ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler recently polled over 50 executives, coaches, scouts, and players to form a consensus on the league’s top-10 quarterbacks.
The group ranked the Dallas Cowboys’ franchise player as the game’s ninth-best QB for 2020.
One anonymous AFC executive took it a step further and wondered whether a “marginal” Prescott is worthy of elite categorization.
“He’ll get paid as one of the best, but he’s certainly not top five and marginal top 10,” the nameless exec told Fowler. “That great rookie season set the stage for him to hit another level that he never really was going to hit. The bar got set high, and I don’t know if he can reach it. Hasn’t thrown it as well since [2016].”
Prescott started his career on a high note when he tossed for 3,667 yards and 23 touchdowns (only four interceptions) as a rookie, leading the club to a 13-3 record and NFC East title.
He took another step in 2019 when he threw for a career high 4,902 passing yards and 30 TDs. Even still, the Cowboys didn’t play well enough to qualify for the postseason.
