Gosselin says Dak is the greatest rookie QB in history

[perrykemp]

For historical purposes:

I've read a couple of NFL experts over the year talk about Greg Cook, the Bengals QB in 1969, as the greatest rookie QB they ever saw.

His stats:

• TD-INT: 15-11
• Yards: 1,895
• QB rating: 88.3

His 9.4 yards per pass attempt and 17.5 yard per completion are rookie records that still stand.

The kicker -- He tore his rotor cuff in his throwing shoulder in the 3 game of the season, played through it, an eventually his biceps also partially detached. He played through it.

It was his one and only season. They attempted 3 surgeries to fix his arm, however, with 1969s medicine he was done.

Impossible to compare his season to Dak's but I thought some might find it interesting.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

I read it as a really, really bad column by an out of touch old guy. With a bad memory.

So you can refute what he said in terms of his memory?

 

[big dog cowboy]

But what I saw from Dak Prescott this season is something I've never seen in the 43 years I've been reporting on the NFL. I saw the greatest rookie season by any quarterback in league history."

I would be interesting to read Goose' draft analysis on the Dak pick from last spring. Anyone know if he thought Dak had any chance of performing like this ever in his career?

 

[perrykemp]

I would be interesting to read Goose' draft analysis on the Dak pick from last spring. Anyone know if he thought Dak had any chance of performing like this ever in his career?

My guess is you wouldn't find a single NFL analyst, draft expert, coach, scout, GM, or anybody else who would have predicted Dak Prescott would have the greatest statistical season by any rookie QB ever.

 

[Kaiser]

I would be interesting to read Goose' draft analysis on the Dak pick from last spring. Anyone know if he thought Dak had any chance of performing like this ever in his career?

It came up quickly in google, kind of surprising but give Goose his props, he said Dak was a guy Dallas liked and he should go in the 3rd round -

Question: It sounds like the Cowboys/Prescott like each other. If Dallas takes a defensive player at 4, then Wentz/Goff slide (if no one trades up). Would prescott be there at 34 and would you take him then?

Gosselin: If you listen to the rumor mill over the next month, the Cowboys are going to like about 20-25 players. They can't have them all. And very little of what you'll hear in this next month is inside information. It's media speculation. No team that's worth its draft-day salt will tip its hand a month out on who they like or don't like. If Prescott is there in the third -- and the Cowboys haven't selected a quarterback before then -- he could be a consideration. That's the round he figures to go. Jerry has said a backup QB would be an offseason priority and it hasn't been addressed yet. So, logically, the Cowboys would be in the draft market for one. There are a handful of quarterbacks I like in this draft. Prescott is one of them.

http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...04/07/gosselin-cowboys-take-bosa-4-next-draft

 

[The Realist]

The one thing that may hurt his progress next year is the low number of interceptions he threw this year.

 

[T-RO]

What Zeke this year has done has been impressive, but what Dak has accomplished is other-worldly. It will be a huge travesty if Prescott doesn't get some shiny awards.

 

[Sepia]

There's a reason respected vets keep saying "a rookie shouldn't be able to do" what Dak does, or that they've never seen it before now. It's unprecedented. We've heard it repeatedly since the preseason.

The sideline shots of the Eagle game told me a lot.

Dak's eyes didn't leave the field.

He never sat down. He looked like a coach.

Ha! Reminds me of the fourth preseason game, which he didn't play. The local Dallas team was trying to interview him on the sideline, but he was barely able to focus because he kept his eyes on the field the whole time.

 

[DFWJC]

I would be interesting to read Goose' draft analysis on the Dak pick from last spring. Anyone know if he thought Dak had any chance of performing like this ever in his career?

Good question

But just remember; Goose has no real draft analysis of his own. Never had.
His best work was done based on talking to other GMs and scouts, not at all on anything he knew himself.
He did a good job of that information gathering though.

 

[DFWJC]

Listen up. You put Big Ben or Peyton on this team as a rookie and they don't do better. They do worse.

I made no claim one way or the other.

But one thing that is 100% indisputable fact, you have no idea how they would have done. None of us knows for sure. That was the point.

I think we can all agree that Dak has had great rookie season. Very, very close, but even better than RG3!

RG3
4015 total yards
27 TDs
7 turnovers
102.4 QB rating

Dak
3947 total yards
29 TDs
8 turnovers
104.9 QB rating

Cowboys > Commanders so....
Dak wins

 

[MrPeanutbutter]

Not to rain on this parade, but "best rookie QB of all time" isn't much of a thing. The greatest rookie QB of all time is the won that went on to win for his team, so Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers. My point is, this is silly, and there's a lot more Dak left in his career and I hope he hasn't maxed out.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Not to rain on this parade, but "best rookie QB of all time" isn't much of a thing. The greatest rookie QB of all time is the won that went on to win for his team, so Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers. My point is, this is silly, and there's a lot more Dak left in his career and I hope he hasn't maxed out.

It is for his (Dak) rookie year much of a thing, being we finished 13-3 and are in the playoffs. Not silly for the history books on what he accomplished this year. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Tenkamenin]

As much as some people don't want it to be true, it is. I saw it in the 2nd preseason game and I knew it wasn't normal, so that's when I ordered my Dak and Zeke jerseys.

The question is why wouldn't people want it to be true? He's been nothing but class since he got here.

 

[SweetRevenge]

Not to rain on this parade, but "best rookie QB of all time" isn't much of a thing. The greatest rookie QB of all time is the won that went on to win for his team, so Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers. My point is, this is silly, and there's a lot more Dak left in his career and I hope he hasn't maxed out.

Neither of them played their rookie seasons so we wouldn't know how theyd have done as rookies.

 

[Nexx]

As much as some people don't want it to be true, it is. I saw it in the 2nd preseason game and I knew it wasn't normal, so that's when I ordered my Dak and Zeke jerseys.

why wouldnt any cowboys fan not want that to be true?

 

[The Realist]

The question is why wouldn't people want it to be true? He's been nothing but class since he got here.

Because they want it to be Romo.

 

[ConstantReboot]

The sideline shots of the Eagle game told me a lot.

Dak's eyes didn't leave the field.

He never sat down. He looked like a coach.

It seemed like he was the one coaching Mark Sanchez up and cheering on Tony Romo the most.

 

[TRUTH87]

It seemed like he was the one coaching Mark Sanchez up and cheering on Tony Romo the most.

i bet dak was interested to see how tony and mark ran this offense. (in a real game) we keep forgetting hes a rookie, he wants to learn. (dont look at sanchez then )

post game comments on tony on how he made it look easy is telling. i love daks approach.

 

[Bullflop]

Sometimes unusual circumstances and untapped talent simply combine at the right time to create miracles. That did appear to be the case when Dak Prescott arrived on the scene at just the coincidental point in time when need and opportunity met destiny -- all to combine in perfect unison.

The more I think about it, the more bizarre circumstances seemed to meld in such a way as to be nothing short of miraculous. Romo and Moore's injury happened at just the proper moments in time to allow Dak's emergence as a starter. Jerry's attempts to acquire several other QBs in the draft before taking Prescott also seemed to be the stuff that dreams are made of. What a year this has been! Miraculous is the word for it, alright.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Sometimes unusual circumstances and untapped talent simply combine at the right time to create miracles. That did appear to be the case when Dak Prescott arrived on the scene at just the coincidental point in time when need and opportunity met destiny -- all to combine in perfect unison.

Just like when John Lennon met Paul McCartney. And McCartney just happened to know a guitarist who was a close friend of his, George Harrison. Maybe the creative energy somehow brought them together. Just as the Cowboys and Dak were brought together with that same energy. Dak said as a kid, he would one day be qb for the Cowboys. And look at the chemistry and bond Dak has with Zeke. Best friends off the field. It was just meant to be for the Cowboys, Dak and Zeke.