Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott made a big mistake in the aftermath of his team's loss to the San Francisco 49ers this past weekend.

After Dallas lost to San Francisco on Saturday night, Cowboys fans threw various objects toward the field.

During the post-game press conference, Prescott essentially endorsed fans throwing objects at referees.

"Credit to them then. Credit to them."

Dak Prescott voiced support for fans who threw trash at referees Sunday ??‍♂️ #DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/1jCAoZvQ3P

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 17, 2022

That's obviously not a good look for Dak.

On Tuesday, however, Prescott took to Twitter to apologize for his comments.

This should be the end of the controversy over Prescott's comments.

Look, everyone knows you can't throw objects toward the field. It's going to end badly for everyone. It could injure a player, official, or fellow fan. It will also likely lead to an ejection for the offending fan. Or it could lead to a delay in the game. It's just an all-around bad idea.

And Prescott knows this. I truly believe he was just caught up in the emotion of an intense game that had a questionable ending — whether that was the referee's fault for not getting the ball spotted faster or Dak's fault for not saving a couple of seconds by sliding earlier.

Prescott is an all-around good dude. He proved that most recently by taking up money for the Cowboys' practice squad players that don't get a regular game check during the playoffs. That one comment doesn't represent who Prescott is as a person.

There's no need for hate to be hurled toward Prescott. He made a mistake while being caught up in the moment. Then he owned up to that mistake.

Mistakes happen. Once the words escaped Prescott's lips he couldn't take it back. But he did the right thing by apologizing publicly.

And that should be the end of this story.

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