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[gimmesix]

A handful of posters will ignore this.

Maybe I didn't read that article well, but I have trouble buying its premise when whoever wrote it put Prescott ahead of Wentz, Smith and Goff for 2017. Now, if you want to combine 2016 and 2017 and say he's better, I could buy the argument. He wasn't better from September 2017 to February 2018, though.

This article was sort of like teams drafting QBs because they have a big arm. Arm strength doesn't matter if you don't use it well. For a variety of reasons (line play, Elliott's suspension, receivers, etc.), Prescott didn't use his skills as well over a full season as he did the previous year and was a middle-of-the-pack quarterback. Anyone who puts him above that for 2017 is cherry-picking to make things look better than they were.

We need to accept that 2017 was not at the level that we need from our quarterback and hope that the circumstances this year and his work on his game both show that he's better than that. Maybe he won't play at the level he did in 2016, but we need better than the midlevel play of 2017.

 

[McKDaddy]

Bla.........Its nothing but picky nonsense. Hes a young QB that has things to work on like footwork and reading defenses. YOu watch ANY football game, even Tom Brady and you see throws off target. Sometimes its the QB and sometimes its the receiver not being where the QB thought he would.

Dak Prescott, for his first two years has been absolutely incredible. There is NO two ways about it. A QB could really not look any better than he has overall. I would say the same for Wentz.

The overall topic of the post is accuracy though. To discuss accuracy you have to judge each throw on its own set of conditions (stats don't do that, no matter how hard they try to quantify things like "tight windows"). Certainly, all QB's have some off target throws. However, Dak has more off target throws in relation to other top flight QB's. To take it a step further, even on some completions, Dak didn't really put the ball where it should have been. So, I don't view it as nitpicky, its an honest evaluation of something he needs to work on if he is going to take the next step toward being elite.

His issues mirror my golf game almost exactly. I generally play pretty well to really well on 14-16 holes out of the 18. But I typically have a few "what the heck was that?" shots that ruin my score. Its the consistency that I had to be honest with myself about in order to improve. I have improved .... but I'm still working on it.

 

[HungryLion]

Dak does need to improve his accuracy some. He does have misfires or go through some rough stretches at times where his accuracy is shaky.

That being said, he is overall a pretty accurate quarterback and the issues he does have with accuracy are correctable, contrary to what many on this board say.

 

[Billyd]

erod honestly you dont leave that impression at all
I will watch better

I agree, however he better learn, coz if im the cowboys ocord, im running Tightends down the seam, since we have TEs that might actually be able to do that. MAYBE several. lol..

 

[CowboyRoy]

The overall topic of the post is accuracy though. To discuss accuracy you have to judge each throw on its own set of conditions (stats don't do that, no matter how hard they try to quantify things like "tight windows"). Certainly, all QB's have some off target throws. However, Dak has more off target throws in relation to other top flight QB's. To take it a step further, even on some completions, Dak didn't really put the ball where it should have been. So, I don't view it as nitpicky, its an honest evaluation of something he needs to work on if he is going to take the next step toward being elite.

His issues mirror my golf game almost exactly. I generally play pretty well to really well on 14-16 holes out of the 18. But I typically have a few "what the heck was that?" shots that ruin my score. Its the consistency that I had to be honest with myself about in order to improve. I have improved .... but I'm still working on it.

I think he has some mechanics things to work on like any young QB. Nothing to for people to write 500 offseason threads about. Its pretty much common sense stuff. The strength of Dak is his dual threat abilities. Its not his pure passing. So again, I think its nit picking. Which is fine. But overall I think we are lucky as hell to nab a guy like Dak with a 4th round pick right after Romo. Stroke of luck to be honest.

It just sucks that this board is going to have to be mucked up by people constantly hammering the kid like they did Romo. Both guys are and will be great QB's. Neither is Tom Brady. I say so what.

 

[CowboyRoy]

Dak does need to improve his accuracy some. He does have misfires or go through some rough stretches at times where his accuracy is shaky.

That being said, he is overall a pretty accurate quarterback and the issues he does have with accuracy are correctable, contrary to what many on this board say.

I agree with all of that. And there is no way he the MOST accurate QB in the NFL. That is completely laughable.

 

[Billyd]

The overall topic of the post is accuracy though. To discuss accuracy you have to judge each throw on its own set of conditions (stats don't do that, no matter how hard they try to quantify things like "tight windows"). Certainly, all QB's have some off target throws. However, Dak has more off target throws in relation to other top flight QB's. To take it a step further, even on some completions, Dak didn't really put the ball where it should have been. So, I don't view it as nitpicky, its an honest evaluation of something he needs to work on if he is going to take the next step toward being elite.

His issues mirror my golf game almost exactly. I generally play pretty well to really well on 14-16 holes out of the 18. But I typically have a few "what the heck was that?" shots that ruin my score. Its the consistency that I had to be honest with myself about in order to improve. I have improved .... but I'm still working on it.

NO question. A good example of this is the 35-40 yard rope on the run, then a overthrow on a touch pass..I saw Romo in his ear in 2016, not so much last year..Footwork and regained trust in the pocket....

Collins should be better prepared to seal that right side for the wags boots yada.. You have to make teams pay for stacking it. EITHER by executing in the run blitz, or hitting the hot read...These can be resolved with audible control im still not sure where Dak is there. BEING able to make the last change on offense is key to popping good ones and balance. COZ execution makes vanilla plays yard burners..

 

[Billyd]

I agree with all of that. And there is no way he the MOST accurate QB in the NFL. That is completely laughable.

Actually the stat is true, But you must qualify, if corners are within one yard of your receiver...for most passes you throw..It might not be a good stat to lead in..

 

[gimmesix]

Hopefully Stephen learns, coz I hold him responsible for that joke of a pick of Chaz Green...If you dont believe me, think about it..Leary was leaving no matter what, and we didnt draft a gd in 2016...

Just curious why you hold Stephen Jones responsible for that pick and trying to replace Leary with him. The pick was more likely the responsibility of Will McClay (and his staff of scouts) and possibly offensive line coach Frank Pollack. It also was more than likely the offensive coaches (including Garrett) who told the owners that Green could start, which led to the team doing nothing more than signing Cooper and Bell.

I get that the Joneses have ultimately decision-making power, but I'm very doubtful that they know what players to draft without major input from the scouts and coaches or what players are capable of starting without major input from the coaches.

 

[Billyd]

It will be interesting to see how well philly runs the ball with Blount leaving and i doubt Went will be taking off nearly as much as he did before he got hurt..Question marks there..Who knows Ajai may make all that go away..

 

[CowboyRoy]

Actually the stat is true, But you must qualify, if corners are within one yard of your receiver...for most passes you throw..It might not be a good stat to lead in..

right. And they dont show all the wide open guys he may miss.

 

[Bleu Star]

I dont see a wierd wr market as a reason to slap Stephen on the back for realizing a few years later that he overpaid for Dez to begin with..They were going to cut Dez no matter what..That should be apparent by now..Having said that who cares how much money he will make playing for another team? Lol..

Wrong.

I can name names that said they would never cut Dez. But I won't do that.

Second point.... Those same folks swore up & down he would get 14.5 mil from the Cowboys this season. So the chump change her eventually receives from some other team is highly relevant imo. Ok. Back to my popcorn...

 

[Bleu Star]

All I got from this was you acknowledged Dak has a major problem forcing passes into coverage rather than being a leader and spreading the ball around. No one forced Dak to make those throws, unless of course that was the plan all along. Throw it regardless, we'll blame him for our downfall. Now that Dak has the Dak friendly pieces the coaches will shift the blame to Dak next it they fail? Stay tuned.

All I got from your response is...

Dez. I'll always love you.

 

[Billyd]

Just curious why you hold Stephen Jones responsible for that pick and trying to replace Leary with him. The pick was more likely the responsibility of Will McClay (and his staff of scouts) and possibly offensive line coach Frank Pollack. It also was more than likely the offensive coaches (including Garrett) who told the owners that Green could start, which led to the team doing nothing more than signing Cooper and Bell.

I get that the Joneses have ultimately decision-making power, but I'm very doubtful that they know what players to draft without major input from the scouts and coaches or what players are capable of starting without major input from the coaches.

Im glad you brought that up..Maybe you dont remember the atmosphere in the draft that year or what Greene was coming out of college..It was a third round pick..Green was a reach at three, was injury prone in college..It was a risk pick at three..I dont believe that Will would have mis-evaluated him, i think it was a pick they might have set aside for a later pick...Especially with the needs at Rb that year...Stephen made the risk call..Its classic Jerry risk maneuvering...Frank took the hickey on it, But no question that was a Stephen move..One more thing, Anybody should have been able to see that Green did not win the lg job in training camp. COOPER was superior then..Its simple Stephen was pushing to start Green coz Roi...

 

[G2]

10-20 for the season? How about several a game for several games...

I'm simply not making excuses for Dak and hope he turns it around, but let's not act like he has maybe 1 bad pass a game. How many forced passes to Dez alone in tight coverage when someone else was wide open or vice versa.

Some of you really can't be serious about this.

Unless you can show what throws you're talking about I don't really see the relevance of making the statements. What passes exactly were forced? What one's were overthrown or under-thrown? What one's were simply thrown away? What ones were from the WR not making a correct read or route?
Until we can honestly see these facts saying "several a game" is a little dishonest. IMO

 

[InTheZone]

All I got from your response is...

Dez. I'll always love you.

And Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....

 

[InTheZone]

Unless you can show what throws you're talking about I don't really see the relevance of making the statements. What passes exactly were forced? What one's were overthrown or under-thrown? What one's were simply thrown away? What ones were from the WR not making a correct read or route?
Until we can honestly see these facts saying "several a game" is a little dishonest. IMO

Watch the games. I'll be sure to bookmark this for you if you'd like to me to keep a play by play anaysis of every drop back by Dak in 2018. Stay tuned.

 

[G2]

Watch the games. I'll be sure to bookmark this for you if you'd like to me to keep a play by play anaysis of every drop back by Dak in 2018. Stay tuned.

So you don't know, you're just blabbering a bunch of random "Dak sucks" thoughts in your head, right? Lol.

 

[G2]

I sure wish Dak had a legit and elite number 1 WR, because he had Witten at the tail end of his career, Dez in the worst performance years in his career and......well, no one really.

 

[InTheZone]

So you don't know, you're just blabbering a bunch of random "Dak sucks" thoughts in your head, right? Lol.

I'm not going to recite every single play as I can't name every single play, just like you can't tell me every play where he didn't throw late or didn't overthrow/underthrow a wide open receiver. I'm not even sure why you're even questioning my post because no matter what I said has no validity with you. Your response was borderline trolling.