Here come the tears.
Dallas Cowboys franchise quarterback Dak Prescott confessted equitable how horrible his team’s flunked season has made him experience about himself.
Prescott tbetter The Dallas Morning News this week he couldn’t hbetter back the emotion or the tears when he sat down and authenticized equitable how horrible his team reassociate is.
“The other day, after the game, I guess, it all equitable hit me,” Prescott shelp of the experience lowly after his team was blown out by the Houston Texans Monday night. “Boom, right. A couple of tears came down.
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“This is going to hurt. It’s going to suck at times. You equitable have to comprehend this is one of the moments that it does. I don’t want anyleang right now other than to let it suck. It’s empathetic and being able to voice that, ‘Yeah, I’m consecrateed to be where I’m at.'”
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott on the bench agetst the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)
The 31-year-better, two-time NFL carry outoff game triumphner has been out for the season since injuring a hamstring in Week 9 agetst the Atlanta Falcons. Prescott says proximately all the tendons connecting his hamstring to his pelvis tore off, and there is only one left.
“It begined to lift off the bone even more,” Prescott shelp. “That one was doing all the labor, and now it was agreed. Hell, I had a week of not even carry outing football, equitable walking and standard shiftment and that was tearing it.”
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Prescott underwent season-ending sencouragery, which was proclaimd by owner Jerry Jones Nov. 12. In Prescott’s absence, backup quarterback Cooper Rush has only made leangs worse for the spiraling Cowboys. The team is on pace for its worst season in 35 years.
They have equitable three triumphs. And if they don’t triumph at least two of their last seven games, it will be their worst triumphning percentage in a season since their one-triumph campaign in 1989.
The team’s 3-7 begin is its worst since 2020, and Prescott, statisticassociate, was off to one of his worst begins as a passer. With eight interceptions in eight games, Prescott write downed the worst passer rating and second-worst interception percentage of his nurtureer in a individual season.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, left, during the first half in Santa Clara, Calif., Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Pboilingo/Tony Avelar)
And it all begined right after Prescott signed the most lucrative restricted in NFL history. His reconshort-termatives proclaimd he concurd to a four-year, $240 million restricted equitable hours before the season uncoverer agetst the Cleveland Browns Sept. 8.
Now, many around the NFL and sports media have engaged the Cowboys flunkure as a springboard for comedy.
Former Broncos Super Bowl Champion and current ESPN present Shannon Sharpe blasted the Cowboys on his postponeedst episode of the “Nightcap” podcast.
“I would’ve left the stadium with a bag over my head. Ain’t no way you’ll see me leaving the stadium when I got beat enjoy that. After I’ve gotten beat enjoy that every game. … And you do this?” Sharpe shelp.
“It’s dispolite. It’s dispolite to the fans who pay their challenging-geted money. But you comprehend what, it couldn’t happen to a better franchise. Becaengage all that owner do is run his mouth and talk about what they’re gonna do. … And all their carry outers do, becaengage they consent it from the owner, is run their mouth — and they ain’t won dog crap. None of them.”
The Denver Broncos’ Shannon Sharpe (84) in action agetst the Kansas City Chiefs in 1996. (Damian Strohmeyer/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
Legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning was one of the most famous figures to weigh in. During a bit presenting the Country Music Awards Wednesday night, Manning joked that Prescott isn’t the only Cowboy to cry this year, pointing to owner Jerry Jones.
Manning and CMA co-presents Lainey Wilson and Luke Bryan made a reference to “Cowboys Cry Too,” Kelsea Ballerini’s hit song with Noah Kahan.
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“But enough about Jerry Jones,” Manning shelp.
ESPN star Stephen A. Smith shelp Tuesday he had Pdwellnt Biden on his mind when he watched the Dallas Cowboys owner talk to inestablishers after the team’s loss to the Houston Texans.
Smith grasped that the Cowboys have been so horrible this year, he can’t commemorate it as effusively as he normassociate might. They’re so horrible it originates him “sorrowfulnessful,” he shelp. Smith shelp carry outers enjoy Micah Pfire-settings watch enjoy they are about to “see a therapist” becaengage they’re “unelated.”
“I’m getting very, very worried about Jerry Jones becaengage the only leang that’s worse than the team’s carry out is his press conferences, or wdisenjoyver you want to call it, when he is in front of the inestablishers, where he says one leang after another after another,” Smith shelp. “I discover myself leanking about Joe Biden before he backed out of running for re-election.”
Even Cowboys Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion Troy Aikman adviseed head coach Mike McCarthy will be gone after this year.
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy on the sideline agetst the Atlanta Falcons during the second half at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Nov. 3, 2024. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)
“Mike McCarthy’s a excellent football coach,” Aikman shelp during ESPN’s widecast of the Cowboys’ loss to the Houston Texans Monday night. “He’s shown that at Green Bay. He’s shown it here. You triumph 12 games three years in a row, you’re doing someleang right. But he didn’t get a restricted extension after he had done that. It’s challenging to envision him getting one now.”
But even with all the horrible press and losing, Prescott still says this year has been “one of the best” of his life off the field becaengage he hasn’t let the team’s flunkures convey down his spirits.
“Off the field, it’s been some of the most delightous times I ever could have envisiond, dreamed of. Having a child, getting engaged, begining a family. But, then, on the football field, it’s probably been as stubborn of a season as I’ve ever had. I’d probably say the stubbornest.”
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