Why Dak Prescott doesn’t want to throw 6,000 yards this season
Returning Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is opting for an unselfish approach to the upcoming season.
After having secured a big bag from Dallas in the offseason, Prescott has his eyes transfixed on success, even if it’s at the expense of his personal statistics.
“I don’t want to throw for 6,000 yards, to be honest with you,” Prescott told local media today. “That means we’re not running the ball. That means we’re not probably doing the things we need to do to be a balanced, winning team.
“Sure, it would be great to have those numbers and to break that or to have that record or whatever it is. But it’s not something that I put in my head.”
Putting his personal targets aside, Prescott wants to take his side of the ball to the NFL’s mountaintop.
“As I said, I want to be the best offense in the NFL, and I think the best way we can do that is if I’m not throwing that many yards, and our run game is working, and we’re playing complementary football, and we’re winning a lot of games.
“And I think if that’s the case, then hopefully I’m not playing as many fourth quarters trying to come back and do the two-minute drills we were doing in the first five games that got me a lot of those numbers.”
Prescott has statistically been a revelation since his rookie season. Last season, before his season-ending injury against the Giants in Week 5, Dak was on pace to pass for 6,310 yards.
It’s likely the Cowboys offense will fire on all cylinders with Prescott back and Zeke looking fitter than ever, the biggest question remains their defense. Over to you Dan Quinn.