Dak since his return

[cnuball21]

Since coming back, Dak is now 7th in QB efficiency, 5th in EPA per play and the O is averaging 35 points per game.

https://rbsdm.com/stats/stats/

For reference, Dak was 14th in efficiency last year and 12th in EPA / play. Appeared fairly rusty early on but has gotten a little sharper with more snaps and appears to be returning to form.

 

[RonnieT24]

Since coming back, Dak is now 7th in QB efficiency, 5th in EPA per play and the O is averaging 35 points per game.

https://rbsdm.com/stats/stats/

For reference, Dak was 14th in efficiency last year and 12th in EPA / play. Appeared fairly rusty early on but has gotten a little sharper with more snaps and appears to be returning to form.

Dak is continuing his upward trajectory at the position much to the chagrin of the "Dak will never" yadda yadda yadda crowd. He's better now than he was last year and will be better next year than he is this year. May that fact continue to piss off his detractors and force them find ever more obscure locations to put the goalposts for him.

 

[cnuball21]

Dak is continuing his upward trajectory at the position much to the chagrin of the "Dak will never" yadda yadda yadda crowd. He's better now than he was last year and will be better next year than he is this year. May that fact continue to piss off his detractors and force them find ever more obscure locations to put the goalposts for him.

Dak was a hard read last year. Looked like an MVP candidate the first half of the season then after the leg injury I think he lost some of the athleticism that helps him extend plays and he wasn’t as effective.

So far so good this, hoping he can stay healthy and get hot end of season.

 

[Ranching]

Those that know football, know that he's a very good QB. Good for him.

 

[Direwolf63]

Having a very good defense helps him immeasurably. The defense allows him to play within himself. He doesn't have to take dumb chances. Yet he still does sometimes.

Oh, and Pollard and, to a lesser extent Zeke, help as well

 

[cnuball21]

Having a very good defense helps him immeasurably. The defense allows him to play within himself. He doesn't have to take dumb chances. Yet he still does sometimes.

Oh, and Pollard and, to a lesser extent Zeke, help as well

Of course! Just like it helps all QBs in the league.

 

[Risen Star]

Having a very good defense helps him immeasurably. The defense allows him to play within himself. He doesn't have to take dumb chances. Yet he still does sometimes.

Oh, and Pollard and, to a lesser extent Zeke, help as well

When your run game, OL and defense are dominant the league is littered with QBs who can do what he did.

If they can all keep that level of play then they can win a title with Dak Prescott. If at any point they can't and more of the burden falls on the QB they can not win. It's that simple because he's a fraud.

 

[dsturgeon]

He made some very nice throws yesterday.

 

[Ken]

When your run game, OL and defense are dominant the league is littered with QBs who can do what he did.

If they can all keep that level of play then they can win a title with Dak Prescott. If at any point they can't and more of the burden falls on the QB they can not win. It's that simple because he's a fraud.

He can win a super bowl but he is a fraud.

Hater logic at it's finest. lol

 

[Direwolf63]

When your run game, OL and defense are dominant the league is littered with QBs who can do what he did.

If they can all keep that level of play then they can win a title with Dak Prescott. If at any point they can't and more of the burden falls on the QB they can not win. It's that simple because he's a fraud.

I think saying he is a fraud is a overstatement. But I agree that he cannot carry the team when it struggles. He isn't that guy.

But that statement is true for most QB's. By your standard only, Mahomes, Allen, Burrow and maybe a couple of others are NOT frauds. I don't believe there are 27 fraudulant QB's in the league.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Dak played pretty perfect yesterday. A couple poor throws but that’s acceptable. As long as we run the ball like we did yesterday, Dak shouldn’t have much trouble.

 

[RonnieT24]

Dak was a hard read last year. Looked like an MVP candidate the first half of the season then after the leg injury I think he lost some of the athleticism that helps him extend plays and he wasn’t as effective.

So far so good this, hoping he can stay healthy and get hot end of season.

What the leg injury robbed him of most was his base which caused his footwork to suffer. Because Dak is not as natural a thrower of the ball as some of these slang it types it's doubly important that he constantly work to hone his mechanics. The leg injury cost him a lot of that footwork work (I know it sounds redundant but I don't know how welse to say it) and the results were glaring inconsistency. The most obvious place where I saw it was his lack of confidence throwing on the run. Especially when rolling right. He absolutely refused to put weight on that outside foot and fire the ball the way we had become accustomed to seeing him do. Maybe he wasn't even conscious that he was doing it and I'm sure they talked about it in film study but film study can't remove your body's own self preservation instincts and I guarantee you every time he rolled right his brain said "watch the leg, watch the leg" loud in his head. I think now that he's past that we've seen him back to be deadly accurate on the move as well as from the pocket.

Even after the last three INTs he has thrown I, like everyone else, screamed WHAT THE HELL!?!?! Until I saw the replay and was able to see that on all three, the one against Chicago and the two against the Packers, he threw to a spot and if the receiver, Lamb, had just cut across the safety's face those are all completed passes or PI at the very least. Now if we want to discuss whether the refs actually throw the PI flag on the ones at Green Bay... well that's another matter completely.

 

[stilltheguru]

When your run game, OL and defense are dominant the league is littered with QBs who can do what he did.

If they can all keep that level of play then they can win a title with Dak Prescott. If at any point they can't and more of the burden falls on the QB they can not win. It's that simple because he's a fraud.

From the guy who hyped up a QB who lost his job to Taylor Henike. Amazing

 

[Risen Star]

He can win a super bowl but he is a fraud.

Hater logic at it's finest. lol

Yes. It is perfect logic. Trent Dilfer wasn't a franchise QB. To pay him as such would have made him a fraud as it makes Dak Prescott. Yet the Ravens won with him by being great around him. This is what the Cowboys must do. They can't expect anything from their QB. He's an empty vessel.

So as long as the run game, OL, defense and even ST dominates you can win with Dak Prescott and about 50 other QBs in the league.

 

[817Gill]

When your run game, OL and defense are dominant the league is littered with QBs who can do what he did.

If they can all keep that level of play then they can win a title with Dak Prescott. If at any point they can't and more of the burden falls on the QB they can not win. It's that simple because he's a fraud.

What’s a fraud though? A guy who’s not top 5?

I feel like you just described the winning formula for anyone not named Mahomes, Allen, etc. That’s why elite QB’s who can shoulder the load are so rare.

Dak and 99% of the other QB’s need the help you’re referring to in order win a SB. It’s not being a fraud lol it’s just the nature of being a non-elite QB.

 

[thunderpimp91]

Dak has two really good games (CHI, MIN), and two so so showings (DET, GB), and one really bad clunker this year.

Good news is even in his mediocre showings this team was still in a position to win the game.

Better news is that this is what even the better QBs in the league do. Ball out for half your games, and lean on your team to pick a qb up for the other half. It's why good QBs on bad teams still seem to be around 500 year after year. It's kind of like a top pitcher in baseball. They make 30ish starts a year and only about a third of them do they really have their best stuff to work with to completely dominate. A qb is typically a similar situation, unless you are a prime Brady/Manning/Rogers/Brees/etc. This team has the resources to bail out Dak when he doesn't have his best game,

As long as the Cowboys can stick to this formula of 25-30 throws a game for Dak this team has a very high ceiling. Lean on Dak for 40+ throws week after week and you're just setting him and the team up for failure. Don't make the guy be on 100% of the time. It's not who Dak is and unrealistic except for the elite of elite tier of QBs.

 

[Risen Star]

What’s a fraud though? A guy who’s not top 5?

A guy who is paid like a franchise QB and taking up so much of his team's cap space yet can not do anything a real franchise QB can do. Which is to elevate the players around him.

He's as real as a QB as Jerry is a GM and Stephen the VP of Personnel.

 

[DuceizBak]

Yes. It is perfect logic. Trent Dilfer wasn't a franchise QB. To pay him as such would have made him a fraud as it makes Dak Prescott. Yet the Ravens won with him by being great around him. This is what the Cowboys must do. They can't expect anything from their QB. He's an empty vessel.

So as long as the run game, OL, defense and even ST dominates you can win with Dak Prescott and about 50 other QBs in the league.

What a silly troll you are.
We rank top 5 in every advanced offensive statistics just about every year Dak is here. We went from a bottom 10-12 offense to a top 10 one and will continue to rise. Some of your trolling doesn't even make sense.

 

[BlueStar22]

Our offensive line play is improving weekly and Dak's trust in them is increasing. You can tell with the way he's going through his progressions and getting to those third reads. The TD to Pollard was his fifth progression. That's so awesome to see.

 

[IceStar-D7]

In a way I don't wanna hear it from the haters-hating on Dak after the GB game. Like I said. Dak did his job. Not perfect but he did enough to win big. The defense showed up in GB as they did in Minny. It's 28-3 Dallas in GB. That's is what pissed me off. Dak gave them 28 and against anybody with the defense doing their job. Should be enough. Especially a team playing like GB was. But back to the Minny game. All e aspects of the team showed up. The one for me that HAS to show up every game is the defense. The offense just needs to stay steady. We aren't getting 40 points per game.