Cowboys’ Noah Brown takes accountability on social media after key drop vs Jaguars

The Dallas Cowboys’ offense did enough to beat the Jaguars on Sunday. With CeeDee Lamb carrying the receiver room amidst another no-show Michael Gallup, fan favorite Noah Brown stepped up as Dak Prescott’s No. 2 outlet.

An unsung hero as a blocker in the running game and passing game, Brown’s number was called nine times against Jacksonville, the most of any Cowboys receiver. He turned the expanded role into six catches for 49 yards and two scores. Both scores swung momentum heavily in Dallas’ favor.

The first came at the end of the first half, and gave the Cowboys a 21-7 lead going into the intermission.

The second came with 3:02 left in the fourth quarter, and brought Dallas back from a four-point hole after they gagged away a 27-10 second half lead. With Prescott flushed out of the pocket, Brown did tremendously to work his way back to the football and create a passing lane for his quarterback.

Unfortunately, Brown’s heroics were papered over after his drop in overtime bounced in the air and landed in the welcoming arms of Rayshawn Jenkins, who took it 51 yards to the house for the walk-off touchdown.

It’s an awful ending to what had been a great performance from Brown, and the receiver — clearly shaken up after his game-ending blunder —  took accountability for the drop on Instagram after declining to speak to the media.

Cowboys’ Noah Brown owns up to drop that led to Jaguars’ game-winning touchdown.

It’s never ideal when a player declines to speak to the media — they’re contractually obligated to do so — but Brown clearly meant no disrespect by ghosting. The drop is ultimately what everyone will remember from Sunday (that’s the way the cookie crumbles, sadly) but Brown still put together a great game.

It’s relieving to hear Brown is sticking his chest out.

With Gallup struggling to muster consecutive impactful games, James Washington (one target in two games) still getting back up to seed after returning from injury, and TY Hilton unlikely to play a major role having just joined the team, Dallas is going to need the 26-year-old Brown to play a big role down the stretch of the regular season, and even into the playoffs.

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We all know what Brown is capable of at this point. Sunday marked his first touchdown(s) since Week 2, but he’s assembled seven games with at least 50 or more receiving yards or a touchdown. He’s more than doubled his career-highs in targets in catches, and already surpassed his career-high in receiving yards by 349 with three games left on the schedule.

Again, Brown has to catch that pass in overtime. He’d be better off attacking the ball with his hands instead of letting it travel into his chest. But one big drop isn’t going to dissuade Dak from looking his way in big moments.

Good thing Brown has already picked himself up.

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