Dak's interceptions

He had very low int numbers in college too. He's a smart player. He set an all time record for consecutive passes by a rookie with no ints.

It's ok to be confident and positive about the team you root for. He's good and it's ok to expect a lot.
 
Alexander said:
I think everyone is taking what he did last year for granted, like he will just repeat it. It was pretty remarkable and even a slight sophomore dip will have people on his case.

I fully expect a coming down to earth jolt for him.

Key is how he, and the rest of the team, deal with that and the criticism that will come with it.
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I dont think so. The one thing that always impressed me about Dak is he never gets rattled. I remember 2015 all the back ups coming in. They always looked like deer in the headlights. Not Dak. So much of the QB game is mental and emotions. He knows how to control it. I think he only gets better next year.
 
gimmesix said:
Now that the Romo era has been wrapped up, it's time to get ready for unrealistic expectations for Dak Prescott.

One of the main one that comes to mind for me are his interception numbers. What he achieved last year, throwing four interceptions as a rookie, is absolutely incredible. We should not be expecting a repeat of that, though. I remember at least four interceptions that were dropped and there might have been more.

Realistically, if he achieves a 3:1 TD-to-int. ratio, he's doing his job as a quarterback. For example, if he throws 15 interceptions, that would look awful, but if it was because we were passing a lot and he also has 45 TDs, those can be good numbers. (I don't expect those numbers and think it should be closer to 30 to 10.)

Also, we should expect Dak to still have some things to work on. He showed a tendency at times last year when there was a little bit of pressure to go up on his tiptoes, which throws off his passes. Overall, he and the coaches did a good job keeping this college tendency at bay, which is one reason he did better than projected. However, we should not be surprised if such technical issues rear their head from time to time and he has to work through them.

When these things happen, I hope we don't lose sight of the big picture with Prescott. We have a good, young quarterback who could be the face of the franchise at the position for the next decade. It's not easy to find those guys and we appear to have had good fortune on our side to get ours in the fourth round.
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I disagree.


Interceptions was something between him and his momma.

Read up on it.
 
Alexander said:
It is also easier when the offense is designed to set up throws and react off of what the defense is keying towards. Prescott was not put in the position to have to win a shootout and did not operate from a deficit very often with time against him. You also have to figure that they will try to layer more responsibility on him in the offense this year than last. So he has to be capable of taking that on.

If they keep static, teams will figure out what we do to a stronger degree and what appeared to be an explosive offense last year will suddenly not be so fluid. He appears to have his head screwed on straight enough to handle it mentally, so that is a real plus and why expecting a Griffin type collapse is a bit of a stretch.
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Considering that our schedule should be tougher this season, there may be more shootouts or deficits that he has to handle this year, so I agree that the responsibility for him could evolve. I do think that we've figured out what we've wanted to do with this offense under Linehan so there's not going to be a great deviation from the pattern ... unless we're forced to play from behind more.

I also would be surprised if we see a Griffin-type collapse, although I'm sure some are expecting it.
 
GhostOfPelleur said:
Dak is naturally selective with his throws. He doesn't try to force a ball into a spot as much as Tony would (Tony often was able to get away with it because he was that good). That said. 4 is absurd and history shows it's not really sustainable.

I think 8-12 is the range you could and should expect to see from him. More than that is probably regression.
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He forced quite a few that defenders just dropped or misplayed.

And it helps tremendously when you're constantly 2nd-and-3.
 
TheCount said:
I'm not even sure what the point of the "back to earth" posts is.

Zeke was the NFL rush leader last year and averaged 5 yards a carry, but you don't see any "back to earth" posts about him.

Quarterback performance is about more than TD's and INT's. I fully expect Dak to be better than last year, whether he throws more interceptions or not.

People are bringing up dropped ints like that doesn't happen to every QB. The fact that you saw the drops doesn't mean Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan didn't throw potential interceptions that were dropped either.
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I don't know if you've noticed that some fans around here tend to hold unrealistic expectations about our QBs. What Elliott accomplished is not all that atypical from top elite running backs in the league. But what Dak did interceptionwise is.
 
Cincycowboy said:
I dont think so. The one thing that always impressed me about Dak is he never gets rattled. I remember 2015 all the back ups coming in. They always looked like deer in the headlights. Not Dak. So much of the QB game is mental and emotions. He knows how to control it. I think he only gets better next year.
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I get that everyone thinks he is a zen master. But it is rare that that kind of thing is replicated. Wilson is the last player I can think of that aced his rookie year and kept going.

Said it last year and I will say it until proven wrong, so many things were special last year. Like stars aligning special. Such a blown opportunity.
 
MichaelWinicki said:
Every QB has those.
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His were an inordinate amount.

He's very good with the ball. Almost too good. In the pocket, he needs to pull the trigger quicker. Defensive coordinators will aim to make him play from there like New York, Philly, and Minnesota did.

All part of the maturation process. Romo used to bail to quick, too, when he was young.
 
He was pretty close to setting some college record without an INT too, while getting killed in the SEC.

I don't think turnovers are going to be an issue
 
They need to watch that quick out where they throw to Whitehead or Beasley...it worked great in the regular season...but GB was ready for it. And when we needed that 1st down, and was going in for a FG or a TD...they jumped the route and intercepted it...to me that cost us the game, as it changed from there. A TD there would have changed everything.

So was it Linehan calling it, trying to get to cute for a big play. Not trying to go to Zeke on and obvious run. Did Dak just feel, this hasn't really failed yet, and didn't look to see the player waiting to jump the route.

I am not concerned with DC's having film, as Dak has film on those D's as well. But he needs to learn from that play right there....I think he will....
 
jazzcat22 said:
They need to watch that quick out where they throw to Whitehead or Beasley...it worked great in the regular season...but GB was ready for it. And when we needed that 1st down, and was going in for a FG or a TD...they jumped the route and intercepted it...to me that cost us the game, as it changed from there. A TD there would have changed everything.
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Thanks for upsetting me again!
 
MichaelWinicki said:
I'm sure some are rooting for it.
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For the life of me I don't get that, I read posts and see just like you said that some people are looking for failure from him because he is not their favorite player, and it doesn't just happen just Dak. I root for all players as long as they help the TEAM win. Once they no longer wear the Star, I no longer feel any attachment to them.
 
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