Moving past 2021, Cowboys' Dak Prescott welcomes offseason focused on growth, not recovery

“The in-season is not that important, I guess you can say, as much as the offseason is,” Prescott said during the season. “But yeah, I look forward to getting back to him [when] the offseason happens.”

Prescott credits Beck and 3DQB as part of the foundation to his success. While his pregame warm-up became a viral sensation, the details of the program helped further Prescott’s game. Last offseason, however, they could not do everything they wanted because of Prescott’s recovery from the ankle injury.

“Everything had to involve rehab,” said Beck, who will not return to the Jets. “Like in the beginning there were days that we couldn’t have him on his feet going through a normal work day. We had to do things that took him off his feet and be strategic on how we’d work some rotational abilities, his balance, his mechanics without requiring too much from his leg and ankle too soon.”

Considering the detail involved in the position of the shoulder relative to the hips and the torque required to make certain throws, there was only so much they could do.

“Dak by nature is a pusher,” Beck said. “He’s going to push the envelope. He’s going to try to come back sooner, ‘Hey, I’m feeling good. Let’s go.’ But you’ve got to be smart with it.”

Most of the power comes from Prescott’s right leg, although not every throw requires the same amount of strength. A lot of the work Prescott goes through is to simulate game situations so the unnatural can become natural.

“Dak is wired that way to have great feet and be as clean as possible,” Beck said.

The goal last offseason was to get Prescott back to where he was before the injury. Now the goal is to make him better than he has ever been, “even if it’s by just one percent,” Beck said.

The workouts bounce between the Dallas area, including Prescott’s backyard turf field, and California. The time on field varies. Sometimes teammates will be on hand with Prescott putting together trips to build a better rapport on and off the field.

“I know he’s excited to have an offseason that feels like his normal offseason,” Beck said.

Moving past 2021, Cowboys' Dak Prescott welcomes offseason focused on growth, not recovery - Dallas Cowboys Blog- ESPN

“Dak is wired that way to have great feet and be as clean as possible,” Beck said..........I suggest they troubleshoot that area because it looks like faulty wiring to a lot of us

We are sooooo lucky to have such a great player leading us!!!!

PAPPYDOG said:

We are sooooo lucky to have such a great player leading us!!!!

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agreed, could not ask for better. He checks that box. The other boxes i'm a little concerned about are accuracy and read defenses.

I'm still a Dak fan. He is a good QB but, for him to win the big one we are going to need alot of help.

"A lot of the work Prescott goes through is to simulate game situations so the unnatural can become natural."

That's Dak in a nutshell. It's why we see the inconsistency,

It's not all that hard to change what's feels natural with a lot of work in low pressure situations. It is damn hard not to revert to what feels natural when the heat is cranked up and you don't have time to process what should be fundamental.

Dak is a fundamentally poor passer with a fundamentally cautious nature. He can occasionally rise above that in the right situations but he will revert to his fundamental norm every time when the pressure is on.

"His pregame warmup became a viral sensation. "

It's nice when such lofty goals are met. Brings a tear to my eye.

Vtwin said:

"A lot of the work Prescott goes through is to simulate game situations so the unnatural can become natural."

That's Dak in a nutshell. It's why we see the inconsistency,

It's not all that hard to change what's feels natural with a lot of work in low pressure situations. It is damn hard not to revert to what feels natural when the heat is cranked up and you don't have time to process what should be fundamental.

Dak is a fundamentally poor passer with a fundamentally cautious nature. He can occasionally rise above that in the right situations but he will revert to his fundamental norm every time when the pressure is on.

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He really needs to just get out there and play.

When something that should be second nature becomes something he needs to think about or work on....that's a problem.

Probably why he looks best when they get into desperation mode. The trying to think and play thing goes out the window.

After NE this year, he was also trying to avoid injury.

WAY too many things going through his head to also be able to read a defense.

Throw in the center being tossed into your lap once a drive, and a penalty nearly every drive....

fivetwos said:

He really needs to just get out there and play.

When something that should be second nature becomes something he needs to think about or work on....that's a problem.

Probably why he looks best when they get into desperation mode. The trying to think and play thing goes out the window.

After NE this year, he was also trying to avoid injury.

WAY too many things going through his head to also be able to read a defense.

Throw in the center being tossed into your lap once a drive, and a penalty nearly every drive....

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Exactly.

Vtwin said:

Exactly.

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I refuse to admit we can't win with him. We can.

I'll admit that if they attempt to continue to feature him with an expensive WR cast and a pass happy OC, it probably won't add up.

What he needs is a solid run game. That's not overly expensive to attain.

They need to get into consistent 2nd and less than five.....and also be able to do things like convert 3rd and 3-4 on the ground.

Do that well and Prescott will have a good shot.

Yes I realize his contract is in line with someone who ought to carry the team himself but thats more about ownership bungling the situation.

We don't have a good GM. Most of us understand that.

What we are doing here is debating how to maybe get lucky and win in spite of him. We all know it. Even the homers.

Good for him. Keep working young man.

fivetwos said:

I refuse to admit we can't win with him. We can.

I'll admit that if they attempt to continue to feature him with an expensive WR cast and a pass happy OC, it probably won't add up.

What he needs is a solid run game. That's not overly expensive to attain.

They need to get into consistent 2nd and less than five.....and also be able to do things like convert 3rd and 3-4 on the ground.

Do that well and Prescott will have a good shot.

Yes I realize his contract is in line with someone who ought to carry the team himself but thats more about ownership bungling the situation.

We don't have a good GM. Most of us understand that.

What we are doing here is debating how to maybe get lucky and win in spite of him. We all know it. Even the homers.

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It's no coincidence Romos best season was when he had an actual run game and we were mauling teams. Of course nobody here wants to admit he needed that run game, just like almost every qb.

Poor Beck, throw his name into the 2022 scapegoat pile.

He should have told the reporter he wants to remain anonymous.

"Prescott credits Beck and 3DQB as part of the foundation to his success"...lmao!

If that is the case then Beck is failing because I have not seen any success.

Growth. Grow a set Dak and start including the RPO in the game plan once again.

CowboysWillRise said:

It's no coincidence Romos best season was when he had an actual run game and we were mauling teams. Of course nobody here wants to admit he needed that run game, just like almost every qb.

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The Rams didn't have a 1,000 yard rusher this year.

Their leading rusher in the Super Bowl had 21 yards rushing. The Rams had 43 yards rushing total for the game.

Their leading rusher in the NFC Championship game had 48 yards rushing. The Rams had 70 yards rushing total for the game.

Their leading rusher in the Divisional game had 48 yards rushing. The Rams had 73 yards rushing total for the game.

Their leading rushing in the Wild Card game had 58 yards rushing. The Rams had 140 yards rushing total for that game.


Stafford in the Divisional, NFC Championship, and Super Bowl games did three games in a row, against the best competition possible, what Dak failed to do a single time all season. That's lead his team to a win without 100 yards of rushing support.

Don't fall for the false narrative that you need a dominate run game to win games. That is a Romo and Dak excuse, THEY needed/need that, but it's simply not true for truly great QBs.

So either Dak is great or he needs carried. It can't be both.

Its a process......

fivetwos said:

I refuse to admit we can't win with him. We can.

I'll admit that if they attempt to continue to feature him with an expensive WR cast and a pass happy OC, it probably won't add up.

What he needs is a solid run game. That's not overly expensive to attain.

They need to get into consistent 2nd and less than five.....and also be able to do things like convert 3rd and 3-4 on the ground.

Do that well and Prescott will have a good shot.

Yes I realize his contract is in line with someone who ought to carry the team himself but thats more about ownership bungling the situation.

We don't have a good GM. Most of us understand that.

What we are doing here is debating how to maybe get lucky and win in spite of him. We all know it. Even the homers.

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I never say never but I'm not optimistic that we can win a SB.

A team can win a lot of games with a strong defense and running game but at some point the QB is going to have step up and lead a drive or two like we saw throughout the playoffs. A guy like Garoppolo can help a great team go far but he had the SB in his hand and he overthrew a wide open receiver for the winner. He was a major reason they lost to the Rams by 3 points in a low scoring game. Goff showed that he tended to shrink under the lights and was sent packing.

On the other hand, Flacco was a bus driver but even he managed to play like a legit gunslinger in their SB run, Foles despite his mediocrity played like an MVP in the SB. They may have been somewhat carried to the SB but they had to step up to get the win.

Maybe Dak can do something I've not yet seen him do, it's not impossible I suppose.

I guess that's the beauty of sports... there's always next year.

I have yet to see a plausible explanation why he had really two different seasons. I mean the first half he was hit all cylinders, MVP was even mentioned, and in the second half, he looked average, struggling with routine throws/passes. It seems there were times he played not to lose rather win. Almost as if he was in complete rhythm the first half of the season, lost it somewhere, and was desperately trying to get back but couldn't. I will say, I keep thinking back to Jerry's comment in a Cooper article......can't get this out of my mind coz trust me, this is just Jerry thinking/talking. He's hearing from his circle, including coaches.


I thought Cooper had a big part of it. And I'm not being trite. But how he fits in, he should take half the field with him when he runs a route. Not half -- half is an exaggeration, of course, but a whole bunch of that defense should have to honor Cooper. And he ought to be able to catch it in the middle of when they're going with him. Others do. You throw to people that are covered all the time in the NFL. You have to. Most people don't have the numbers of receivers we've had."

shabazz said:

“Dak is wired that way to have great feet and be as clean as possible,” Beck said..........I suggest they troubleshoot that area because it looks like faulty wiring to a lot of us

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I think what Beck was saying is that WHEN Dak's feet are properly aligned and clean then he can deliver strikes.. which we have seen repeatedly. At least that's the way I took it. It's the off platform stuff that is not consistent. Up until this year he was the best on the run thrower I'd ever seen. This season he had become deadly from the pocket as well... Right up to the point of the calf injury.. When he came back from that he was not the same player I don't care what he says. That thing knocked him off kilter and he never really got it 100% back. It would show up occasionally but it was never consistent after New England. I assume a full offseason dedicated to his mechanics and footwork will get him back to where he was in games 1-6. Obviously though the real key is keeping him at that level for 17 games and the playoffs. I'm not going to sit here and tell you I know how to do that.. But if they can figure it out we're going to the Super Bowl..