Mistake-free Dak

[Kevinicus]

This hasn't been posted yet (I don't think), but I think this is a good take by the much-maligned Ed Werner.
Teams are starting to consider Dak a much bigger Russell Wilson, a player as good a passer as he is a runner.

But I keep stressing the fact that Dak has won the job because he isn't a mistake machine. He may miss a deep pass here and there, but he's always looking for the open route, the least risky.

Coordinators fear Dak

"On Dak Prescott's mistake-free football...

Werder: One of the things Dak Prescott has done, and likely more than anything else has won him the permanent job is, he is a natural protector of the football. He recognizes its value. He does not jeopardize it. And he doesn't make all the big plays that might be there, but he very seldom makes a mistake. He does not force the ball into coverage.

And that's something that - Tony Romo was a risk taker throughout his career, he had to learn to protect the football, and he did, he improved at it, but he's never been as good in that regard as Dak Prescott naturally is. As Jerry Jones has said, it's just part of his DNA.

If you go back and look at the way he played at Mississippi State, it was the same thing. He had 23 interceptions in nearly 1,200 passing attempts - which was a record for the school in terms of interception avoidance, and one of the best in the history of SEC quarterbacks. So, it's something that he does naturally, and it's something that, quite honestly, is maybe the key element in their winning formula."

It's amazing what the best OL in the league allows you to do. For 95% of QBs in the league, they don't have that luxury to wait for guys to be clearly wide open, they have to make throws that are more risky at a much higher rate.

Great protection = fewer turnovers. It's an easy equation.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

It's amazing what the best OL in the league allows you to do. For 95% of QBs in the league, they don't have that luxury to wait for guys to be clearly wide open, they have to make throws that are more risky at a much higher rate.

Great protection = fewer turnovers. It's an easy equation.

If only everyone not named Tony or Dak got this memo playing behind the SAME line......??? Oh well

 

[percyhoward]

Thats because a conversation that starts with qb protects the football and has an mvp rb ends with the term game manager.

"Game managers" don't have 4,000-yard seasons.

2012 Wilson 3,118 yd
2004 Roethlisberger 2,995 yd

Prescott's 2016 pace: 4,123 yd

 

[Super_Kazuya]

It's amazing what the best OL in the league allows you to do. For 95% of QBs in the league, they don't have that luxury to wait for guys to be clearly wide open, they have to make throws that are more risky at a much higher rate.

Great protection = fewer turnovers. It's an easy equation.

"This just in, dink and dunk game manager who is always ahead, has the best run game and OL in the league, and never takes chances to the point where open receivers routinely streak downfield ignored -- doesn't make many mistakes."
"Coming up in the 8 o'clock segment: water is wet."

 

[lukin2006]

The formula is working to the tune of 10-1...good enough for me.

 

[MRV52]

He is hasn't been a turnover machine this year but what happens going forward through the years. As he gets more experience with defenses he will take more chances downfield or threading a pass into a tight window. Is this when we will see the turnovers start happening?

 

[Undisputed]

"They’re very frustrating. You have a lot of quarterbacks in the National Football League that take chances with the football and [you] get the opportunity for interceptions,” Whitner said, via the Dallas Morning News. “To put the ball on the ground when you get to them, when you sack them. This quarterback doesn’t do that. … That’s why he’s playing so well. He understands situations, he’s not trying to turn the football over, and he’s taking this opportunity and running with it.”
-- Commanders Safety Donte Whitner (guy who Dak stiff-armed)

 

[Vinnie2u]

The kid is good. Wish people stop trying to put him in box. And this is coming from someone who thought he was going to suck.

 

[yimyammer]

question say you take away our o-line and put in a bad o-line how do you think dak would perform then? I know it's a what if just curious what you guys think

I think he'd continue to manage the game well, limit turnovers and elevate the play of his teammates just like he did at Miss St with inferior talent compared to most of the teams he faced in the SEC

We're so fortunate to have him, I'm still pinching myself to see if I'm dreaming

 

[yimyammer]

Dak is very much like Brady in that he makes smart, concise, non flashy decisions that keep moving the chains, and rarely makes mistakes.

and its SO awesome, my stress level has dropped dramatically with Dak at the helm, I love Romo but he always made me nervous as hell

 

[yimyammer]

Zeke is highly trustable with the ball as well.

LOVE the way he protects the ball. He's another stress reducer compared to the way Demarco slung the ball around away from his body with one hand too often for my tastes

 

[Derekmtl85]

"This just in, dink and dunk game manager who is always ahead, has the best run game and OL in the league, and never takes chances to the point where open receivers routinely streak downfield ignored -- doesn't make many mistakes."
"Coming up in the 8 o'clock segment: water is wet."

Wasn't this dink and dunk crap debunked? I keep seeing posts with facts that prove that wrong in different threads. And Romo had the best run game, and same OL in 2014....yet had 9 INTs at the end. And he was no rookie.

Let's also ignore he's part of the reason we are usually ahead. Some people really don't want this guy to get any credit.

 

[yimyammer]

"They’re very frustrating

another bonus to these long, turnover free drives, its got to drive the defenses nuts and might be why we seem to be seeing personal fouls as the game wears on

 

[SDCowboy]

and its SO awesome, my stress level has dropped dramatically with Dak at the helm, I love Romo but he always made me nervous as hell

Same. I'm a huge fan, but the guy scared the hell out of me.

 

[Oh_Canada]

It's amazing what the best OL in the league allows you to do. For 95% of QBs in the league, they don't have that luxury to wait for guys to be clearly wide open, they have to make throws that are more risky at a much higher rate.

Great protection = fewer turnovers. It's an easy equation.

Wow-someone didn't tell that to the four guys quarterbacking last year.

 

[visionary]

It's not even just turnovers..Romo is always looking for the big play..leads to more sacks..penalties..and negative plays in general..

Dak doesn't give you nearly as many big plays..but he also doesn't give you nearly as many negative plays..this offense stays ahead of the chains

This
In fact a few of his incompletions have cone when he had tried to force the ball to Dez deeper even though Beas was open underneath

 

[Oh_Canada]

"This just in, dink and dunk game manager who is always ahead, has the best run game and OL in the league, and never takes chances to the point where open receivers routinely streak downfield ignored -- doesn't make many mistakes."
"Coming up in the 8 o'clock segment: water is wet."

Check his stats, he is no dink and dunk. It's ok though keep up the narrative maybe eventually you will actually convince yourself.

 

[Kevinicus]

If only everyone not named Tony or Dak got this memo playing behind the SAME line......??? Oh well

What same line? The 2015 line was not the same as either 2014 or 2016.

And terrible QBs are still terrible, even with protection.

 

[Kevinicus]

Wow-someone didn't tell that to the four guys quarterbacking last year.

They didn't have the same protection (or other factors last year)...and most were still terrible QBs last year.

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

He's had two picks, his first one was a good read but bad throw. The second vs Philly was the one you can consider bad, he didn't see the LB. But you know he'll learn from it.

A few other almost picks have been of the "throw a bit off" variety more than throwing into double coverage or not seeing the defender.

So maybe 5 passes in 11 games we're talking about? FOR A ROOKIE! MY MIND CAN'T EVEN GRASP WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW