BTB: Cowboys Quarterback Dak Prescott Has A Lot Of Growing Left To Do

[PJTHEDOORS]

Not that much they do not. At least not the elite ones. People are already anointing him.

Just as people are already pickng apart every throw he makes to a fine science. Even with all his so called probs, he's still at 66.8% completion rate. The guy is a rookie. He's seeing different defensive formations from teams for the 1st time. I guess some aren't happy until he is in the 70% range.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Elite qb's makng bad throws....



Dec 17, 2013

The question was posed to Jones because Romo threw two fourth-quarter interceptions in Sunday's 37-36 loss to the Green Bay Packers, who rallied from a 23-point halftime deficit.

Jones maintained that Romo has to "take risks" with the ball in order to help Dallas (7-7) remain in the playoff hunt.

 

[Clove]

Elite qb's makng bad throws....



Dec 17, 2013

The question was posed to Jones because Romo threw two fourth-quarter interceptions in Sunday's 37-36 loss to the Green Bay Packers, who rallied from a 23-point halftime deficit.

Jones maintained that Romo has to "take risks" with the ball in order to help Dallas (7-7) remain in the playoff hunt.

Fuzzy has been officially owned. Again...

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Just as people are already pickng apart every throw he makes to a fine science. Even with all his so called probs, he's still at 66.8% completion rate. The guy is a rookie. He's seeing different defensive formations from teams for the 1st time. I guess some aren't happy until he is in the 70% range.

It's a difference in philosophy specifically epistemology. I think a macro approach leads to decent hypothesis but makes for poor science if relied on.

You need to reduce a thing to its constituent parts. It's why things like particle physics are precise while psychology and economics are dismal science fraught with error.

 

[JBell]

Holy Nitpicking Batman.

Those two completions to Dez that this writer highlighted as "flaws" are part of what makes Dak so efficient.

Dak making sure a receiver is going to be open isn't a bad thing. Big reason why he has a 106 QB Rating, 14/2 TD-INT ratio, 67% completion rate.

There's no reason for him to force throws when you've got this OL and Zeke. His anticipation skills will only get better with more experience.

The reads to Beasley were perfectly fine too. What a joke of an article, I want my 5 minutes back.

 

[stilltheguru88]

Holy Nitpicking Batman.

Those two completions to Dez that this writer highlighted as "flaws" are part of what makes Dak so efficient.

Dak making sure a receiver is going to be open isn't a bad thing. Big reason why he has a 106 QB Rating, 14/2 TD-INT ratio, 67% completion rate.

There's no reason for him to force throws when you've got this OL and Zeke. His anticipation skills will only get better with more experience.

The reads to Beasley were perfectly fine too. What a joke of an article, I want my 5 minutes back.

Where I'm from we call that smart dumb. Sounded real informative but underneath it all was a bunch of irrelevant trash

 

[kramskoi]

Just as people are already pickng apart every throw he makes to a fine science. Even with all his so called probs, he's still at 66.8% completion rate. The guy is a rookie. He's seeing different defensive formations from teams for the 1st time. I guess some aren't happy until he is in the 70% range.

Romo has vastly more experience...both in the regular season and the playoffs. Completion percentage is irrelevant when talking about decision making and defensive recognition. You can check down with regularity (bail out) or push the ball down the field. Romo has always been one to push the ball down the field almost exclusively. Now Prescott does press, but the unaddressed question is whether or not Prescott is better than Romo in both experience and recognition, two areas I personally think that he runs behind Romo...and it makes perfect sense because of Romo's experience in the offense and his recognition of defenses. Prescott is a rookie for a reason.

I give Prescott props for what he has done, but tougher battles await him. He has certainly squashed skepticism with his play. However, the Cowboys are now seen as a team with a legitimate chance of advancing to a SuperBowl...and with that the following caveat...neither (2004) Roethlisberger, who had the league's top defense (15.7 ppg) or (2012) Wilson (15.3 ppg top defense) could get their team to a Super Bowl in their rookie season...and both had potent ground games on board. Top defense, potent ground game and rookie quarterback didn't equal a SuperBowl appearance in either case. Now that is not to say that it could not happen this time around, but there are a lot of gridiron lines between there and here. Dallas does not possess a top defense...they haven't since the mid-nineties. The hot hand argument is a legitimate one...for the regular season...but this team aspires for something greater.

 

[Doomsay]

A really good all 22 analysis confirming and quantifying the missed open receivers and inaccurate passes that we all witness during games. Dak is obviously trying to avoid turnovers by getting real-time visual confirmation of what experienced QBs can accomplish more easily with pre-snap reads.

 

[haleyrules]

What a hoot. A raw college kid comes in and leads the club to an 8-1 record. Of course, he has many things to learn that goes without saying. He was forced to take over the high profile ,high pressure job of QB of the Dallas Cowboys straight out of College with no time to learn anything. This boy will take the Cowboys back to the SB .He will be a great Cowboy.

 

[romothesavior]

Anybody watching these games objectively would see that Dak has some flaws that need to be worked on. He holds the ball too long, he has a tendency to throw off his back foot, and his down field throws are often too high.

Not sure why some can't or won't admit this. Of course he's a rookie, so of course he isn't perfect. And yes, duh, he's been a friggin stud this year. The people acknowledging these areas for improvement aren't "haters."

But like the author said, he has been handed the starting gig, so he will now be judged by a different measuring stick.

 

[WillieBeamen]

Holy Nitpicking Batman.

Those two completions to Dez that this writer highlighted as "flaws" are part of what makes Dak so efficient.

Dak making sure a receiver is going to be open isn't a bad thing. Big reason why he has a 106 QB Rating, 14/2 TD-INT ratio, 67% completion rate.

There's no reason for him to force throws when you've got this OL and Zeke. His anticipation skills will only get better with more experience.

The reads to Beasley were perfectly fine too. What a joke of an article, I want my 5 minutes back.

Dak could do no wrong in some of you guys' eyes

 

[kevm3]

Dak could do no wrong in some of you guys' eyes

It's not about Dak not doing any wrong. It's that there are undercurrents in this thread and in that original article about how a 'more experienced quarterback' would be doing even better and how 'history shows a rookie qb has never won the superbowl', aka stealth bring Romo back rationale.

 

[superonyx]

These micro analysis articles are beyond goofy at this point.

This same thing can be done to Aikman, Romo, Brady, Emmitt, Rice, Marino ect. And the conclusion for every single article will be that the player missed some opportunities and played an imperfect game.

If Dak played every game for the rest of his career the way he played against the Steelers he would finish his career as the most efficient QB in NFL history with the most Yards, and TD and fewest interceptions in league history.

This same goofy article was used by the Murray and Zeke haters to show how they didn't make every decision or run perfect with 20/20 hindsight.

Can Dak improve on some aspects of his game? Everyone can. No player at any position has ever been perfect and never will be.

This crap is ridiculous.

 

[4lifecowboy]

Anybody watching these games objectively would see that Dak has some flaws that need to be worked on. He holds the ball too long, he has a tendency to throw off his back foot, and his down field throws are often too high.

Not sure why some can't or won't admit this. Of course he's a rookie, so of course he isn't perfect. And yes, duh, he's been a friggin stud this year. The people acknowledging these areas for improvement aren't "haters."

But like the author said, he has been handed the starting gig, so he will now be judged by a different measuring stick.

People automatically assume if you think that Romo gives us the best chance for this team to win a Super Bowl, that you are anti-Dak and pro-Romo, I am pro-Super Bowl. This is the best team the Cowboys assembled since the 90s and they have the best chance to compete for a Super Bowl since then as well. Which QB is best equipped to do that now, because the opportunity is now.

 

[haleyrules]

Dak could do no wrong in some of you guys' eyes

He can and he will. Its to be expected. Heck, l watched Roger Staubach blow games!! Prescott is the road ahead thats the real point or at least l hope he is.

 

[Sarge]

A lot of growing to do? No kidding. The poor guy is a rookie.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

__________ Quarterback _________ Has A Lot Of Growing Left To Do

Feel free to insert any team in blank #1 with any rookie QB in blank #2 in the history of the NFL and you have made yourself an accurate statement.

 

[plasticman]

I thought "Who is Joey Ickes?"

The secret identity of Captain Obvious.

Im pretty sure the Cowboys coaching staff as well as Dak, understand where there is room for improvement. However, haven't we witnessed improvement almost every week?

That's what rookies generally do, the more they play, the better they get or quicker they reach their ceiling.

Dak has spent more than half a season smashing through the ceilings the media consistantly places on him. Today it's the big, bad, nasty #1 defense in the universe that's suppose to bring us all crashing back down to earth.

 

[SDCowboy]

Of course he still has a lot of growing to do. That what makes him so promising. He's already been this great, but is still going to, hopefully, only get better.

 

[Sepia]

Exactly. Over the course of the season, arguments shifted from "Dak's only doing so well in the preseason because he's facing vanilla defenses" to "Dak can't lead this team to the Super Bowl because of mistakes, and no other rookie has."