Bryant has been a scrub ever since he got paid. He had 1.8 yards of separation per attempt and 52% catch rate in 16. He was horrible. Cole Beasley was Dak's best and only decent receiver in 2 and a half years. Yet he's outplayed Mariota
It's funny, you want to point out one or two metrics to make your opinion of the overall player, but when CJ does this FOR Mariota you guys throw fit!
Here's my previous post on your comparison of what Mariota had with us versus Dallas...this is you acting like Cooper wasn't good because he wasn't racking up yards in Raidertown and you claiming our OL was as good OR BETTER than Dallas' OL since 2016 when Dak came into the league. And oh yeah...Dak didn't have anyone to throw to until Cooper this year...
"So your conclusion of...Cooper wasn't lighting it up with a QB who has better stats than Mariota, means? Cooper isn't good? LOL Cooper ripped it up since he's been on Dallas and has outplayed every receiver we had last year who played even half a year. Even with his bad Oakland start, Cooper finished with better stats than all of our wr's.
"Maybe having a qb who will actually throw the ball...?" Is this another poor attempt to reference your incorrect conclusion that Mariota wouldn't throw the ball unless there was 3 yards of separation? LOL I've knocked this down 2 times already and still waiting on an answer in that post. You think our receivers AVERAGING 3 yards of separation means he wouldn't throw the ball unless that was there...so does that mean Tom Brady WOULDN'T throw the ball unless Edelman was open by 3.3yards since that was his avg separation? Clearly not. Try something else!
Dak had no one to throw the ball to. This is one of my faves! Ever heard of a guy named Dez Bryant? Bryant wasn't at the top of his game in 2016, be he still put up comparable stats to CD. Cd had more catches and yards, but Bryant had double the TD's. But oh wait, Bryant was 3rd on their list. Cole Beasley had also similar production to CD (this year), Whitten added another 69 catches, TWilliams added another 44 catches for like 600 yards and oh yeah...Elliot added another 30+ catches. Looks like they had 5 guys to throw the ball to.
Look at who Mariota has had...not comparable.
And by the way, Dallas's players have changed over the years and they have NOT had the same OL since 2016 to now. And btw, going back to your silly suggestion our line was as good or better? They had 3 First Team all pros on their line in 2016.
But to answer your question...what has Dallas given Dak that we haven't given Mariota? A great OL, a 2k offensive weapon (Elliot), a consistent 1k receiver and a very good slot.
We have improved the OL this season and given Mariota a lot more weapons now...and with Walker back...hopefully we have more weapons than they do but we still don't have an Elliot type weapon.
And a 2k weapon is a heck of a lot better than a 1k rusher. And by the way, Elliot and Dak came into the league the same year so he's
always had an excellent line and one of the best rushers in the NFL and plenty of receivers to throw the ball to. Mariota had 1 year of Murray running well (when he produced similar stats to Prescott)."
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