Dak Prescott Ranks - Surprise! - No. 1 in 'Decision-Making'
FRISCO - No, you did not see this one coming.
Dallas Cowboys watchers without bias can see it: By and large, Dak Prescott has this year been masterful in engineering the new "Texas Coast Offense'' under coach Mike McCarthy.
The offense, a version of the West Coast Offense, fits Dak, in terms of talent and decision-making.
And Dak fits the offense, as he has pushed his Cowboys into the upper levels of the NFC and into first place in the NFC East championship race.
Kudos to McCarthy for having a vision. And kudos to Dak for fulfilling it - to the point where even ESPN, God bless 'em, is raving about the Dallas QB in one particular area that some simply won't believe. ...
ESPN’s Matt Bowen is listing Dak as the quarterback with "the best decision-making in the league'' this season.
“One season after tying for the league-lead in interceptions (15),” Bowen writes. “Prescott has seven through 14 games (tied for sixth-fewest). He also has a Total QBR of 72.7 this season, second-best in the league, and he’s being smart with the ball, especially in critical game moments.”
Is this a turnaround from turnovers? Yes, though again - for those who actually watch the games without pre-baked bias, Prescott's career has established that last season's interception total marks an aberration, all of that "Turnovers are in Dak's DNA'' analysis being made to look foolish.
But Bowen is telling us it's more than that. It's about what's happening above the shoudlers.
Through 14 games this season, Dak has passed for 3,639 yards with 28 touchdowns to just those seven interceptions.
Hey, none of this means Prescott is going to automatically lead Dallas to the Super Bowl. This discussion is about fixing what was broken and about Dak's MVP-level play to this point.
We'll cross some bridges of failure if and when the 10-4 Cowboys actually ... you know, fail.
But right now? Here inside The Star, maybe this positive evaluation of Prescott is no revelation at all. But for an ESPN analyst to see it and to write it? Well, like we say, kudos to Dak. Kudos to McCarthy. And, we suppose, kudos to ESPN as well.
