If Dak was playing with the hot mess that was the OL, it would have been worse than with Dalton, especially considering how long Dak holds on to the ball. The only reason it looked better was becayse Dalton played in a WC and throws the ball out quick and has been known too. Dalton has always been known as a quick rhythm, get-the-ball out quickly passer.
From week 11 onward no QB had a quicker time to get the ball out than Dalton except three other QBs, which included Big Ben, Tom Brady and Ryan Fitzgerald.
This all started happening after the bye week when they had time to actually adjust to the hot mess.
And let’s not act like Dak didn’t have Zach Martin the whole time and Andy didn’t and ZM, is by far the best player on the Cowboys.
also, in five games, Dak threw more play action passes than Dalton did in 11 games, which clearly attests to this point. You don’t get the ball out quick if you are running play action that much. This article though claims it’s because he’s not good at it based on the Bengals of 2019. But this article also claims the Bengals OL allowing Dalton to get sacked 37 times in 13 games was equivalent to the Cowboys OL of 2019, which allowed Dak to get sacked 23 times in 16 games, so take this opinion with a grain of salt.
https://sportdfw.com/2020/10/18/dal...on-could-be-andy-daltons-success-or-downfall/
There is a reason why Cooper said the following in regards to this change in focus because of the mess that the OL had become:
“But if you want the ball as a wide receiver, then you better get open fast.”
Tired of listening to all these imaginary tales about how Dak worked with garbage like Dalton. That never happened.