ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy knows what a Hall of Fame NFL quarterback looks like. He was the head coach and offensive play-caller for two such passers in Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers, former MVPs and Super Bowl champions, as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers.
McCarthy’s current Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott — who threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns on 29-of-41 passing in a 41-35 Week 13 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday — is playing at that level. His 26 passing touchdowns this season lead the NFL, and a whopping 20 of them have come since Week 7, breaking the Cowboys’ record for the most passing touchdowns in a six-game span.
Prescott trails only San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy in completion percentage, passer rating and expected points/added per play among qualified quarterbacks this season, while ranking behind only Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson in touchdown-to-interception ratio in 2023.
“My expectations, honestly,” Prescott said postgame Thursday when asked about his latest stretch of play. “I put a lot into this game. I prepare my ass off. I have amazing coaches and players around me doing the exact same. I really think that that’s the expectations that I have for myself. The standard that we’ve created as an offense and how we’re comfortable playing this game. Numbers are numbers. They are always going to be that way, but in the sense of getting to the right play and making the right reads.
“Trusting the ball, trusting and letting the ball go in the right windows to the receivers that I aim. That’s really what I look at. At the end of the day, it’s about the preparation and the work that I’ve put into that’s just coming into fruition.”
With Prescott throwing for 20 touchdowns and only two interceptions across his last six games, he joins McCarthy’s former pupil Aaron Rodgers as one…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-12-01 13:52:31
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