SteveTheCowboy
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Rather than enter into the pissing match that ensued from this comment I will simply offer this rebuttal to your take. Dak is the best player on this offense for one simple reason.. He is asked to do more than any other player on the offense.. Really the entire team. Zack Martin is asked to do one thing.. block the guy in front of him.. which he does extremely well. He doesn't make the line calls.. The center does.. he doesn't snap the ball.. The center does .. He is occasionally asked to pull and block in space. Which he does extremely well. Meanwhile Dak is asked to 1) take the call from the OC, 2) relay the call to the huddle, 3) coordinate the line calls with the center and the rest of the line, 4) survey the defense and decide if the called play is good for the defense being shown, 5) change the play if it's not or 6) execute the play as called. 7) read the defensive coverage both before and after the snap, 8) throw the ball to the proper receiver based on the read... and that doesn't even include running out of trouble when the protection breaks down or fielding some of these scattershot snaps Biadasz sends back to him. Dak has waaaay more on his plate on a play by play basis and he executes his responsibilities as well anyone in the NFL right now. Zack is wonderful.. but he has a job that is 1/10 as complex and challenging as the one Dak has.
Okay that was more than one simple reason.. it was more like 10.. but you get the gist.
I am very impressed with the way Dak has managed the "data" portion of his game. I was a bit worried about his physicals coming off the injury...but he he seems good there.
But the mental aspect and decision making....outstanding improvement. Along with KM of course. I'm rarely scratching my head like "what in gorjia's name was THAT call?". They just seem to be calling the right plays, audibles and executing so much better.

