Dak Prescott's Strengths

[ConstantReboot]

Bootlegs, play action, and designed QB runs would be a good start.

It amazes me that a team that runs so much use so very little or no play action at all.

I watch when Romo in the 2010-2011 season before Garrett had time to corrupt our offense. We built our offense focused on play action. We were one of the top offenses then.

Now that seems to have been scratched from the playbook.

 

[exciter]

Dak with no deep ball has a top 10 all time passer rating. With a deep ball he’s an undeniable top 5 quarterback.

If half those misses turn into connections cowboys will be in multiple nfc championship games

Because hes relies on short high % throws, roll outs and dump offs, 3 years into his career and he still functions as a 3rd stringer forced into play!

 

[ConstantReboot]

Shannahan in San Francisco.

All I want for Christmas.....

is a new head coach named Kyle Shanahan.

 

[black label]

Amari: “Hey Dak, I’m single covered and I’ve got my man beat! Throw it up!!!”

 

[ConstantReboot]

A gimmicky offense that relies heavily on running the ball which doesn’t translate to long term sustainable success in today’s NFL.

If your QB can’t stand in the pocket, read a defense, and throw the ball down the field in an accurate and timely manor your OC is going to be pretty freaking handcuffed. Sure, there are different things an OC can do to help Dak, but what happens when the D adjusts? Consistently completing passes 10+ yards down the field isn’t much to ask and no matter what gimmicks you come up with winning big/important games long term is going to come down to that.

If the D adjusts then the OCs job is to adjust with it. Our OC and Coach have no concept of what to do to adjust. They both want Dak to run the offense as they drew it out on paper.

If we had coaches that can adjust to Dak's strengths then you would probably have a point. But our coaches don't adjust. They stick with the same gameplan over and over, win or lose.

 

[exciter]

It amazes me that a team that runs so much use so very little or no play action at all.

I watch when Romo in the 2010-2011 season before Garrett had time to corrupt our offense. We built our offense focused on play action. We were one of the top offenses then.

Now that seems to have been scratched from the playbook.

Parcels lived off the play action and that was with mediocre RBS at best. Dont know why Garrett doesn't use it...its mind boggling. It was almost reasonable with F. Jones as no one took it seriously but with Murray and now Zeke it should be a staple especially with a limited qb!

 

[Bennie]

Dak better than romo.

If he develop a deep ball he’s a top 5 quarterback

Ya watch this video and say that again with a straight face!

 

[charron]

Gallup slowed up on that one play and now all of a sudden he has "route speed consistency"? Damn, dude, those overthrows were all on Dak except one. Just admit it

Gallop slowed up cause he didnt think he was getting the ball. He looked back saw it was coming and speed back up. These receivers are losing confidence in Daks ability to get them the ball. How long did Beasley have to sit in his zone and wait? Longer than it took a LB to break and get in front of him for the deflection.

 

[Tractor1]

I see this as a common theme on this board and the radio shows: We need an OC that can design plays around Dak's strengths.

IMO here are Dak's strengths: Great Leadership skills, Great Character, good work ethic, big body and tough to bring down, 'good' runner, Durable, throws well outside the pocket

(I wholeheartedly admin the big 3 he has: Leadership, Character and Durability are amazing traits to have in your franchise QB and those are not teachable by coaching, these skills are inherent)

So what would an offense designed around his strengths look like exactly?

DAN CASEY
I’ve had some younger quarterbacks on my teams, and with a traditional drop back, you’re asking them to identify a coverage. You’re asking them to make maybe a secondary or a third read. And that’s actually really difficult for a young quarterback to do.

With the RPO stuff, it’s like, “All right, dude. Look at the Mike backer. If the Mike backer steps up, you throw the slant behind him. And if the Mike backer drops, you hand it off to the running back.” And so it’s literally simplified it so much for my quarterback that he almost doesn’t even have to think.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

A gimmicky offense that relies heavily on running the ball which doesn’t translate to long term sustainable success in today’s NFL.

If your QB can’t stand in the pocket, read a defense, and throw the ball down the field in an accurate and timely manor your OC is going to be pretty freaking handcuffed. Sure, there are different things an OC can do to help Dak, but what happens when the D adjusts? Consistently completing passes 10+ yards down the field isn’t much to ask and no matter what gimmicks you come up with winning big/important games long term is going to come down to that.

You are right, but Cam Newton got to a Super Bowl with a gimmicky run-heavy offense. And Dak at this point is a better pure passer than Cam. All these years later and Newton is still sailing passes all over the field worse than I've ever seen Prescott do it, and everybody agrees Newton is a franchise passer.

I'm not shipping Dak off to the Hall of Fame, I just want to see what he can do with competent playcalling and an offense not designed for Tony Romo with a couple RPO's mixed in to make it look different.

 

[black label]

Ya watch this video and say that again with a straight face!

He is so bad

 

[LovinItAll]

A gimmicky offense that relies heavily on running the ball which doesn’t translate to long term sustainable success in today’s NFL.

If your QB can’t stand in the pocket, read a defense, and throw the ball down the field in an accurate and timely manor your OC is going to be pretty freaking handcuffed. Sure, there are different things an OC can do to help Dak, but what happens when the D adjusts? Consistently completing passes 10+ yards down the field isn’t much to ask and no matter what gimmicks you come up with winning big/important games long term is going to come down to that.

This 'throw down the field' narrative is such BS. Go look at NextGen passing charts. QBs throw 20+ yards downfield infrequently. They're low percentage plays.

 

[Ken]

A gimmicky offense that relies heavily on running the ball which doesn’t translate to long term sustainable success in today’s NFL.

If your QB can’t stand in the pocket, read a defense, and throw the ball down the field in an accurate and timely manor your OC is going to be pretty freaking handcuffed. Sure, there are different things an OC can do to help Dak, but what happens when the D adjusts? Consistently completing passes 10+ yards down the field isn’t much to ask and no matter what gimmicks you come up with winning big/important games long term is going to come down to that.

Let's stop acting like he has no ability to pass the ball. Sure, he struggles with accuracy like a lot of young qbs.

It is not an indictment of his ablity to say they have to use his legs. It is common sense.

 

[conner01]

Throws an accurate ball when his feet are set or rolling to his right.

His feet are key and he’s got to learn to stop and set his feet more

 

[Ken]

He is so bad

LOL.

You watch a handful of plays...the only one that was bad was the overthrow to a wide open cooper. That was bad and he seems to have 1 of those a game now.

The throw to #85 would have been a TD if not for the PI that wasn't called.

The other plays are debatable at who is at fault or if there is even an issue.

 

[RoyalCowboy]

Bootlegs, play action, and designed QB runs would be a good start.

Agreed. A few more QB Screens/Draws, RPOs and Bootlegs to keep the defense honest. They are not hard to implement. Don't know why we went away from the formula we used in 2016, regardless of the offensive line struggles this year.

 

[boysfanperiod]

If I can remember correctly wasn't Dak in the shotgun formation more his rookie year than under center?

 

[Captain-Crash]

who is this guy with this video? Doesn't he know that Dak is better than Brady, Rodgers, Brees, and ever rookie qb in the world. shesh I can't take him serious. Dak is the best ever.

 

[CowboysBravesSpurs]

Dak better than romo.

If he develop a deep ball he’s a top 5 quarterback

Its comments like this that further keep people from supporting Dak. You wanna convince people that Dak is the real deal? Not anointing him to be the chosen 1 and claiming he's amazing when he's not yet. Use your brain lmao. You're only making the hate for Dak worse. If you were to be more realistic on here, people might actually take you seriously.

 

[nate dizzle]

Dak better than romo.

If he develop a deep ball he’s a top 5 quarterback

Gonna shut off the internet now. After years of searching, I've finally found the dumbest thing I'll ever read.