Dak & Rush Stats

[jwooten15]

Whoever you're responding to, just put him on ignore. Apparently I did, and it's much more pleasant that way.

I try my very best to not put someone on the ignore list, but I think you’re right— my experience here would be so much better if I did

 

[MapleLeaf]

If you’ve watched NFL football long enough you know that defensive coordinators in this league are building a “book” on Cooper Rush and how to take away what he likes to do. It usually takes 4-6 games before defenses start adjusting to a QBs strengths and tendencies. Cooper Rush is going to start seeing some different looks from defenses and he will then have an ever bigger chance to show something.

Herein lies the rub.

If Rush stays in the starting role of any team he will have chances to go up against the premium teams of the league and those games feature the ability to dissect and take advantage of QB weaknesses.

That is what makes these teams elite in the league.

We are all enjoying the win streak we have with Cooper Rush, and he certainly displayed admirable characteristics we wish Dak had, but let's be real. The hour is going to strike midnight on Rush and there will be games where the carriage will turn into a pumpkin.

I don't know what the answer is for the Cowboys, but I can't imagine that going with Rush is the answer for a long playoff run.

 

[buybuydandavis]

• Stats for Dak & Rush
  • The stats point to Dak being a really good QB.
  • The stats point to Rush being a backup QB with an elite defense.

• The Cowboys in 2021:
  • 1st in points scored
  • 2nd in passing yards
  • 3rd in passing TDs
  • 4th in Net Yards per Pass Attempt

• Team Points per Game
  • Rush
    • Rush starts in 2021: 20
    • Rush starts in 2022: 22.7
  • Dak
    • Dak starts in 2021: 32
    • Dak starts in 2021 close score games: 29
      • Score difference of less than 10 points.

• Defensive Help in 2022 Wins
  • 14.3 points per game allowed in 2022 wins
  • 28.2 points per game allowed in 2021 losses

• The Cowboys in 2020 (Dak vs other Backups)
  • Leading the league in passing yards at the point that Dak was injured.
  • ~300 yards ahead of the 2nd place team in total yards for the 5 games with Dak.
  • 32.6 points per game with Dak
  • 21.1 points per game without Dak (Andy Dalton at QB)

I'd be interested in seeing Win Probability Added.

Gross points are biased heavily against Rush. We now have a defense that holds the other team's scoring down.

 

[Beast_from_East]

• Stats for Dak & Rush
  • The stats point to Dak being a really good QB.
  • The stats point to Rush being a backup QB with an elite defense.

• The Cowboys in 2021:
  • 1st in points scored
  • 2nd in passing yards
  • 3rd in passing TDs
  • 4th in Net Yards per Pass Attempt

• Team Points per Game
  • Rush
    • Rush starts in 2021: 20
    • Rush starts in 2022: 22.7
  • Dak
    • Dak starts in 2021: 32
    • Dak starts in 2021 close score games: 29
      • Score difference of less than 10 points.

• Defensive Help in 2022 Wins
  • 14.3 points per game allowed in 2022 wins
  • 28.2 points per game allowed in 2021 losses

• The Cowboys in 2020 (Dak vs other Backups)
  • Leading the league in passing yards at the point that Dak was injured.
  • ~300 yards ahead of the 2nd place team in total yards for the 5 games with Dak.
  • 32.6 points per game with Dak
  • 21.1 points per game without Dak (Andy Dalton at QB)

I voted for Dak to remain the starter, but these stats seem very cherry picked to me.

Just noticed the OP is benched........LOL.......I guess somebody else noticed his stats were cherry picked also and he cussed them out.

 

[Shane612]

Depends on which Dak we get back:
First 6 games of last season: elite Dak.
Last 12 games Dak very up and down.

Oh. stop it.
He was good for short stretches, but he was never elite.

 

[Shane612]

If Dak is better, it not by much. Certainly not by $39,000,000.00.
If he was that good, Jerry would reup the contract in a heartbeat.
Instead, Jerry will do what he did to Garrett. Simple let the contract expire, and let him go.

 

[Shane612]

You forgot one important stat. The team plays harder for Rush!

So it seems.

 

[Shane612]

No he didn't. Rush looked just as bad against Tampa Bay then he played defenses that aren't nearly as good and scored 20-25 pts a game.

Rush was probably sitting on the bench trying not to look bored when Dak left the game. He hardly had time to warm up.

 

[Shane612]

And still not nearly as good as Tampa Bay. Rush was horrible in that game.

 

[Shane612]

Herein lies the rub.

If Rush stays in the starting role of any team he will have chances to go up against the premium teams of the league and those games feature the ability to dissect and take advantage of QB weaknesses.

That is what makes these teams elite in the league.

We are all enjoying the win streak we have with Cooper Rush, and he certainly displayed admirable characteristics we wish Dak had, but let's be real. The hour is going to strike midnight on Rush and there will be games where the carriage will turn into a pumpkin.

I don't know what the answer is for the Cowboys, but I can't imagine that going with Rush is the answer for a long playoff run.

Well yeah. Nobody expects him to go undefeated. Heck, Ackman was 1-15 in his first year.

 

[CowboyoWales]

• Stats for Dak & Rush
  • The stats point to Dak being a really good QB.
  • The stats point to Rush being a backup QB with an elite defense

So if you're going to analyze QB play, isnt QBR accepted as being one of the most reliable comparative measurements as it's a step advanced from basic stats ????

It appears that Rush is throwing to a 73.9, QBR this year which is fair bit higher than any of Dak's years other than his Rookie Season.

Now if you want to disparage Rush's number's you could comment that it's a small sample size, however, your final analysis just isnt backed up by the best comparative measuring algorithm.

 

[GINeric]

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Rush has played 3 games in 2022 and has less turnovers than Dak had in the 3 quarters he played.

Good point. But which defense between the Bengals, Commanders and Giants are on the level of the Bucs defense that Dak faced??? And let's not pretend like Rush didn't put 2 ints into the bellies of Washington players but was bailed out because of Washington's own incompetence.

Those ints had nothing to do with the penalties that were called either.

 

[Brooksey]

• Stats for Dak & Rush
  • The stats point to Dak being a really good QB.
  • The stats point to Rush being a backup QB with an elite defense.

• The Cowboys in 2021:
  • 1st in points scored
  • 2nd in passing yards
  • 3rd in passing TDs
  • 4th in Net Yards per Pass Attempt

• Team Points per Game
  • Rush
    • Rush starts in 2021: 20
    • Rush starts in 2022: 22.7
  • Dak
    • Dak starts in 2021: 32
    • Dak starts in 2021 close score games: 29
      • Score difference of less than 10 points.

• Defensive Help in 2022 Wins
  • 14.3 points per game allowed in 2022 wins
  • 28.2 points per game allowed in 2021 losses

• The Cowboys in 2020 (Dak vs other Backups)
  • Leading the league in passing yards at the point that Dak was injured.
  • ~300 yards ahead of the 2nd place team in total yards for the 5 games with Dak.
  • 32.6 points per game with Dak
  • 21.1 points per game without Dak (Andy Dalton at QB)

Dak had two very different seasons last year. The first half (great) vs the second half (poor)
Some say he went off the rails after the calf injury but it continued into week 1 this year.
The other theory is in the 1st half of the year, Dak was the most blitzed, facing man coverage. 2nd half he faced a disguised zone

How is Dak reading disguised Zone defenses?

 

[Brooksey]

This is misleading and Herrera is a major hack plus huge Dak fan.
He doesn't give you the stats to the last six playoff teams Dak has faced from last mid-season.

 

[Hadenough]

Rush stays in the starting role of any team he will have chances to go up against the premium teams of the league and those games feature the ability to dissect and take advantage of QB weaknesses.

And this rub is exactly what has happened to Dak.
Rush is beating the tomatoe cans of the league but he also did notch an exceptional win against the Bengals who yes we're in the SB. When is the last time Dak has beaten a good team? I hope I'm wrong but when Dak got paid I said people are human and there has to be whispers in the locker room and everyone knows those get louder when he stinks up the field like in the 49ers game but doesn't accept any blame. Rush is like a breath of fresh air right now.

 

[Hadenough]

Dak had two very different seasons last year. The first half (great) vs the second half (poor)
Some say he went off the rails after the calf injury but it continued into week 1 this year.
The other theory is in the 1st half of the year, Dak was the most blitzed, facing man coverage. 2nd half he faced a disguised zone

How is Dak reading disguised Zone defenses?

You can't tell these clowns anything. Dak scores 50 points against the WFT and 10 against Denver but all they think is he averages 30 points a game.

 

[CowboyoWales]

Dak had two very different seasons last year. The first half (great) vs the second half (poor)
Some say he went off the rails after the calf injury but it continued into week 1 this year.
The other theory is in the 1st half of the year, Dak was the most blitzed, facing man coverage. 2nd half he faced a disguised zone

How is Dak reading disguised Zone defenses?

Isnt this the problem. If the book is written on how to play Dak it's up to him (with help, but ostensibly him) that needs to beat the defense. We've got the O-Line (in some shape), a running game (that functions) and what Rush appears to be doing is taking advantage of what the Defense is giving him, moving the chains/driving the bus.

With healed legs and running game the Secondary may open up to allow him to make those throws.

 

[Rockport]

You can't tell these clowns anything. Dak scores 50 points against the WFT and 10 against Denver but all they think is he averages 30 points a game.

Yep Rush is the second coming. He is a Super Bowl caliber QB who can win games all on his own like Brady and Mahomes. Cowboys can’t never lose as long as Rush is the QB.

 

[Brooksey]

Dak is 0-6 since mid-season last year against playoff teams completing 140/239 58% of his passes
and throwing 8 TD's and 7 INT's. (Den, KC, LV, AZ, SF, TB). Good thing for his LV
game numbers or it would be much worse

 

[pete026]

Not exactly an unbiased Mod position.

A Mod should be unbiased in their application of the forum rules. They should also be unbiased in keeping a certain level of sanity around here (yeah, an impossible task).

They are just one of us when it comes to Cowboys discussions. And generally, they are better examples of a Cowboy fan.

But enough brown nosing, LOL. Hopefully this will keep me off the bench for awhile.