Prescott on George Pickens

[TheMarathonContinues]

I'd be interested to see what % of his deep completions came on rollout vs. being in the pocket. Because with that peg leg he will be dragging out there this year, I don't see him getting many opportunities on rollouts or sandlot plays

The leg is fine he’s in the best shape of his life. We know how Dak returns from injury.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Absolutely. I never said Dak doesn't connect on them, I said for the numbers I ran last season, he had the worst completion rate among top QBs who also connected on them. He's just not good at that.

Are you saying the numbers were from 2024 or all if his previous years to 2024?

 

[nate dizzle]

The leg is fine he’s in the best shape of his life. We know how Dak returns from injury.

That's funny

 

[5Stars]

The leg is fine he’s in the best shape of his life. We know how Dak returns from injury.

HERE WE GOOOO! bye bye.

 

[Bullflop]

Let's hope Pickens is far more than a "50-50" catcher. That's a very moderate requirement. Dak had better make sure his passes are accurate enough to expect far more than 50-50 catches. Pickens is quite capable of much better percentages than what Dak described. Let's hope he finds a way to increase his percentages of catchable balls. Let's also hope our OL makes that quite possible.

 

[MarcusRock]

Are you saying the numbers were from 2024 or all if his previous years to 2024?

The numbers I ran were from the beginning of 2024. Don't remember after which game I ran them but can't find the post on Google now. I only ran them because I've known historically that Dak just isn't a good bomb ball thrower and I wanted to see how much that season.

 

[Zman5]

So many cliches. I have a bad feeling about this.

"What's wrong with cliches?"

 

[DallasEast]

Lol, they trade for the best available receiver and you have bad feelings.

Zoom. Right over your head.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The numbers I ran were from the beginning of 2024. Don't remember after which game I ran them but can't find the post on Google now. I only ran them because I've known historically that Dak just isn't a good bomb ball thrower and I wanted to see how much that season.

I can believe he was bad last year. It was such a small sample size.

I don’t know if Dak is bad at it or he’s just doing what the offense asks of him. Because he’s had a good connection down field with guys like Gallup and Brice Butler. Cooks….they had a good connection in the redzone but never connected deep.

 

[Gambit]

Bro, just say you saw my statement, ignored it, then tried to shoehorn already prepared stats that didn't describe what I stated. You might look better than this emotional display.

Lol again zero intellectual honesty.

I'd expect nothing else from someone who cherry picks one season out of 9 year career and whittles it down to 1-2% of all passes from all QBs in a given year, just to try and prove your agenda.

 

[Gambit]

I can believe he was bad last year. It was such a small sample size.

I don’t know if Dak is bad at it or he’s just doing what the offense asks of him. Because he’s had a good connection down field with guys like Gallup and Brice Butler. Cooks….they had a good connection in the redzone but never connected deep.

Dak played poorly last season Im not sure anyone can honestly say he didn't. Something was off with the whole team.

I've heard allusions from some of the beat writers that McCarthy was source of a lot of friction. No one, that I've seen, has given concrete details, just that they are hearing stuff come out.

Dak was in a walking boot early on, then the hammy. I don't think he was fully healthy in his legs, certainly didn't seem like it.

30+ yards in the air is always going to be a lower percentage of completions too. And it takes more than just the QB. The Wr and QB need to be in same page on the route. Our WR for what ever reason we're not getting very much separation. At one point it was lowest in league. Compared to previous years his pass depth was lower too.

Definitely an outlier year and likely we will never know the full truth as to why.

A ball control offense with play action passing will help this offense a ton.

 

[SuspectCorner]

If Dak can stay upright, he has some stupid-good targets. If the Cowboys can mount a semblance of a threatening run game - they can be a playoff type of offense.

It all comes down to the defense. If the Cowboys have one - they’re in the playoff mix. If the defense falters - they’re on the outside looking in.

 

[MarcusRock]

Lol again zero intellectual honesty.

I'd expect nothing else from someone who cherry picks one season out of 9 year career and whittles it down to 1-2% of all passes from all QBs in a given year, just to try and prove your agenda.

You got busted, bro. I recited a statement I actually researched and you went and grabbed stats completely different than what I described that was from a different year pretending I was making that particular case instead so you could fake having a "gotcha" moment. Then you melted down claiming it was me that was "trying to do" something after what you tried to do. Cherry pick? Agenda? And you want to throw around the word intellectual? One can fake aspirations too I suppose. Lol.

 

[Carter]

If Dak can stay upright, he has some stupid-good targets. If the Cowboys can mount a semblance of a threatening run game - they can be a playoff type of offense.

It all comes down to the defense. If the Cowboys have one - they’re in the playoff mix. If the defense falters - they’re on the outside looking in.

They still have nothing to stop the run so they will be on the outside again.

 

[DanTanna]

DAK and Pickens did not mention the sliding catch. THAT is Dak’s specialty. Hope Pickens likes that.

 

[DanTanna]

I predict by game three Pickens will be Dez part two.

 

[BoyzBlaster]

Again, I said balls that end up 30+ from the LOS. Bomb balls, etc. Dak doesn't do those well. Heck, Derek Carr completed 2 in a single game against us and Dak had 2 or 3 his entire time out there last season. I keep forgetting to head off the stats people who pull the "20 yards is a deep pass" out of their but, but bags, lol. 20+ air yards could start 10 yards behind the LOS and then end up 10 yards beyond the LOS on a 3rd and 15 play. But he hit a deep pass though, lol. I also said last year and then you go pull wrong stats from the wrong year.


Not bomb balls, he doesn't. Now that we have a deep threat I want to see if Dak is going to be able to hit him on target when he's open. Historically, he has not.

Geat post. I said elsewhere I don't remember him throwing it deep at all last year, although my memory is not perfect. But it really stood out because at one time he wasn't bad at throwing the really deep ball down either sideline.

 

[BoyzBlaster]

Dak talking about Pickens' game is interesting considering that he kind of helped Dez's career come to an end because early on in his career, Prescott didn't like throwing 50/50 balls. He was too cautious a quarterback for that, didn't like taking risks. As Bryant's career was winding down, he became even more of a 50/50 ball receiver because he was never a good route runner and he had lost some of the explosiveness in his legs. Bryant went from a peak of 88-1,320-16 in 2014 (Romo's last healthy year) to 69-838-8 as his best numbers with Prescott. A lot of that had to do with injuries robbing Dez of some of his skills. Some of that had to do with Prescott not being comfortable throwing the ball up for grabs and trusting his receiver to come down with it.

Bingo. Dak's terrified of throwing picks, so his comfort zone is throwing to guys who are wide open and often standing still (hence the endless hook patterns). He doesn't like to through contested balls (not intentionally).