Thirteen months ago, Dak Prescott was in the conversation to be the NFL’s Most Valuable Player.
In the first six games of the 2021 season, Prescott had 16 touchdown passes to just four interceptions.
He averaged 302 passing yards per game. The Cowboys were 5-1.
In an overtime win against the New England Patriots,
In the last 14 games, Prescott has 27 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. Good numbers.
He has thrown for 3,492 yards on 333-of-507 passing. Good numbers.
The 6-3 Cowboys need Prescott to be better than good,
beginning Sunday against the 8-1 Minnesota Vikings (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS), if they want to be taken seriously in the NFC.
Maybe they don’t need him to be as good as he was in the first six games last season, but he needs to be better.
I feel like I need to get better. Simple as that,” Prescott said. “As far as doing more,
I've got to stay within the game plan, but at the same sense, there's certain times when looking back at it,
maybe I should have extended the play, not necessarily ran,
but got out of the pocket and try to make something happen more than what was there.