For Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott: Nowhere to go but up
All stats indicate Dak Prescott is on the verge of greatness. This season proves the young Dallas Cowboys quarterback has nowhere to go but up.
After watching the Dallas Cowboys‘ embarrassing defeat to the Tennessee Titans – remember them? Allow me to start by addressing the elephant in the room – I was wrong (for the first time ever).
After last week’s article, I am willing to now declare that head coach Jason Garrett shall never be allowed to do anything that is not football related during the NFL regular season, after the NFL regular season or before the NFL regular season.
If a television camera shows Garrett eating mashed potatoes and peas during Thanksgiving dinner, I want to see receiving routes for the peas drawn in the potatoes. Yes, it’s that serious.
Usually, after a loss where the Cowboys look offensively neutered, inept, inefficient, bad, dormant – yes, I just downloaded a thesaurus program. I like to cut off my electronic devices, grab my Dallas Cowboys blanket, pour a huge cup of ice cold Tito’s vodka (drink responsibly), curl up in the fetal position, suck my thumb, cry softly, sit in the dark and watch highlights of future Hall of Fame quarterback Tony Romo on YouTube.
The cries from the rafters keep raining down on me – Robert H. Carroll, please stop mentioning Tony Romo in every article. Well, I tried to shift the focus on the team’s lone bright spot – future Hall of Fame safety Jeff Heath.
But the fact remains, I can’t ignore that in a league with rules that make it illegal to breathe on quarterbacks, Romo would be playing at an elite level and the Cowboys offense would look like the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs.
As a broadcaster, Romo tells the viewers what the offense and defense will do before the teams break the huddle. I am willing to bet that Romo knows what the first play of the game will be during the coin toss. You can’t devalue intelligence at the quarterback position. I miss #9.
Before you rush to the comment section and tell me that he’s never coming back, I am turning the corner on quarterback Dak Prescott. I’m ready to embrace Prescott and all of his commercials for the next 8 years. His performance against the Titans last week was legendary.
I could talk about the Cowboys’ last possession where Prescott threw a non-catchable ball out of bounds on fourth down. That was simply a brilliant decision. What else was he supposed to do in that situation? Giving his receivers a chance to make a play wasn’t an option. That was flawless execution.
It reminded me of the time Tony Romo took his eyes off the defense to pick the ball up after a bad snap, look up to reanalyze the defense and throw a game-winning touchdown pass into a tight window against the New York Giants. Granted, the results were completely opposite, but that memory puts me in my happy place.
Why talk about the distant past when the present is here and looks incredible with Prescott. Let’s analyze the amazing touch pass from Monday night that Prescott tossed off his back foot to wide receiver Amari Cooper who was double covered. If you ignore the fact that it was off-target, inaccurate, intercepted and Cooper had zero chance of catching it – it was a beautiful throw.
I can’t blame the playcalling because I’ve seen that play with former wide receiver Dez Bryant. To be honest, I’ve watched every game and remember the three times that the Cowboys moved the outside wide receiver into the slot position. The play was run against the Titans and it was intercepted.
Dez Bryant ran the route against the Arizona Cardinals, realized it was a zone coverage and sat down in the middle of the field, caught the pass then pushed the entire Cardinals defense into the end zone.
Bryant ran the same route against the Miami Dolphins the day Romo returned from injury – it rained in Miami that day, my friends and I wore ponchos and when Romo ran onto the field, the sun appeared and a rainbow covered the stadium (at least that’s how I will always remember it).
In Miami, Bryant ran the route, realized he had man coverage against a linebacker. Bryant extended the route across the field and scored on a touchdown pass from Tony Romo.
Let’s accept that on that play, the Titans played great defense. In fact, let’s just believe that every team remaining on the schedule has an elite defense. Say it with me – The Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, and Washington Redskins are all tied for the number one defense.
Use it in an argument at the barbershop or water cooler and I promise that nobody will fact check you. The Cowboys might be on a heavy prescription of “Takeanelle” and believing the number one defense myth can make the pill easier to swallow, trust me.
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After eight games, Wak Prescott has 10 touchdowns, five interceptions, seven fumbles, zero 300-yard passing games – these are all stats that indicate Prescott is on the verge of greatness. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones should sign him to a contract that dwarfs Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. We’re talking four-year, $200 million with $198 million guaranteed. Jerry, don’t let this kid walk!
After Prescott’s rookie season, I predicted that there was nowhere for him to go but down. Now I wonder if Prescott has reached the point where there is nowhere to go but up, elevate, increase, ascend, rise, escalate.
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