Prescott vs NFL - Intermediate Throws

[CaptainCreed]

Of league's top 20 rated passers with a minimum of 10 attempts on passes thrown 11-20 yards past line of scrimmage.

Prescott 18 of 24 307 yd 12.8 ypa 1 td 0 int 130.6
Wentz 13 of 19 304 yd 18.0 ypa 1 td 0 int 128.7
Manning 17 of 23 298 yd 13.0 ypa 2 td 2 int 108.5
Brees 13 of 27 241 yd 8.9 ypa 2 td 0 int 104.1
Luck 12 of 23 184 yd 8.0 ypa 3 td 1 int 100.4
Smith 12 of 23 218 yd 9.5 ypa 1 td 0 int 99.5
Tannehill 19 of 34 365 yd 10.7 ypa 2 td 2 int 88.5*
Rivers 8 of 18 125 yd 6.9 ypa 1 td 0 int 86.6
Carr 7 of 19 145 yd 7.6 ypa 1 td 0 int 82.1
Dalton 12 of 22 262 yd 11.9 ypa 0 td 1 int 78.2*
Wilson 9 of 19 163 yd 8.6 ypa 0 td 0 int 77.3
Taylor 6 of 14 130 yd 9.3 ypa 0 td 0 int 76.5
Siemian 11 of 17 181 yd 10.7 ypa 9 td 1 int 75.9
Ryan 11 of 24 181 yd 7.5 ypa 1 td 1 int 68.2
Rodgers 6 of 17 81 yd 4.8 ypa 1 td 1 int 46.4
Cousins 10 of 25 175 yd 7.00 ypa 1 td 2 int 44.6

*not including Thur night game

source: Elias Sports Bureau

Prescott is only 1 of 8 for 28 yards on 20+ yard targets.

He's 10 of 11 for 191 yards 1 td 0 int (149.1) on throws of 11-20 yards between the numbers.

Great to see, but history says regression to the mean. Still impressive so far.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

OK-- so he's 1st in 21-30 (still rated as an intermediate pass by the article), 29th in 31-40, and 5th in 40+. Don't leave that out lol.

The point of the OP was to say that Dak should throw and complete more 20+ passes. My point is simply saying that JG's offense is focused on the intermediate game, and Tony's numbers between 21-30 yards bear that out.

My guess would be that as Dak matures as a passer and defenses have to back off a bit on the running game-- his numbers of 20+ passes will go up as a result. I would still think that Garrett would have him focused on higher percentage passes under 30 yards, as that is the bread and butter of this offense.

In 31-40 he's tied for T-8 at 3.8% with Glennon 1st at 5.3%.

 

[Alexander]

There's Packer fans that are actually blaming her lol

And his brother going on that reality show. They have the pitchforks out right now, even wanting to can McCarthy

Olivia Munn is Rodgers' beard.

 

[Hawkeye19]

In 31-40 he's tied for T-8 at 3.8% with Glennon 1st at 5.3%.

Tied for 8th in number of passes thrown between 31-40 yards-- but he graded out as the 29th most effective QB at that range.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Tied for 8th in number of passes thrown between 31-40 yards-- but he graded out as the 29th most effective QB at that range.

Twill's fault

 

[Hawkeye19]

Twill's fault

for sure...lol

 

[DC Cowboy]

Romo always had a good deep ball, especially when TO was here. Even Laurent Robinson benefited going deep.

2 guys who were good at getting open down the field.

 

[percyhoward]

Great to see, but history says regression to the mean.

The highest ratings will be lower, and the lowest ratings will be higher, but the ranking is all that really matters.

 

[percyhoward]

The point of the OP was to say that Dak should throw and complete more 20+ passes.

That wasn't the point of the OP.

My point is simply saying that JG's offense is focused on the intermediate game, and Tony's numbers between 21-30 yards bear that out.

Passes thrown over 30 yards make up a tiny percentage of any team's total pass attempts. The league average is less than 2 per game. Romo averaged 1.67 per game in 2014. Last year, Roethlisberger had 2.75 per game.

 

[Doomsday101]

That wasn't the point of the OP.

Passes thrown over 30 yards make up a tiny percentage of any team's total pass attempts. The league average is less than 2 per game. Romo averaged 1.67 per game in 2014. Last year, Roethlisberger had 2.75 per game.

I agree. I'm not concerned about how many deep balls we will throw what I expect to see is the offense continue to move the ball and continue to convert. Currently Dallas is leading all teams in the NFL in 3rd down conversions at 52.5% and the Cowboy penalties they also rank high in terms of fewest penalties. As I mentioned earlier all these pass plays have more than 1 read and if Dak sees an opportunity for the deep ball I have no doubt he will take it but most important is to continue to make the correct reads and connect on those plays.

People love spending a lot of time tearing down the Cowboys yet fail to see a lot of good things they are doing. I guess after so much bad people have gotten to the point they can't see the good.

 

[Hawkeye19]

That wasn't the point of the OP.

Passes thrown over 30 yards make up a tiny percentage of any team's total pass attempts. The league average is less than 2 per game. Romo averaged 1.67 per game in 2014. Last year, Roethlisberger had 2.75 per game.

Interesting. What was the point of the OP then?

Agreed on point 2. The Dallas offense's bread and butter is the intermediate passing game.

 

[percyhoward]

All these pass plays have more than 1 read and if Dak sees an opportunity for the deep ball I have no doubt he will take it but most important is to continue to make the correct reads and connect on those plays.

What's particularly impressive is that he seems to get exponentially better with each start.

He's 10 of 11 on throws of 11-20 yards between the numbers, but he only threw one such pass against the Giants in week 1. So, 9 of 10 the last two weeks alone.

 

[percyhoward]

Interesting. What was the point of the OP then?

That among the league's top 20 rated passers, the Cowboys' backup is the leader in throws of 11-20 yards through 3 games.

 

[Doomsday101]

What's particularly impressive is that he seems to get exponentially better with each start.

He's 10 of 11 on throws of 11-20 yards between the numbers, but he only threw one such pass against the Giants in week 1. So, 9 of 10 the last two weeks alone.

I agree, as he gains more experience the game will actually start to slow down for him and his reads will become quicker and I hope as he takes more chances he will learn when to take those risk and when he needs to play it safe. I think the main tool for any QB playing this game is the 6 inch space between the ears, the one thing that has been proven over the years is you don't have to be 6'5" to be a great QB, you don't need a cannon for an arm and you don't need to be extremely fast to be great, the key to the position is how you are able to process information quickly and know where to go with the ball.

 

[Hawkeye19]

That among the league's top 20 rated passers, the Cowboys' backup is the leader in throws of 11-20 yards through 3 games.

Why contrast that with Dak being 1-8 from 20+ yards?

 

[percyhoward]

Why contrast that with Dak being 1-8 from 20+ yards?

Because someone was going to ask about it anyway.

 

[Dodger12]

2 guys who were good at getting open down the field.

One guy who was good and the other guy who played street ball when the play broke down but I get your point. We've seen Romo go deep to Williams and others. He's under-rated when it comes to going down field.

 

[Plankton]

Just use his small frame and quickness to slip behind the back coverage (FS), like last week

Welker made a living doing it.

The Cowboys won't make much of a living sending someone like Cole Beasley on go routes. He's 5'8" with a small catch radius. The further he gets down the field, the smaller a target he becomes. It becomes an even lower percentage pass play with him in the deep route.

 

[Plankton]

What's particularly impressive is that he seems to get exponentially better with each start.

He's 10 of 11 on throws of 11-20 yards between the numbers, but he only threw one such pass against the Giants in week 1. So, 9 of 10 the last two weeks alone.

Confidence and knowledge of the offense is a beautiful thing.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Because someone was going to ask about it anyway.

Gotcha... it's such a small sample size at this point that it is pretty much irrelevant. It will be interesting to see where his numbers go as the competition gets stiffer and there is more film on him available for defenses to break down.

For 3 games-- he has put up an amazing performance and shown that he has the physical tools and football IQ to play at this level. Really hope he can keep making strides this season.