News: Was Prescott's Rookie Season A Fluke?

[DFWJC]

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It's funny how people go out of their way to discredit Dak.

If/when we win another Super Bowl, it'll be because:

1. Offensive line, not Dak or Zeke
2. Refs gave us the game, Jerry paid them
3. We didn't win, the other team lost
4. Etc.

It'll be glorious.

There are those out there, for sure.

But I get the feeling though, that people are falling all over themselves for Dak.

The hype train is like nothing I've seen in years. The good news is that least (unlike some getting hyped) he did have a massive rookie year to have reason to get that train rolling.

I mean, the guy got rated the 14th best player going into 2017 in the entire NFL on that NFL 100 poll....higher than Tyron Smith, and a ton of others.
That's a lot of cred.
I let others decide if he really is the 14th best player, but no doubt he's getting mega credit all over the place.

 

[DeaconMoss]

Absolutely. Dallas missed on all the guys they wanted. Settled for Dak. 2 guys ahead of him get hurt. And he steps in and has a good year. Yes. The whole thing was a fluke.

 

[DFWJC]

Did I miss something in the link that said he was a fluke? What I read it said he did not have a fluke season.

Same here.
People are assuming it was negative but it was not.

 

[plasticman]

Yeah.....that's it.......a fluke.

Yeah, opponents don't need to worry....yep.....no extra game planning needed at all.....couldn't play like that again in a million years.

It was a complete fluke.....yeah......that's the ticket......a complete fluke.

 

[jday]

He's for real

I think just one followup season will shut the remaining doubters up.
Just one


I really like his odds

Unfortunately, haters will hate. Doubters will doubt. Another season of proving them wrong, I suspect, will do nothing to alleviate the symptoms of their condition.

 

[viman96]

Absolutely. Dallas missed on all the guys they wanted. Settled for Dak. 2 guys ahead of him get hurt. And he steps in and has a good year. Yes. The whole thing was a fluke.

It is never that simple. Dallas had plenty of info on Dak so they were not lucky picking him.

 

[jday]

It is never that simple. Dallas had plenty of info on Dak so they were not lucky picking him.

But they kind of were lucky, if you think about it. In a redraft, Dak goes in the first round. Had the Cowboys drafted him in the second round, even, I might say they knew something everyone else didn't But in this case, Dak was the Cowboys 3rd choice after Paxton Lynch and another QB they attempted to get (I forget whom). They took him with the idea of slowly but surely grooming him and were extremely lucky that their situation dictated through a string of unfortunate events (Moore injury then a Romo injury) to start him. Granted, they could have brought in a veteran but by that point Dak was already exhibiting signs that the game was not too big for him.

 

[viman96]

They knew enough to draft him before any other team and that is all that matters So regardless when they picked Dak, they pulled the trigger when they needed to. I do not get why so many want to give Dallas a backhanded complement for when/how they picked Dak. It is not like every team's draft goes according to plan year in year out.

 

[jterrell]

The doubters would say RG3. I think 20TDs and 5ints. But I think the combo of arrogance and fragility are what doomed him. Neither apply to Dak.

what doomed rg3 was a system the league figured out then injury.

 

[DFWJC]

What they will say, and have said, is that Dak benefited from an amazing O-line. But...I just read something that said Philly will have the best O-line in the NFL this year. So, Wentz should be even better than Dak has been..right? I also keep reading about the Cowboys' success being a product of having an amazingly healthy year. To that, I would say that losing your starting QB, your back-up QB, and your starting WR for any length of time would be devastating. It sure was the year before. Except it wasn't last year. Dak kept things afloat until help arrived. Except he kept that help on the bench.

Dak has done this at every level he's ever played on. He's not just good. He's the kind of good that ALWAYS gets to play on a better team than everyone else. At some point, his level of GOOD is the reason the teams are better.

I can't wait for the season to get started.

Dak did well with ok but not great talent most of the years at MSU.

Just for the record though, he and team (always emphasis) were never once state champions in either high school or national champions (or conference champs) in college.
His team did win a district title in football once. His teams at Miss State finished ranked in the top 25 just once (#7 in 2014)
In other words, he's never been on a team that won the top prize.
The point is (and always has been) that no matter how good you are, you need a team to win it all.

He (and team) will get their first real championship in the NFL at some point

Can't wait.

 

[viman96]

RG3 doomed himself. He alienated himself from the team. His OL appeared to not like him as well.

 

[DFWJC]

But they kind of were lucky, if you think about it. In a redraft, Dak goes in the first round. Had the Cowboys drafted him in the second round, even, I might say they knew something everyone else didn't But in this case, Dak was the Cowboys 3rd choice after Paxton Lynch and another QB they attempted to get (I forget whom). They took him with the idea of slowly but surely grooming him and were extremely lucky that their situation dictated through a string of unfortunate events (Moore injury then a Romo injury) to start him. Granted, they could have brought in a veteran but by that point Dak was already exhibiting signs that the game was not too big for him.

no doubt they were lucky. So were the Pats getting Brady.
I'll take it!

 

[DFWJC]

The doubters would say RG3. I think 20TDs and 5ints. But I think the combo of arrogance and fragility are what doomed him. Neither apply to Dak.

and Foles with his crazy 27 TDs and 2 ints in his first full year (13 games) starting.

Both kind of caught the league off guard though via scheme. D-coordinators caught up over the summer..and that was that.
Dak mostly ran Linehan's offense. He's legit.

 

[Screw The Hall]

Forget the numbers he put up for a minute. No rookie QB in the history of the league has ever shown the intangibles this kid has that just blind you with their obviousness. An incredible work ethic, his leadership is in the stratosphere, humble and instinctive enough to be able to handle the Romo situation as if he were a 15 year vet. This kid is special inside where you can't teach it.

 

[Macnalty]

Just to tap the brakes somewhat, remember his play vs the eagles in game 1 Oct 30 2016, he still has some rook in him that will come out in season 2 and the receivers will not always be in position to save him. He is without a doubt a real talent no matter which round he was drafted, but there will be some things he has not seen before on the field in 2017. The Giants are going to be loaded and psyched up for the opening game. Training camp I assume will be difficult knowing our DB's could very well be rooks at some point. Giants, Broncos, Cardinals, Packers, Commanders, Chiefs, Falcons, and Rams, 49ers tossed in for our breather games.

The only easy day was yesterday.

 

[Screw The Hall]

They knew enough to draft him before any other team and that is all that matters So regardless when they picked Dak, they pulled the trigger when they needed to. I do not get why so many want to give Dallas a backhanded complement for when/how they picked Dak. It is not like every team's draft goes according to plan year in year out.

It's ridiculous. Why give any team any credit for taking a terrific player past the 1st round if that's the case? Shouldn't they have taken him with their 1st pick if they knew he was so good? They got lucky. Complete bologna.

 

[Floatyworm]

A fluke season? I understand somebody having a fluke game, but not a entire fluke season. You don't throw 23 TDs to 4 Ints on a fluke. Will Dak play as well in 2017 as he did in 2016? Possibly not, but the fluke stuff is just silly talk.

Ya....Just Silly talk

I mean who would believe... Romo was telling Dak where to throw the football from the sideline?

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

I can't deny I'm always wary of the sophomore slump. But this kid has that IT thing about him that you just can't deny. I personally see him leading us to an 12-4 record

 

[erod]

Certainly not a fluke, but also not as "amazing" as it was made out to be.

He could falter this year a bit, but the long term outlook looks very promising.

 

[paladin]

RG3 doomed himself. He alienated himself from the team. His OL appeared to not like him as well.

True
He was he was far more interested in "building his brand" than he was in perfecting his skills.