Not sure why we act like Dak has been an INT machine his whole career, last year is obviously an outlier when looking at his overall interceptions. Just like 2021 he had fumble-itis that was corrected the next year.
Yes, there has to be a dive into what occurred last year. But acting like the dudes accuracy is the reason he threw all those picks makes zero sense lol. We’re saying he suddenly just got worse at interceptions because his accuracy fell off a cliff?
Logical and many times more likely factors for the increase in interceptions are:
1. Drop off in WR talent/separation (many WR separation stats have us amongst the bottom in the league).
2. Drop off in pass protection (many pass pro metrics have us in the bottom third).
3. Increase in aggressive passing game (the rise in option pass calls downfield despite the TO’s that came with it and Mike’s statements on Moore’s departure show this was an issue).
4. Dak trying to do more than in the past due to the need to make up for Cooper and OL pass pro regression.
At the end of the day Dak is good but not elite. Can’t ask him to makeup for all those offensive regressions while being more aggressive on top of that, though you’d like a bit more cleanliness from a 7 year vet. And before the “but we pay him like he’s elite” thing, please get over the fact that non-elite QB’s get paid elite money due to market and scarcity. We get it, that’s not how it should be logically, but it is what it is. Anyone who’s 15th or better (see Daniel Jones) gets top of the market $$. Simple as that.
