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920 yards. 10 touchdowns. Two interceptions. Currently leads the NFL in completion percentage (74.5%) and Total QBR (94.0) after the first three weeks.
And Dak Prescott isn’t in the top third of quarterbacks in the league, says former NFL linebacker Jonathan Vilma, who I guess is smoking crystal meth?
Appearing on Friday’s episode of First Take, Vilma did the impossible by saying something so outlandish that to Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman agreed on something.
Jonathan Vilma on Dak Prescott on @FirstTake: “You start rolling your coverages and make him pump the ball – he's done. He's gonna start taking off and running the ball.” pic.twitter.com/veWDXLHL5O
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) September 27, 2019
He started by saying bluntly, “Dak Prescott is not one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL right now. He’s a very good quarterback, but when he is the reason you have to win, it’s not going to happen.”
“The first thing you still have to do is stop Ezekiel Elliott. That’s one,” Vilma opened. “After you do that, all you need to do is roll your coverages. You start rolling your coverages and make him pump the ball — he’s done. He’s gonna start taking off and running the ball. He’s not a Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers that’s gonna sit there and say, ‘I don’t care what you’re throwing at me, I’m gonna make the throws.’”
Throw this take in the garbage with the ‘Tom Brady is a system quarterback’ takes.
I hope they keep the clown Johnathan Vilma off of first take . He said some ridiculous things about Dak Prescott today . How isn’t he a top 10 qb ? How doesn’t he find ways to win . This is why you don’t allow every ex football player be analyst. 🤡 @JonVilma51@FirstTake
— Tay (@Taysterrr) September 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/nba_Jordan89/status/1177611426216595458?s=20
I just watched Jonathan Vilma say that Dak Prescott is not a top 10 QB right now…whatever this dude is smoking needs to be outlawed 🤷🏽♂️
— Nathaniel H. Drew (@NathanielhDrew) September 27, 2019