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ARLINGTON, Texas — Many people, including CBS Sports Lead NFL Analyst Tony Romo, thought 11-time Grammy Award-winning musician Dolly Parton looked as good as ever during halftime show, but in the eyes of Pro Football Focus, that was also the case for Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in his team’s 45-10 dismantling of the Washington Commanders on Thanksgiving Day.
Prescott completed 22 of of his 32 passes for 331 yards and four passing touchdowns, with two of them traveling over 30 yards: a second quarter touchdown to wide receiver Brandin Cooks of 31 yards and a fourth-quarter scoring strike to wide receiver KaVontae Turpin, which kickstarted an on-field, turkey leg-eating celebration.
That production, including his effectiveness throwing on vertical routes — spelled out by the NFL’s Next Gen Stats below — led to Prescott earning a 97.0 grade from Pro Football Focus, giving him the highest-graded game by any quarterbackr in 2023 and the highest single-game grade by a quarterback since 2007.
“I think the situational football really, really stood out,” Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said postgame on Thursday. “The clutch throws, particularly attacking the endzone. We just got to keep chugging, you know keep pounding away, [in] the run game. So that’s something that you always look at and want to improve on, but I think that the benefits of moving him [Prescott via scrambles to set up passes] and particularly the red zone, on the gold zone and some of the situational calls. I thought he was incredible.”
Prescott, who hasn’t been sacked in each of the Cowboys’ last three games against the New York Giants, Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders, credited his offensive line and his trust in McCarthy’s system, which the team is implementing for the first time this season after having Kellen Moore as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2019-2022, for…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-11-24 21:41:34
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