During uneventful portions of the football offseason, the NFL focused media likes to assess players by comparing them against each other. It both invokes conversation and inspires emotion from fans desperate to see their teams back in action. One Dallas Cowboy, quarterback Dak Prescott, has become a major focus among these discussions.
NFL Network’s “Top 100 Players of 2017” set the bar on creating hype for Prescott by projecting him to be the 14th best player in the upcoming season. The show has consistently been critiqued in the past for questionable rankings (former quarterback Tim Tebow‘s presence on the 2012 list received much ridicule).