2026 Season | Week 4 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Cowboys @ Texans | 10/04/2026

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Cowboysrock55 said:
He is mentally world's ahead. I think his accuracy has gotten way better over the years as well.

The only thing that has dropped off is his mobility. Not that he is immobile or was ever a big scrambling QB. But he is a perfect example that a QB can keep getting better long into their career as long as their throwing arm doesn't get jacked up.
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I think this is the biggest difference.

Edit: To me, his mental ability outweighs what he was able to do with his legs.
 
Texas Ace said:
That's where I had him too but I think he's better than that now.

I think he's legit top 5 now.

He is today where I thought Romo was in 2014 -- that point where everything finally clicks.

He's been fantastic to watch this season.
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That pass he threw to the sideline to Cee Dee was a thing of beauty. Not many guys in the league can make that pass.

 
dpf1123 said:
That pass he threw to the sideline to Cee Dee was a thing of beauty. Not many guys in the league can make that pass.

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He’s made many more challenging throws than this, in fact this is prolly executed as it’s drawn up. Over the near zone and under the far one.

The skill to make these comeback throws in between zones comes with the territory of NFL QB. This might have seemed harder because of the elevation the near defender got.
 
Cujo said:
I think this is the biggest difference.

Edit: To me, his mental ability outweighs what he was able to do with his legs.
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Can you imagine if Ferg had any real receiving talent? Or if Schotty put Williams out into more patterns by design?

Then it’s truly Candyland.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
Turpin, Tolbert, Ferguson, Michael Gallup, Dalton Schultz.

Hell, even Randall Cobb had a career resurgence for one year when he had Dak throwing him the ball. Anyway, that's just a few. I'm sure there are more guys who had some of the best years of their careers here before leaving and never being that productive again.

Honestly even look at Pickens. He was a career 900 yard receiver with Pitt. Gets with Dak and he has 1400 yards and destroys his career bests.
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Let me start by saying you don't have to have any "elevation" examples to be a great QB. They are hugely situational!

That said... Ferg and Schultz are TE's, Turpin has no performances to brag about, and Tolbert? Really?

Gallup was a solidly pedigreed draft prospect and good before his injury, and totally washed after it. Hard to tell if he was elevated by anyone.

I don't know if Cobb was elevated by Dak or more by a more visible role in an offense that was more than once chasing empty stats from behind, especially vs the Packers and Bears. He was our 3rd/4th guy and Green Bay's 4th/5th guy. Dak threw for nearly 5000 yards and we went 8-8, which tells you most about what you need to know about how effective those yards really were.

There is no Laurent Robinson example, the journeyman who exploded in Dallas for a year, signed a big money FA deal, then did nothing. But like I said, I don't think that matters very much anyways.

I think Dak is very good at executing every throw and taking what the defense is giving him.

I think his GM has done everything possible to stock a world class OL and WR targets for his QB, usually to the detriment of the rest of the team.
 
ravidubey said:
Can you imagine if Ferg had any real receiving talent? Or if Schotty put Williams out into more patterns by design?

Then it’s truly Candyland.
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Ferguson was always a jack of all trades, master of none type, a solid to good starter in theory.

He's been pretty productive in the passing game this year with several TD's and the big 4th down against Houston, but not so good that you can overlook his horrific blocking.

If he can be an average blocker with this sort of receiving production I think you could justify his salary to some extent, but if he continues his pathetic blocking I think you have to get rid of him after this season.
 
The only thing I'll defend them on is Ferg did look good that one year, was it '23? He ran so hard and looked more athletic.

I don't know what happened to him. I don't think I've seen a young player fall off so fast.
 
Bipo said:
Ferg is exactly the type that should have been allowed to move on, like Schultz, while we looked for something better. Or at least cheaper.
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Dak has historically pushed the ball to tight ends, and with Pickens and Lamb clearing out zones, Ferg should be fucking dominant just from volume alone.

That contract isn't pulling its weight, putting it mildly.
 
Chocolate Lab said:
The only thing I'll defend them on is Ferg did look good that one year, was it '23? He ran so hard and looked more athletic.

I don't know what happened to him. I don't think I've seen a young player fall off so fast.
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He started dating his wife in 23.
 
Smitty said:
Ferguson was never anything special.
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Dak has always fed yardage to the TE , no matter who he is. That position has thrived in Dallas with Dak at QB (at least in yards and catches).

There was an article some years back about this very thing

Anyways, it's been often empty yards, rarely touchdowns. If Dak got a healthy Brock Bowers, I wonder if he'd know what to do with him.
 
ravidubey said:
Anyways, it's been often empty yards, rarely touchdowns. If Dak got a healthy Brock Bowers, I wonder if he'd know what to do with him.
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Use him for four yard checkdowns, obvs.
 
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