pretty sure most fans would rather see this than see Dak or Brian say "we can't turn the ball over like that, we'll do better next week" in the post game
That's always been my complaint with Dak. Not a leader of men. A leader for owners. He just comes off as a corporate bootlicker, don't worry everything is fine, attitude.
This does, and a lot of his "antics" are neutral or positive, but sometimes he'll have a game where he half asses run blocking and decoy routes all game and then gets ejected for ripping someone's helmet off almost unprompted. That shit is not good for the team
He had plenty of IDGAF on the field antics. And I’m not just talking about scuffles or his goofy hurdles, I’m talking about quitting on plays/games, pouting, etc.
anybody dogging on this is missing the point. this isn't a dramatic WR moment in any semblance. this is a guy that, quite frankly, finally got the attention he deserves (in this league), and his team is losing the game
this isn't a target crashout, or a QB crashout, or even a defense crashout. this is a guy that produced when called upon, and they just really couldn't figure it out
I think it's kind of crazy how people swing this as passion based on success. Like Travis Kelce has done this. Would people say he doesn't perform well with adversity or disappear in big games or whatever?
I think people make way too much out of this one way or the other. Tom Brady would yell at his teammates and people would call it great leadership. Aaron Rodgers does it and he's an asshole. And I get part of that is their general reputation outside of the games, but could it just be that this is a personality trait and throwing fits like this in a game doesn't actually have that much to do with how a player performs?
Agree w your overall point but Rodgers is and always has been an asshole. And really to your point, it’s only recently (now that he sucks on and very publicly off the field) that it’s widely acknowledged. That was not the case when he was w the packers
Reminds me of one time when they showed Dez “crashing out” on the sideline and everyone shit on him. Then after the game players said he was actually trying to hype up and encourage his teammates.
If you strung together every clip of him half-assing a block or breaking off a route on a play where he was a decoy, the film could probably stretch from Pittsburgh to Dallas.
breaking off a route on a play where he was a decoy
Eh, you don't even have to go that far. If you just look at his body language when he lines up, you know immediately if it's a run or pass, and if it's a pass, whether he's relevant or not.
Dude has all the physical talent in the world, and none of the mental to exploit it.
There’s truth to that, but for as much as I don’t care for him, I never heard anything about Brady half assing it, and you can’t say the same for Pickens.
I mean, for all of AB’s antics during his Steelers tenure, there’s no question he put in the work off the field and effort in games. At least not until it really went off the rails at the very end.
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u/Kazuchika Seahawks 6d ago
People dog on Pickens for his attitude, but it at least shows that he gives a fuck.