The Dallas Cowboys have once again fallen in the NFL Playoffs. With an undefeated home record, Cowboys Nation was prepared for a powerful showing in the Super Wild Card Weekend matchup with the Green Bay Packers. Instead, they were punched in the mouth early and could not recover from a 27-0 deficit.
The Cowboys lost to Jordan Love and the Packers 48-32, ending a hopeful Super Bowl run to Las Vegas. The game now puts questions on head coach Mike McCarthy’s job and even about quarterback Dak Prescott. According to team owner and general manager Jerry Jones, neither of these thoughts is on his mind.
“I haven’t thought one second about it,” Jones said. “I know how hard, how much it meant to our fans to advance. What this loss to me means, again, not how [or] why, who didn’t do what, all of that type of thing — the only thing on my mind almost this entire game was not an analysis of our strategy, not an analysis of our play, it was, ‘Do we get to play here again next week?’ And we can’t. That could have happened by a point or it could have happened the way it happened out there. That’s all I’ve thought about. It’s real.”
“He’s been amazing. I don’t know how there can be [questions about his status], but I understand the business,” Prescott said. “In that case then there should be about me, as well, honestly. I mean, that guy — I’ve had the season I’ve had because of him. This team has had the success that they’ve had because of him. And I understand it’s about winning the Super Bowl, and that’s the standard of the league and damn sure the standard of this place. I get it. But add me to the list in that case.”
Prescott finished with 403 yards, three touchdowns, and two very costly interceptions.
The Packers will move on to a divisional matchup with the top-seeded San Francisco 49ers.
