Dak was 3rd-best in passer-rating, 104.2
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortdir=descending&sortcol=rate

Dak was 3rd-best in TDs per game, 2.3125 in 16 games,
37 for the season, a new Cowboys record exceeding the
previous record of 36 by Tony Romo (Justin Herbert had
38 in 17 games, Patrick Mahomes had 37 in 17 games,
both lower TDs per game rates than Dak & Aaron Rodgers)
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=td&sortdir=descending

Dak was 4th-best in completion%, 68.8%
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=pct&sortdir=descending

Dak was 7th-best in passing yards per game, 278.1
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=yds%2Fg&sortdir=descending

The Cowboys finished 1st in scoring &
1st in total yards, & Dak was primarily
responsible for those rankings.

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Follow-up:

On Monday, January 10, 2022 at 10:41:12 PM UTC-6, observer wrote:

..> Dak was 3rd-best in passer-rating, 104.2
..> https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortdir=descending&sortcol=rate
..>
..> Dak was 3rd-best in TDs per game, 2.3125 in 16 games,
..> 37 for the season, a new Cowboys record exceeding the
..> previous record of 36 by Tony Romo (Justin Herbert had
..> 38 in 17 games, Patrick Mahomes had 37 in 17 games,
..> both lower TDs per game rates than Dak & Aaron Rodgers)
..> https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=td&sortdir=descending
..>
..> Dak was 4th-best in completion%, 68.8%
..> https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=pct&sortdir=descending
..>
..> Dak was 7th-best in passing yards per game, 278.1
..> https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/stats/player/passing/nfl/regular/qualifiers/?sortcol=yds%2Fg&sortdir=descending
..>
..> The Cowboys finished 1st in scoring &
..> 1st in total yards, & Dak was primarily
..> responsible for those rankings.

Among the 14 NFL playoff QBs, Dak was

o 3rd in Passer-Rating
o tied for 3rd in fewest interceptions/game
o tied for 3rd in Passing TDs/Game
o tied for 3rd in Fewest Interceptions/Game
&
o his completion% of 68.8% was just 1/10th
of 1% short of Aaron Rodgers' 3rd-best 68.9%.

So, Dak was at or close to top 3 status in 4 of
the 5 stats listed at
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys/c/yY62s1stYxw/m/RIKARUH4BAAJ

Also, Dak was just 9.3 yards/game away
from the 3rd-best Passing Yards/Game
of 287.4 (Dak had 278.1).

Relative to the other 13 playoff QBs, depend-
ing on how one assesses QBs, Dak may be
the best playoff QB when all categories are
considered.

However, one cautionary note: During the
regular season, the Cowboys lost 5 of their
6 lowest rushing yardage games, & of the
other 6 NFC playoff teams, 4 have top 10
defenses in fewest rushing yards allowed,
& the Packers are just 1 tick away, ranked
11th.

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observer <prohumanistfreelover@gmail.com> writes:

> So, Dak was at or close to top 3 status in 4 of
> the 5 stats listed at
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys/c/yY62s1stYxw/m/RIKARUH4BAAJ
>
> Also, Dak was just 9.3 yards/game away
> from the 3rd-best Passing Yards/Game
> of 287.4 (Dak had 278.1).
>
> Relative to the other 13 playoff QBs, depend-
> ing on how one assesses QBs, Dak may be
> the best playoff QB when all categories are
> considered.

The Cowboys amass stats against below average teams.
Who cares? What matters in the playoffs is how you
perform against top ten teams.

Most of the time when I encounter a QB list, Dak comes
in around #6 to #8. Here are two lists that showed up
in articles that were linked on my google news page today.

ESPN has Dak at #7.
The article is behind a paywall, but this gives a synopsis:
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/espn-top-playoff-qbs

CBS has Dak at #6.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranking-the-14-qbs-in-the-playoffs-tom-brady-aaron-rodgers-headline-list-joe-burrow-enters-in-top-five/

Eddie

On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 4:39:42 PM UTC-6, Eddie Grove wrote:

> observer <prohumanis...@gmail.com> writes:
..> > So, Dak was at or close to top 3 status in 4 of
..> > the 5 stats listed at
..> > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys/c/yY62s1stYxw/m/RIKARUH4BAAJ
..> >
..> > Also, Dak was just 9.3 yards/game away
..> > from the 3rd-best Passing Yards/Game
..> > of 287.4 (Dak had 278.1).
..> >
..> > Relative to the other 13 playoff QBs, depend-
..> > ing on how one assesses QBs, Dak may be
..> > the best playoff QB when all categories are
..> > considered.

/> The Cowboys amass stats against below average teams.
/> Who cares?

The percentages of game the Cowboys
& Dak played versus winning / losing
teams was close for the Cowboys &
Packers & Bucs in 2021.

/> What matters in the playoffs is how you
/> perform against top ten teams.

Dak played 7 playoff teams, 9 winning teams,
& 7 losing teams in the 16 games he played in
2021. So his stats were 56.25% versus winning
teams & 43.75% versus losing teams.

Aaron Rodgers played 6 playoff teams, 7 win-
ning teams, & 9 losing teams in the 16 games
he played in 2021. So his stats were 43.75%
versus winning teams & 56.25% versus losing
teams in 2021.

Tom Brady played 5 playoff teams & 9 winning
teams, & 8 losing teams in the 17 games he
played in 2021. So his stats were 52.9% versus
winning teams & 47.1% versus losing teams in
2021.

Stats versus losing teams for those 3 QBs in
2021, Rodgers had the most, Brady had the
2nd-most, & Dak had the lowest% of those 3
in 2021:

Aaron Rodgers ... 56.25%
Tom Brady .......... 47.1%
Dak Prescott ...... 43.75%

Details:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys/c/wEMxXIoCue0

..>
..> Most of the time when I encounter a QB list, Dak comes
..> in around #6 to #8. Here are two lists that showed up
..> in articles that were linked on my google news page today.
..>
..> ESPN has Dak at #7.
..> The article is behind a paywall, but this gives a synopsis:
..> https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/espn-top-playoff-qbs
..>
..> CBS has Dak at #6.
..> https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranking-the-14-qbs-in-the-playoffs-tom-brady-aaron-rodgers-headline-list-joe-burrow-enters-in-top-five/
..>
..>
..> Eddie

Until Dak wins a Super Bowl, he won't get
the respect even though the 2021 regular
season stats support the fact that he had
the lowest percentage of games versus
losing teams & great top 3 stats among
the 3 QBs mentioned above.

Notably, Dak outplayed Brady in their
games versus the Patriots this year, & he
outplayed Brady versus the Saints in one
of Brady's 2 games he lost to the Saints,
he outplayed Brady in one of his 2 games
he won versus Washington, he outplayed ...

.... Brady in both of his wins over the Giants,
& his passer-rating was higher than Brady's
in the game versus the Bucs but that bad
non-call on a Godwin offensive pass inter-
ference led to that loss.

Notably, Aaron Rodgers bombed in his 1st
game versus the Saints, a loss, & Dak out-
played Rodgers versus the Saints. Dak also
outplayed Rodgers versus the Cards but the
terrible officiating including a non-call on a
critical fumble the Cowboys recovered with ...

.... over 2 minutes left kept Dak & the Cow-
boys from a chance at a comeback win.

Suffice to say, in addition to all the statisti-
cal evidence, keep in mind that Aaron Rodg-
ers is on a 4 game NFC Conference losing
streak, so there is more than enough evi-
dence to give Dak props -if- he succeeds
in this year's playoffs (fingers-crossed, ...

.... hoping he leads the Cowboys to break
their 25 year non-NFC-Conference-Cham-
pionship appearances non-Super-Bowl
appearances slump, Dak coming very
close in his rookie year, a controversial
call vs the Packers leading to that loss
in his 1st playoff chance).

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