Dak Prescott took the heat after the Cowboys’ 23-13 loss to the Packers, and Stephen A. Smith wasted little time turning the spotlight his way.
Green Bay won Sunday night despite missing Micah Parsons, Edgerrin Cooper and Javon Hargrave on defense, and despite the Packers dropping three would-be touchdowns. Dallas still couldn’t capitalize. Prescott threw two interceptions, both coming in Packers territory, and that was enough for Smith to unload on Monday’s episode of First Take.
“Time and time and time again, [Jerry Jones] he puts the ball in Dak Prescott’s hands in key moments. And time and time and time again, they have come up short,” Stephen A. Smith said on the popular debate show.
Smith then drew a sharp comparison to another Cowboys quarterback from the past.
“There’s only two playoff victories in ten years as a starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Danny White has a better playoff record than Dak Prescott… Tony Romo’s got a better playoff record than Dak Prescott.
Tony Romo, who, by the way, got two; his record is two and four. Why do we know that?
Cause Dak is two and five. I give you $60 million, and you still can’t find a way to win damn playoff games.”
Prescott’s broader body of work has been stronger than the Cowboys’ recent results suggest, with the quarterback sitting among the NFL’s top passers in recent seasons. But Dallas’ offense has been uneven lately, and the defense has been one of the league’s weakest units. Even the changes on that side of the ball have not seemed to move the needle.
Now Prescott is trying to reset the conversation around the Cowboys’ next game, a Sunday matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles.
“I don’t have the answer for the whole team and what that is, but I believe in who we are, and I know we have the talent and the men that care. We just have to put it together,” the quarterback said, via The Athletic’s Jon Machota.
“Our process is right, but we have to win on Sunday.”
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