Dak is a smart football player in a fantastic situation.
Unlike many rookies on bad teams, he doesn't end up in games where he has to to throw deep late to get a score because Dallas is trailing. Having a powerful ground game also takes a lot of pressure off of him.
Aside from the 1st game last year vs. the Giants, and the Pittsburgh game, [last game of the year vs. Philly doesn't count] I don't recall Dak having to run a hurry up offense in the final minutes trying to get a score while trailing. Without TWill's brain fart, we likely win that first game on a long Bailey FG. We all know what happened vs. the Steelers.
This is why I'm so encouraged by what the defense showed in the 1st game. I don't see us having a bunch of games this year where we enter the 4th quarter trailing and so Dak has to start putting the ball up to get some points in a hurry and risking the football. It's very much looking like ANOTHER year in which situations where Dak has to risk the football are going to be kept to a bare minimum.