Dak Prescott’s Monday night performance against the Eagles left Cowboys fans with two competing thoughts: the box score looked good, but the early misses raised eyebrows.
Dallas rolled to a 38-21 win in Philadelphia, and Prescott finished with 212 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Even so, some of his throws early in the game looked off enough to spark fresh concern about whether the injuries he’s dealt with this season were still affecting him.
Jerry Jones wasn’t buying that theory Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan. The Cowboys owner said Prescott’s accuracy wasn’t an issue and stressed that the quarterback kept battling while still landing the throws that mattered most.
Prescott has been through two injury scares already this season. In Week 4 against the Houston Texans, someone stepped on his hand, leaving him with a cut that needed a wrap.
Afterward, he played it down: “It’s nothing. It just got stepped on,” Prescott said after the game.
Then came Week 6 against the Green Bay Packers, when he took a hard hit from Zaire Franklin and seemed to feel it in his ribs. Prescott admitted he was hurting, but he wasn’t interested in leaving the field.
“I took a good hit. A hit to the ribs, got the wind knocked out of me.
But I wasn’t coming out of the game. It was, just give me a second and we can get back going,” Prescott said.
Jones said he doesn’t think those issues explain the missed throws against Philadelphia. “I wouldn’t think there is enough that he is banged up to get into being off on his throws,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan.
“I just, when I look at how other quarterbacks play, when I look at how they throw the ball, Dak is unique in his way, but I can’t say enough about what he meant to stay in there and the throws that he did make. We just have got to realize, they (the defensive players) have something to do with it, too.”
The Cowboys owner also liked how Prescott handled the game plan, especially the way he worked through his reads and got the ball out fast to help the pass protection.
“He’s got to sit there and not only get it to the right one depending on how the defense is playing, but he has got to get it out of there and help his protection. He did that last night,” Jones said. “I don’t have any criticism about where he went with the ball or where he threw the ball.”
Dallas is now 3-4 and heads into a softer stretch with a chance to build some momentum. The Cowboys are back in action Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, and Prescott won’t have much time to rest before the next test.
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