Has There Ever Been a Rookie Duo Like Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott?

November 9, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

We don't need fancy numbers or historical comparisons to tell us the Dallas Cowboys' rookie quarterback-running back duo of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott is doing something special. Most of us have seen each player's impact with our own two eyes.
The NFC-leading Cowboys wouldn't be close to 7-1 without Prescott and Elliott. Prescott was the eighth quarterback selected in the 2016 draft, but he's the fourth-highest-rated passer in the NFL. Elliott, who was drafted fourth overall, leads the league in rushing by an 84-yard margin.
At midseason, they undoubtedly rank 1-2 in the Offensive Rookie of the Year race.
But to get an even better feel for how much of an impact Prescott and Elliott have made, let's take a look back in time.
Pro Football Reference has a nifty metric called approximate value (AV), which is "an attempt to put a single number on the seasonal value of a player at any position from any year." With that numerical value on any player's season, we can ...

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