Quick Hit: Eight Days Until Dak Door Closes
Are we looking at the last days in the Prescott era or the start of five more years?
Today, I am a bit short on time. You probably are taking the day off to get started on your Labor Day Weekend. So, let me put 60 minutes on the clock and talk to you about what I think the next eight days represent for the Dallas Cowboys and their QB1.
Here we go.
First, I am about tired of being called a Dak Prescott apologist. When people disagree with me on the best path forward for the Cowboys, they are quick to assume that I am just so dug in on Prescott that I cannot say goodbye.
I find this hilarious because those of you who have been reading my stuff for years know that there was a time—and an easily provable one with all of my archives on the internet—when I was called a Tony Romo apologist.
In other words, those who disagree with me—and there is no problem with us not seeing eye to eye on many things—are quick to assume that those on the other side of an argument are just “apologists.”
In both cases, I am not. I also “have not turned on Tony Romo after his career” and such. The fact is that I have been a close follower of pro football since the 1980s, and since moving to Dallas, I have noticed that the legends who preceded these guys—Tony and Dak—have poisoned the waters on what “very good” actually is. We have been spoiled with Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman to such a degree that anything else is seen as garbage and just not up to standard.
We have talked for years about the unreasonable standards of excellence that 1960-1995 set for those who were old enough to see it. They outperformed every rival in the sport between those years, and that became “normal” and ruined the bar of achievement for all who would follow. So, if I am seen as an advocate for a QB in real time, it is because I think this fanbase is absurdly too hard on a QB in real time. I think it is important to try to reflect reasonable expectations for one guy in a team game.