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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n
The last decade has been an incredible run for\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0\u2026 in the regular season and in his checking account.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not going to create many legacies.<\/p>\n
Until Prescott can find some modicum of playoff success, he\u2019s going to continue winding up at the top of lists like the one\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Alex Kay\u00a0just put out ranking the NFL\u2019s Most Overrated Quarterbacks.<\/p>\n
In a sad, small victory, at least Prescott didn\u2019t take the No. 1 spot. That belonged to\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0quarterback and 2-time NFL MVP\u00a0Lamar Jackson, who Prescott finished as runner-up to in the 2023\u00a0NFL\u00a0MVP vote. Prescott was in the No. 4 spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Dallas Cowboys have been riding with Dak Prescott as their starting quarterback for a decade now,\u201d Kay wrote. \u201cWhile he\u2019s helped the team emerge as a playoff contender for much of that run, his stunning lack of success in the postseason has also held this proud franchise back from reaching its potential.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cowboys are 3-5-1 and still firmly in the NFC Wild Card hunt headed into a Week 11 road game against the\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0on Monday Night Football \u2014 with Prescott playing some of the best football of his career this season.<\/p>\n
While the Cowboys have been atrocious on defense this season \u2014 31st out of 32 teams in overall defense \u2014 the offense has been one of the NFL\u2019s crown jewels.<\/p>\n
Prescott is sixth in the NFL in passing\u00a0through 9 games with 2,319 yards, 17 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, with all of the Top 3 passers yet to have their bye week \u2014 the Cowboys are coming off their bye in Week 10.<\/p>\n
The storyline of Prescott\u2019s career has been defined by his regular season success as much as his postseason failures \u2014 he\u2019s 2-5 in the playoffs \u2014 but more than that it\u2019s been defined by his incredible timing when it comes to new contracts.<\/p>\n
Twice in his career, Prescott has become the NFL\u2019s highest paid player of all time. In 2020, he became the NFL\u2019s first $40 million per yer player when he signed a 4-year, $160 million contract. In 2024, he became the NFL\u2019s first $60 million per year player when he signed a 4-year, $240 million contract.<\/p>\n
When Prescott\u2019s current deal runs out following the 2028 season, he\u2019ll have approximately\u00a0$436.3 million in career earnings.<\/p>\n
Prescott got some relief from the criticism lobbed his way almost continually throughout each offseason of his career as former Cowboys edge rusher\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0and owner Jerry Jones drew almost all of that fire with their\u00a0ongoing, messy contract dispute.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not to say some people still weren\u2019t going out of their way to take digs at Prescott, including the No. 1 Cowboys hater in the world \u2014 ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith \u2014 when Smith\u00a0questioned the level of respect\u00a0Prescott garners in his own locker room.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo people respect the man who they know isn\u2019t going to show up in January?\u201d Smith asked on ESPN\u2019s First Take on May 15. \u201d \u2026 I think he\u2019s a fabulous regular season quarterback who does an outstanding job of making sure he gets paid.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cowboys haven\u2019t advanced to the NFC Championship Game since following the 1995 season \u2014 also the same year they last won the Super Bowl. It\u2019s the longest NFC Championship Game drought out of the 16 NFC teams.<\/p>\n
The Packers\u00a0lost to the Eagles on\u00a0Monday Night Football<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>this week, 10-7, in what was quite an ugly nationally-televised affair. It was a bad enough loss that Tuesday has brought about\u00a0plenty of doubts regarding Green Bay\u2019s position\u00a0as a contender in the NFC and\u00a0even questions about coach Matt LaFleur\u2019s job status. It\u2019s also led to plenty of sports TV segments examining the flaws of the Packers, and Colin Cowherd did so by taking aim at Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n On Tuesday\u2019s episode of his show,\u00a0The Herd<\/em>, Cowherd discussed Parsons failing to record a sack or QB hit in each of the last two games. He presented this as proof that all the hype surrounding Parsons was overdone and the All-Pro pass-rusher is simply a \u201csplash\u201d player who isn\u2019t as good as his reputation suggests. Cowherd also repeated a common criticism of Parsons\u2019s game\u2014that he struggles to defend the run to a degree that it offsets his effectiveness as a sack artist.<\/p>\n Parsons saw the clip and didn\u2019t hesitate to fire back at what he considered to be a \u201ctrash\u201d take from the Fox Sports personality.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just held Saquon Barkley to 60 rushing yards, and our only losses have been holding teams to 13 points!\u201d Parsons\u00a0wrote on X with several laughing emojis. \u201cMan, sometimes can y\u2019all?Please stfu and enjoy great defense! Why do you think teams come into the games that were going to run the ball on 3rd and long? What effect do you think that is? Please stop giving people\u2019s mics or listening to trash!\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s a fair rebuttal from the Packers star. In the three games Green Bay has lost in the 2025 NFL season, the Panthers scored the most points in a 16-13 victory. The other two defeats the Packers\u2019 opponents scored 13 and 10 points, respectively. Barkley couldn\u2019t get anything going on the ground Monday night and the team as a whole managed only 111 yards rushing, although his 41-yard catch in the fourth quarter set up the only Philly touchdown of the evening. Given those facts it\u2019s fair to say the Packers\u2019 losses this year have been mostly the result of offensive ineptitude rather than a leaky defense. It should be noted, though, that they gave up 40 to the Cowboys in a tie as well.<\/p>\n To give further credence to Parsons\u2019s point, the Packers rank sixth in the NFL in rushing yards allowed per game. In regards to Parsons specifically, he\u2019s the NFL\u2019s top pass rusher\u00a0by PFF metrics\u00a0but ranked 24th in run defense among all EDGE players. However, his run defense grade is still considered \u201cgood\u201d by those metrics. On the year, he has 22 tackles and 6.5 sacks.<\/p>\n Parsons has an opportunity to fire back at Cowherd on the field this week with a matchup against the Giants next on the schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Getty Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. The last decade has been an incredible run for\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0\u2026 in the regular season and in his checking account. That\u2019s not going to create many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t