Dak Prescott still has his doubters. As starting quarterback of America’s Team- and simultaneously, of the team so many love to despise- that just comes with the territory.
But don’t count ESPN’s QB Council among the haters. The Worldwide Leader put together a group of NFL analysts and tasked each one with ranking their ten best current passers in a dozen distinct categories. Those personal lists were then combined into one definitive set of rankings for 2021.
And the experts agree with what most of Cowboys Nation already knew: the Cowboys are in especially good hands with Prescott.
Prescott landed in the top ten in 11 of the 12 graded categories. Only four others (Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, and Deshaun Watson) made that many top tens. No quarterback across the league was ranked in all 12 categories.
That may not be scientific proof of Prescott’s placement among the league’s elite, but it’s quite a ringing endorsement nonetheless.
Here’s a quick look at each skill the Council graded and how Prescott placed.