7 Sacks Broken Down

[texbumthelife]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

I read here his poop doesn't stink either.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

sooo welcome back Connor Williams?

That could be, but the DT's of the Saints are pretty good.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Sacks are rarely the QBs fault. Fumbles on the other hand are 100% of the time. Dak needs to protect the ball better and he needs to hit open receivers. He’s like a 75 on Madden right now. We need him to be a 90.

I blame the OL more so than Dak for the inept offensive performance last night. They were just awful.

 

[Kaiser]

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

Pearls, swine, deaf ears, stop making sense, etc, etc, etc.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Just watched the game replay...people placing a majority of the blame on Dak are clueless.

The 1st sack fumble was due to the LG getting absolutely demolished backwards right into Dak Prescott less than 2 seconds after the sack, almost provided no resistance.

Rinse repeat for the other sacks except 1, maybe 2.

Compare the protection Brees got to what Dak got. Night and Day. You could argue that Brees had bad pass blocking as well, which is an absolute indictment for how pathetic this o-line is.

 

[ak47kaehu]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

Good breakdown. Pressure/ sacks really does disrupt a qbs timing and placement of the ball. Fortunately dak had a decent game dispite being constantly under pressure. He did lose a fumble but im glad he wont force a throw into coverage just to get it picked! Look at God Drew Brees and how he did under pressure.

 

[Clove]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

Not to mention that the Saints are top dogs up front. 1 top 7 sacker in the league and another top 21 in sacks, AND US, with 4 average to below average linemen including Collins.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

based on your descriptions, 3 out of 7 were his fault. 7th one, he had the rusher to his right, but didn't realize he was coming and needed to step up in the pocket. that's how you buy extra time, instead he never looked to the right and got strip sacked.

the 1st sack, you have 3 seconds, pocket is closing. no one open, throw it high and out of bounds....why hold on to the ball...recognition is slow.

the 3rd sack..if he had 3.92 seconds...then he should have got rid of the ball...


he doesn't quite have the pocket awareness he needs....he doesn't recognize what's going on around him and have a feel to move up in the pocket.

 

[Ken]

Cooper was open coming across the middle on one of them and Dak had time to lead him but didn’t throw it and was sacked. I saw it on the replay. I’m on board with your point though and I said it after last week’s game. The routes need time to develop and too often the OL isn’t giving it. I do think Dak holds the ball too long waiting on WRs to be wide open. He is not good at anticipating the wr being open.

May have been the 5th one

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

I was saying the same thing in the game thread. Almost every sack was under 3 seconds. You broke it down in much more detail than I could have do great job and your facts proves what I was thinking.

 

[droopdog7]

So here's a question. Obviously the protection will break down various times during games for every team. And sometimes everyone is covered (though I believe there a opportunities on pretty much every play).

So, what percentage of the times should a QB be sacked when the protection or routes are not perfect? What percentage of the times should they fumble when they get hit? Just seems like he runs himself into things more than others and does not protect the ball like he should. Seven plays where he was sacked is simply an incomplete analysis.

And I'm not here to kill dak. He's our QB and I hope he plays well every single week. But something doesn't pass the sniff test with respect to pocket awareness.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

People that absolve Dak of any kind of blame are just as bad as the ones that blame him for everything.

People do know there is a middle area, right?

Not everything is on a Dak, not everything is on the O line, not everything is on the receivers, and not everything is on the coaching staff.

People that defend Dak has never said he doesn't have some blame and that's the difference between the ones that blame him for everything.

 

[Ken]

I like effort but it's really not that simple. He has to know the game situation. He can not under any circumstances take that last sack where he fumbled. it's much better to throw the ball out of the endzone than to get a sack. He should have look at his first read based on presnap read, if it was covered, quick glance to 2 and then ball out. QB have to be able to see the blitz and know they are out manned and get rid of the ball as well, he struggles at this. and Yes, he holds the ball to long.

It is like you didn't read that he was hit in 2.5 seconds as he was throwing.

Just make up your own facts...hillarious.

 

[Ken]

PFF basically agrees with the OP

Su'a-Filo 5 pressures (3 sacks, 2 hurries)
Collins 5 pressures (2 sacks, 3 hurries)
Martin 3 pressures (1 hit, 2 hurries)

1 sack and 1 hurry attributes to Dak himself.
1 hurry each to Zeke, Rico, and Rod Smith.

Fleming & Looney clean.

Dak has to anticipate that his LG is going to get killed lol

 

[Corso]

Yep, these folks that want to blame Prescott for ALL those sacks clearly have an agenda.

Haven't talked to you in a hot minute.
I don't even know why...

 

[Corso]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

If you're accurate and objective in your analysis...
Well done!

If not... I'm not one to give effort to prove you wrong.

All I know is that this offense is not a good offense.
This team is a very good team.

I'd like to see this offense get better.
Now: how does that happen?

 

[xwalker]

Since everyone LOVES to blame Dak that he is holding the ball too long and it is all his fault...let's take a look at the 7:

1st: 3rd and 5 at NO 5; No where to go with the ball, DT breaks free in under 3 seconds, Makes contact with Dak 3.06 seconds. There was no one open and those that claim he had Zeke coming across the front, not open until he is about to get hit and Dak has already pulled it down. COVERAGE SACK. OL blocking was ok...not great.

2nd 3rd and 6- Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Sua Fila got beat bad. Had no chance at all. NOT DAKS FAULT.

3rd: 2nd and 6- Cowboys go empty set motioning Zeke out wide. N.O. goes looks to be man cover 2... Total coverage sack here as Dak had no where to go with the ball....at all. Sacked in 3.92 seconds. Started running at about 3.3 seconds and almost made it back to LOS. COVERAGE SACK. OL was good.

4th: 3rd and 7: This is the play where he pulls it down and gets the ball hit out of his hand by the defender in 2.3 seconds. Sua Fila got completely destroyed and pushed back into Dak in that amount of time. NOT HIS FAULT. OL was terrible.

5th- 1st and 10- Dak Sacked in 2.5 seconds. Protection was horrible as they brought a delayed blitz by the lb and he came running free on a stunt. Little chance for Dak to do anything. Don't have coaches film for this one so I can't see all of the options...may have had a crossing route with a bit more time. NOT DAK'S FAULT. Didn't Hold the ball to long. Limited option to dump to if any.

6th: 2nd and 8. Dak bails on a pretty good pocket in under 2 seconds. Not sure if this was a run try by Dak but this was the play Dak got facemasked with no call. If he stayed in the pocket, had Beasley in the flat where he was looking initially. On DAK as he ran into that sack (Do wonder if he was trying to run though)

7th: Sacked in 2.61 seconds. Fumbled trying to pass...can't see if he had a play without coaches film.

Horrible Protection!!! Not Dak's fault.


So 1 out of 7 can be directly attributed to Dak. The other's are a poor OL or Coverage Sacks.

Please stop repeating the stupid mantra that they are Dak's fault. Thank you.

Awesome breakdown.

 

[Roadtrip635]

It's different things at different times. Last night the pass rush was getting there very fast on many plays, some of that was having 3 backups starting, communication and inexperience as a unit is part of that but the NO defense has also been getting much better. Dak does need to improve his presnap reads, but that's also on the OL/blockers and knowing how to handle the stunts and blitzes too. Dak does have a tendency to hold the ball too long, some of that, I believe, is too much confidence in his scrambling ability and wanting to make a play. He has to learn when to stand, tuck and run or throw it away and make those decisions quicker. Dak has to be better in securing the ball, think that's where his overconfidence in his own strength and scrambling gets him into trouble.

Dak needs to get better with hot reads, some of it is just inexperience and experience together as a unit. The WR/TEs also has to be on the same page with Dak and both know when to break off a route. I think this is where we really miss a guy like Witten, having a sure handed big target in short routes that knows how to give him a target. This is also where the OC comes needs to improve, needs more hot routes built in to plays, especially like times last night where the def is getting quick pressure. The OC also needs to adjust some of the playcalling. It seems that the default is to always go into a shotgun when the defense is getting pressure, but would like to see them call more under center 3 step drops. That seems counter intuitive, but Dak does throw those quick passes well and especially with Coop and Beasley's ability to win matchups and get yards, would help negate some of the pass rush and a little more unpredictability to the offense.

 

[shabazz]

Yep.

To blame Prescott for all 7 sacks is goofy.

I agree. He’s the epitome of mediocrity so I blame him for 3.5.

But his passing still leaves a lot to be desired. Deer in the headlights personified

 

[Ken]

If you're accurate and objective in your analysis...
Well done!

If not... I'm not one to give effort to prove you wrong.

All I know is that this offense is not a good offense.
This team is a very good team.

I'd like to see this offense get better.
Now: how does that happen?

It is what happened. Compare my analysis of the Sua Fila getting killed to what happened in the video that someone posted.

The other, Sua gave up he got bull rush into Dak