The Dallas Cowboys are obviously one of the most popular teams in the NFL which has provided the team with a ton of publicity. While publicity is great for the team financially, it also makes life incredibly difficult for the players. For example, if a team plays excellently in the regular season and then crashes spectacularly in the postseason again and again and again, it is a major topic in the national news.
Cowboys Doomed to Repeat Cycle Under Dak Prescott
Clearly, Dallas has been a solid team for a essentially the past ten years and simply hasn’t figured out the recipe for playoff success. As a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals, I can explain the reasoning very easily to Dallas fans: you aren’t going to be able to win with Dak Prescott at quarterback. Sure, with elite talent around him, maybe he can figure out how to put a ten-win season together. Maybe he can win the rare wildcard game. He WILL NOT get you to the Super Bowl. It will not happen. Let me explain why.
After I have watched him for the past few season, I have finally figured out why I think this narrative seems familiar. Prescott is to Dallas what Andy Dalton was to my Cincinnati Bengals for so many years. The whole list of coaches in Dallas have done a solid job putting talent around him: an excellent group of receivers, an elite offensive line and a solid running back. The problem is, with all of that talent available, Prescott is still only an above average quarterback.
After watching for years and years in Cincinnati, we all wanted to believe that Andy Dalton and A.J. Green would be able to win Cincinnati a Super Bowl. They went to the playoffs every single year and every single year, they lost in the first round. This year is probably perfectly comparable to the 2015 Cincinnati Bengals. Dalton was in consideration for the Most Valuable Player award after playing exceptionally well all season. Even after all of that, he STILL lost in the first round to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
While I have the analogy, I struggled to figure out exactly what it was that made the comparison perfect. In short, Prescott is a solid quarterback but shouldn’t be paid or treated like he is elite. He will be able to perform when he has elite talent around him but if he plays against elite competition, he will fall apart. Unfortunately for Dallas, they are in that same cycle of excellent regular seasons and crippling post season disasters. The only way that Cincinnati figured out how to get out of it? Replace the quarterback.
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