A Look Back At Dak Prescott 9-9-16

[big dog cowboy]

DAK PRESCOTT
Can a Rookie Quarterback Be the Big Man in Dallas?
BY JASON KING
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Two days before Dak Prescott’s NFL debut, the quarterback of the world’s richest sports franchise has a problem.

He needs more tickets.

The Dallas Cowboys—who are worth an estimated $4 billion, according to Forbes—only issue their players two complimentary seats to each home game, forcing Prescott’s friends and relatives to get creative before Sunday’s season opener against the New York Giants.

Rodney Guin, Prescott’s high school coach from tiny Haughton, Louisiana, says the local newspaper reporter is covering the contest. Maybe he can sneak Guin in with an extra press pass. Childhood friend Jeremy Hicks, a security guard at a Shreveport travel stop, says he might purchase a standing-room-only ticket for $29 and watch Prescott do his thing from the AT&T Stadium concourse.

Then there’s Phillip Glyn Ebarb, the uncle who helped raise Prescott and who remains one of his closest confidants. A part-time swim coach and owner of a T-shirt store in the east Texas town of Orange, Ebarb says he and his wife may need to have “a huge garage sale” to cover the costs of attending Prescott’s games. Halfway-decent seats, he says, can’t be found for less than $350.

“We weren’t prepared for this financially,” Ebarb chuckles. “We spent all of our money on preseason games, because we figured those were the only times Dak would get to play very much.”

He pauses.

“Don’t get me wrong,” Ebarb says. “I knew Dak’s opportunity would come eventually. I just didn’t think it would happen this fast.”

No one did.

A fourth-round pick from Mississippi State, Prescott was the breakout star of the NFL preseason when he completed 78 percent of his passes (39-of-50) for 454 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. His quarterback rating was the best of any rookie signal-caller in the league.

He's better than anybody thought he was," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters Thursday.

“He told us, ‘All 31 teams that passed up on me, they’re going to know who Dak Prescott is,’” Griffin says. “He’s got a chip on his shoulder now. He wants to prove that everyone who doubted him made a mistake.”

“He’s the complete package,” Cowboys receiver Cole Beasley says. “He just gets it. He carries himself like a pro—yet he’s never been one.”

Read much much more: http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/dak-prescott/

Who's ready for round 2???

 

[CATCH17]

I can't believe the Rams chose Goff over Carson Wentz and Dak.

 

[mattjames2010]

I can't believe the Rams chose Goff over Carson Wentz and Dak.

99% of this board would have laughed at the Rams even more if they chose to wait and get Dak in the fourth rather than Goff in the first.

 

[MileyDancer]

99% of this board would have laughed at the Rams even more if they chose to wait and get Dak in the fourth rather than Goff in the first.

Agreed. We got lucky. But, the Patriots got lucky too. Hopefully we can accomplish winning SB's as well.

 

[jday]

DAK PRESCOTT
Can a Rookie Quarterback Be the Big Man in Dallas?
BY JASON KING
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Two days before Dak Prescott’s NFL debut, the quarterback of the world’s richest sports franchise has a problem.

He needs more tickets.

The Dallas Cowboys—who are worth an estimated $4 billion, according to Forbes—only issue their players two complimentary seats to each home game, forcing Prescott’s friends and relatives to get creative before Sunday’s season opener against the New York Giants.

Rodney Guin, Prescott’s high school coach from tiny Haughton, Louisiana, says the local newspaper reporter is covering the contest. Maybe he can sneak Guin in with an extra press pass. Childhood friend Jeremy Hicks, a security guard at a Shreveport travel stop, says he might purchase a standing-room-only ticket for $29 and watch Prescott do his thing from the AT&T Stadium concourse.

Then there’s Phillip Glyn Ebarb, the uncle who helped raise Prescott and who remains one of his closest confidants. A part-time swim coach and owner of a T-shirt store in the east Texas town of Orange, Ebarb says he and his wife may need to have “a huge garage sale” to cover the costs of attending Prescott’s games. Halfway-decent seats, he says, can’t be found for less than $350.

“We weren’t prepared for this financially,” Ebarb chuckles. “We spent all of our money on preseason games, because we figured those were the only times Dak would get to play very much.”

He pauses.

“Don’t get me wrong,” Ebarb says. “I knew Dak’s opportunity would come eventually. I just didn’t think it would happen this fast.”

No one did.

A fourth-round pick from Mississippi State, Prescott was the breakout star of the NFL preseason when he completed 78 percent of his passes (39-of-50) for 454 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. His quarterback rating was the best of any rookie signal-caller in the league.



Read much much more: http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/dak-prescott/

Who's ready for round 2???

You really can't quantify how special last year was. If there was a device used to measure just how special a situation is, last year would have seriously broken that device. So many things had to happen first....think about it:

If Romo doesn't get hurt in 2015, the Cowboys would not have gone 4 and 12 and wouldn't have qualified for the fourth overall pick in the 2016 draft. Dak was the result of a compensatory pick; what Cowboy was allowed to walk to make that pick a reality? Demarco? The Broncos had to leapfrog the Cowboys in the first for Paxton Lynch. The Raiders later leapfrogged the Cowboys for Connor Cook. The draft had to unfold in just the right way and viola the Cowboys draw what will likely be considered the best draft of all time, barring a bust label on either Tapper or Smith. But if Smith, Tapper, Gaithers, and Frazier at any point start in the next three years, I seriously doubt a previous draft could compete with 2016.