erod
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Something changed. When did Dak learn how to throw like this? Is this the real Dak Prescott, or the West World version?
If you watched Dak in college, and I saw probably 20+ games of his, he was woefully inaccurate if he had to throw more than 10 yards down the field. It was often simply just bad. His leadership showed, and he was a dangerous runner. He moved the team, and could get the job done in the end, much like Tim Tebow. But pretty, it never was.
Now it is. How?
Prescott slipped in the draft specifically because of his throwing issues. Every team passed on him four times before Dallas "settled" for him with a compensatory pick at the end of the fourth round. The Cowboys had already failed to trade up for Wentz, Lynch, and Cook. Dak was the consolation prize, a ball of clay with substantial intangibles.
So what happened?
Dak is throwing with a nice easy motion, and his accuracy has improved noticeably. Sure, he's getting the best pass protection in football, and Zeke is on a record-breaking rookie pace, but that doesn't explain the sudden ability to throw the ball on target from a guy that used to drill them into the ground under no pressure in college.
Linehan? Garrett? What did they do? Who re-wired the circuitry in the dog days of summer?
Garrett played catch constantly with Dak during the preseason. Perhaps they were working on something, but mostly, it looked like mostly a bonding session. Were they changing his delivery all the while? Was that a crash course in professional football launching?
It's been documented that Linehan liked Dak after interviews, and he's obviously tailoring his playcalling each week to suit Dak's strengths. It's gradually expanding, and he seems to understand how to manage his new QB much like he did Romo and his strengths in 2014.
This isn't to say Dak is now pin-point, or rifling the ball through small windows, but it looks like that is possible somewhere down the road. NFL scouts obviously didn't think so a few short months ago.
Whoever it is, kudos. Stand up and take your bow. Dak looks like a different guy than a year ago entirely. He's a pro.
If you watched Dak in college, and I saw probably 20+ games of his, he was woefully inaccurate if he had to throw more than 10 yards down the field. It was often simply just bad. His leadership showed, and he was a dangerous runner. He moved the team, and could get the job done in the end, much like Tim Tebow. But pretty, it never was.
Now it is. How?
Prescott slipped in the draft specifically because of his throwing issues. Every team passed on him four times before Dallas "settled" for him with a compensatory pick at the end of the fourth round. The Cowboys had already failed to trade up for Wentz, Lynch, and Cook. Dak was the consolation prize, a ball of clay with substantial intangibles.
So what happened?
Dak is throwing with a nice easy motion, and his accuracy has improved noticeably. Sure, he's getting the best pass protection in football, and Zeke is on a record-breaking rookie pace, but that doesn't explain the sudden ability to throw the ball on target from a guy that used to drill them into the ground under no pressure in college.
Linehan? Garrett? What did they do? Who re-wired the circuitry in the dog days of summer?
Garrett played catch constantly with Dak during the preseason. Perhaps they were working on something, but mostly, it looked like mostly a bonding session. Were they changing his delivery all the while? Was that a crash course in professional football launching?
It's been documented that Linehan liked Dak after interviews, and he's obviously tailoring his playcalling each week to suit Dak's strengths. It's gradually expanding, and he seems to understand how to manage his new QB much like he did Romo and his strengths in 2014.
This isn't to say Dak is now pin-point, or rifling the ball through small windows, but it looks like that is possible somewhere down the road. NFL scouts obviously didn't think so a few short months ago.
Whoever it is, kudos. Stand up and take your bow. Dak looks like a different guy than a year ago entirely. He's a pro.
