Grading Dak Prescott's Week 7: Cowboys QB gets back on track in big win over Eagles

HERE. WE. GO.

It's no secret that the Dallas Cowboys' offense looked downright dreadful in the two games leading into Monday night's matchup with the rival Philadelphia Eagles, posting just 16 points in an embarrassing Week 5 loss to the then-winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers and following up with a season-low 13 in Week 6 in a 10-point loss against the Green Bay Packers.

And Dak Prescott undoubtedly deserved part of the blame for those two defeats, as the 11th-year veteran earned a combined passer rating of only 66.9 after connecting on just over 60 percent of his passes and tossing two touchdowns, both of which were basically meaningless, against four interceptions. But it certainly didn't help that he was asked to completely carry the offensive load, as Brian Schottenheimer effectively abandoned the running game, with Prescott throwing the ball 96 times in those two games.

Against the Eagles, however, the offensive attack was much more balanced, as Dallas ran the ball a season-high 38 times for a season-high 204 yards, with Javonte Williams going for a career-high 155 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries.

Prescott, meanwhile, threw a season-low 27 passes, and while we don't quite feel comfortable giving him an "A+" in the Cowboys' 38-21 victory, as he completed a season-worst 55.6 percent of those throws, going 15 for 27 for 212 yards, a straight "A" still works for us, as a few of the throws he did connect on, particularly his three touchdowns, were absolutely phenomenal.

Dak Prescott threw three beautiful TD passes in the Cowboys' Week 7 win over the Eagles

On the Cowboys' second offensive possession of the night, with his team trailing 7-3, Prescott led a nine-play, 82-yard drive down the field, which included a 35-yard pass to Ryan Flournoy, and capped things off with a 9-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb, throwing a beautiful ball to the outside that only No. 88 could catch.

After the Eagles came right back with a touchdown of their own to take a 14-10 lead, Dak bounced back to lead a 14-play, 81-yard drive, this time ending things with a 21-yard TD strike to George Pickens, again putting the ball where only his guy could get it.

In fact, according to Next Gen Stats, this throw had only a 14.9 percent completion probability, marking the most improbable completion of Pickens' entire career and the third-most improbable touchdown pass of Prescott's career, as Pickens was just 0.2 yards from the sideline.

And finally, after Philadelphia opened the second half with a touchdown to retake the lead at 21-20, Prescott again bounced right back to lead a nine-play, 61-yard drive, this time ending things with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Lamb, again putting the ball where only CeeDee could grab it.

And for good measure, Dak ran in the 2-point conversion to give Dallas a 28-21 lead and then led another two scoring drives down the stretch, with one resulting in a Brandon Aubrey field goal and the other culminating in a 2-yard TD run from Williams.

With the win, the Cowboys improved to 3-4 on the season and kept pace with the NFC East-leading New York Giants, who upped their record to 4-2-1 on Sunday with an overtime victory over the Houston Texans.

With New York on a bye in Week 8, Prescott & Co. can inch closer to their longtime rivals, as Dallas is set to take on the two-win Arizona Cardinals this Sunday at AT&T Stadium.

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