Rush doesn't take sacks

[Ranched]

Rush is a backup quarterback for a reason. He is comfortable in this system and plays well within the confines of Moore’s playbook, but he doesn’t have the arm talent necessary to consistently elevate those around him. Granted he got the job done, but so did the rest of the squad.

 

[Hennessy_King]

No, that is exactly what a QB should do. Get the ball out within the play design. Keep the defense honest so they can't just key on the run.
It's exactly what he did in 2016. Defenses figured out the coverages & throws he is uncomfortable with & all they do is sit on what is left while focusing on the run.
Rush isn't letting them do that and now we are balanced again. I don't think anyone would be too upset seeing a functioning offense again regardless of who is under center.

They have been a top 5 offense with dak under center. We are joe flacco on the ravens right now. Defense is ballin offense doing just enough to win

 

[Hennessy_King]

This is a worn out & lame excuse. At some point a player has to progress past his rookie version. People didn't start bringing up real concerns until Dak had been in the league a few years and it was obvious he had flaws.

The voices have gotten louder because he has failed to show sustained improvement against better opponents. It's all on Dak. He chose to enter a performance based business. People expect him to perform. He has too often failed.

He has performed if you look over the course of his career. Every qb has bad games here and there. It happens.

 

[McKDaddy]

You mean like against the Pats last year? Or against Seattle or GB in the playoffs?

Pat's with a zillion folks out & a rookie QB? Nah

Seattle playoff - you mean a game where Zeke had 137 yards & a TD. Dak turned it over with a three point lead & we escaped with a two point win over a team that was pretty devoid of talent outside of QB & Lockett. Nah

GB playoff - why would you even bring that up? complete inability to move the ball was how GB got a 21 - 3 lead halfway thru 2nd quarter. On top of that a horrible interception when they finally started moving the ball. If he does anything early in the game, we can impose our will and probably win the game easily. He was a rookie and shouldn't have been relied on so I don't hold that one solely against him. However, I also don't give him too much credit for another "almost comebacks" of his career.

 

[G2]

They were in max protect all night and play action was utilized.

 

[USArmyVet]

They were in max protect all night and play action was utilized.

Rush has taken 3 sacks in 75 passing attempts for a sack % of 3.8%.

For his career, Dak's lowest sack % was 3.7% in 2019. For his career Dak has a sack % of 5.7%.

His rookie year, with what was perhaps Dallas' best OL in quite awhile, Dak had a sack % of 5.2%.

So are you saying that Dallas never ran play action or max protect for Dak? Is there a chance that Rush just sticks to the game plan and reads the field quicker so as to avoid taking sacks?

While Rush has a small sample size compared to Dak, you can't just use max protect and play action as the reasoning.

 

[CWR]

1 against the Bengals last week. 0 against the giants last night.

If it's not there he gets rid of it. Dak too many times holds it and ends up taking drive killing sacks.

Rush played better than anyone could have expected last night. If not for the drops his numbers would look spectacular.

The legend of Cooper Rush continues to grow.

 

[DandyDon52]

1 against the Bengals last week. 0 against the giants last night.

If it's not there he gets rid of it. Dak too many times holds it and ends up taking drive killing sacks.

Rush played better than anyone could have expected last night. If not for the drops his numbers would look spectacular.

he is doing good in all areas, way better than I thought he would do, he has surprised me.

 

[G2]

Rush has taken 3 sacks in 75 passing attempts for a sack % of 3.8%.

For his career, Dak's lowest sack % was 3.7% in 2019. For his career Dak has a sack % of 5.7%.

His rookie year, with what was perhaps Dallas' best OL in quite awhile, Dak had a sack % of 5.2%.

So are you saying that Dallas never ran play action or max protect for Dak? Is there a chance that Rush just sticks to the game plan and reads the field quicker so as to avoid taking sacks?

While Rush has a small sample size compared to Dak, you can't just use max protect and play action as the reasoning.

Trying to compare the two is just dumb. You tried.

 

[LysleE]

They said before the game that he is the 2nd fastest QB to get the ball out that's played this season.

That's what happens when you can read a defense.

Agreed…if Dak could read defenses and process information as fast as Cooper Rush and had his release; Dak would be a top-tier QB given his physical skills…but he doesn’t and thusly is not.

 

[SackMaster]

Large number of worthless teams huh.... thats actually a pretty good one.

Did these teams get worthless when Dak got in the league??? Or have there ever been other quarterbacks in the past that was in the top 10 due to worthless teams?? I ask because I've never heard of quarterbacks benefiting from worthless teams when talks of rankings came up.

True.

I mean Tom Brady benefited for nearly two decades in a very bad AFC East division, but no one seems to care that he beat up on Miami, Buffalo and NY Jets every year.


But someone will say "Well Tom Brady has won Super Bowls." And while absolutely true, he's also on the wrong side of the biggest Super Bowl upset in SB History being undefeated, then losing to the WILDCARD NY Giants.

How about Aaron Rodgers and the NFC North. The Vikings are sometimes a good "regular season" team, but not a contender. Since Rogers has been a starter, the Bears have been mediocre at best (They made the SB in Rodgers 2nd year, before he was the starter). And the Lions .... are the Lions.

Think about Peyton Manning feasting on the likes of the Jags, Titans and Texans for 10+ years.

Or how about the early 2000s NFC East when McNabb was leading the Eagles. Not much to brag about what the Cowboys, Giants or Skins were trotting on the field those years.

I'm sure if down voting was a thing on this site, I would be down voted to hell and back for this one, but ....

Typically one of the first things that helps propel a QB to a "Top Ranking" is playing in a pretty bad division because that leads to an "easy" 4-6 wins every year.

But hey, only Cowboys fans would hold that against their own starting QB.

JMHO