It might not be long before Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is skyrocketing to the top of the NFL MVP conversation.
It's going to be tough to beat out guys like Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson for the NFL MVP award, but with the Cowboys so frequently in the spotlight, it would also be impossible for the NFL masses to ignore Prescott if he puts forth a big year.
Forget "Comeback Player of the Year" for Prescott. If the latest prediction from NFL Spin Zone's Ryan Heckman comes to pass, Prescott will have absolutely soared to the top of this year's MVP race.
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott predicted to throw 5 TD passes in Week 3
"Dak Prescott ties his career-high with 5 touchdown passes against the Bears: Coming off a game where the Bears let Jared Goff throw five touchdowns, it isn't going to get much better. Dak Prescott just threw for 360 yards and a couple of scores and, against the Bears, he'll tie his career-best of five through the air, just like Goff did the week prior."
- Ryan Heckman, NFL Spin Zone
Throwing five touchdowns in a single game obviously isn't very common, but you can't put it past the Cowboys going up against the Chicago Bears in Week 3. We just saw the Bears give up a whopping 52 points to the Detroit Lions this past weekend, and Jared Goff absolutely went off.
Goff completed over 82 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and no interceptions against the Bears last week, and the Bears just placed their best cornerback, Jaylon Johnson, on injured reserve.
The Cowboys have a chance to really kick them while they're down and add insult to injury. Prescott has thrown five touchdown passes in a game just one time in his NFL career, a late matchup with the Eagles at the end of the 2022 season.
What's even crazier about that game is the fact that Prescott threw five touchdowns while only completing 21 passes.
It takes some serious luck (and downright dominance) to throw five touchdown passes in an NFL game, especially because even a dominant performance by the quarterback could result in drives being capped off with rushing touchdowns.
This would be the Cowboys going out and making a statement in Week 3. Prescott has been pretty lights-out the first two weeks of the season and still only has two touchdown passes. But an explosive outing in Week 3 against the Bears could catapult the Cowboys back into the NFC East discussion and put Prescott in position for a lot of hardware later in the year.