Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back when he weighed in on the viral Dak Prescott moment from AT&T Stadium, and his message cut both ways.
On the latest episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” the ESPN voice took aim at the idea that Prescott may have been responsible for an AT&T Stadium employee losing his job after the worker called the Cowboys quarterback “embarrassing” following Dallas’ 24-16 Week 5 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Thursday Night Football.”
“Apparently, some cat went on social media and announced that he was fired by the Cowboys because he's the guy that yelled at Dak Prescott, 'embarrassing,' at AT&T Stadium,” Smith said. “If Dak Prescott got the dude fired, yeah, that's kind of weak because you're making $60 million a year and you only got two playoff victories in your career.
I mean, damn… The brother that yelled 'embarrassing,' yo, man. I want everybody to be gainfully employed…
“I get it… [But] you gotta know your battles, and you gotta know how to pick them,” Smith continued. “You gotta know that you can't just go out there and just talk smack to a quarterback that just lost the game while he's walking into the locker room.
Know your PLACE... pic.twitter.com/zi9D5V0dcq
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) October 12, 2026
And you work for the damn team. And you work at the stadium.
Know your freaking place! Can't do that.”
The firing itself has not been confirmed, but the situation has already become another rough flashpoint in a frustrating start for Dallas. The Cowboys are 2-3 through five games, and the fixes made in the offseason still haven’t produced the kind of results the team wanted.
Dallas gets another chance to steady things in Week 6, when it faces the Green Bay Packers in a “Sunday Night Football” matchup.
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