Video: Why Dak is the most accurate. NFL Network

[Montanalo]

Kudos for re-invigorating the Zone discussion in the lead up to the draft. Things were getting a bit boring. I predict a minimum of 10 pages of comments.

BTW, not sarcasm... It was getting a bit boring

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The play I mention was simply to make the point that Dak tends toward the more dificult throws. So what if thats his primary target? Thats got nothing to do with anything. You throw to the open guy. Witten was not open and Dak made a low % play and got lucky.

It was a tight window to Witten. But I think you are giving it too much credit. That's a routine throw for Dak.

 

[EGTuna]

Cian Fahey, who studies QBs for a living, is a big believer in Dak. Not because he "likes" Dak, but because his tireless research and analysis results in the conclusion that Dak is a terrific QB. Cian watches the tape, compiles data and cross-references it with other QBs, and Dak comes out pretty high.

 

[DogFace]

This is one of those "eye of the beholder" deals. It is not a real stat. Its a flawed and has more to do with the judgement of the QB than accuracy. In fact, in one segment of this video clip, Dak chose to throw the ball in a tight window to witten b/c he flat out missed a wide open Rod Smith coming out of the backfield. Dak throws in a lot of tight windows b/c he's locking onto guys and not seeing the whole field.

Just look at this list. No Brady, Brees, or Rodgers? I can't take a stat seriously that is missing all 3 of those guys.

Pick plays creat a lot of separation.

 

[Ddisco22]

bs bs bs Dak sucks bs bs bs.

How could you even say that?? you must be a giants fan, or have no idea about football.

 

[G2]

How could you even say that?? you must be a giants fan, or have no idea about football.

Sarcasm isn't your thing.

 

[atlantacowboy]

It's not a flawed stat. What it says to me is Brady, Brees and Rodgers don't have to throw in tight windows because their receivers are wide open. And they are. It's not shocking that Stafford and Dak lead this list. None of their guys get much seperation and the have one of the weaker receiving codes.

That it your interpretation. It could also mean that they choose not to make those throws. Stafford is a gun slinger. He's never seen a window that he didn't think he could fit the ball. Dak is not in his league.

If Dak throws that ball to Rod Smith rather than Witten, he's less of a QB? This stat was literally invented in the past few months. Its garbage. The irony is that Dak made better decisions as a rookie than he did last season, and the proof is in the pudding. He was not a top 10 QB last year.

 

[zrinkill]

2nd year QB
22 TD's
13 Int
3324 yards
86.6 rating

Cowboyzone - "Dak sucks"

 

[Jenky]

This is one of those "eye of the beholder" deals. It is not a real stat. Its a flawed and has more to do with the judgement of the QB than accuracy. In fact, in one segment of this video clip, Dak chose to throw the ball in a tight window to witten b/c he flat out missed a wide open Rod Smith coming out of the backfield. Dak throws in a lot of tight windows b/c he's locking onto guys and not seeing the whole field.

Just look at this list. No Brady, Brees, or Rodgers? I can't take a stat seriously that is missing all 3 of those guys.

No Rodgers on that list is ALARMING.

 

[HungryLion]

That it your interpretation. It could also mean that they choose not to make those throws. Stafford is a gun slinger. He's never seen a window that he didn't think he could fit the ball. Dak is not in his league.

If Dak throws that ball to Rod Smith rather than Witten, he's less of a QB? This stat was literally invented in the past few months. Its garbage. The irony is that Dak made better decisions as a rookie than he did last season, and the proof is in the pudding. He was not a top 10 QB last year.

This stat doesn’t list or take the total number of attempts into tight windows into consideration. It takes completion percentage, QB rating and yards per attempt into consideration.

So you’re making this argument about it, without actual listing the number of attempts or the % of attempts that Dak made and comparing it to other QB’s. So we don’t even know how many more attempts Dak did make into tight windows than his counterparts, if any.

Your argument could be stronger if we actually had that statistic. But without posting the actual numbers, it’s just you making an assumption.

 

[Brooksey]

Come on stop..this is spin. He has accuracy issues.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

What the video seems obtuse to is that great QBing is made by throwing to the guy who got separation and not force throws into coverage. Cheering for him doing so misses the point.

I mean in those clips shown you can see receivers running free and Dak throws into coverage. Dez having to reach through a DB on a low throw was a nice touch.

 

[Sarge]

People are gonna see whatever they wanna see. Kinda like Romo. It is what it is.

 

[Ddisco22]

Sarcasm isn't your thing.

Either way, Dak will have the opportunity to prove the haters wrong this season. All of a sudden he sucks because of a few bad games in his 2nd season, the kid has a long way to go and a lot to learn and I think it's very premature for folks to say how bad he is instead of how bad he was in a few games.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's not a flawed stat. What it says to me is Brady, Brees and Rodgers don't have to throw in tight windows because their receivers are wide open. And they are. It's not shocking that Stafford and Dak lead this list. None of their guys get much seperation and the have one of the weaker receiving codes.

Is that why the Packers blew up their WR corps? Because they are all just getting open?

Dak misses open receivers constantly. He either doesn't look at the whole field or just straight up doesn't see them. He needs to improve reading the field and thankfully that is something QBs do improve on so there is hope.

Unfortunately, his coach has never coached before.

 

[Northern_Cowboy]

Every QB in the NFL is an accurate passer in the 1-10 yard range (if they can't complete a high percentage of these passes they shouldn't be in the league period). Also no QB in the league is an accurate passer in the 20+ yard range (and it should be noted that most QB's only throw about 8-10% of their yearly pass attempts in that area), but in the 11-20 yard range which is where a QB earns his money Dak is basically last in the NFL among starters completing only 44% of his passes (the average is around 58%) and the top 10 QB's in the league are in the 63-68% range. This is a fact and for those of you about to say it has to do with drops; well Dallas was one of the best teams in the NFL last season in drops and these are all facts. For Dak to really succeed long term in the NFL he has to improve in that 11-20 yard range going forward.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/splits/_/id/2577417/dak-prescott


http://stats.washingtonpost.com/fb/tmleaders.asp?range=NFL&rank=232&type=Receiving

 

[Ddisco22]

Come on stop..this is spin. He has accuracy issues.

Most QB's throw the ball up in certain areas and it's the Wr's job to get it, they are not all throwing at the guy, they are throwing to a spot. People kill me with their rational on this, great QB's depend on great Wr's. you think all the ugly, hail mary, pop up plays that A. Rodgers does is accuracy? gimme a break
Dak will get there!

 

[G2]

Either way, Dak will have the opportunity to prove the haters wrong this season. All of a sudden he sucks because of a few bad games in his 2nd season, the kid has a long way to go and a lot to learn and I think it's very premature for folks to say how bad he is instead of how bad he was in a few games.

Dude, chill out. I don't hate Dak, it was a damn joke. Take a breath.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

2nd year QB
22 TD's
13 Int
3324 yards
86.6 rating

Cowboyzone - "Dak sucks"

That QB rating is pretty mediocre. A TD:INT ratio south of 2 is worse. 3.3K yards is not impressive either.

You expect people to look at those numbers and feel good about them?

 

[HungryLion]

What the video seems obtuse to is that great QBing is made by throwing to the guy who got separation and not force throws into coverage. Cheering for him doing so misses the point.

I mean in those clips shown you can see receivers running free and Dak throws into coverage. Dez having to reach through a DB on a low throw was a nice touch.

Which clips are you talking about Fuzzy? Because the only clip I see in that video where Dak passes on a “wide open” receiver is the aforementioned touchdown to Witten.

Where Witten was his primary read. The running back breaks free, but at that time Dak is already winding up and throwing the ball to Witten.

I also didn’t notice any bad throw to Dez in those clips either. Although admittedly he threw a lot of bad passes to Dez last season.