(05-04-2020 08:15 PM)Purple Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 07:54 PM)JMUPride Wrote:  

(05-04-2020 07:29 PM)Purple Wrote:  I truly believe that Nooch is better than Dalton. If Dak fails to sign, this could be awesome.

Yea, calm down there buddy. It's easier to make a case Dalton is as good as Dak. For at least the immediate future Nooch is a step down from both.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This sounds like the same business I heard in 2017 from those who thought Nooch should be benched.

Here is a little history and why I say that Nooch is in the perfect situation on the perfect team. As I have already stated, the stars will have to be aligned for Nooch to become the starter, but it is much easier in Dallas than some of you think. The stars aligned for the past two franchise quarterbacks in Dallas, Romo and Prescott. Jerry Jones could give a doodly about Andy Dalton's NFL experience. He cares about performance NOW! He benched 12-year veteran Drew Bledsoe for undrafted free agent Tony Romo when Bledsoe began stinking up the field. The stars aligned. (when I say Jones is making these decisions, make no mistake, Jerry Jones runs the Dallas Cowboys). Romo became the face of the franchise. Suffering a back injury in the 2016 pre-season, Romo missed ten games. Dak got the start. The stars aligned. For those of you who believe that NFL experience is such a big factor in deciding which quarterback gets called up, consider that Dallas chose to start rookie Dak Prescott over veteran Mark Sanchez. Dak is now the franchise QB but is on thin ice, IMO.

Whether it be injuries or poor performance, the stars will have to be aligned in Dallas for Nooch. It could happen this year, it could happen next year or the following. But, one thing is certain - those stars aligned perfectly for the past two franchise quarterbacks in Dallas, and I have no reason to believe that it is impossible for the stars to align again. In fact, the odds are in favor it. Before anything else happens, Nooch has to continue to impress the Cowboys while keeping an eye on the sky for an aligning of the stars.

Good gracious, I've never seen such a man-crush on this board. With the right coaching and discipline Ben may have more potential than Dalton, but there's no way he's better. Even with Dalton approaching the down side of his career, he's been a solid NFL starter on a sinking team, and can still play at a high level.

I, for one, criticized several aspects of DiNucci's game but not arm strength; decision making, timing, accuracy- especially under duress, are where I saw issues. Things improved his last year, but unless they continue to progress he'll be lucky to make the practice squad, let alone the roster. He's never come close to facing the game speed and player quality he'll see in the NFL.

But there's always a chance things click for him. He may be a project and make the practice squad, and if McCarthy feels he's progressed enough he may put him on the active roster to learn from the 2 guys ahead of him. I grew up a Cowboys fan, and it'd be great to see him and Carter make it, but in my book the best thing Nooch can do for the Cowboys is run Jerry over with his car.