How Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott makes teammates around him better | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

How Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott makes teammates around him better | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

REMAIN SEALED FOREVER. UH, I GOTTA I GOT A TRIVIA QUESTION FOR YOU AND AND I’M, THIS IS IN, THIS SHOULD BE EASY, BUT YEAH, I HAVE TRIVIA QUESTIONS FOR SIMS FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE HE CALLS HIMSELF A FOOTBALL HISTORIAN. AND THEN EVERY QUESTION, HE WHIFFS. SO SINCE WE’RE GOING TO BE IN PITTSBURGH, ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOR PACKERS, STEELERS TRIVIA QUESTION IS THIS? WHO IS THE ONLY ROOKIE QUARTERBACK WHO HAS EVER BEATEN MIKE TOMLIN STEELERS IN PITTSBURGH. UM, YOU KNOW? ON THAT WAS PROBABLY DOC PRESCOTT 2016. YES, I WAS THERE. WELL I I THOUGHT I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA TO SEIZE UP ALL THAT. YES, YOU WERE THERE. YOU WERE THERE YOU KNOW IT. WELL MIKE MIKE. IT WAS IT WAS 1 OF MY FAVORITE GAMES I’VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AS A PLAYER. A COACH I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THE GAME BUT UH IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. OBVIOUSLY THAT ENVIRONMENT THERE IS ELECTRIC IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO BE A PART OF THE GAME, BUT IT WAS THE YEAR THAT DAK PRESCOTT AND AND ZEKE ELLIOTT WERE ROOKIES AND AND WE HAD WON LIKE WHATEVER IT WAS 9 IN A ROW. AND WE GO UP THERE AND THEY WERE GOOD. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD ROLES B AND ANTONIO BROWN, THEY WERE HARD TO STOP. AND AND AND WE WERE TOE TO TOE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, OFFENSIVELY. WE WERE KIND OF UP AND DOWN THE FIELD BUT WE COULD NOT STOP THEM. I MEAN THEY WERE SCORING AT WILL BUT I’LL NEVER FORGET IT. MIKE TOMLIN KEPT GOING FOR 2 FOR SOME REASON. I THINK IT WAS JUST THE ADVENT OF OF ANALYTICS AND AND THAT PEOPLE WERE MAKING THE ARGUMENT. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WE COULDN’T STOP THEM FOR A LICK AND THEY WOULD GO DOWN THERE AND THEY’D GO FOR 2 AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN AND WE’D STOP THEM. AND SO AS A AS A COACH YOU’RE ON THE SIDELINES AND THE AND THE GUYS ARE COMING OFF THE FIELD AND IT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BOOST BUT WE COULDN’T STOP THE RUN. WE COULDN’T STOP THEIR PASS. I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, AS NICK SABIN WOULD SAY YOU KNOW, S*** THROUGH A 10 HORN. YOU KNOW, AND AND AND AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS AMAZING. AND AND AND I THINK WE WERE AHEAD AND AND AND AND THEY WENT AHEAD AND DAK LET A COMEBACK TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME AND THEN THEY CAME WE BACK AGAIN, AND WE’RE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE AND UH, TO, TO KICK THE GAME WINNER, WE RAN A PLAY CALLED DUO AND ZEKE. ZEKE BROKE THROUGH AND I’LL TELL YOU, I’LL NEVER FORGET THE REACTION OF ZACK MARTIN AFTER HE SCORED THAT TOUCHDOWN AND IT WAS LIKE EUPHORIA, IT’S LIKE WE’RE ALL. WE’RE 10 YEARS OLD RUNNING AROUND WINNING THE CYO CHAMPIONSHIP, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE DAY. I THINK TOMLIN IS 15 AND 1 AGAINST ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS IN PITTSBURGH. I THINK THAT’S THE NUMBER AFTER THEY BEAT DILLON GABRIEL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. BUT YEAH, THE ONLY TIME WAS THAT GAME YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT AND I REMEMBER WHEN HE STARTED GOING FOR I THINK IT WAS WHEN THEY MOVED THE EXTRA POINT. BACK TO THE 15 FROM THE 2. BECAUSE THE IDEA WAS WE WANT TO PERSUADE TEAMS TO GO FOR 2 MORE OFTEN HE LEANED INTO THAT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. AND THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THEY WERE GOING FOR 2. THEY WERE 2 PREDICTABLE, ABOUT GOING FOR 2 BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOULD BE UNPREDICTABLE IN ALL THINGS. ALL THE TIME THEY WERE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE TOO PREDICTABLE ABOUT GOING FOR 2. HE WAS GOING FOR 2 SO OFTEN WHEN THEY FIRST MOVED THAT, THAT EXTRA POINT BACK 13 YARDS. YEAH, IT IT WAS AMAZING THOUGH BECAUSE THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE GAME I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THAT BECAUSE AGAIN WE COULDN’T STOP THEM AT ALL BUT OUR GUYS FELT THIS LIFT BECAUSE I THINK THEY WERE 0 FOR 4 ON 2-POINT PLAYS AND WE’RE LIKE, HEY, WE’RE WE’RE HANGING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THE SIDELINES TO SLOW THEM DOWN BUT I GOT OUR GUYS FELT LIKE THAT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFT AND GAVE US A LITTLE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM. WE KEPT BANGING AWAY, BUT, UH, IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING GAME. AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT ROOKIE INCREDIBLE. AND HE’S ALREADY IN YEAR 10, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SAW IN THE RESEARCH NOTES THAT NBC SPORTS SENDS AROUND EVERY WEEK. AND THIS IS ANOTHER TRIVIA QUESTION, BUT I’LL GIVE YOU DON’T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. HE HAS BEATEN EVERY TEAM IN THE NFL EXCEPT FOR 3. HE’S ALREADY GOT A PELT ON THE WALL FOR 29 OF THE 32, NFL FRANCHISES. WHO ARE THE 3 TEAMS? HE’S NEVER BEATEN. OH, WOW. UM, 1’S EASY. BECAUSE HE’S ONLY EVER PLAYED FOR THE COWBOYS, SO HE’S NEVER PLAYED THERE’S 1 GOOD, THANKS FOR THAT HELP. UH, YEAH, THERE’S 2 OTHERS. UH, WELL. NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT BUT MAYBE BUFFALO. HEY, THAT’S 1, THERE’S 1 AND AND AND THE OTHER 1, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHY IT WOULD BE MENTIONED IN THE RESEARCH NOTES, AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE, IT IT BE THE, THE CLOUDS WILL PART QUICKLY IS IT DENVER? YES, YEAH, BILLS. BRONCOS. AND COWBOYS. IT’S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK ROGERS, OBVIOUSLY, ROGERS HAS NEVER PLAYED THE PACKERS. HE’S GOT THE CHANCE TO JOIN THE SMALL LIST OF QUARTERBACKS WHO HAVE BEATEN ALL 32 FRANCHISES DAK WILL HAVE TO CHANGE TEAMS AT SOME POINT TO GET THERE, BUT HE’S GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE ANOTHER 1 OFF THE LIST THIS WEEKEND, WHEN THE COWBOYS VISIT THE DENVER BRONCOS AND WHAT GET GIVE ME YOUR YOUR BIG PICTURE EVALUATION OF WHAT DAX MANAGED TO DO SO FAR THIS YEAR BECAUSE YOU HEAR THE MVP CHATTER FROM TIME TO TIME THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN CLICKING. THE ISSUES ARE DEFENSIVE BUT WHAT, WHAT’S BEEN YOUR THOUGHT OF THE GUY THAT YOU THAT YOU, UH, TUTORED, WHEN HE FIRST GOT STARTED AS A FOURTH ROUTE PICK OUT OF MISSISSIPPI STATE, 10 YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MANY AGENDAS WITH HOW PEOPLE EVALUATE THINGS AND IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST PULL BACK AND LOOK AT THIS GUY OBJECTIVELY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. THEY’D SEE THAT HE’S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK. AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GAME AS ROOKIE YEAR IN PITTSBURGH. YOU KNOW, HE WAS A, HE WAS A, A FOURTH ROUND PICK, LIKE YOU SAID, HE WAS COMING INTO ON OUR TEAM TO BE THE THIRD STRING QUARTERBACK AND A GUY THAT WE’RE GOING TO DEVELOP FOR THE FUTURE AND AND KELLEN MOORE GOT HURT, THEN, TONY ROMO, GOT HURT. WE LOST THE FIRST GAME AGAINST THE GIANTS, AND THEN HE WON 11 IN A ROW. AND THEN WE LOST AGAIN TO THE GIANTS. AND, AND HE ENDED UP BEING 13 AND 2, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE HE DIDN’T REALLY PLAY IN THE LAST GAME. AGAINST PHILADELPHIA. AND FOR ME, I MEAN HE’S BEEN ON THAT PACE THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE CAREER AND UH HE’S JUST PLAYED AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL. HE’S PLAYED AT A LEVEL WHERE HE’S MADE EVERYONE AROUND HIM BETTER AND WHEN THE TEAM HAS BEEN GOOD AROUND HIM, HE’S HAD A CHANCE TO TO TO GO MAKE PLAYOFF RUNS AND AND EARLY ON IN HIS CAREER. TO ME, HE PLAYED VERY WELL IN THE PLAYOFFS THAT ROOKIE YEAR HE WAS TOE-TO-TOE WITH AARON RODGERS. YOU KNOW, WE LOST AT THE END AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS LATER, WE BEAT SEATTLE, HE MADE THE BIG PLAYS, AT THE END OF THE GAME. WE END UP LOSING TO THE TO THE RAMS, AND, YOU KNOW, THE PLAYOFFS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN AS GOOD. HE HAD THE REALLY GOOD. AGAINST TAMPA UH AND THE FRANCISCO. AND GREEN BAY HAVEN’T BEEN AS GOOD FOR HIM AND FOR THE TEAM BUT YOU KNOW A YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT I MEAN HE’S AMONG THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN THE LEAGUE AND AND THE COWBOYS GET SO MUCH SCRUTINY THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. AND AND YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD SUPPORTING CAST AROUND HIM ON OFFENSE. I MEAN, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME GOING INTO THE SEASON, YOU WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL YOU KNOW THEY END UP DRAFTING THE THE LINEMAN FROM BOOKER UH FROM FROM THE FIRST ROUND YOU KNOW THEY HAD CEEDEE LAMB UH THEY GO GET PICKINGS YOU KNOW FERGUSON IS A REALLY GOOD TIGHT END, YOU KNOW I LOVE JAVONTE COMING OUT OF SCHOOL. THE QUESTION FOR HIM WAS WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS HEALTHY. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF HAS COME TOGETHER AND HE’S THE, HE’S THE POINT GUARD OF IT AND, UH, HE HAS AN AMAZING WAY. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER NIGHT, HIS GREATEST STRENGTH FROM DAY 1. HE’S INCREDIBLY COACHABLE GUY AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT OF AGGRESSIVELY TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES HIM. AND HE’S A HE’S AN EXCELLENT, UH, DECISION MAKER. HE HE’S VERY DISCIPLINED. UH, IF THE DEFENSE IS PLAYING SOFT HE THROWS THE BALL UNDERNEATH. IF HE HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE 1-ON-1 SHOTS, HE’S GOING TO TAKE THEM. HE REMINDS ME OF TROY AIKMAN. THAT WAY TROY WAS AN INCREDIBLE DECISION MAKER. YOU KNOW, A MINI CAMP IN MAY. HE’S GOING TO THROW THE BALL TO THE FLAT IF THAT’S WHERE THE BALL’S SUPPOSED TO GO. HE’S GOING TO TAKE THE SHOT DOWN THE FIELD IF THAT’S WHERE THE MATCH UP TAKES HIM. AND I THINK DAK HAS A LOT OF THE SAME TRAITS AND WHEN YOU PUT A GOOD SUPPORTING CAST AROUND HIM ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, HE’S GOING TO PLAY AT A REALLY, REALLY HIGH LEVEL. UM YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE DEFENSIVELY, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER RESOURCE COMING INTO THE SEASON AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE THE THE MICAH PARSONS TRADE. SO YOU TAKE HIM OFF THE TEAM. IT’S LIKE HUH, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE THEY’RE GOING TO GET EXPOSED A LITTLE AND I AND I THINK FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO UM YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY UH SCHEMATICALLY TO SAY HEY WE CAN HANG IN THERE IN THESE GAMES AND KEEP THE SCORES DOWN, UH, BECAUSE THEIR OFFENSE IS PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THESE HIGH-SCORING GAMES. THEY JUST CAN’T, YOU KNOW, GIVE TOO MANY GIVE UP TOO. MANY EXPLOSIVE PLAYS AND MAKE IT TOO EASY. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, THEY GOT HEALTHIER THE OTHER DAY AGAINST WASHINGTON, BUT WASHINGTON WAS REALLY BANGED UP. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY THEIR TOP 3 RECEIVERS WERE OUT. SO YOU KNOW, WE’LL FIND OUT MORE AS THEY GO. BUT YOU KNOW FROM MY STANDPOINT DAK PRESCOTT HAS PLAYED AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL SINCE 2016. I THINK HE’S A FANTASTIC PLAYER. AND YOU NAILED IT BACK IN. MAY, WE CALLED ON YOU THE MORNING THAT THE NEWS BROKE THAT THE COWBOYS WERE TRADING FOR GEORGE PICKINS AND EXPLAINED IT BECAUSE IT THIS WAY. HE NEVER HAD A QUARTERBACK LIKE DAK ALL DUE. RESPECT TO KENNY PICKET AND MASON RUDOLPH AND WHOEVER ELSE HAD PLAYED QUARTERBACK IN PITTSBURGH. SINCE GEORGE PICKENS ARRIVED, HE GOT THERE AFTER BEN ROTHER, BUT THE QUARTERBACK WAS GOING TO BE THE DIFFERENCE AND PICKENS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL SO FAR, AND I’M SURE IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH DAK. NOT JUST COACHING HIM AND AND LEADING HIM BUT KNOWING WHEN TO THROW IT TO HIM, NO, NO DOUBT. YOU KNOW BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD YOU KNOW? WHEN DAK SEES THOSE MATCHUPS, THE 1-ON-1 INTO THE BOUNDARY PICKINGS BY HIMSELF WITH THE SAFETY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, HE’S GOING TO GO THERE AND AND AND PICK AND HAS AN AMAZING ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS OVER HIS HEAD. DAK PLAYED WITH DEZ, HE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO GIVE THOSE GUYS A CHANCE DOWN THE FIELD. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PLAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN IN CRITICAL MOMENTS, THROW HIM A SLANT. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PLAY HIGH ON HIM, HE BREAKS INSIDE, AND HE CAN WIN. SO, YOU KNOW, DAK WILL GO TO HIM IN THOSE SITUATIONS. HE’LL DELIVER BALLS THAT PICK AND CAN MAKE. BUT I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, IT’S THE OFF, THE FIELD STUFF. IT’S IT’S IT’S HELPING PICK AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW HIS ROLE AND AND HOW IMPORTANT HE IS TO THE TEAM WINNING AND AND AND AND JUST COMMUNICATING WITH HIM, DAX IS AN AMAZING LEADER THAT WAY. AND I AND AGAIN I SAW THAT RIGHT FROM HIS ROOKIE YEAR, HE’S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST BOISTEROUS GUYS. NOBODY WAS MAKING A SPEECH, BUT HE CONNECTS WITH PLAYERS. HE CONNECTS WITH STAFF MEMBERS, HE CONNECTS WITH COACHES AND BRINGS THE BEST OUT IN IN THEM AND CERTAINLY HE WOULD YOU KNOW, WITH HIS RECEIVERS GUYS LOVE PLAYING FOR HIM AND WITH HIM AND UH, I THINK THE FIT THERE FANTASTIC.

Jason Garrett joins Mike Florio to peel back the curtain on what makes Dak Prescott special, from being an excellent decision maker with discipline to uplifting teammates like George Pickens. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk
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