Dallas Cowboys: Anonymous Player Gives Stunning Admission About Dak Prescott’s Struggles.
The Dallas Cowboys, who started the NFC Wildcard game as two-score underdogs, are still looking for answers after their shocking early playoff departure. This season, they have lost at home for the first time.
Although it was impressive to watch the No. 5 defense under Dan Quinn, a top contender for head coaching jobs, put together a formidable team, the offensive issues with Dak Prescott, who had a season-long MVP-caliber performance, became a central plot point.
After the game, Prescott told reporters, “I sucked tonight.” And that concludes it. It everything comes down to winning, especially in the postseason.
Dak Prescott added that he was “shocked” by Sunday’s loss, saying, “Obviously I didn’t play well.” When asked how the Cowboys can get past this disappointment and eventually achieve playoff success, he responded, “I wish I had that answer for you.”
Prescott threw for 403 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions on 41-of-60 passing in Sunday’s game. While those numbers appear solid on the surface, most of his production came when the game was already out of reach. Dallas faced deficits of 27-0 and 48-16 during the game.
The Dallas Cowboys entered the game riding a streak of 16 straight home victories dating back to the 2022 season. Unfortunately, Prescott and the team’s offense came out flat in front of their home fans at AT&T Stadium, and things got out of hand quickly.
Prescott failed to keep up with Packers quarterback Jordan Love, who threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions as he led the NFL’s youngest team to a Divisional Round matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.
Dallas Cowboys Player Gives Stunning Admission About Dak Prescott’s Struggles, While Taking Shot At Defensive Coaching Staff .
On Monday, as the Cowboys cleared out the team facility for the offseason, players spoke to reporters on and off the record, with one anonymous Cowboy made an interesting comment about Prescott to NFL Network’s Jane Slater.
“Another player was frustrated with a stubbornness to stick to schemes on both sides of the ball. Motion offenses killing defenses and concern that Dak panics when 1st read not there,” Slater tweeted.
Those are bold claims coming from a Dallas Cowboys player who is inside the building, attends practices on a daily basis and gets a behind-the-scenes glimpse into what’s really happening in Dallas according to NFL Network’s Jane Slater.
The disparity between the Dallas starting quarterback and his standout wide receiver CeeDee Lamb early in the game may be explained by the
unnamed player’s opinion that Prescott struggles when the first read isn’t there. Lamb, the quarterback for the Cowboys, acknowledged that the
Packers were quite adept at hiding coverages that caught him off guard in the first half. It is possible that Mike McCarthy planned out multiple plays with the intention of getting Lamb the ball early.
“I mean, credit them for some of the early looks, disguising how they were going to play (Lamb),” Dak Prescott told reporters after the game.
“Then late after the snap, moving, and obviously not giving me the same picture pre-snap as they did post-snap. Credit to them.
Then I missed him on the sideline on a little roll-out, but once we got it going, once again it was too late.”
“Joe Barry alternated and disguised zone and man coverages during the first half, often forcing Prescott into a misread.
When combined with modest pressure that hurried Prescott’s timing, the Packers intercepted Prescott twice and forced him into attempting 60
passes. Much of Dallas’ production came in the second half, when the blowout was already underway. But in the first half, Barry’s coverages on
Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb were superb; Lamb recorded just two catches on seven targets for just 18 yards.
One of the passes intended for Lamb, late in the second quarter, was intercepted by Darnell Savage Jr. and returned 64 yards for a touchdown.”
While it’s unlikely the Dallas Cowboys move on from Dak Prescott, it’s not out of the realm of possibility. There’s a very real possibility McCarthy is replaced, although he was the architect behind one of the NFL’s most prolific offenses this season.
When the final whistle blew, blame should fail equally on both sides of the ball, yet due to Prescott’s playoff history and defensive coordinator Dan Quinn likely headed out of town to become their new head coach, the Dallas QB and future of McCarthy became the focal point after the stunning unexpected loss.
Jerry Jones wants another Super Bowl and nothing can be counted out in his quest to reach that goal.
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