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Even with a 3-4 record, it\u2019s far from a lost season for the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

After a failed comeback attempt in the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers, players in the locker room communicated confidence in the team\u2019s ability to win the rest of its five remaining division games to put themselves in a position to squeak into the playoffs at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

A lot would need to be fixed.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Dallas, not a lot of those problems are very complex. Run the ball better. Show a pulse in stopping the run with consistency. Have better offensive line play. Start winning the turnover margin. The list goes on.<\/p>\n

But arguably the most fixable problem starts with the man at the front,\u00a0Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n

Coming off his first three-game stretch in his career in which he has thrown multiple interceptions in each contest, the freshly minted highest-paid player in NFL history has not lived up to his billing so far this season after a 2023 campaign that saw him finish as the league\u2019s MVP runner-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m personally frustrated,\u201d Prescott said after the loss to San Francisco. \u201cFrustrated with myself about my play\u2026Frustration is very high, but it\u2019s a long season. A lot of division games and a lot is still ahead of us. Frustrated, that\u2019s the best way that I can put it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not all of Prescott\u2019s on-field issues can be attributed to solely himself.<\/p>\n

One of his two interceptions against the 49ers saw him be forced to get the ball out quicker than he needed on a deep shot to KaVontae Turpin only for it to fall short. An interception against the Saints saw Prescott put a pass to Jalen Brooks through a tight window only for the second-year receiver to slip and have it fall in the hands of a lurking safety behind him.<\/p>\n

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In addition, there hasn\u2019t been a running game (last in NFL with 519 rushing yards) that has allowed Prescott to work as freely as he has worked in the play action during his nine-year career.<\/p>\n

All in all, things are working against Prescott. But when looking at what is ahead for the Cowboys\u2019 salary cap restrictions past 2024 when\u00a0Prescott\u2019s four-year, $240 million\u00a0extension and CeeDee Lamb\u2019s four-year, $136 million extension kicks in among other sizable contracts on the horizon, Prescott\u2019s new reality is having to do more with less. His first entrance into that reality has not shown that he is up to the challenge.<\/p>\n

Through seven games, Prescott has eight interceptions \u2013 just one shy of his total from the entirety of last season. According to Pro Football Focus, Prescott has had 16 turnover-worthy plays, just six off his career-high for an entire season back in 2019. He has failed to get any receiver not named CeeDee Lamb involved \u2013\u00a0only Jalen Tolbert\u00a0(334) and Jake Ferguson (263) have more than 200 yards on the season. As an offense, Prescott has manufactured a group that ranks 22nd in the NFL with 21.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to be perfect, but I sure can\u2019t be having the turnovers,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cLook at the end of the score, touchdowns is the difference. Once again, we put ourselves behind in the turnover battle and that\u2019s on me. [We] can\u2019t have that if you\u2019re planning to win games. I\u2019ve got to clean that up, period.\u201d<\/p>\n

The accountability will always be there for Prescott. For a guy that has always drawn rave reviews from those that work closely with him every day, there won\u2019t be a guy in the building that looks in the mirror first, win or lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to make throws, pressure or not, and I\u2019m capable of doing it,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cSo, I\u2019ve got to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a reason why head coach Mike McCarthy has stated that he\u2019s \u201cdamn excited and glad he\u2019s our quarterback\u201d and Jerry Jones has put faith in him being the quarterback through at least 2028.<\/p>\n

However, if the Cowboys want to right the ship, Prescott jst work through all of the problems he\u2019s facing and still find production while keeping the ball clean.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what it takes in this league,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cYou get hot and you can get rolling and that\u2019s all you\u2019re looking to do. But nobody is giving up\u2026We just got to take it one [game] at a time. As I said, everything\u2019s still in our control. We have lost four, but we can get hot and that\u2019s the plan. We just got to keep building, whether this was a win or a loss. That\u2019s how this league works. You have got to build.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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