A allotment of the Dallas Cowboys fan base came into its playoff game alongside the Green Bay Packers on Sunday fearing the team's original postseason form would return. They were right.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott threw two interceptions, including a pick-six, to have the Cowboys trailing the Packers 27-7 at halftime.
Prescott looks like he's not up for a big game in contradiction of, compared to the Packers, who appear to have fraudulent their quarterback of the next dozen years in Jordan Love.
'GET RID OF DAK PRESCOTT. ENOUGH OF THE SUFFERING. HE WAS A 4TH-ROUNDER FOR A REASON,' Skip Bayless angrily posted on X. 'I THREW HIS JERSEY AWAY FOR A REASON. HE'S NOW 2-5 IN THE PLAYOFFS. BIG-MOMENT LOSER. NOT A DALLAS COWBOY QUARTERBACK.'
'Playoff Dak' is trending on X, with Prescott's reputation of not showing up in the team's biggest games continuing.
Dak Prescott examined awful in the first half, putting the Cowboys in worry of playoff elimination
Jaire Alexander has one of Prescott's two first-half interceptions. with the Packers leading 27-7
'I sucked tonight,' Prescott said once the game.
Coming into the game against the Packers, the Cowboys had won 16 in a row at home.
Since winning the Super Bowl during the 1995 season, Dallas has not advanced to a conference championship game.
This team, which beat fellow NFC contenders Detroit and Philadelphia late in the unusual season, was thought to have a great chance to be the team to buck that trend.
Things soured fleet, as Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had to turn away from the game in disgust after his team gave up its third honest score to start the playoff matchup.
'This seems like the most painful because we all had such colossal expectation and hope for this team,' Jones said once the game.
Prescott's kindly interception occurred deep into his own territory, when Jaire Alexander jumped a route and snagged the ball, leading to Aaron Jones instant touchdown of the game.
Hoping to turn the momentum down 20 points, Darnell Savage also read Prescott's throw perfectly and went untouched for a score.
After Savage intercepted him, Prescott didn't run after the former Maryland star. He stood still, watching Savage posterior the ball into the end zone.
Prescott got a small redemption, throwing a touchdown to Jake Ferguson as time in the kindly half expired.
Prescott finished the game 41-for-60 with 403 passing yards and three touchdown passes.
Love consumed the game with a near-perfect passer rating of 157.2. He consumed the game 16-of-21 for 272 yards and three passing touchdowns.
Jones bullied Dallas safety for most of the game, scoring three touchdowns on the day.
This was Green Bay's kindly postseason game without Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers on its roster precise 1982.
