Thankfully for the Dallas Cowboys, negative on-field meltdown is self-sustaining.

With some other opponent to prep for, nobody can come up with the money for to linger excess longer at the 42-10 drubbing we witnessed endmost Sunday by the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. Even probably the most outraged fan at the Web will to find one thing unutilized to direct their ire towards.

However the open query now’s for the way lengthy? Assuming the Cowboys don’t run the desk, a lopsided loss is the kind of factor that may compound on itself. Whether or not they endure their then setback Monday evening at SoFi Stadium or two months from now, the veneer of invincibility has lengthy since pale away — some distance previous within the season than maximum would possibly’ve anticipated.

Maximum curiously is the impact a 32-point loss has at the discussion about Dak Prescott.

[Jerry Jones’ faith in Dak Prescott, Mike McCarthy remains unshaken]

To be honest, the dialog round Prescott has been scorching since he stepped into the establishing task. He performs quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, next all.

However to place up this sort of tough efficiency in this sort of eye sport, towards the group that has ended the Cowboys’ season the endmost two years, is sure to ratchet the discourse up a couple of clicks. Lest I tone judgmental, I stuffed a whole podcast with issues I’ve about this Cowboys season and Dak’s year.

Let’s try a rational dialog about it.

For no matter his flaws is also, Dak Prescott is enjoying on a large promise for a minimum of this season and the then. There isn’t a dozen the Cowboys can do to switch that presently — nor will have to they need to. Prescott has a no-trade clause in his trade in that provides him authority to veto any offer, and his cap crash makes him un-cuttable. He has began 104 extra NFL video games than unutilized quarterback addition Trey Lance, and we have now a bunch of metrics from 2022 that illustrate how the Cowboys have been extra environment friendly and scored extra issues with Dak Prescott versus additional Cooper Sprint.

If all that wasn’t enough quantity, Cowboys proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones did throw his complete aid at the back of Prescott next the loss in Santa Clara.

“I completely believe we have the quarterback that can take us where we want to go,” Jones stated Tuesday on 105.3 FM The Fan in Dallas. “Dak Prescott is a quarterback that can get us to the Super Bowl. And that’s the way that’s going to be.”

With apologies to that coworker of yours or the man on the barber store, there’s negative logical reason Dak’s situation will have to alternate this day, this occasion, this season.

Regardless of what Jones says, even though, it does form you miracle in regards to the fat image.

Prescott’s promise has been a focal point all offseason, and that scrutiny will building up with every twist and switch of the season. The truth that his then sport (Monday vs. the Chargers) additionally falls in a standalone, primetime window is grade-A piece from the NFL scriptwriters.

It’s felt like a foregone conclusion for months that Prescott would get a well timed promise extension achieved. There have been some, like yours in reality, who argued consistently that the extension will have to’ve been achieved all through coaching camp to supplementary the group from this actual dilemma.

The monetary facet is relatively noteceable, too. It made sense to get Prescott prolonged early as it begins to seem untenable in 2024. He’ll rely nearly $60 million towards the cap then season, which might be an NFL report. Along with the no-trade clause, he has a no-tag clause on his trade in for 2025, which supplies him utmost authority in any kind of offseason dealings it’s possible you’ll consider. And with offer to get achieved for each Micah Parsons and CeeDee Lamb within the offseason, and unutilized ability to obtain in March, wearing that form of price for his or her quarterback would form it tough for the Cowboys to create a contender round him. 

Perhaps no longer unattainable, even though. Lamb isn’t a distant agent till 2025, because of the fifth-year possibility on his promise. Parsons is a 12 months at the back of him and could have no less than two extra years on his rookie trade in. If Prescott underwhelms this season, it’s conceivable the Cowboys grit their enamel and raise the price. One season of monetary ache is also importance it of their ocular for the versatility to begin anew at quarterback.

We’re not really to look their concept procedure quickly. The Cowboys infrequently negotiate agreements in-season, and in no way one with stakes this top. Prescott would be the starter this season — and most probably then season. And possibly he’ll form this type of hypothesis glance foolish by means of guiding the Cowboys deep into the postseason. This is nonetheless conceivable, it doesn’t matter what the scoreboard at Levi’s Stadium stated.

Till later, even though, it feels greater than honest to miracle. Sunday was once the kind of loss that makes you assume.

David Helman covers the Dallas Cowboys for FOX Sports activities. He in the past spent 9 seasons masking the Cowboys for the group’s legit web page. In 2018, he received a regional Emmy for his position in generating “Dak Prescott: A Family Reunion” in regards to the quarterback’s day at Mississippi Condition. Observe him on Twitter at @davidhelman_.

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