Dak Prescott sends honest message that shows how good Cowboys really are
This is Dak Prescott's NFL right now. Following the Dallas Cowboys' win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 14, Prescott is the standalone odds-on favorite to win MVP and no one is playing the position like him. On Sunday Night Football, Dak added another great game, completing 62% of his attempts for 271 yards and […]
This is Dak Prescott's NFL right now.
Following the Dallas Cowboys' win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 14, Prescott is the standalone odds-on favorite to win MVP and no one is playing the position like him.
On Sunday Night Football, Dak added another great game, completing 62% of his attempts for 271 yards and two touchdowns. While he had a costly fumble that accounted for seven of the Eagles' 13 points, he was good enough to keep everyone excited about his trajectory.
But as always, Prescott isn't exactly satisfied with his performance. And he sent an honest message about his game that many people can't deny.
"As I talked about my performance tonight, as I said, I was good enough to win but I hold myself to super high high standards and if I play my best game we're putting up 50 out there," Prescott told reporters postgame.
That's how good the Cowboys are. Even with some mistakes on offense, the team outscored the 10-2 Eagles by 20!
One good example of meat left in the bone from the Cowboys offense is actually the fumble play itself. According to Dak, that play-call Mike McCarthy dialed up was designed to put six on the board.
While not visible from the TV broadcast, CeeDee Lamb and Jalen Tolbert are running a double post concept as the Eagles defense rotates into single-high coverage. That leaves Brandin Cooks one-on-one on a double move route which he seems to win. However, Jalen Carter gets there before Dak Prescott can get the ball off.
"(Head coach Mike McCarthy) called some great plays," Prescott added. "Obviously the sack-fumble was supposed to be a touchdown the other way."
Overall, Prescott described his play on Sunday as "solid enough" to pull off the win. However, the MVP favorite believes there's still another level of play in him. With the way he's playing, NFL defenses should be absolutely scared of facing No. 4.
Not only is Prescott eating and hungry for more but he's not scared of going after secondaries. Per Next Gen Stats, Dak threw "into a tight window on a season-high 30.8% of attempts for 99 yards, the most tight window passing yards by a quarterback in a game this season."
Prescott will be a part of some solid quarterback battles the next two weeks as it's Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills up next with Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins shortly after.
At this point, it's hard to expect him not to show up.
