Kyle Shanahan explains why Cowboys Dak Prescott has always been a chal

In the wild-card round against the , put together one of the best games of his seven-year  https://www.storekcchiefs.com/Darwin_Th … Jersey.NFL NFL career. Despite starting the game 0-for-3 pa sing due to three dropped pa ses, Prescott finished the evening having completed 25 of 33 pa ses for 305 yards and four touchdowns, while adding 24 yards and a score on the ground. He was sacked just once and did not turn the ball over. Next up for Prescott is the -- the team that eliminated Dallas from the postseason a year ago. Ahead of the rematch, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan sang the praises of Prescott, noting how difficult it is to defend him when he is on his game."Dak has always been a challenge," Shanahan said during his pre s conference, , "when you're a pure pocket pa ser who can make all the throws in https://www.storekcchiefs.com/Christian … Jersey.NFL  there and read the defense really well and get the ball to the right spots and do it accurately. That's why he's had the career he has and when things do break down, he's got a knack for how to get out of that pocket and make some off-schedule plays. That's why he has had such succe sful career so far."          https://www.storekcchiefs.com/Eric_Fisher_Jersey.NFL     DAL  QB  #4  CMP%66.2YDs2860TD23INT15YD/Att7.26 A "pure pocket pa ser" is certainly not the descriptor one would have a signed to Prescott when he entered the NFL out of Mi si sippi State back in 2016, but that is what he has become over the years. He struggled with turnovers this season -- he threw an NFL-high 15 interceptions, though some of those struggles were aided by four drops that turned into intercepted pa ses, as well as some poor luck, as his interceptable pa ses were dropped by opponents at half the league-average rate -- yet still finished the regular season ninth in the NFL in expected points added per dropback thanks to his willingne s to push the ball downfield in an effort to create big plays.  That's an area where Prescott struggled in  https://www.storekcchiefs.com/Cameron_Erving_Jersey.NFL the matchup against the 49ers last season, as he repeatedly checked the ball down underneath against San Francisco's soft zone coverages. He completed just 23 of 43 pa ses (53.5%) for only 254 yards (5.9 per attempt), one touchdown, and one interception in that contest, as Dallas' league-leading scoring offense sputtered to only 17 points in the defeat. It will be interesting to see  https://www.storekcchiefs.com/Derrick_Nnadi_Jersey.NFL how a much more aggre sive version of Prescott fares against a very similar defense in both personnel and structure, particularly because the will likely need him to maintain that aggre sion while replicating last week's turnover-avoidance if they are to keep up with what the San Francisco offense has been doing of late.