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One throw in particular he made yesterday was that crosser to Gallup and the first comment from Aikman was that it was behind him but after he saw the replay, he saw what Prescott saw, the DB closing on Gallup and if he'd put that ball in front of Gallup, he would have been serving him up to that DB. Some QB's don't care, Cutler didn't, he'd hang WR after WR out there.
One thing that's really not been pointed out about all of this Prescott and his accuracy is that he is "accurate enough". He sees the field better in his 4th season that the other 3 because he's been learning how to be a NFL QB and seeing the field is the tricky part. Some QB's never learn how to see the field, they're just strong arms and try to power the ball to the target.
The best example I can think of with this point Bullet is making was Bernie Kosar. He was unorthodox but he was really good at getting the ball to his receivers and the other thing he didn't do was try to "Favre" them by knocking them down. He knew how to get the ball to where his receiver was going to be.
Touch is another element of a QB's game and a lot of them never learn it and Dak had that at Miss St and the object is not to make a pretty pass or wow people with the speed but to get it to the receiver where he can catch it and preferably be headed downfield and we saw improvement in that yesterday. Comebacks are necessary but the Cowboys ran too many dead end routes making YAC more difficult.
The challenge this forum has is the same one we had with Romo. When it becomes so polarized about a player or a coach, very hard for some to back that down a little and give some credit. For Dak Prescott to be in command of that offense yesterday with a brand new OC and WR was very impressive. From that first drive, I did not get the feeling this was their first date.
One thing that's really not been pointed out about all of this Prescott and his accuracy is that he is "accurate enough". He sees the field better in his 4th season that the other 3 because he's been learning how to be a NFL QB and seeing the field is the tricky part. Some QB's never learn how to see the field, they're just strong arms and try to power the ball to the target.
The best example I can think of with this point Bullet is making was Bernie Kosar. He was unorthodox but he was really good at getting the ball to his receivers and the other thing he didn't do was try to "Favre" them by knocking them down. He knew how to get the ball to where his receiver was going to be.
Touch is another element of a QB's game and a lot of them never learn it and Dak had that at Miss St and the object is not to make a pretty pass or wow people with the speed but to get it to the receiver where he can catch it and preferably be headed downfield and we saw improvement in that yesterday. Comebacks are necessary but the Cowboys ran too many dead end routes making YAC more difficult.
The challenge this forum has is the same one we had with Romo. When it becomes so polarized about a player or a coach, very hard for some to back that down a little and give some credit. For Dak Prescott to be in command of that offense yesterday with a brand new OC and WR was very impressive. From that first drive, I did not get the feeling this was their first date.