What a difference a year makes for Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
By his own account he didn’t play his best ball in the Cowboys’ 33-13 steamrolling of the Philadelphia Eagles on “Sunday Night Football.” In 2022, that would have likely meant an interception was tossed. For Prescott in 2023, that means his output of 271 passing yards and two touchdowns on 24-of-39 passing for a 99.4 passer rating could have been much more explosive.
“Solid enough to get the win,” Prescott said of his performance postgame on Sunday. “I’m my biggest critic. I don’t think I played, obviously not my best game. I’m a completions guy. I want to get completions, I want to get it rolling. There was a streak there that felt like 7 to 10 or so, a few incompletions in a row. But then we got it back going, we got it back on track. … We did enough to win, but I always want to be better.”
While he didn’t toss an interception, he was strip-sacked by Eagles Pro Bowl defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, a play that ended with 2023 NFL Draft top-10 pick defensive tackle Jalen Carter running back a 42-yard fumble return touchdown. That’s something that frustrated Prescott because he saw a potential for six points downfield.
“That was a touchdown play,” Prescott said. “[Head coach] Mike [McCarthy] dialed up a great play right there. My eyes are downfield. I see if I can get half a second, a third of a second, more maybe. I’m about to get the ball off and really throw it with anticipation in that sense and so I had the ball kind of little low getting ready to hurl down the field when Fletcher [Cox] grabbed me. At that point, I think I was going for the tuck and just trying to tuck it away and it came out. That’s football. I’m on the ground, watch it roll and watch the guy pick it up with a clean scoop.
“As I talked about my performance tonight, it was good enough to win but I hold myself to super high…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2023-12-11 15:24:03
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