The Dallas Cowboys will begin their season on Sunday when they travel to Cleveland to take on the Browns. After an offseason full of noise and distractions, a win would go a long way for Dallas to get their season started on the right foot.
For now, though, Dan Pizzuta of The 33rd Team ranked NFL quarterbacks and named Dak Prescott the fifth best signal-caller in the league.
"Dak Prescott was the MVP favorite for much of the 2023 season, and rightly so, as he finished the year second in EPA per play," Pizzuta wrote. "Few quarterbacks control the game more at the line of scrimmage before and after the snap, but Prescott also has the physical tools and accuracy to test tight windows. Last year, Prescott had the highest completion percentage over expectation (+4.7 percent) while he threw into tight windows (a yard or fewer of separation, per Next Gen Stats) and the fourth-highest rate. Testing tight coverage is typically something quarterbacks should try to avoid, but Prescott has the confidence and ability to test those small openings to every level of the field."
Dak has long been one of the more underrated quarterbacks in the league, and it's good to see someone rank him so high. He led the NFL in touchdown passes with 36 a season ago, and the Cowboys will need him to be at his best if they want to get back into the playoffs in 2024.
