It’s Time to Stop Underrating Dak Prescott

[Risen Star]

You're welcome.

Name the WR on this team having a good year.

I'll wait.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

I'm not sure why. Cowboy fans should be thanking the other thirty one NFL teams every day for not taking him.

Mention Dak and all hell breaks loose here. Great theater.

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

Name the WR on this team having a good year.

I'll wait.

Name a philly wr having a "great" year? This is baseless in terms of complete offensive success. Dez has had big years with poor to average team success? The offense as a unit has scored atleast 28 for 6 weeks straight. This hasn't been accomplished since the 90's. The ball is distributed amongst many weapons.

 

[CF74]

Tell yourself that if you must. But it is a simple fact. That is the only game where there was no run game in his entire professional career. Every other game he has had Elliott on the field with him.

We will have six more of those coming up. We'll see how much of an anomaly that was.

Is this chicken little? Dude the Whole team was hungover and MileHigh....

 

[RoyTheHammer]

Dak is a very good qb.

Anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't know football.

/End.

 

[wssaustin]

Just FYI:


This isn't normalized by attempts, but I'm not surprised Dak is towards the bottom. Am surprised to see Flacco, but then again overall he's been pretty awful.

These are attempts, what about completion.

 

[River82]

These are attempts, what about completion.

Wentz has made 17 more deep attempts than Dak and had two more completions. TWO. Not quite the loneliest number. Is that what people want?

I'm happy with Dak choosing when to throw deep, I like this smart sort of play. It would be another thing entirely if Dak made only a few deep throws and missed a lot of them, but that's not what's happening. He's made one more deep throw than Ryan on 13 fewer attempts, and that's awesome.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

These are attempts, what about completion.

Someone earlier posted a more holistic statline for <20 yd throws. I was surprised to see how well Dak had done in that regard, but not so much in terms of the number of attempts. I agree with the poster above that Dak isn't forcing the issue, and is showing good decision making, and the lower attempts from that range is partially indicative of that.

Having Zeke and a trustworthy O line also helps Dak not have to worry about forcing it.

 

[Vanilla2]

Just started my overrating procedure.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[black label]

dak is good on third and 2

 

[Melonfeud]

After we sweep the overrated e-girls all this nonsense will cease...

 

[pete026]

The biggest Dak slobberers were formerly the biggest Romo haters. They think they're slick, but they're as transparent as the space between Jerry's ears. It's amusing to watch.

I don't know what it is but I swear I see Jerry's lips moving in your avatar as I read your posts.

And more generally speaking; Great/Really Good QBs can succeed without having statistically top-rated WRs (ie WRs having good years hint, hint, nod, nod). You know, those questionable QBs like Dak. But there are others like Brady and Rodgers to name a few.

 

[gmoney112]

Man, what a great 4th round pick.

 

[Bullflop]

Dak's career is still primarily in its infancy when one considers how long it takes to attain competency as a QB. It's been said many times in the past that it takes a minimum of three years to establish full competency as an NFL quarterback. Seeing as how Dak hasn't completed that time frame as yet, perhaps some semblance of allowing him some slack might be in order. He's still a work in progress. I think what he's already displayed up until now warrants a world of encouragement to rightfully be regarded as elite in the near future, if he's not already there.
Apparently, there are those who feel he is elite already, moreso than isn't -- so, there's that to consider as well.

 

[slick325]

One thing that I can't believe would be debated is who the best player on the team actually is, astounds me that is even debatable. I agree with Sharpe on that point (can't believe I had to type that...smh).

Edit: Reminds me of the 90's Cowboys. I firmly believed then and do now, that Emmitt was the best player on the best team in football. That doesn't mean Troy wasn't a HOF QB. Just means he was not better than the HOF RB he played with and who made the whole operation go. If Prescott can be Aikman...who wouldn't be happy? But please stop with him being the best player on offense let alone the team.

 

[Ken]

Wentz has made 17 more deep attempts than Dak and had two more completions. TWO. Not quite the loneliest number. Is that what people want?

I'm happy with Dak choosing when to throw deep, I like this smart sort of play. It would be another thing entirely if Dak made only a few deep throws and missed a lot of them, but that's not what's happening. He's made one more deep throw than Ryan on 13 fewer attempts, and that's awesome.

Doesn't this really underscore how effective Dak really is?

Not to mention....who the heck is Dak throwing to deep? The Eagles specifically added speed to go down the field more. They have a TE that can run faster than our #1 wr probably. Though they havent had sproles for a while...when they had him, he was a downfield threat.

I have been saying it for years now, the Cowboys need to add speed to their offense. They need guys who put the defense on their heels. They need this much more than a Beasely clone..

 

[pete026]

One thing that I can't believe would be debated is who the best player on the team actually is, astounds me that is even debatable. I agree with Sharpe on that point (can't believe I had to type that...smh).

Edit: Reminds me of the 90's Cowboys. I firmly believed then and do now, that Emmitt was the best player on the best team in football. That doesn't mean Troy wasn't a HOF QB. Just means he was not better than the HOF RB he played with and who made the whole operation go. If Prescott can be Aikman...who wouldn't be happy? But please stop with him being the best player on offense let alone the team.

First of all, I don't believe anyone said he is the best player the team. Someone may have but I think the best you will find is someone saying he is the most important player on the team and that is definitely debatable.

And last year, Zeke was the best player on the team. This year, yet to be determined. You cannot be the best player on the team and miss 6 games. No matter whether it is fair or not.

 

[percyhoward]

Name the WR on this team having a good year.

Top 10 WR (receptions):
Fitzgerald, Brown, Landry, Baldwin, Hopkins, Tate, MThomas, Thielen, JJones, DThomas
Their QB's average rank in passer rating: 16th

Top 10 WR (yards):
Brown, Hilton, Hopkins, Fitzgerald, JJones, Baldwin, Theielen, Hill, Green, Cooks
Their QB's average rank in passer rating: 13th

All of those WR are having "good years", but their QB are are having mediocre years on average. In other words, it's not a very good way to judge quarterback performance. I suspect you already knew this, but there it is in case you didn't.

 

[Risen Star]

Top 10 WR (receptions):
Fitzgerald, Brown, Landry, Baldwin, Hopkins, Tate, MThomas, Thielen, JJones, DThomas
Their QB's average rank in passer rating: 16th

Top 10 WR (yards):
Brown, Hilton, Hopkins, Fitzgerald, JJones, Baldwin, Theielen, Hill, Green, Cooks
Their QB's average rank in passer rating: 13th

All of those WR are having "good years", but their QB are are having mediocre years on average. In other words, it's not a very good way to judge quarterback performance. I suspect you already knew this, but there it is in case you didn't.

You're dancing around the question, stat boy.

Which WR on this roster is flourishing under this QB?

You can't name him because he doesn't exist. So you talk nonsense about passer rating around the league.

 

[percyhoward]

Name a philly wr having a "great" year? This is baseless in terms of complete offensive success. Dez has had big years with poor to average team success? The offense as a unit has scored at least 28 for 6 weeks straight. This hasn't been accomplished since the 90's. The ball is distributed amongst many weapons.

The Cowboys lead the NFL with touchdowns on 32.5% of their drives. 10 of those touchdowns were to a wide receiver, which ranks 5th.

WR TD receptions
Hou 17
Phi 13 (9 games)
Oak 12 (9 games)
GB 12
Dal 10