![]() But at some point, he’s bound to become a larger part of the discussion about what is wrong in Dallas. You can blame that on the talent around Prescott or the offensive scheme or whatever else. He didn’t look like it for much of Sunday night. Now in his seventh season as starter, 2022 already represents the post-honeymoon era of Prescott’s career, in which people should begin asking whether he’s really one of the league’s best dozen or so quarterbacks. If that’s not enough anxiety, throw the game on and pay close attention to Prescott, who wasn’t exactly having a good performance prior to injuring his hand. Extend that to a backfield that might have been serviceable if Elliott hadn’t been needed so much in blocking schemes, to a group of wide receivers that looks entirely average. Most especially right tackle Terence Steele, who had multiple costly penalties and generally struggled through much of the night. Starting with an offensive line that looked like it had plenty of work ahead of it without Tyron Smith holding down the left side. Prescott might disagree and plead for a retreat from the panic button, but there was already plenty to be concerned about before his injury occurred. But perhaps never moreso than Sunday night, when everything seemed to fit that exact refrain. Looking back, well that sucks could have been one of the themed T-shirts often seen around the Cowboys' training camps. A vague eye-roll feeling of “now what” that stitched together an offseason filled with drama (with players and ownership) along with talent drain and a salary cap surplus that is uncharacteristic for the franchise. Maybe because it encapsulated the frustration of what has circled the Cowboys since last season’s playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Well that sucks.”Īs emotions went Sunday night, Lamb’s gut reaction was arguably the most authentic to be found. “Nah, I didn’t know that,” wideout CeeDee Lamb said when told about Prescott’s injury. This was a really tough night for the Cowboys and a really surprising night.”Ī few moments later, Prescott’s teammates began hearing the news about their quarterback’s throwing hand, which was injured in the fourth quarter of the loss and will require surgery this week. (An ESPN report late Sunday pegged the time frame at 6-8 weeks.) “So, we’ll be dealing with that as well. “Dak will be out for a while,” Jerry Jones said. And if all of that wasn’t enough to raise concern, there was the preseason injury to anchor left tackle Tyron Smith, which made it feel like anxiety around the team had peaked. ![]() There were questions about the running back rotation and the continued oddity of team owner Jerry Jones seeing the offense as functioning through Ezekiel Elliott. ![]() ![]() There was a lack of quality depth at receiver and along the offensive line. There were questions about cheaply parting ways with wideout Amari Cooper and right tackle La’el Collins. When Sunday started for Dallas, it was already a story of attrition. They’ll get back in there and they’ll find the things that we did well.”įar be it for anyone to tell Prescott how he should feel - after all, it’s his broken hand and his banged up start to the season after he had surgery on Monday- but even under the most optimistic circumstances, it’s time for panic among Dallas fans, Cowboys ownership and most certainly for head coach Mike McCarthy, who was already on awkward footing before the season in front of him got exponentially steeper Sunday night. “Let’s not hit the panic as if we just can’t do anything on offense. “This is game one,” Prescott said following a costly 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ARLINGTON, Texas - With his surgery-bound right hand hanging at his side and his words pointed forward seemingly out of habit, Dak Prescott asked for the one thing that will be in short supply for the Dallas Cowboys.
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