Regardless of stats Prescott was most effective in 2016. He had more pop to his acceleration and more air in his tyres. He seemed to make more plays albeit generally with his legs but it was more effective for the team and worked better when the offense was centred around Elliott.
Prescott did not impress me last season despite all of those stats he didn't even have a couple of games where he was the x factor and key to the offense in turn help winning the game. Going back to 2016 and the excellent team wins away to the Packers and Steelers, whilst Elliott for me was the main key I was impressed with how Prescott played his role in both games and as a rookie QB he even made a very composed and important throw to Dez to help beat the Steelers.
Since the team has relied on his arm more the team has become less efficient at winning games. Even if people point at stats where he has improved his throwing a third down x y and z it's just clear that the team is far better suited and more successful when the offense is based around Elliott.
Dak is great at driving the bus and I would like him to use his legs far more like in 2016. The problem for him and his fans is that....that isn't worth $35+ million a season. That's the issue.
So I think the powers that be tried to go to a more throwing oriented offense to justify adjusting Prescott's role and his impending contract. It took the ball out of Elliott's hands and into Prescott's. It helped improve his individual stats but as a result the offense got worse against good teams.
I overall agree with your post.
We have not seen 2016 Dak since..
2016.
Everything changed after 2016. Zeke's suspension happened and Dak had to win without him. Once Zeke returned, we got better but Dak still did not complete the comeback to make the playoffs.
Dak failed again this year to win when the pressure was on against Philly, who was a severely wounded team at the time. We ended up out of the playoffs again.
If the Dak lovers want to point at his stats as reason to pay and keep Dak, the haters will load Dak up with the losses to teams with winning records.
It all has to be acknowledged and discussed responsibly.
To me, Dak has turned out exactly like Romo. Flashes of success followed by regression followed by recovery and renewed hope, etc.
This sells tickets. Not satisfy it's most loyal fans.
So while everyone of us beat our tin cups on our prison bars..we still get a slice of bread and a cup of water as our reward.
As long as Jerrah continues to spend his resources on things other than building the team better..nothing really changes.
I think the players understand this. It explains partially why they play like they do.
