QCity Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 8:10 PM, QCity said: A 6-10 team shouldn't be playing in the opening game. I stand corrected, that game was wildly entertaining. I did not think the Dallas offense could do that to a defense that just shut down Mahomes. Dak was on a pace last year for 6,700 yards. If he stays healthy, with a 17 game schedule he's a shoe-in for 6K and may challenge 7K. Crazy.
GunnerBill Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, QCity said: I stand corrected, that game was wildly entertaining. I did not think the Dallas offense could do that to a defense that just shut down Mahomes. Dak was on a pace last year for 6,700 yards. If he stays healthy, with a 17 game schedule he's a shoe-in for 6K and may challenge 7K. Crazy. Dak is better than a lot of people have been willing to admit. I am not sure why it is. Maybe it is still a bit of "4th round" bias. Maybe it is because he plays for the Cowboys and a lot of people don't like them. But after you have got past the real elite top end guys.... the Allen, Mahomes, Rodgers, Brady, Wilson (and I suppose if he ever gets back on a field Watson), who else would you take above Dak Prescott? Tannehill? Stafford? Jackson? Murray? To me all of those are no. He might be the 6th or 7th best Quarterback in the National Football League and for some reason he is still talked about by some as if he Jimmy G or Kirk Cousins or Jared Goff. The other argument people make is "well he isn't a winner" but his 4 full seasons (ie. excluding last year where he was done week 5) he has had three winning seasons and one 8-8. He won two division titles and a playoff game in those 4 years too. He had a winning record at Mississipi State, hell he had a 10 win season there.... something that has happened precisely twice since the end of WWII. I don't understand why he still doesn't get the respect he deserves. The Cowboys without him are a 4 or 5 win team. Edited September 11, 2021 by GunnerBill 1
DCOrange Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) On 9/10/2021 at 6:23 AM, GunnerBill said: Agreed. Go back to my Day 1 Debrief from the 2016 draft and I described taking Zeke at #4 when the Cowboys had a huge need at corner and Jalen Ramsey just sitting there as buying a shiny new front door for your house when the roof is leaking. And then the extension was ill-judged. Imagine where the Cowboys would be had they not stolen Dak in round 4 and they didn't have a Quarterback either. EDIT: and 5 years later they still have that huge need a corner.... giving Jaylon Smith his contract was a major mistake too. I think Dallas can potentially be good this season but it’s amazing that’s on the table when they burned so much money on those two guys. Dak was very good but people are also forgetting he had like 4 dropped INTs before Carlton Davis finally got the one. A lot of very impressive throws in the face of pressure though and a very impressive return from his injuries. Edited September 11, 2021 by DCOrange
DCOrange Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 10 hours ago, Ralonzo said: Don’t like that risk profile from Arians. Anything goes wrong, tackled inbounds and clock runs out. The only thing that could have gone wrong is a mishandled snap. The risk there is extremely minimal and the benefit is sealing the game with a bow.
GunnerBill Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, DCOrange said: The only thing that could have gone wrong is a mishandled snap. The risk there is extremely minimal and the benefit is sealing the game with a bow. I kind of hate that those throws are not considered grounding. I get why they aren't but they are just intentional throw aways.
DCOrange Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 55 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: I kind of hate that those throws are not considered grounding. I get why they aren't but they are just intentional throw aways. It’s for sure intentional but as long as there’s a WR along the sideline there’s really nothing to call there. Kinda lame though.
bigduke6 Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 i watched the game, mainly cuz its the first reg season game. a game that had 2 teams playing where if it was possible for them both to lose, i would have been extremely happy. main takeaways from the game, Brady sure has a clean pocket to throw from, Dak looked awkward throwing, dont care about his 400 yrds when his average pass was less than 7 yrds, Cowboys running game is poop, line is not the oline it once was, and the only thing consistent about PI calls in the NFL is the inconsistency of PI calls in the NFL. did not enjoy watching the game. 1
GunnerBill Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It’s for sure intentional but as long as there’s a WR along the sideline there’s really nothing to call there. Kinda lame though. Lame. That is exactly the word for it.
Simon Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, DCOrange said: It’s for sure intentional but as long as there’s a WR along the sideline there’s really nothing to call there. Kinda lame though. The key is that he's not facing an "imminent loss of yardage due to pressure from the defense". It's the same as a spike but it takes a few more seconds off the clock.
Nextmanup Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 Finally got around to watching this game last night. What an opening day game! More entertaining than I thought I would be. Though the TB turnovers helped keep it close; still Dallas looked better than I thought they'd look.
DCOrange Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Nextmanup said: Finally got around to watching this game last night. What an opening day game! More entertaining than I thought I would be. Though the TB turnovers helped keep it close; still Dallas looked better than I thought they'd look. Very fun game. And that was the largest point spread of the week; we’re hopefully in for an entertaining Sunday.
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