That statement was true a year ago.
We’ve never seen this version of Dak.
We’re on a Cowboys message board so of course homers will homer but those who live in reality are surprised because Dak has never looked this good and no amount homring some of you have done in the past changes that.
I mean...okay, Dak didn't peak at age 26. Aaron Rodgers didn't play consistently until 25. Romo didn't until 26. Brees was a bust heading into 2004 at age 25 and Brady was 24 during his magical 2001 season. So yea, Dak got better, but there was no reason to think he wouldn't continue to get better. I guess the question is, how better did he get? We'll throw out last year considering he only played in 5 games, but let's compare 2019 to 2021
8.2 YPA in 2019 vs 8.4 in 2021
1.8% INT rate in 2019 vs 1.9% in 2021
3.7% Sack Rate in 2019 vs 3.6% in 2021
5% TD Rate in 2019 vs 7.4% in 2021
He was just about as efficient in 2019 as he is now, there's been improvement, but not as much as many are trying to make it seem.
Now where he's *a lot* better is completion percentage, which jumped from 65% to 73%. But just to give this some context, that 65% was good enough for 13th and a mere 2% increase would jump him to 7th place. There's just a lot of players in the 67%-65% range. Now this year, he's behind only Kyler Murray by 0.7%. Dak losing 2% would still have him sitting at 4th overall. So all in all, he's improved here, but he was already very good in this area.