Comparison Of Dak Prescott And Tony Romo

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Dak Prescott and Tony Romo are both good quarterbacks. They are both quarterbacks for the Dallas Cowboys and have helped the Cowboys be a good team. They both don’t have any Super Bowl rings. They both have had playoff experience and have had winning seasons.

Dak Prescott is entering his 3rd season in the NFL. In 2016, he had a 67.8 completion percentage which was his 1st NFL season with 3,667 passing yards with 23 passing touchdowns and 4 interceptions. His quarterback rating was a 104.9 that season. His rushing stats in 2016 were 282 yards with 6 rushing touchdowns. Dak was picked 135th by the Dallas Cowboys in the 4th round in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Mississippi State. He has the record by NFL rookie quarterbacks by passer rating …show more content…

He didn’t play in the 2003 season because he was a backup quarterback and Quincy Carter started all 16 games that season. Romo was in the starting quarterback position in 2006 and lasted until 2015. His best season was in 2014 with a 69.9% completion percentage with 3,705 passing yards and 34 touchdowns. His rating that season was a 113.2 and he had 9 interceptions. He was undrafted in 2003 by the Dallas Cowboys out of Eastern Illinois. He has been in the Pro Bowl 4 times and has been the NFL’s passer rating leader and the completion percentage leader. His total passer rating was a 97.1 and threw a grand total of 34,183 …show more content…

Romo has been to the playoffs 4 times and Dak has been only once out of his 2 seasons he has been with the Cowboys. In the 2006 season, Romo was playing at the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card game. The Cowboys lost 20-21. In the 2007 season, Romo was playing against the New York Giants at home in the NFC Divisional Round. The Cowboys lost that game 17-21. In the 2009 season, Romo was playing the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Wild Card game and won 34-14. The Cowboys moved on to play the Minnesota Vikings in the Divisional Round and lost 3-34. In the 2014 season, Romo played the Detroit Lions in the NFC Wild Card and won 24-20. The Cowboys moved on to play the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round. The Cowboys lost 21-26 because of a catch made by Wide Receiver Dez Bryant that was overturned to an incomplete catch. Dak Prescott in the 2016 season played in his first playoff game against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Round and lost 31-34 on a game winning field goal by Packers kicker Mason Crosby. Dak Prescott and Tony Romo have helped the Cowboys have winning seasons. They have NFL and personal records on quarterback rating, passing yards, pass attempts without an interception, and more. Without these two superstars, the Cowboys wouldn’t have winning seasons or playoff wins in the time frame these two could play. Both quarterbacks have had bad seasons, especially Dak in the 2017 season