Cowboys’ Dak Prescott says he ‘sucked’ in Packers loss and his job should be questioned if Mike McCarthy’s is

ARLINGTON, Texas — While Dallas Cowboys nation yells “it’s our year” at the start of every NFL season, the 2023 campaign felt different. Especially for quarterback Dak Prescott. 

The 30-year-old, eighth-year pro, who became the first quarterback in Cowboys history to lead the NFL outright in passing touchdowns while compiling a career-high 105.9 passer rating in 2023, looked like a changed man after co-leading the NFL in interceptions in 2022. 

On Sunday, he provided his detractors plenty of fuel for an offseason of hating. The Cowboys became the first team to win 12 games in three straight seasons and fail to make the conference championship in any of them after a deflating 48-32 faceplant of a loss against the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers. 

They entered the postseason with a 12-5 record for the third consecutive season as the NFC’s No. 2 seed, the NFL’s highest-scoring offense (29.9 points per game), Prescott leading the NFL in touchdown passes (36), wide receiver CeeDee Lamb leading the league in receptions (135) and the NFL’s only perfect record at home (8-0). 

None of that mattered. Dallas trailed for more time (52 minutes, 8 seconds) than all eight of their regular-season home games combined, an NFL-low 44 minutes and 36 seconds. Prescott tossed two interceptions, including a 64-yard pick six to Green Bay safety Darnell Savage, and three garbage-time touchdowns after the team fell behind 27-0 in the second quarter. He also threw for 403 yards on 41 of 60 passing. His yards and pass attempts were both the most in a game in Cowboys history. He agreed none of that matters after another playoff disappointment. 

“One-thousand percent, 1,000 percent, I’m not a guy who lives in the past,” Prescott said postgame. “I sucked tonight, that was it. I got it going a little bit late but none of that mattered at that point. Fall, that’s all I really know how to do. It’s about…

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-01-15 15:22:47

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