Dak Prescott walked off Monday night with another win over the Eagles, but the postgame clip making the rounds had nothing to do with the final score.
Prescott and the Cowboys took down Philadelphia 38-21, with the quarterback finishing 15 of 27 for 212 yards, 3 touchdowns, and a 118.1 quarterback rating. It moved Dallas to 3-4, dropped the Eagles to 2-5, and kept the Cowboys within striking distance of the New York Giants. Prescott also improved to 11-5 against the Eagles in the regular season.
The matchup wasn’t a typical NFC East battle, either, with Jalen Hurts unavailable because of blood clots. Still, Dallas handled business on Monday Night Football, and Prescott was delayed getting back to the locker room because he had media duties after the game.
That later exit is where the moment happened. Cameras near the tunnel caught Prescott taking off his cap and jumping up to hand it to a fan in the stands.
The fan dropped it, and Prescott didn’t try again. He just shrugged and kept walking.
It’s not known whether the fan eventually got the cap back.
The fan interaction came after a previous postgame episode already put Prescott in the spotlight. Earlier this month, after the Cowboys fell to 2-3 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at AT&T Stadium, a stadium worker was caught on video calling the loss “embarrassing” as Prescott headed toward the locker room. Prescott later said he didn’t mind the worker expressing himself, but he did object to the way it happened.
Now Prescott has another viral postgame moment hanging over him, and it’s fair to assume he’ll be asked about this one next time he faces the media.
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