Detroit Lions did not let Dak Prescott score a touchdown on their way to embarrassing the Dallas Cowboys in front of their home fans.
Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott were pressured by Detroit Lions defense all game (Image via Imago)
When Dak Prescott was handed a four-year $240 million contract, it did not just make him the highest-paid player in NFL history. It placed the weight of the Dallas Cowboys, and their Super Bowl hopes on to his shoulders.
This season, everyone knew “America’s team” would struggle to some extent. But their blowout loss against the Detroit Lions, that too at home, has left fans taking shots at the quarterback.
The Sunday game started in a not-so-bad manner when the Detroit Lions went up by a touchdown in the first quarter and all the Cowboys could manage was a field goal. But in that quarter itself, the Lions showed why they were hungry to impose their will.
They intercepted Prescott and handed the ball back to their offense. The away team ended up finishing that drive with just a field goal. But it set a precedent for how the $60 million yearly worth QB was going to fare.
INT No. 2 for @BrianBB_1 and he NEARLY makes it a pick 6!
📺: #DETvsDAL on FOX
📱: https://t.co/waVpO909ge pic.twitter.com/4QRWbeIPkW— NFL (@NFL) October 13, 2024
When Dak Prescott left the field after the end of the first half, all he managed was one help his team score three points from one field goal. All the other three drives ended up with the Lions’ defense, stopping him from getting anywhere close to calling on his kicker.
In the second half, with the team down by four scores, all the 31-year-old could do was muster up one field goal in his first drive down the field. Then his teammate fumbled with the ball to add to the pressure. Still, it would fall on him to salvage something from the game. Instead, on the next drive, he made it worse by throwing another interception.
Fans take shots at $60 million QB Dak Prescott for horrible play
Head coach Mike McCarthy had seen enough and benched the quarterback for the rest of the game. A player getting paid $60 million and unable to do anything with the ball throughout the game was unexpected. No wonder, football fans, knowing his record-setting contract was not based on his footballing accomplishments, got a chance to take shots at him.
They took to social media and unleashed their creativity. Fans feel Dak Prescott has done nothing to show that he deserved the highest-worth deal. Check out some of those reactions below;
WANTED: the FBI is asking for your help in locating this man suspected of stealing a quarter BILLION from the Cowboys pic.twitter.com/1CnNCr8N4l
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) October 13, 2024
The Highest Paid Player in Football has been the starting quarterback for four straight home games in which the Cowboys were blown out by halftime.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 13, 2024
#jerryjones you made the worst signing in @NFL history by signing @dak I’m sorry Dak you been playing like horse crap. All that money and the dude can throw a TD but Caleb Williams can throw 5 TD. I’m sorry time to put in the backup @treylance09
— Miguel (@Buggeyes76) October 14, 2024
DAK IS A FRAUD 😭😭😭
— carson (@CarsonYur) October 13, 2024
So thankful Dak is the highest paid player in the league! Thanks Jerry!
— SHILL GATES (@ImShillGates) October 14, 2024
Dak Prescott is paid $60 million a year to be completely average at his job.
What a country.
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) October 13, 2024
Cowboys fans looking at Dak Prescott pic.twitter.com/kJCJ2f2zOA
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) October 13, 2024
Happy birthday Jerry from your 240 million dollar man 😭
— Colin (@IntroSpecktive) October 13, 2024
Dak still cashing that 50mil a year check- hey Dak, give it to Brandon Aubrey, he’s the best on this crappy team!
— Frank Montemayor (@Phrankthetank65) October 13, 2024
In the days to come, it will be on the Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys to turn it around. The bye week could not have come at a better time.
The entire team will need to work on their game as well as get healthy, as in the next five games, they will have their hands full when facing playoff contenders.
