What does Dak have to work on this offseason?

[dallasdave]

His Defense

 

[dallasdave]

He's a college kid. He will get there.

Soon he will be able to take the peeble from your hand.

 

[haleyrules]

Soon he will be able to take the peeble from your hand.

Yes grasshopper...very wise.

 

[haleyrules]

Soon he will be able to take the peeble from your hand.

Thats a BIG number...40,482!! Nice!

 

[Risen Star]

A different position.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

He needs to work on pretty much everything. Unfortunately it's the things that he can't work on that will get you. His unsustainable interception rate. His receivers unsustainable drop rate. The unsustainable play and health of many of his teammates. The team's unsustainable record in close games. The year to year variability of the schedule. All of these things contribute to even really good players and having up and down years. Tom Brady followed up his 4 interception season in 2010 with 12 the next year. Peyton Manning followed up his 49 TD season in 2004 with "only" 28 TDs. Neither player got worse. Their play just wasn't sustainable.

 

[SDCowboy]

Don't want more running
He runs occasionally and that is enough

I'd have to disagree to an extent. I don't want him running all the time, but on short yardage situations, it would be nice to have them roll him out more so a short run is a legitimate option.

 

[haleyrules]

I'd have to disagree to an extent. I don't want him running all the time, but on short yardage situations, it would be nice to have them roll him out more so a short run is a legitimate option.

His running puts the defense in a tough situation...this is a new and key element for the offense. The Cowboys haven't had this threat in many, many years.

 

[Gameover]

mid range throws. i don't care what the stats show, he can be very inaccurate on his mid range passes.

I call BS on this...

 

[SDCowboy]

His running puts the defense in a tough situation...this is a new and key element for the offense. The Cowboys haven't had this threat in many, many years.

Agreed completely.

 

[haleyrules]

I call BS on this...

Absolutely. Prescott is young...but he is the road ahead.

 

[KLJ]

Absolutely. Prescott is young...but he is the road ahead.

jesus

 

[Fletch]

I will defer to the coaches and Dak himself rather than listening to all this tripe by a bunch of beer-swilling idiots.

That is all.

 

[Sportsdude360]

He needs to work on pretty much everything. Unfortunately it's the things that he can't work on that will get you. His unsustainable interception rate. His receivers unsustainable drop rate. The unsustainable play and health of many of his teammates. The team's unsustainable record in close games. The year to year variability of the schedule. All of these things contribute to even really good players and having up and down years. Tom Brady followed up his 4 interception season in 2010 with 12 the next year. Peyton Manning followed up his 49 TD season in 2004 with "only" 28 TDs. Neither player got worse. Their play just wasn't sustainable.

Let's hope Arron Rodgers play isn't sustainable!!!

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Smarter reads is my opinion. I saw Dez open countless times throughout the season and he settled for less. Besides that I thought Dak was great

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Climbing up the pocket. He has little issue moving laterally and making the throw, but when he makes a bad throw it usually is when he's climbing up into the pocket. Needs to get a little more air on deep fade/deep go routes. Better anticipation on deep fades and deep corner routes. He'll need to figure out how to beat a defense that shows a lot of pre-snap movement and exotic blitzes like the Giants do and how the Eagles did in game 1.

I would want him to keep his body in the same shape and look. While I don't want him being a runner, I still want him to be a threat to run and to make things difficult for the defense on both RPO's and bootlegs. So I still want him fairly explosive from an athletic standpoint. The Cowboys have a bad habit of bulking guys up and taking away their speed which is one of their strengths.



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[slomoxn]

Well if you looked at Dakota and Ezekiel after the game they weren't happy, they didn't have the "we're just happy to have made it this far" look; they fully expected to go all the way. They just got their first taste of the NFL good to goat candidates and I think they'll both put in work to get better,- a lot better.

He should lobby for a veteran #2 to work with and mentor Dez, he is in prime time and needs someone to teach him how to play the position completely. Other than that awareness, and ability to throw his receivers open consistently I see my thought.

 

[reddyuta]

DEfintely footwork.he also needs to scan the field like Romo,our Oline gives him plenty of time,I have seen plenty of wide open guys he missed

 

[Stryker44]

Grasping multiple formations.

 

[TheHerd]

Footwork, short middle of the field, ball awareness.
And playing in the cold. We'll be in NY and at least one other cold weather away game every December given how he played in NY this year.