Cowboys' Dak Prescott 'Not Talented Enough for Super Bowl!' Claims Goofy TV Hostess
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been no stranger to scrutiny this offseason. Despite missing five games last season, Prescott tied for the league lead in interceptions and the Cowboys once again failed to reach the NFC Championship.
However, through his injury-riddled campaign, the former fourth-round pick led the Cowboys to above an above .500 mark for the fifth time in seven years and threw for 23 touchdowns.
But that won't stop the media from speaking their mind on what they expect from Prescott, with FS1's Joy Taylor being the next.
"Dak Prescott is not that talented," Taylor said on FS1's "Speak." "We've seen that he's good enough to get the team to the playoffs. Kirk Cousins does that. He's good enough to win a playoff game. Kirk does that.
"He's good enough to have a high-flying offense, a good regular-season record, win a division - all of which are inherently good things that make you a franchise quarterback. You'll get paid and get endorsements for doing that. You'll be the face of a franchise doing that."
Her goofy contention is that "Dak is not talented enough'' to be the Dallas QB in an NFC Championship Game. Around here, we like to call this "The Joe Flacco Argument.'' ... because that's the name we use to settle this sort of goofy claim.
But for Taylor, let's do this not with Super Bowls (Joe Flacco won one!) but rather with conference title game appearances. Just to rattle off a few recent-vintage names: Brock Purdy, Ryan Tannehill, Marcus Mariota, Case Keenum, Blake Bortles, Matt Hasselbeck, Brett Hundley and Shaun King have all been starting quarterbacks in conference championship games.
Is Joy Taylor really silly enough to think that Prescott isn't "talented enough'' to play at a level with Brock Purdy, Ryan Tannehill, Marcus Mariota, Case Keenum, Blake Bortles, Matt Hasselbeck, Brett Hundley and Shaun King?!
Regarding Cousins (who for us really has nothing to do with this): He has proven to be a reliable signal-caller, especially over the past five seasons - being named a three-time Pro Bowler and leading Minnesota to a 46-33-1 record - isn't Prescott simply the better quarterback? Obviously, the media is not convinced.
Cousins, a fourth-round pick in 2012, was not named a starter until his fourth career season. And in that season, the Michigan State product tossed 29 touchdowns, 4,166 passing yards and a 67.8 QBR- certainly impressive numbers for his first full-time starting year.
Comparatively, in Dak's fourth season, the Cowboys quarterback already had 64 career starts in his repertoire and named to two Pro Bowls. Oh, and his stats? 30 touchdowns, 4,902 passing yards and a 71.9 QBR - not too shabby for somebody "not that talented."
"But we don't have to talk about you as if you are a Super Bowl contender doing that," Taylor added. "Forget talking about a Super Bowl. Get to an NFC championship game. Dak has been the reason why they have lost multiple years against the same team."
The lack of postseason success will always be why Prescott isn't mentioned among the elite quarterbacks in the NFL, but in just seven career seasons he's already won more playoff games (two) as Cousins has in his 11 years in the league.
Let's also mention that Prescott is only 29 years old. Hall of Fame quarterbacks Peyton Manning and John Elway? Both in their 30's when they hoisted their first Vince Lombardi Trophy. So ... the criticism - silly and goofy as much of it is - is going to come for Dak Prescott until he does the same.
You can find Riley Sheppard on Twitter @RileyDSheppard
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