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[h=1][/h] Ballzy podcast hosts Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant, and David Moore are back to discuss all things Dallas Cowboys football:
[h=2]On the Cowboys' 2019 outlook...[/h]
Evan Grant: [22:46] "But with all the other tools that the Cowboys have this is a team capable of winning a Super Bowl, correct? Yes or no?"
Kevin Sherrington: "Yeah, I think so. David, don't you think so?"
David Moore: "Yes. Now, again I think this argument still continues -- one, because you're talking about what [Dak Prescott]'s going to be paid and people being disproportionately attached to that ... and two, I think there's just a large percentage of fans out there who say, 'How can you say he's that good? He hasn't gotten them past the second round of the playoffs. How can you say this? He's only won one playoff game.'"
Evan Grant: "He's an imperfect quarterback, but at the same point in time, he's got enough assets and the team has enough assets that they certainly should be in the Super Bowl conversation from the NFC." [h=2]......[/h]
David Moore: [25:00] "This is the best overall team that the Cowboys have fielded on both sides of the ball, boy, I want to say probably going back to that Super Bowl run. I'm not saying this team has assembled a Super Bowl nucleus because that has to play out, but really you go across every position - the only position people would go you need to be better would be at safety. But not only do you have quality players at every position on both sides of the ball, you have pretty good depth at every position on both sides of the ball. This team hasn't been in that position in a long, long time because they haven't been that good in the draft. This team has been very good in the draft since 2014, and now you're seeing the benefits of it." [h=2]......[/h]
Kevin Sherrington: [28:40] "Here's the issue for me about Dak Prescott. ... Dak's a very careful quarterback. He's the kind of guy who's not going to risk a lot of things. He's not going to throw the ball someplace - I think that's one of the reasons why he's been so slow to react and get rid of it from the pocket - is that he wants to make sure that nothing bad is going to happen here. Tony Romo was a quarterback who said hey you know what I'm throwing this ball. I'm going to take this chance and maybe it's going to be great, and maybe it's going to be awful."
Evan Grant: "But what we saw over the course of Tony Romo's career - and he never became a careful quarterback, but he became a little bit more careful. Dak Prescott's never going to be Brett Favre. He's never going to just sling it, fling it, and do whatever he wants."
Kevin Sherrington: "And some of that's bad, and some of that's good."
Evan Grant: "But I think as you enter Year 4 as a starter, and Year 5, especially when you're still as athletic as Dak is, you become more confident in when you can take a chance and when you can't."
Kevin Sherrington: "I do think this is the year where there's no real excuses for Dak Prescott. If he does not have his best season now - if he stays healthy, and the team around him stays reasonably healthy - there is no reason why he shouldn't have his best season. He should be moving up. And I have every confidence that he will."
[h=2]On the Cowboys' 2019 outlook...[/h]
Evan Grant: [22:46] "But with all the other tools that the Cowboys have this is a team capable of winning a Super Bowl, correct? Yes or no?"
Kevin Sherrington: "Yeah, I think so. David, don't you think so?"
David Moore: "Yes. Now, again I think this argument still continues -- one, because you're talking about what [Dak Prescott]'s going to be paid and people being disproportionately attached to that ... and two, I think there's just a large percentage of fans out there who say, 'How can you say he's that good? He hasn't gotten them past the second round of the playoffs. How can you say this? He's only won one playoff game.'"
Evan Grant: "He's an imperfect quarterback, but at the same point in time, he's got enough assets and the team has enough assets that they certainly should be in the Super Bowl conversation from the NFC." [h=2]......[/h]
David Moore: [25:00] "This is the best overall team that the Cowboys have fielded on both sides of the ball, boy, I want to say probably going back to that Super Bowl run. I'm not saying this team has assembled a Super Bowl nucleus because that has to play out, but really you go across every position - the only position people would go you need to be better would be at safety. But not only do you have quality players at every position on both sides of the ball, you have pretty good depth at every position on both sides of the ball. This team hasn't been in that position in a long, long time because they haven't been that good in the draft. This team has been very good in the draft since 2014, and now you're seeing the benefits of it." [h=2]......[/h]
Kevin Sherrington: [28:40] "Here's the issue for me about Dak Prescott. ... Dak's a very careful quarterback. He's the kind of guy who's not going to risk a lot of things. He's not going to throw the ball someplace - I think that's one of the reasons why he's been so slow to react and get rid of it from the pocket - is that he wants to make sure that nothing bad is going to happen here. Tony Romo was a quarterback who said hey you know what I'm throwing this ball. I'm going to take this chance and maybe it's going to be great, and maybe it's going to be awful."
Evan Grant: "But what we saw over the course of Tony Romo's career - and he never became a careful quarterback, but he became a little bit more careful. Dak Prescott's never going to be Brett Favre. He's never going to just sling it, fling it, and do whatever he wants."
Kevin Sherrington: "And some of that's bad, and some of that's good."
Evan Grant: "But I think as you enter Year 4 as a starter, and Year 5, especially when you're still as athletic as Dak is, you become more confident in when you can take a chance and when you can't."
Kevin Sherrington: "I do think this is the year where there's no real excuses for Dak Prescott. If he does not have his best season now - if he stays healthy, and the team around him stays reasonably healthy - there is no reason why he shouldn't have his best season. He should be moving up. And I have every confidence that he will."
