Cameras and lip readers catch Dak Prescott’s brutal assessment of Cowboys

Dak Prescott merely reiterated the conclusion most Cowboys fans had already come to themselves.

It was late in the fourth quarter of the team’s 27-21 loss in Atlanta, and the Dallas quarterback watched from the sideline as backup Cooper Rush began his third series with the offense.

After two touchdowns coming in, Rush had started 8-of-15 for 54 yards in relief to that point. As he threw another incomplete pass to Jalen Brooks to set up a third down, TV cameras caught Prescott, clad in a baseball cap and out for the day with a hamstring injury, sharing his observation of things on the third down -string emergency response Trey Lance.

“We (expletive) suck,” Prescott seemed to say, shaking his head.

Dak knows…. pic.twitter.com/xq5g4NAC2j

— Shan Shariff (@1053SS) November 3, 2024

Yeah, that about sums it up.

The loss dropped the Cowboys to 3-5 and left both the Commanders and Eagles looking way ahead in the NFC East. Team owner Jerry Jones made a rare visit to the dressing room during an away match to address the team, calling the Cowboys’ current situation “bleak.”

Already dangerously thin due to injuries on both sides of the ball, the Cowboys now face the very real possibility of Prescott missing time as well.

Last year’s leader in completions and touchdown passes will undergo an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of his injury, which he apparently suffered during a five-yard scramble late in the third quarter.

he told reporters he felt something not while running or even during the tackle, but when he stood up. On the next relapse, he said, “he felt something I’ve never felt before.”

Although he wanted to return to the field, Prescott was told by trainers that he would not be able to protect himself and was pulled in favor of Rush to start the fourth quarter.

During his three-quarter action, Prescott went 18 of 24, passing for 133 yards and a touchdown. Rush finished 13 off 25 for 115 and a score.

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As the team’s leader and face of the franchise, Prescott will undoubtedly draw criticism for his NSFW assessment of the Cowboys’ prospects. He will likely own the moment and suggest that his teammates all feel the same way about how they have performed so far this season. He’ll explain that it was an honest answer on a disappointing day, but he’ll point out that it’s his job — and the responsibility of every man in the Dallas locker room — now to wipe away the loss, turn the page and leave that. negativity in the past, and look ahead to preparing for Philadelphia’s visit to Arlington in Week 10.

It’s the right approach. But that doesn’t mean what Prescott said was wrong.

Cowboys fans have been saying it for months.