The Dallas Cowboys steamrolled the Cleveland Browns 33-17 on Wednesday behind a dominant well-rounded effort, consistingof excellent play from quarterback Dak Prescott simply hours after he signed a record four-year agreement extension with Dallas worth up to $240 million.
The brand-new highest-paid gamer in NFL history finished 19 of his 32 passes for 179 backyards and a goal versus a defense which ranked in anumberof metrics as the finest in the league last season. His only goal pass was the Cowboys’ initially rating of the videogame, a blitz-beating 22-yard goal on 3rd down to large receiver Brandin Cooks.
Prescott’s efficiency made the appreciation of none other than Tom Brady, who was in the cubicle making his broadcasting launching as the brand-new lead NFL expert for FOX Sports. In a FOX Sports digital unique, Brady described how the 31-year-old Prescott’s veteran experience keyed a substantial success on the roadway.
Tom Brady: Dak Prescott is ‘field basic every group is looking for’
“Nothing’s too huge for him,” Brady described.” That goal pass he tossed to Cooks early in the videogame — he gets up to the line of skirmish, acknowledges the blitz, infact alters the defense — I believe [the offensive line] didn’t infact secure the method that he was hoping. He felt the pressure, wandered away and tossed a fantastic path, a little corner path to Brandin Cooks there for an simple goal.”
Brady went on to discuss how Prescott’s capability to run an offense — something Brady himself stoodout at muchbetter than any of his peers throughout his famous 23-year NFL profession — makes the Cowboys quarterback deserving of the huge extension he simply signed.
“Why do you indication Dak to this agreement? Because he has the capability, at the line of skirmish, to be the real field basic that every group is looking for. He’s got terrific grace and composure in the pocket, and plays like that constantly exhibit [if], are you actually a master of the system out there? Do you actually have a fantastic understanding of what you’re doing on offense, what your guys are capable of doing on offense? And then how do we carryout that with crowd sound, going on the roadway [in the] initially videogame of the year? He did so lotsof things well today, that was simply one example of lotsof that he was in overall control today.”
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