Dak Prescott gets honest about Cowboys’ frustrating results, ‘I don’t get to play defense…’

Dak Prescott frustrated with results, says everybody needs to ‘look in the mirror’

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys offense needed 478 total yards and 40 points to beat the New York Giants in Week 2. They scraped the win with a 64-yard field goal from Brandon Aubrey to tie it late in the fourth quarter, before claiming the win in overtime.

The offense had to play a significant portion of the game without star receiver CeeDee Lamb, who is now expected to miss multiple weeks after suffering a painful-looking ankle injury. That issue, plus other injuries along the offensive line, put Prescott under pressure, and they struggled to move the ball.

After the game, the Cowboys’ quarterback spoke honestly about the team’s shortcomings:

“I believe in our offense, and I don’t think people can stop us. I think you can even go back and look at these possessions. We stopped ourselves. Whether it be interceptions, off the hands or my interception late, or the fumble early, I don’t know if they’ve done a lot to stop us, and that’s what’s frustrating.”

“Everybody’s got to look in the mirror and say, ‘How can I be better?’ because I know we’re capable of scoring more, and if we’ve got to score like it was last week, we’re going to do that. I don’t get to play defense, that’s not how this game works. We’ve got to play offense to the best of our ability.”

Needing to score 40 points to win a game is not sustainable in the NFL, and it’s clear that the Dallas Cowboys’ defense is struggling to limit their opponents.

Dak Prescott was doing his best to focus on the flaws of the offense during his press conference, but it’s evident the defense has a long way to go to play adequate football.

Defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus has been in the firing line early this season, but the Cowboys’ woes stem from multiple issues.

Ultimately, trading Micah Parsons and trying to scheme those pressures in other ways isn’t working well enough to slow down other teams. The Chicago Bears’ loss proved just how bad the Cowboys’ situation is right now, and they have to do something to fix it quickly.

Dallas currently ranks last in the NFL in passing yards allowed per game (288 yards), while also being 29th in opposition completion percentage (73.9%) and last in yards per pass (9.8).

They’re 27th in sack percentage and are not applying enough pressure to knock offenses out of rhythm.

Cowboys’ alarming stat against Caleb Williams proves lack of pressure is a major problem

Last season, Caleb Williams was the most sacked quarterback in the NFL. This season, despite the significant changes the Chicago Bears made to their offensive line, he had still been sacked six times in the first two games of the season.

The Dallas Cowboys didn’t sack him once. It’s the first time in his career that he’s played a full game without being sacked at all, a stat line that makes the Micah Parsons trade seem like a colossal misstep in the Cowboys’ ambitions to be a contending football team.

While they’re signing Jadeveon Clowney for the remainder of the season, this Cowboys’ defense just doesn’t have the personnel to threaten teams right now. Dallas is going to need younger players to step up and do so quickly to avoid falling behind in the playoff race.