Dak Prescott is Dallas Cowboys' 'Biggest' 'Smallest' Problem - Shannon Sharpe

Dak Prescott is Dallas Cowboys' 'Biggest' 'Smallest' Problem - Shannon Sharpe

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys' "biggest problem''? It's Dak Prescott being the "smallest'' at quarterback.

"In the big games when you need him the most,'' said Shannon Sharpe on ESPN's "First Take,'' "he comes up the smallest.''

It is Sharpe's position - and by the way, this isn't the first time the Hall of Famer has made his assertion - that Prescott is the biggest problem for the Cowboys right now. Sharpe is suggesting that Prescott has established in recent years that he shrinks when under the pressure of big games and big moments.

Again, this isn't just a reaction (or, it can be argued, an overreaction) from the Cowboys having suffered their awful 42-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers last week on Sunday Night Football.

Sharpe and Dak 

Rather, it can be argued that while the Cowboys present (and pay) Prescott as if he's an elite QB, that in fact it is his role to lift his team to greater heights than to simply have a winning record (which Dallas does at 3-2) or even to make the playoffs (which Dallas has done in each of the last two seasons.

Indeed, team owner Jerry Jones is reiterating his faith in Prescott this week, with the Cowboys preparing to play at the Los Angeles Chargers on "Monday Night Football.''

.@ShannonSharpe believes the Cowboys' biggest problem is Dak's inconsistency:

"In the big games when you need him the most, he comes up the smallest." pic.twitter.com/gnj6qQiFJr

— First Take (@FirstTake) October 13, 2023

Said Jerry: "I believe Dak is a quarterback that can get us to the Super Bowl, and that's the way that's gonna be. Let me be real clear: Dak's capable of taking this team where we wanna go."

And, said Dak himself on Friday: "That was a hell of a (49ers) team we played, and we’re going to give them credit. But not going to allow that to shake our confidence in who we are.''

So ... who are they? And who is Dak? "Biggest''? Or "smallest''? In this end, this isn't about Dak Prescott needing to prove Shannon Sharpe or any other critic wrong. Rather, it is about proving the Cowboys right in having their high - and high-priced - opinion of him.