Passing yards wouldnt be a big deal, but trolls like you used to say Dak wasnt good enough because he had average stats. Only threw for 200 something yards and couldnt throw deep, light it up, pass for a lot of TD's, ect......ect....
So now when Dak proves you dead wrong, we love to throw it in your face and laugh.
I don't know whether to agree or not. Stats without context are useless. Highs and lows even out over a season and you're left with no real means of understanding what happened in each game. And while season stats are great for accolades and personal highs/satisfaction, they mean very little in the grand scheme of winning and losing. So I went on a witch hunt.....
QBs who have thrown the Most Passes in a Game without throwing a TD.
At the top of the list is Dan Marino (38 of 60, 389, 0 TDs and 3 picks and Joe Montana (33 of 60 for 441, 0 TDs, 3 picks).
Matthew Stafford
most yards in a game without a TD (37 of 56, 443, 0 TDs, 1 pick). It happens to all of 'em.
Of the top 100 games where a QB threw more than 47 passes and 0 TDs, there were only 7 wins and 3 ties.
If you look at
post season, Steve Young went 32 of 65 for 328, 0 TD, and 2 picks. Lost to the Packer 27-17.
So it seems no matter how you slice it, if the QB position isn't producing points, you have a 90% chance of losing on any given Sunday.
(Dak, the highest ranked Cowboy, checks in at #201, 25 of 45, 0 TDs, a loss to the Giants (19-20) in 2016. His first game.
