud, believe me Dak does not give me a "tingle". Still laughing.
My thoughts exactly. Great OL and RB's. I expect Dallas to do a Kiffin and design an offense (simplified) around Dak, and add to it slowly each week. Don't think we will see a 4 - 12 Dallas team this yr. If Dak can break even and Tony can come back in 8 to 9 weeks and stay healthy the Cowboys might still make the playoffs. Maybe.
Tom Brady severely hurts the 2nd part of your sentence because if you had watched Tom Brady in college you would be saying the guy should be a later pick. You could make a strong case that the 49ers,Browns, and Steelers were fools for taking Carmazzi, Wynn, and Tee Martin over him since they had considerable views on him compared to the Jets, Saints, and Ravens. I think the three problems going against Brady are pretty clear:
1) Carr gave into the Michigan fanbase's wishes to allow Drew Henson to start. Henson was a considerable talent, but there was no reason to play him over Brady. Many scouts, gms, and coaches have said on a consistent basis that one of the biggest reasons they passed on Brady was that they were worried that there was a flaw in his game that made Carr juggle qbs in 99. Remember Carr was widely thought of in the late 90's, and Michigan was 2 years removed of a title during that year.
2) Brady's combine and his physical appearance: Well he didn't look like a future hall of famer in 2000
3) Tom Brady's numbers weren't that earth shattering in college. AJ's last two years blow Tom Brady's last two years away, but that could be due to talent, scheme, or etc. But the point is that Tom Brady wouldn't be a 1st or 2nd rounder today with his numbers.
vs AJ
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/aj-mccarron-1.html
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tom-brady-1.html
Clearly he was, but again how do you justify picking Tom Brady then when the #1 qb entering the draft (Pennington who had a pretty darn good career) is the only qb selected in the first round of a defensive heavy draft, and is selected 18th . The next qb (Carmazzi) is selected in the 3rd round, and is one of the 3 of the Brady 6 that makes no sense. Then Redman was selected later in the 3rd, and was a Johnny Unitas Award winner under Bobby Petrino, so there was some upside to selecting him over Brady. I wont go any further because we know Bulger was decent, and Wynn and Martin were well under par.
Most #1 picks deal with money, extreme need, and enthusiasm. Remember this isn't the NBA style of drafting where it is chance of where you go in the draft. Teams 1-5 are bad teams that need to get the fans excited and needs to put butts in seats more than anything else. Owners and Gms have to revive a brand or be left behind, so their first picks are mostly picked on getting the fans back after a horrible season. Example would be Andrew Luck and the Colts. Picks 6-20 are usually the picks that are more strategic, and make sense in building a championship team.
The Rams were in a more interesting situation than most #1 picks in that they were in the middle of a move, and had a home state sensation as a high draft pick available. It was a smart pick in building a new LA brand with a California kid with great numbers in a draft with few elite QBs.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jared-goff-1.html
This is where I sorta agree with you, and its mostly due to the unknowns of FCS. NDSU would beat a good deal of FBS schools, but its hard to say how many and who. I think if Wentz is the man that fits the Eagles philosophy and there was considerable fear that they would lose him before the next time up to pick then maybe it was a good pick. But there are few FCS qbs that make it big in the NFL. Only 4 times has a FCS won the superbowl. So it was a considerable gamble
Where are you drawing the conclusions that they aren't? Every first 5 draft picks in the drafts from 11-15 with the exception of 13 seem to suit a franchise need, and some like 11 and 15 seems to actually produce some home run picks.
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To be fair, Dak has been playing against the numbers 1's (first team defenses)
But yeah, playing devil's advocate here, we'll see how it goes. The NFL has four speeds and each speed is quite the leap from the former. Preseason speed, Regular season speed, playoff speed and then Super Bowl speed. Also, defenses will actually game plan for you in the regular season. We'll see if the game is too fast for Dak week 1 vs the Giants and how quickly he adjusts to the speed. This is what makes or breaks young QB's. It'll be night and day from preseason for Dak when he trots out there against that Giants defense week 1.
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I'd be surprised if Dallas doesn't pick up a more experienced veteran QB to at least start the season.
Dak is probably not quite ready at this point. He's mighty darn good, but I don't think they want to put that much pressure on him so early.
Dak is probably not quite ready at this point. He's mighty darn good, but I don't think they want to put that much pressure on him so early.
I'm not a Cowboys fan so, I hope we get to see him start now but I agree with Alasippi.... for a few different reasons, they'll bring in someone unsigned but experienced.
Yeah he is really playing with his quality of life later on by continuing to play. I haven't ever really thought he was that good anyway.
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I think Dak will do well if given the chance, I'm just waiting for Jerry Jones to some how screw things up for him.
I'm really impressed with what they've done.
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I want Dallas to lose in their first game of the playoffs. I don't want to be in a world where Skip Bayless is right.
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