I don’t think the issue is pocket awareness. It’s a situation where his willingness to take a hit combined with his ability to scramble blur the line re when to throw a ball away. Most QBs don’t have to make a call like that because converting with their legs isn’t the same viable option.
And really, if it weren’t for the fumbles I’d be fine with it. He converts so many drives with his legs flushed out of the pocket. And his OT play this year has been downright bad at times. I can live with the long sacks that are mostly protection failings, because when the game is in the line Dak is clutch.
Protect him properly and half of the problem goes away. The other half is the slippery ball issue. Dak needs to fix that, and I’m not sure how he does it. It seems a lot of the time it’s happening on pump fakes because he’s sweaty and doesn’t have a great grip on the ball. Experiment with a glove again, maybe?
That's pretty much my take on this. I do not have as much a problem with all the sacks as I do the fumbles.
To say "Well he needs to throw the ball in 2.5 seconds" is easy.
But what if no one is open in 2.5 seconds? Which is probably more than likely...
Then does he toss the ball out of bounds and stop the clock?
The offense didn't score a lot of points vs. the Saints BUT what it did do was hog the football.
And if you don't think that completion percentage of 80-some % didn't have a big hand in that, then you're way off base. Dak kept the clock moving, moving and moving by completing pass after pass.
In addition what about the passes he DOES complete after holding the ball after 3 seconds? So you want to give all those up and instead force an incompletion at 2.5 seconds???? Dumb.