Aikman on Dak Prescott: "Most impressive young player I've ever been around"

[dbair1967]

A lot of high praise from Troy here.

[video=youtube;xs8i3n5Ataw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8i3n5Ataw[/video]

 

[Doomsday]

Protecting the ball seems to be his highest priority on the field, and I think that's a lot of what separates him from a good number of pro quarterbacks.

 

[theoneandonly]

My biggest concern with Dak is the O Line coming together quickly. Collins should be fine at LG, the RT spot is a huge question mark right now.

 

[MrB]

Protecting the ball seems to be his highest priority on the field, and I think that's a lot of what separates him from a good number of pro quarterbacks.

Dak's desire/ability to protect the ball is one of the main reason I'm optimistic about this team's future. He's not out there just flinging the ball around and forcing it into coverage. With a ball control offense it's perfectly ok to just throw to the open guy for a 5 yard gain. They still need to put the defense together to go with that ball control offense though.

 

[Doomsday]

Dak's desire/ability to protect the ball is one of the main reason I'm optimistic about this team's future. He's not out there just flinging the ball around and forcing it into coverage. With a ball control offense it's perfectly ok to just throw to the open guy for a 5 yard gain.

Question is how patient will Ginger be with that. I well imagine and would bet they have him in the film room all they can, showing him all the great plays he missed, "opportunities" missed, filling his head full of shit. "Your dumpoff here was premature, look at Dez running wide open if you had just held the ball another second you woulda saw him..."

And such.

Each and every time we had a bye Dak looked like shit the first quarter and a half or so of both of the following games - hesitant, looking like he was trying too much, thinking too much instead of playing. My fear is that Ginger now has a entire offseason, camp, and preseason to fuck this kid up. And he will.

 

[MrB]

Question is how patient will Ginger be with that. I well imagine and would bet they have him in the film room all they can, showing him all the great plays he missed, "opportunities" missed, filling his head full of shit. "Your dumpoff here was premature, look at Dez running wide open if you had just held the ball another second you woulda saw him..."

And such.

Each and every time we had a bye Dak looked like shit the first quarter and a half or so of both of the following games - hesitant, looking like he was trying too much, thinking too much instead of playing. My fear is that Ginger now has a entire offseason, camp, and preseason to fuck this kid up. And he will.

Good point. It's might be taking him a quarter or so to stop thinking so much and just playing. That could also be chalked up though to him being a rookie. He played so well that it was sometimes easy to forget. But I'm really all on board with blaming Red, that dude sucks. Wade Wilson deserves blame. That dude hasn't done shit since he's been in Dallas. Dak saved his ass as much as he saved Red's.

 

[Doomsday]

Good point. It's might be taking him a quarter or so to stop thinking so much and just playing. That could also be chalked up though to him being a rookie. He played so well that it was sometimes easy to forget.

I'd noticed there were only two shaky starts for Dak, (after the opener) and both were after a bye. Hard to say it was just rust, it's not like the kid wasn't most always playing with his instincts and instincts don't get rusty.

But I'm really all on board with blaming Red, that dude sucks. Wade Wilson deserves blame. That dude hasn't done shit since he's been in Dallas. Dak saved his ass as much as he saved Red's.

The opposite school of thought (if you can call it that) is Ginger and Wade are coaching gods, to have gotten this performance out of a 4th round pick rookie. That's probably what mostly drove Ginger's coach of the year honors. I am willing to give Wilson some small credit for helping Dak with his mechanics, which were indeed questionable coming out of college - that is after all one of the big reasons he was still there for the picking in the 4th round. But I don't give Garrett credit for shit. The more Garrett coaches you, and the more you listen to him, the worse you're going to be.

 

[MrB]

I'd noticed there were only two shaky starts for Dak, (after the opener) and both were after a bye. Hard to say it was just rust, it's not like the kid wasn't most always playing with his instincts and instincts don't get rusty.The opposite school of thought (if you can call it that) is Ginger and Wade are coaching gods, to have gotten this performance out of a 4th round pick rookie. That's probably what mostly drove Ginger's coach of the year honors. I am willing to give Wilson some small credit for helping Dak with his mechanics, which were indeed questionable coming out of college - that is after all one of the big reasons he was still there for the picking in the 4th round. But I don't give Garrett credit for shit. The more Garrett coaches you, and the more you listen to him, the worse you're going to be.

I think the credit for Dak's mechanics should probably go to the QB coach he worked with before and after the draft. Don't remember the coaches name but it was in Florida is all I really remember.

 

[Doomsday]

I think the credit for Dak's mechanics should probably go to the QB coach he worked with before and after the draft. Don't remember the coaches name but it was in Florida is all I really remember.

I'd forgotten about that. Good call.

 

[yimyammer]

Wade Wilson deserves blame. That dude hasn't done shit since he's been in Dallas

Maybe not, its been reported he was instrumental in the selection of Dak, if true, that more than makes up for any other short comings he may have.

From this article:

So who was most responsible on the Dallas coaching staff?

There are varying opinions. What’s clear is that head coach Jason Garrett, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan and quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson all liked Prescott and thought he was a worthwhile project. But Garrett had some concerns about Prescott’s off-field incidents and made a point to drill into him about it in their personal meetings. And Linehan? He remained a big Kellen Moore backer behind Romo, but believed Prescott had the skills to develop down the line.

Ultimately, the driving force that tipped the scales seems to have been Wilson, who went all over the map looking at Prescott. In terms of overall assessment and scouting, Wilson’s work on Prescott’s on-field abilities might have had the most depth. So there is merit in saying that Wilson may have planted the seed that was ultimately fed and cultivated by Garrett and Linehan.