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<\/p>\nDak Prescott has played the Dallas Cowboys into the midst of the NFC East championship race, thanks to making major strides in a key area this season.<\/p>\n
Through 14 games this season, Prescott has passed for 3,639 yards with 28 touchdowns to just seven interceptions. Prescott\u2019s interception total is down sharply from the 15 he threw in 2022 and 10 during the 2021 campaign.<\/p>\n
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ESPN\u2019s Matt Bowen listed Prescott as the quarterback with the best decision-making in the league this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne season after tying for the league-lead in interceptions (15),\u201d Bowen writes. \u201cPrescott has seven through 14 games (tied for sixth-fewest). He also has a Total QBR of 72.7 this season, second-best in the league, and he\u2019s being smart with the ball, especially in critical game moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prescott\u2019s turnaround has been one of the more impressive storylines of the 2023 NFL season. Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn suggests it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first thing that jumps out is that he is an elite competitor,\u201d Quinn told reporters in November. \u201cLike, elite. There are guys in our league that are excellent competitors \u2014 I mean, quite honestly, every person whose playing in this league is \u2014 but then just like most things, he\u2019s the special forces of competitors. He\u2019s at the top of the top.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cowboys Running Back Tony Pollard Turning Heads<\/strong> Pollard has rushed for 848 yards and five touchdowns, one year removed from posting a career-best 1,007 yards with nine rushing touchdowns. Thanks Pollard\u2019s violent downhill running style, the 26-year-old is averaging 2.86 yards after contact per carry, according to Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n However, beyond his statistical output and value to the Cowboys\u2019 ground game, Pollard has made significant strides as a run-blocker in 2023. Bowen lists the Cowboys\u2019 back as the best running back in pass-protection in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cI like Pollard here due to his physicality at the point of attack,\u201d Bowen explains. \u201cAlong with his willingness to take on second- and third-level blitzers in pass protection. He\u2019s another key part of the Cowboys\u2019 production in the pass game this season.\u201d<\/p>\n The Cowboys could have a difficult decision to make when it comes to Pollard\u2019s future. Set to be an unrestricted free agent at season\u2019s end, Spotrac projects Pollard\u2019s market value at approximately $6.67 million. However, Pollard has repeatedly shown his value to the Cowboys\u2019 offense in more ways than one.<\/p>\n Dak Prescott Downplays Clinching Playoff Berth<\/strong> Prescott offered only six words when asked what it means to secure a spot in the postseason.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d Prescott told reporters, \u201cto be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n The fact that Dallas fell to the Bills 31-10, dominated in all phases of the game, likely led to Prescott\u2019s surprising reaction to making the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dak Prescott has played the Dallas Cowboys into the midst of the NFC East championship race, thanks to making major strides in a key area this season…. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCowboys running back Tony Pollard, with three games remaining, is on pace to finish with the most prolific season of his career.<\/p>\n
\nThe Cowboys secured a playoff berth Sunday afternoon, prior to getting throttled by the Buffalo Bills, and by the end of Week 15 emerged as the NFC East leaders following the Eagles\u2019 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n