Dak Prescott won’t take the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl

Despite the win on Sunday over the Philadelphia Eagles, it’s clear quarterback Dak Prescott will not take the Dallas Cowboys to the Super Bowl.

Watching the Dallas Cowboys‘ 29-23 overtime victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday probably placed most fans in straight jackets, to keep them from hurting themselves or kicking in the television. Cowboys’ third-year quarterback Dak Prescott almost single-handedly lost the game.

While Prescott connected three times on touchdown throws to wide receiver Amari Cooper, but his two interceptions were inexcusable. The first pick should have been a touchdown early in the second quarter but the ball was late as Prescott floated the pass to Cooper in the endzone. The second interception showed extremely poor footwork by Dak, which resulted in the overthrow to a wide open Michael Gallup, right into the waiting hands of safety Corey Graham.

The missed throws to wide open targets that resulted in turnovers or lost opportunities in this game made the contest much closer than it should have been. In addition, Prescott did not protect the ball in traffic due to his maddening poor pocket awareness, and fumbled yet again. It was Dak’s 12th fumble of the season.

The defense constantly bailed out the offense in a game that should have been a blow out of epic proportions. The offense piled up 576 yards, held the ball for 45 minutes and 28 seconds, had 32 first downs, yet scored only 29 points.

The offense was once again putrid in the red zone, only converting on the last, all important drive in overtime. In one sequence, Prescott missed open slot receiver Cole Beasley, who had a step on the defender, throwing too high.

On two other occasions, Prescott overthrew wide receiver Michael Gallup, who would’ve scored on both plays. Yet, this game will be remembered more for Prescott’s successes rather than his failures. Fans who didn’t see the game will look at the box score and will see that Prescott passed for 455 passing yards and think he had a monster game.

Unfortunately, this game didn’t pass the eye or smell test. Prescott looked bad and stunk. At the end of the day, a team with a lesser defense doesn’t win these types of games when you lose the turnover margin.

In typical fashion, owner and general manager Jerry Jones, as well as head coach Jason Garrett will gloss over Prescott’s performance. Winning ugly has its charms. However, there are some simple questions that need to be answered.

When will Prescott improve his footwork? When will he be able to make basic throws on a consistent basis? When will Dak stop turning the ball over in the pocket?

While the Dallas Cowboys will likely win the NFC East and host a playoff game, which Dak Prescott is going to show up on that day is the real question. And any version of what we saw on Sunday against tenacious defenses such as the Minnesota Vikings  or Seattle Seahawks won’t fly.

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