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Super Wild Card Weekend has lived up to the hype as the NFL playoffs have begun. The Green Bay Packers became the first No. 7 seed to win a playoff game while C.J. Stroud and Jordan Love provided glimpses of the future thanks to incredible playoff debuts.
The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game since the 1991 season while Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid still proved the Kansas City Chiefs will be a tough out for any team in the AFC playoffs. With some teams moving on and others having their season end (Dallas Cowboys are one of those teams), here’s a playoff version of overreactions from the Sunday games that should linger for a while.
Cowboys should move on from Dak Prescott this offseason
Overreaction or Reality: Overreaction
Prescott certainly has had more than a fair shot to take the Cowboys deep in the playoffs, yet his 2-5 record in the postseason is tied for the worst record in NFL history for any quarterback with a minimum of five playoff starts. He still hasn’t made a conference championship game in his nine seasons in the league, despite quarterbacking a team that has won 12-plus games in four of the five times he has made the postseason.
What do the Cowboys do with their underachieving quarterback? Prescott is due for an extension in 2024 after having a cap hit of $59.455 million this offseason, as the 30-year-old quarterback has two years remaining on a four-year, $160 million extension signed in 2021. Do the Cowboys pay Prescott an even larger salary for underachieving performances in January?
Despite Prescott’s inability to make a deep playoff run, he is a top-10 quarterback. The Cowboys could do better than Prescott, but could also have much worse. Hiring the right coach to help out Prescott is the better move, while giving Prescott a shorter extension would benefit both parties.
Hard to blame Dallas if the Cowboys decided to turn the page, but hard to ignore…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-01-15 05:28:07
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