The Cowboys’ slow start has put a familiar question back in the spotlight: did Dallas give Dak Prescott enough around him before the season?
At 2-3, the Cowboys are sitting third in the NFC East, and the standings around them haven’t exactly shut the door. The New York Giants are 3-1-1, while the Philadelphia Eagles have also opened the year below average. That leaves Dallas with a real chance to pick up two division wins when it faces Philadelphia in about 10 days.
The Eagles are dealing with injuries too, which only adds to the sense that this is a game the Cowboys should be able to win. But that’s where the caution comes in. Dallas hasn’t always handled the games it’s supposed to win, and that has already shown up this season.
One insider pointed the finger squarely at Jerry Jones for what he sees as an incomplete roster built around Prescott.
“Dak Prescott opened camp talking Super Bowl. Did the Cowboys leave no stone unturned to give him the best roster possible to get there?
The best team environment. Set up to fail,” Clarence Hill Jr. wrote.
Prescott has still been one of the NFL’s top quarterbacks over the past few seasons, and he’s proven he can play at a high level. The issue, as it has often been in Dallas, is that the rest of the team hasn’t always matched it.
That’s been true on defense before, and it’s already cropped up again this year. The loss to the Baltimore Ravens was one example, with Dallas unable to get a stop when it mattered late.
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