Cowboys Twitter recently burned up thousands of characters with a debate of great significance. How does Dak Prescott compare to other active NFL quarterbacks?
In the ever ongoing quest to elevate Prescott to the level of Joe Montana and Tom Brady, the Prescott posse has landed on an unbeatable argument.
Prescott’s numbers are better than Quarterback X’s are. Insert any current NFL starting quarterback in the X-slot and they’ll break down the numbers in Prescott’s favor.
And I’ll grant you this: I’d rather have Prescott as my starting quarterback over Kirk Cousins. Or even, Kyler Murray, or Geno Smith, or Daniel Jones, or Jared Goff, or Derek Carr.
Prescott’s numbers are great. He is 61-36 as a starter with a 66.6 completion percentage. He’s thrown for nearly 25,000 yards in 97 games with 166 touchdowns and 65 interceptions.
Those are great numbers. Those are also his regular season numbers. They compare favorably against nearly all of the above players.
Playoff Performance Lacking
But those numbers mean nothing. It’s what a quarterback does in the playoffs that count.
Prescott is 2-4 in the playoffs for 1,559 yards with 11 touchdowns and five interceptions. He has never led his team past the Divisional round.
Prescott’s numbers in the regular season average out much better than Eli Manning’s did. I’d rather have Prescott if I had to choose between them if that was based on regular season numbers alone.
But Manning has two Super Bowl rings with an 8-4 playoff record. If I want to base my choice on what they do when it matters, I’ll take Manning in a heartbeat.
The Twitterati that tries to put Prescott among the elite are infuriating. He isn’t an elite quarterback. Yet. He still could be though.
Dak A Step Below Elite
Right now, the active elite quarterbacks are Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, Russell Wilson and Jimmy Garoppolo.
Although its safe to say that Rodgers, Stafford, Wilson and even Garoppolo are declining.
As much as it pains me to say it, Jalen Hurts is right on the cusp of it. Provided he can get the Eagles back to at least another NFC Championship game.
An elite quarterback puts his team in conference championship games and Super Bowls. Brady, Peyton Manning, Montana, and the other legendary players were elite.
Prescott isn’t there yet. He’s now a step below Hurts and will remain there until he finally gets to an NFC title game. He’s right where Tony Romo was. A great quarterback but can’t take that last step.
Which is why both Prescott and Romo rank below other great Cowboys’ quarterbacks.
Prescott, Romo Not Among Cowboys’ Best
Troy Aikman won all three Super Bowls he played in and was 3-1 in NFC title games. Roger Staubach won two of four Super Bowls and was 4-2 in the conference championship game.
Craig Morton got Dallas to a Super Bowl. Danny White led Dallas to three straight conference championship games.
It took Vince Lombardi, Bart Starr and the Green Bay Packers to beat Don Meredith in back-to-back NFL Championship games in the 1960s.
Romo will never be among the elite quarterbacks in Dallas’ history. Prescott still has a chance as he enters his eighth season. And there’s precedent for it.
Following The Path Of Dan Fouts
In 1980, Dan Fouts played his eighth season for the San Diego Chargers. He led the team to the AFC Championship game that year, and again in 1981.
He may have lost both games, but he got them there. Fouts was certainly an elite quarterback.
That’s the blue print for Prescott in 2023 and 2024. Get the Cowboys to no less than an NFC title game.
Do that and he becomes an elite quarterback worthy of that contract extension.
Obviously the duk is the biggest Choker…
Douglas Paul I would rank him 33 among the 32 starter’s
Sam Gonzales That is just dumb.
Patrick Bowhay 2 playoff wins in 7 years is dumb. Pat mahomes has 3 super bowl appearances in 6 years, n 2 rings
Sam Gonzales Teams win games, not just the QB. He isn’t close to Mahomes but he is still a top 15 QB.
No freaking way. Not even top 20
Sam Gonzales Again….dumb.
Patrick Bowhay the dumb one, is the man paying him for doing nothing. He couldn’t beat a third string quarterback. A third string quarterback outplayed him
Sam Gonzales A third string QB with a team loaded with weapons against a starter who had 1. Not to mention football isn’t about just 1 game and the problem with the whole offense was that 49ers defense. Dak played poorly, that’s true, but every NFL QB struggles at times. Also, if you switch QBs in that game, the 49ers win easily.
Sam Gonzales Calling Dak the worst starter in the league isn’t just a bad take it shows an anti Dak bias that is both irrational and extremely inaccurate. I was wrong though, I am the dumb one for even commenting because this is a waste of my time. You should pick a different team though because it will be unhealthy to hate Dak and be a Cowboys fan for the next 4 years.
Patrick Bowhay dak struggles in the playoffs every time that he gets there ,which is not to often, he’s just as sorry, as Tony Romo. Joe burrow has more playoff wins than both of them combined
Keep explaining to people you know nothing about football every time you blame Dak for them losing in the playoffs.This is not only a team sport but also not the most important position for determining a teams success in the playoffs.If you knew anything about football and how it works,Dak would be the last person you would be blaming.Instead it shows you have zero football knowledge and you just grasp at straws to decide who is to blame.The Cowboys poor offensive line is the reason they dont win in the playoffs and its obvious but yet,here we are trying to explain it to you,your blaming one of the best QB’s in football for their losses,not who is really to blame which is mostly the offensive line not blocking anyone and if you cant see that now,then your just a hater and brain dead as well
Sam Gonzales Dak struggles against San Francisco in the playoffs. He plays well against other teams. Against the Rams his defense allowed 273 rushing yards which is why they lost and the Packers game was a coin flip game where he stood toe to toe with Aaron Rodgers as a rookie. Both of those games he played well. Those are the 4 losses. He is 61-36 as a starter. That would average out to 10-7 or 11-6 a season. He has had 6 healthy seasons and made the playoffs 4 times, I don’t know how that’s not often. Burrows playoff wins have nothing to do with anything. I am assuming you are not even a Dallas Cowboys fan and you don’t even have a valid argument. Please sit down.
Sam Gonzales I will go one step further. If you could put Dak in as the Eagles QB instead of Hurts this last postseason they still make the Super Bowl. They still beat the Giants and the 49ers but lose to the Chiefs. The QB is not the only player that determines who wins and loses.
Patrick Bowhay if put dak as quarterback for the eagles, they’d be home after the first playoff game. You people have to face the facts dak is no good. 2 playoff wins in 7 years, on supposedly America’s team.
They were home after the first playoff game with Hurts as the qb.Not to mention they went 1 and 5 the last part of the season and like Peter said,Dak isnt the only reason they dont win in the playoffs,he isnt even the biggest reason.He is one of the only reasons we make it as far as we do.please stop giving your wrong opinion it shows you dont know football
Patrick Bowhay how many super bowl appearances
Sam Gonzales You do not understand football and should not talk about it anymore.
Sam Gonzales I have never been, neither has Dan Marino…Trent Dilfer has won a Super Bowl so he must be great.
Sam Gonzales so, who you going to replace him with???? So me anyone available that’s better at this time.
Patrick Bowhay I understand football, been watching it since 1971. I understand that the so called America’s team hasn’t done crap in 27 years
You most definitely do not understand football because you keep blaming the wrong person so you can argue all you want but your reply shows you dont know football and how it works,its obvious so please stop,for your sake not ours
Sam Gonzales Oh…so you are just a Dallas Cowboys hater that posts on Dallas Cowboys stuff. That makes sense. Get a life man
Patrick Bowhay sure they do. It shows what a good quarterback is, he’s 5 n 1 in the playoffs, n a super bowl appearance ,in 2 1/2 years in the NFL. Dak has 2 or playoff wins in 7 years. Toe to toe doesn’t mean crap. If you are a football fan, you would know that wins n losses are the only things that count
Your so far off of reality its rediculous to even argue with people like you,you make zero sense and just continue to make yourself look ignorant
Patrick Bowhay who throws the ball n the interceptions, is it the linemen, the coaches
Wow!You really dont get it,it doesnt matter what someone explains to you,you refuse to get it so you are just ignorant which is the worst kind of person to have a discussion with
Sam Gonzales Teams win or lose games. Not just the QB. I don’t know how many times I can say that.
So when a quarterback throws a touchdown pass with n0 time left on the clock, who gets the credit, the defensive unit, the offensive unit, or the quarterback. The quarterback ofcourse. So the quarterback is the make or break of a team. You obviously don’t understand the game of football. No need to respond. I don’t deal with morons
Ryan Hunter two playoff wins in 14 years is not good football. You need to wake up
Sam Gonzales teams win casual
No suprise who wrote this post. Dak is 2-4 in the playoffs because his team has let him down with dropped passes and just plain dumb play calling. Bro, do you even watch the games?!
Bigred1985
Dak outplayed A. Rodgers but lost because the defense gave up a 4th and 22. I would love for this writer to explain to me how that was Daks fault?
It was a 3rd-and-20, not 4th-and-22.
Simple explanation?
Winners make plays to win games. Losers make excuses why they didn’t win the game.
After over two decades of losing quarterbacks, I’m tired of hearing the excuses for Romo, Prescott, et al. I want to see a quarterback win the big game or I want to see a new quarterback brought in who can.
No you’re just the typical Dak hater beat writer! PERIOD!
You act like there arent any other positions on a team and thr Qb is the only one that dictates a win.For an author of football you sure dont know much about the sport you write about.The offensive line is who dictates who wins games,especially playoff games than the QB.It doesnt matter who you put behind center if they cant block for the QB then the QB is going to turn the ball over because the recievers dont have time to get open and your running backs arent going to be able to slow the defense or open up for the rest of the offense.They are going to go 4 and out every time which then tires out your defense having to be on the field all the time which opens up big plays for the other team.This is such basic football,so why am i explaining it to someone who writes for football?This should be easy for you to understand yet,here i am explaining it to you like a 5th grader who has never watched football.Stop blaming Dak,he is most definitely not the problem,even Jerry understands this and drafted 2 lineman in the first part of the draft this year,so why dont you get it being an author of football??smh
Can’t stand dac
This is a fair assessment. Peyton Manning was getting somewhat similar criticism his first 10 years because he had great regular season number but played terrible in the postseason and could not beat the Patriots and Brady. Dak’s next step is to get his team at least the conference Championship and play well meaning you aren’t the reason they lost game.
Peyton never played for the current dallas cowboys teams ,it’s irrelevant.
Different coaches, Different team members
Dean Turman no but you can draw parallels and understand that the story is yet to be written.
No you can’t, not intelligently anyway . It’s like trying to grow watermelon in desert sand and fertile land . Then saying they should produce the same fruit
Dean Turman All of the data is nearly identical yet somehow you refuse to acknowledge it because it does not fit your perspective. Nobody is saying he is as good as Peyton Manning. However if Dak leads the team to some playoff success the narrative around him will change completely just like it did for Manning. The same can be said for a guy like Steve Young who was almost traded and didn’t win anything until he was 34.
And unicorns roam this earth.
Paul Bishop I agree with you for the most part. But I’m sure most of us that watch Dallas. Would say that even when is has good talent around him. When it counts the most . He just has not been able to get it done. And his int s. Just making bad decisions. He gets rushed and that’s it. It’s a team effort for sure. But unless I’m wrong here. Your qb is supposed to help and make the team better. IMO I think the team carries him. I also think no matter how good Dallas played . Someone will all ways hate them .
Forrest Davis I watch a lot of film and he does everything extremely well. If you look at all of marginal receivers who have gotten paid after playing with him I bet they don’t share your opinion. He hasn’t come through the last two seasons in the final game of the season but he has come through in big regular season games and playoff games so to say he never comes through or doesn’t is incorrect. The panic throws this season were disappointing and I really think had more to do with his broken thumb than anything. You could see on film him really trying to make the throw before the defender got there. What folks needs to understand is the rest of the players allow the quarterback to perform not the other way around.
Paul Bishop I would agree with the above. But he or they have yet to get past the division games much lest a sb. I’ maybe wrong but watching there games . Especially play off games . He throws int s left and rite. I’ve heard the he’s a pocket qb. Not totally sure what that is. I do respect your opinion tho !
Forrest Davis he had two really bad ones in the Niners game. No excuses for either one. The one year before last was very similar to the second one this year. Another of the dreaded choice routes. Hopefully, this season we will see more definitive routes to clarify things for Dak and the receivers. He definitely has is at a crossroads. Either he ascends or is just a guy who played pretty good.
I agree somewhat with this but remember if Dak doesnt have anyone blocking for him its hard to be successful in the playoffs where that gets exposed immediately
This guy always choke on big games.needs to find a legit qb .this guy always choke once in a crunch time.
Dak is a Bum
So are you then
There are a few who say Dak is great or will prevail…
Those are the people you want to buy your house.
If they aren’t currently playing for the cowboys ,it’s irrelevant
How many interceptions is he going to throw this season?
Craig Manstream, my best guess is eight or nine.
Joey Guyton in one game wtf
Craig Manstream, not in one game. One season.
Stop with the interception crap….it was ONE season with a lot of them……one season bro! I’m sick of hearing about it . If you want to talk about someone loving to throw pics lets talk about jameis Winston!
Joey Guyton he sucks and you know he will never be as good as Troy
Craig Manstream, no Cowboys team can win playoff games no matter what they bring to the table.
Joey Guyton lick me where I shit
You are a douche and are a pos,your opinion obviously doesnt matter
Craig Manstream, fuck no. That’s nasty.
Joey Guyton my old lady loves my ass
Craig Manstream, you’re so nasty. If you’re gonna be a fucking abomination, I suggest you stop commenting.
Joey Guyton ok
What about that question Red
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Oh he’s proven it’s just he’s a choker or big games through one interception and you can see his face. It bothers him and he goes in and throws another one.
Loser
Kellen was the scapegoat for Dak, McCarthy is next
My theory is that Dak has pictures of Jerry banging farm animals so he’s going nowhere. Hence everyone around him will be the scapegoat and unless Coach Mike calls Dak proof plays this year Dak will let us fans down once again.
I’ve been a cowboy fan since the 60s. Dak sucks. He is ruining a good team. He won’t ever win nothing.
Go Chiefs !!#
Greg Noyes your right. DC4L
Greg Noyes you’re no fan go support the Chiefs good riddance. Hopefully Ezekiel Elliot will find another team and take all the fake fans with him.
The regular season is irrelevant it’s what you do in the playoffs!
Joe Fitzpatrick so, who’s his replacement???? Who out there is better that’s available??? Cooper Rush???? We’ve already seen what he does against an elite defense, folds like a wet peice of paper.
Joe Fitzpatrick the regular season is relevant as to whether you make the playoffs
Charlie Dunn see 2019 week 16 at Philly
Hank Armentrout Which proves my point. If you don’t get it done in the regular season, there is no playoffs. I think that was one of several games where they didn’t score a td.
Joe Fitzpatrick people say dumb shit like you just did. So if the company go 4-13 what are you going to say? “It’s irrelevant because it’s just the regular season.”
Joe Lanier so does Dak
Roger Sebra so when was the last time Dallas had a losing season with Dak as QB????
Roger Sebra if I’m not mistaken Dak beat the Eagles that made Cooper look like a fold artist.
Joe Lanier like I keep saying, regular season wins are only good enough to get you in the playoffs, what really matters is what happens in the playoffs, 2 wins going on eight seasons, he just doesn’t have the mentality to win the biggest games
Joe Lanier if I’m not mistaken it was the defense that beat the eagles
Joe Lanier he’s averaging an interception a game over the last three seasons, that’s
Not counting fumbles, his poor decision’s, holding the ball to long and not getting rid of it taking unnecessary sacks, inconsistent passes in crunch time
Roger Sebra so the defense scored 34 point….wow I missed that game…I’ll have to look it up in replay.
Roger Sebra and you’re the on who says he loses big games. So if you can blamhim for a loss I can credit him with a win.
Joe Fitzpatrick You crazy, why do they play regular season games then, smh!
I’m today’s NFL anybody can put up great numbers, even rookies. At the end of the day Dak’s numbers don’t matter much due to his inability to win big games or championships. Bottom line is Dak sucks.
Tony Sanchez it took Peyton 9 years to get his first SB. Rodgers one SB in 18 years so does he suck to
R.j. Cubbage Payton Manning’s defense never led the NFL in forcing turnovers
R.j. Cubbage
I’m not saying that Dak is always going to suck – I’m saying that Dak has sucked to this point in his career. He has zero NFC appearances, zero Super Bowl appearances, one win in the playoffs against a Bucs team that had a losing record and another playoff win against a wildcard team.
I’m one of those guys that is desperately hoping that Dak can finally have some success in big games and in the playoffs, but let’s face it – if he hasn’t gotten it done by now he probably isn’t going to get it done at all. Dak sucks.
Hank Armentrout get your facts straight bc peyton had the best defense in 2015 nd didnt do nothing.
Tony Sanchez na I disagree .Dak has been ranked in the top 10 every year since he started. So how can u blame everything on him. Most of yall r just haters bc he took over yalls qb homo. Most of yall r delusional so.✌
He’s been in the league to long to keep making the same rookie mistakes!
Tony Sanchez dumb analogy!
Who gives a crap bout his numbers
Any QB can get numbers
James Winston, Fitzpatrick and other average QBs
As a matter of fact Pollard and the defense won a bunch of those games
Don’t sit there and act like Dak lit it up lol
What mattters is he choked 2 times in playoffs against Purdy and Grappolo lol
While the rest of the team did their job
Lupillo Barraza Dak doesnt play against purdy or garappolo thank u
M.D. Curtis bro shut up man lol
He got beat last season by Purdy the last pick if the draft lmao
Then the year before by Grappolo
Yet you guys sit there and say hes elite lmao
The blue oyster gay bar
Timothy Gallagher dancing sir, mostly dancing
the interception king go cowbopys
Danny Johns 12 and 4 then one and done or two and done again!!!…very sad. DC4L
Danny Johns no that was Tony choking Romo which had 20 more interceptions in his first 7 years than Dak had in his first 7 years.
For you Dak haters ..how about changing your team
Raul Flores did you change yours for Romo
Dave Jaros so then it’s not Daks fault.
In today’s NFL, an elite QB is determine by the size of his contract. An elite QB should be determined by his playoff wins, Super Bowl appearances and Super Bowl victories.
All the hate for dak with the numbers and accomplishments he’s made in his young career is going to be one of the sweetest things when Dallas does get a bowl. True greatness they are selling to the common man rather than the wise and prudent with his story.
Dak sucks and the fans know it we have a great team with a 2 nd string qb
Beau Weaver wow that has to be Sarcasm. After 5 starts Cooper Rush was ranked 29th in the league for offensive output almost dead last. One game he only threw for 110 yards ( the defense won those games. ) . Cooper Rush played the weakest part of Dallas Cowboys schedule. Then when he played a good team the Philadelphia Eagles he threw 3 interception and looked terrible. If Cooper Rush is so good why when he was a free agent at the end of last seasons he had no offers not even as a backup QB.
Beau Weaver ok genius. Since you know the truth. Who do you get to replace him. I want a name of an available QB.
There was a pile genius and now not much left they screwed up again
Beau Weaver, name the pile and explain the plan to get out of the no trade clause plus the new deal for anyone from the pile.
Eric Morel Good point. So why do you guys keep yelling Super Bowl? Just take your participation trophy and go home in January as usual.
James Ritacco man so original
Yea since it’s a Dak friendly offense and he still can’t do shit
He’s in the top five quarterbacks in throwing interceptions…DC4L
Steve Jordan HOW HE IN TOP FIVE WITH A F**K UP PLAY CALLING COACH
Steve Jordan OK THE COWBOYS BETTER KEEP THE QB CALL WATSON#4
Steve Jordan he’s actually 9th in NFL History in interception percentage. 9th lowest not 9th highest. FYI
Steve Jordan Tony choking Romo had 20 more interceptions in his first 7 years than Dak had in his first 7 years.
Harvey Harris Romo didn’t choke his team by crippling it through a huge dent in cap space.
Steve Jordan are really sure you want the whole world to know how stupid you are? Go look up Aikman interceptions
Greg Noyes oh please 2007 Dallas Cowboys team was one of the best Cowboys teams ever assembled and Tony choking Romo did nothing with it. 2007 Romo had 13 Probowlers on his team and he did nothing. The most pro bowlers Dak has ever had was 8 .
Harvey Harris Hey Harvey BTW Romo is not the QB is not the standard we judge QB by!
It is what it is Dakey do and don’t
Bout time someone said something that makes sense.
Finally someone applying same logic to Dak’s overall stats to what they have done to Romo.
Fuck him. he solely fucked our season up. You all suckases to him. wake up and smell the coffee. He lost our season in the playoffs against the 49ers. fuck him
King Kreo he’s lost our season 3 of the last 4
FUCK DAK. he sucks.
His a choking ax bum. You can’t compare QBs because they don’t all have the same resources. Do other QBs have a great defense? Do other teams have the 8th best weapons? Dak do. Red Devil QB4 is the most overrated player in Cowboys history
Hank Armentrout I agree 100%
Hank Armentrout. It’s in NFL history.
Dak is a chokaholic
This man is a looser please 7years is enough
Regular season hero
To understand who Dak is and what he is capable of, just read his scouting report coming out of college.
Gary Burch I’ve read it . He hasn’t improved from it at all. Biggest thing I remember about it said dak is very inconsistent and he will flash every once in awhile
Mike Farmer So how many Qbs that was drafted ahead of him when he came in are better! Sense you read it
Joseph Duckett a lot if given the same chance as dak. Dak has had a good team since he was drafted. So a lot of qbs would have been successful
Mike Farmer You didn’t name any
Joseph Duckett I said basically any nfl qb could do what he is doing
Mike Farmer That’s ridiculous, you must be basing your opinion on the interceptions last year, you know they so rate Qbs. He’s not a top ten Qb for nothing! The recievers, o-line has been up and down too, or all you see in wins and loses and interceptions is toldly on the Qb. Should I even be discussing football with you or just bashing Dak conversation
Joseph Duckett dude put him on the Texans team and he is a nobody
Mike Farmer Put you on the Texans, see what you do. Put Dak on the Cheifs, watch him win a chip
Lol funny boy
So is Trent Dilfer an ElitevQB? David Woodley? How about Tony Eason, Stan Humphries, Chris Chandler, Neil O’Donnell? Because by your interpretation of an Elite QBs you are saying they are Elite QBs & I would not many would beg to differ. Yet all of them got to a Conference Championship & won to go on to the Super Bowl. To discount what a QB dies over 16 mow 17 games is just dumb. To say a QB isn’t Elite or even Top 5-10 because he hasn’t been to a Conference Chip is dumb. Why? I would think most would know this & I’m not saying you are but many fans that, & lets be blunt, hate Dak seem to not know. Its a team sport & a QB alone can not win it all. Dak played poorly last year after beating the Bucs in a great game. Yet years past he has played well enough to win but his Defense or other things out of his control failed him. 2016 Defense, 2018 Run Defense, 2021 you could even put blame on our D who was frozen the first half & let unknown RBs run at will especiallly on 3rd down. Yet that said I will agree, Dak isn’t Elite & he will never be Brady or Mahomes but who will? Dak has as of right now 2 years to prove he can win in the post season & I think we finally have the team to help him as long as health holds & no major injuries derail the journey. I believe he can at the least get us to a Conference Chip & even a Super Biwl, but lets be real. Once he does, it won’t be enough for those that dislike him. They will find some way to move the goal post. Will you?
He sucks
He reminds me of Tony Romo great numbers during the season . They both accomplished none Cromer playoff time
Dak over tries to be good,,Dak needs to just play the game like some of the great QB of the game,,he should look at Montana Young Farve Namath Starr and get an idea
Dak is still
The cowboys best
Dak will continue to regress
He suck until he gone we want do nothing waste of money!!!!
The only thing that counts in football is winning playoff games.
And the Dak haters are triggered smh… just sthu
Jimmy Garoppolo?? Your assessment lost all credibility there. And Mathew Stafford &
Russell Wilson slipped way below elite status last year.
Dak could have a steel reinforced wall for protection the best recievers in football and still fail, i really think hes color blind and 1 of the dumbest QBs in the league, for a 8yr vet
And yet, Dak and Romo are more fun to watch than any other Cowboys QBs.
Lead league in interceptions after MISSING 5 games is all you need to know.