The reality is Dak is a TO machine.
He was on pace in 2020 before the injuries to be a league leader in TOs, with 7 TOs in 5 games.
Again, this idea Dak protects the ball is a myth. The guy runs the system given to him and the more responsibility given to him, the more he demonstrates his limitations. It was Linehan’s scheming that helped him protect the ball as well.
In 2017, when Dak started off upto when Linehan took the passing reigns from him after the Denver game, he threw I think 2 pick 6s at that point. He had 4 INTs and 1 fumble in his first five games, then Linehan went really run heavy with Zeke. Then Zeke was suspended and against Atlanta, he added 2 more fumbles to his stat count and then threw 3 INTs against the Eagles and so on.
Dak is now throwing pick 6s at an alarming rate the “more aggressive” they tell him to be.
So 2016 was basically where the “legend” was born and afterwards the scherade continued for who knows how..