Dak 'Bleeping' Prescott Earns 'Warrior' Praise from Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons & Jason Garrett

Dak 'Bleeping' Prescott Earns 'Warrior' Praise from Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons & Jason Garrett

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys' 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday was delivered with precious few "yeah-buts.'' It was a heartbreaker that puts Philly in the NFC East driver's seat and caused "America's Team'' to come back to the Frisco drawing board here inside The Star in search of playoff-race answers.

But the performance of Dak Prescott in the loss is earning praise for the sometimes-beleaguered standout, with everybody from present Cowboys leader Micah Parsons to former Dallas coach Jason Garrett speaking admiringly of his work in the "game-of-inches'' defeat.

"Dak is a freaking warrior," Micah Parsons said after the loss in which Prescott completed 29 of his 44 pass attempts for 374 yards and three touchdowns while pushing the Cowboys to a late-game bid for victory. "There were lots of times where I was like 'That's Dak (Bleeping) Prescott.' He's a dog, he's a warrior."

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Added Garrett, doing postgame commentary on NBC: "Dak Prescott put the entire team on his shoulders throughout this ballgame. Time and time again in the big moments, he was the guy making plays. Unbelievable job. A classic in the NFC East.”

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The Cowboys are now 5-3, the Eagles 8-1. The gap is real, small though it may be. Small, like the one inch rookie tight end Luke Schoonmaker needed to turn a Prescott throw into a game-winning TD. Or like the two inches Prescott needed when he stepped out of bounds on a 2-point conversion try that would've set up a chance to go to OT. Or the inches, spread over the course of four yards, that CeeDee Lamb needed on Prescott's last toss toward the end zone.

The "Texas Coast Offense'' worked in large part because of all the things Dak did right. The Cowboys had a chance at an upset win - despite the troubling late-game gaffes - because of all the things Dak did right.

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The NFL is a Quarterback League. If the Cowboys' drawing board reveals ways for Dallas to get to the playoffs and win? Dak Prescott will be the central figure on that drawing board ... just as if the Cowboys lose, Dak Prescott will be the central figure on the critics' dartboard.

But the Cowboys locker room, and their former head coach, know better than to think it's that simple.

"I've got unbelievable confidence in him," Parsons said, "I thought he had a great game, I think people need to put more respect on him. He outplayed everyone.''