A Statistical look at Dak! He is really good

[FLCowboyFan]

This article makes a point how great BOTH Romo and Dak are. We have an embarrassment of riches and I'm tickled pink

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-playing-about-as-well-as-tony-romo-ever-has/

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is sailing into uncharted territory for a rookie passer. Prescott shined again in Dallas’s 35-10 rout of the Cleveland Browns Sunday, completing 21 of 27 passes for 247 yards (9.1 per attempt), three touchdowns and zero interceptions. According to ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (QBR), Prescott had the NFL’s top quarterbacking performance of the week,1 the second time in nine weeks he’s claimed top honors. All told, Prescott’s first eight starts are easily the best of any rookie signal-caller since ESPN began tracking QBR in 2006:

 

[CCBoy]

So, we can once again trust in Jason Garrett and the coaching staff for doing what they set out to do...fix the quarterback position with two quality players.

 

[VACowboy]

This article makes a point how great BOTH Romo and Dak are. We have an embarrassment of riches and I'm tickled pink

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-playing-about-as-well-as-tony-romo-ever-has/

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is sailing into uncharted territory for a rookie passer. Prescott shined again in Dallas’s 35-10 rout of the Cleveland Browns Sunday, completing 21 of 27 passes for 247 yards (9.1 per attempt), three touchdowns and zero interceptions. According to ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating (QBR), Prescott had the NFL’s top quarterbacking performance of the week,1 the second time in nine weeks he’s claimed top honors. All told, Prescott’s first eight starts are easily the best of any rookie signal-caller since ESPN began tracking QBR in 2006:

Interesting read. Thanks for the post!

 

[theogt]

Sometimes you have to sit back and just truly take in how unbelievably lucky we got with this pick. Forget any QB controversy and just realize we now are a contender for the next decade. No need to cycle through a parade of "could bes". We have our guy.

 

[DogFace]

Yep. Great read

 

[Duane]

So, we can once again trust in Jason Garrett and the coaching staff for doing what they set out to do...fix the quarterback position with two quality players.

Don't get me wrong I'm extremely happy with how things turned out. But I think it's more like even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Dak was like our 4th or 5th favorite QB in the draft. We just lucked out and had the other ones taken before we picked.

 

[visionary]

So, we can once again trust in Jason Garrett and the coaching staff for doing what they set out to do...fix the quarterback position with two quality players.

Lol
Typical Garrett homies giving him credit for a QB who he did not pick and a player they had ranked lower than Connor Cook that he believed in so much he waited until the 4th Rd comp pick to pick him

 

[CCBoy]

Don't get me wrong I'm extremely happy with how things turned out. But I think it's more like even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Dak was like our 4th or 5th favorite QB in the draft. We just lucked out and had the other ones taken before we picked.

If one is betting on the ol' blind squirrel shot, then Tony Romo falls in that category as well. That makes two for the nuts deals...

 

[Cowboys22]

Sometimes you have to sit back and just truly take in how unbelievably lucky we got with this pick. Forget any QB controversy and just realize we now are a contender for the next decade. No need to cycle through a parade of "could bes". We have our guy.

Don't get me wrong I'm extremely happy with how things turned out. But I think it's more like even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Dak was like our 4th or 5th favorite QB in the draft. We just lucked out and had the other ones taken before we picked.

I really wish people would get off this we got lucky thing. They were in on Dak from the beginning. They scouted him and correctly determined his draft stock. Yes they had their eye on other QBs but you never get your 1st pick at every position in the draft. That's why you scout multiple players. They also have built the OL and drafted Zeke which has helped him have success. Those things are not luck. They are the execution of a plan. Dak's intangibles were known to all and Dallas pulled the trigger. It's not luck, it's good scouting and drafting.

 

[Bullflop]

If one is betting on the ol' blind squirrel shot, then Tony Romo falls in that category as well. That makes two for the nuts deals...

Better to be lucky than wrong, I always say!! (Although being so lucky twice makes you wonder if it's all luck.)

 

[Doomsday101]

Don't get me wrong I'm extremely happy with how things turned out. But I think it's more like even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. Dak was like our 4th or 5th favorite QB in the draft. We just lucked out and had the other ones taken before we picked.

We lucked out that no one else took him. However I do give the Cowboys credit, they worked him out they went through an extensive interview process with him and instead of drafting another player in that 4th rd they choose Dak. I will not say there was not some luck involved since there are 31 other teams picking but in the end Dallas did draft Dak and others did not.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

We lucked out that no one else took him. However I do give the Cowboys credit, they worked him out they went through an extensive interview process with him and instead of drafting another player in that 4th rd they choose Dak. I will not say there was not some luck involved since there are 31 other teams picking but in the end Dallas did draft Dak and others did not.

Exactly right.

And on top of that there's the putting him in an environment where he can succeed and then provide the coaching to help make sure it all comes together.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I really wish people would get off this we got lucky thing. They were in on Dak from the beginning. They scouted him and correctly determined his draft stock. Yes they had their eye on other QBs but you never get your 1st pick at every position in the draft. That's why you scout multiple players. They also have built the OL and drafted Zeke which has helped him have success. Those things are not luck. They are the execution of a plan. Dak's intangibles were known to all and Dallas pulled the trigger. It's not luck, it's good scouting and drafting.

True.

Wade Wilson spent a lot of time with the kid.

The Cowboys simply drafted him where they thought they could maximize value.

Obviously they didn't know how quickly and well he would acclimate to the NFL... I mean who could? And that goes for just about every pick in every round.

But to call the Cowboys' drafting of Dak Prescott "lucky" is ludicrous.

 

[CATCH17]

Sometimes you have to sit back and just truly take in how unbelievably lucky we got with this pick. Forget any QB controversy and just realize we now are a contender for the next decade. No need to cycle through a parade of "could bes". We have our guy.

Agreed..

But...


Are we really this lucky or is our OL and Zeke just that good?

Could a QB like Romo elevate this even more?

Just saying.. Questions I ask myself.

 

[Maxmadden]

I think the Cowboys really liked Dak better than a lot of the QB's they tried to get. They viewed Dak as a long term project because he had never taken snaps from under center, but with Romo's injury history they were desperate to take a chance on a QB that they could prepare sooner.

The Cowboys were really high on Dak prior to the draft and did extensive homework on Dak. We have been lucky he has came along as well as he has, but you have to give the FO some credit.

It wasn't just blind luck.

 

[noshame]

As Hodge said he's never seen a rookie play at this level, from way back In his playing days till now.

The offense Dak is running at this point is as complex as any he's seen, and running it like a ten year vet.

 

[tyke1doe]

I really wish people would get off this we got lucky thing. They were in on Dak from the beginning. They scouted him and correctly determined his draft stock. Yes they had their eye on other QBs but you never get your 1st pick at every position in the draft. That's why you scout multiple players. They also have built the OL and drafted Zeke which has helped him have success. Those things are not luck. They are the execution of a plan. Dak's intangibles were known to all and Dallas pulled the trigger. It's not luck, it's good scouting and drafting.

Bingo. The draft isn't just about taking the best player but taking the best player based on his projected value. You may have Dak as a first-round talent, but if his value is fourth-round, you'd be stupid to draft him before that round because you can get a player whose value is greater in the round appropriate to his value.

I've been arguing this point all along. If a comic book is worth $10,000 but you can get it at $4,000, why would you pay $10,000 for it when you can use the $6,000 savings for something appropriate to the value of the cash you have remaining?

Obviously, teams weren't taking Dak before the fourth round, otherwise, they would have. We got him at the bottom of the fourth, yet his production is that of a quarterback picked with the first or second overall pick. Now THAT'S a bargain.

 

[Cowboys22]

We lucked out that no one else took him. However I do give the Cowboys credit, they worked him out they went through an extensive interview process with him and instead of drafting another player in that 4th rd they choose Dak. I will not say there was not some luck involved since there are 31 other teams picking but in the end Dallas did draft Dak and others did not.

You can say the same thing about every single player drafted after #1 overall in every draft that turns out to be a good player.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Bingo. The draft isn't just about taking the best player but taking the best player based on his projected value. You may have Dak as a first-round talent, but if his value is fourth-round, you'd be stupid to draft him before that round because you can get a player whose value is greater in the round appropriate to his value.

I've been arguing this point all along. If a comic book is worth $10,000 but you can get it at $4,000, why would you pay $10,000 for it when you can use the $6,000 savings for something appropriate to the value of the cash you have remaining?

Obviously, teams weren't taking Dak before the fourth round, otherwise, they would have. We got him at the bottom of the fourth, yet his production is that of a quarterback picked with the first or second overall pick. Now THAT'S a bargain.

Yep and maybe the #1 positive attribute of the kid is his poise and that's probably the most difficult thing for anyone to judge pre-draft.

 

[tyke1doe]

I think the Cowboys really liked Dak better than a lot of the QB's they tried to get. They viewed Dak as a long term project because he had never taken snaps from under center, but with Romo's injury history they were desperate to take a chance on a QB that they could prepare sooner.

The Cowboys were really high on Dak prior to the draft and did extensive homework on Dak. We have been lucky he has came along as well as he has, but you have to give the FO some credit.

It wasn't just blind luck.

I think one of the reasons the Cowboys took Dak in the fourth is because they wanted him as a FUTURE starter rather than an IMMEDIATE starter.

They were convinced he had the talent and the intelligence to groom behind Romo. So they snagged him in the lower rounds because not only was that his "estimated" value but because they didn't want any questions about his role (usually when quarterbacks are taken higher, the expectation is that they'll be playing sooner).

However, what they thought would be a three-year project turned out to be a one-year project. Dak was more ready than they thought. And now we're talking about whether Tony Romo should ever get his job back.