{"id":52150,"date":"2025-05-30T03:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52150"},"modified":"2025-05-30T03:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T03:40:31","slug":"dak-prescott-still-developing-quote-getting-twisted-by-cowboys-haters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52150","title":{"rendered":"Dak Prescott \u2018Still Developing\u2019 Quote Getting Twisted by Cowboys Haters.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Schottenheimer\u2019s comments on Dak say more about culture than criticism for the Dallas Cowboys QB room.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>Dallas Cowboys\u00a0coach Brian Schottenheimer made waves during his latest press conference when he said something that lit up headlines.<\/p>\n<p>The quote \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Dak is in the developmental phase. That sounds crazy for a guy who has played that much&#8230; but the minute these quarterbacks think they\u2019ve figured it all out, that\u2019s when it\u2019s probably time for them to do something different.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"m-video mm-video--landscape l-inline\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"JZUxfxmkNos\" class=\"m-video--frame\" title=\"Brian Schottenheimer: Working With Intention | Dallas Cowboys 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JZUxfxmkNos?enablejsapi=1\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-rhp=\"1\" data-original-client-width=\"700\" data-original-client-height=\"392\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>As expected, the reaction was instant and predictable from the public:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait\u2026 Dak\u2019s still developing?\u201d\u2028\u201cHow is your franchise QB not finished yet?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First off, that quote is being manipulated by\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0haters. \u2026 because that\u2019s not what Schotty meant at all.<\/p>\n<p>The coach was asked about the \u201cdevelopment\u201d of raw second-year QB\u00a0Joe Milton. And all Schottenheimer really said in his reply is that all of his QBs are \u201cdeveloping\u201d on a path to get better.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s another piece of the truth \u2014 and it\u2019s the part that most people missed.<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback is the most cerebral position in sports. There is therefore no \u201cfinished product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ever.<\/p>\n<p>The best in the world \u2014 from Staubach to Aikman to Brady to Manning to Mahomes \u2014 treat every offseason like a new climb. New defenses. New blitz patterns. New coverages. Why? Because the\u00a0NFL is an ever-evolving pendulum where the offensive and defensive counterpunch changes every single year.<\/p>\n<p>The QB&#8217;s who&#8217;re wired the right way as far as living in the film room and never being satisfied with their current craft, always age like a fine wine. You eventually get to a point in which you&#8217;ve seen almost everything a defense can throw at you and you can thereby diagnose what they&#8217;re gonna do often times before the do it.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a key point. But here\u2019s the deeper meaning behind what Schottenheimer is doing \u2014 it\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s the part of the quote many are conveniently leaving out \u2014 the follow-up that changes everything:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minute these quarterbacks start to think they&#8217;ve got it all figured out,\u201d he said, \u201c is probably the minute they should think about hanging them up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the way Schottenheimer closed that statement \u2026 and that\u2019s not an indictment of Dak.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a warning against complacency \u2014 for everyone in the room.<\/p>\n<p>In his own way, Schotty is planting the flag for accountability.\u2028 It doesn\u2019t matter if your name is Dak Prescott, Joe Milton, or QB4 on the practice squad. If you\u2019re in this room, you\u2019re expected to evolve. There\u2019s no such thing as autopilot. There\u2019s no comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>Complacency kills.<\/p>\n<p>So when Schottenheimer says Dak is still developing \u2014 he\u2019s not questioning his QB1. He\u2019s setting the tone.<\/p>\n<p>Because in this building, everybody works. No exceptions. No ceilings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schottenheimer\u2019s comments on Dak say more about culture than criticism for the Dallas Cowboys QB room. 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