The Dallas Cowboys’ season came to a shocking end in the wild-card playoff round with a 48-32 home loss to the Green Bay Packers. A No. 7 seed hadn’t won a postseason game since the NFL expanded the playoffs to 14 teams in the 2020 season.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott took his share of the blame for the historic upset loss. “I sucked tonight, that was it,” said Prescott postgame.
Prescott completed 41 of 60 passes (68.3%) for 403 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions, including one for a pick six. The stat line is misleading because Prescott did most of his damage in garbage time. Green Bay’s first-year starting quarterback Jordan Love thoroughly outplayed Prescott. After trailing the Packers 48-16 in the fourth quarter, Prescott connected on 17 of 21 passes (81%) for 210 yards with two touchdowns.
The early playoff exit and Prescott’s inability to elevate his game when it matters most is overshadowing his outstanding regular season. Prescott earned second-team All-Pro honors for the first time in his eight NFL seasons because he had a career year. The 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year posted career highs in completion percentage (69.5%) and passer rating (105.9). Prescott’s league-leading 36 touchdown passes and 4,516 passing yards are the second-best marks of his career. He is expected to be a finalist for NFL MVP and the likely runner-up.
The 2024 season will be the final of a four-year, $160 million deal, averaging $40 million per year, Prescott signed in March 2021. At the time, that deal made him the NFL’s second-highest-paid player despite the fact that he was recovering from a gruesome right ankle injury that sidelined him five games into the 2020 season. Prescott is scheduled to make $34 million in 2024 on a $59.455 million salary cap number thanks to Dallas restructuring his contract for cap purposes on three different occasions since he signed. The…
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Author : Joel Corry
Publish date : 2024-01-17 20:33:57
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