The Cowboys’ season was disappointing for Dallas fans, writes sports writer Daryl Turner.
The Dallas Cowboys have been a complete disappointment for the last decade and it has begun to become sickening to be a fan. The team lost in the post season to a San Francisco 49ers team that has backup quarterback Brock Purdy taking the reins ever since Jimmy Garoppolo got injured. The 49ers are a really good team even with Brock Purdy playing as the starter because he actually plays like a seasoned starter in the NFL, but there is no way they should even remotely be in the same conversation as the Dallas Cowboys.
A little background about me is that I’m a biased die-hard Cowboy fan and I’m going to try and be as fair and straightforward as I possibly can about them and their season in this article, but forgive me if my passion spills off these pages because talking about them gets me riled up. So I hope you enjoy it.
First things first, let’s talk about Dak Prescott. According to the website Spotrac, a website that covers all professional athletes contracts and deals, “Dak Prescott signed a four year, $160,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $66,000,000 signing bonus, with $126,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $40,000,000.” Dak signed this contract on March 10, 2021. He was injured the previous year, so the Cowboys organization based all the faith in his contract off the potential of his years before the injury. According to ESPN, this season Dak threw the ball for 2,860 yards this year, with 23 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. To put that in perspective, let’s look at other quarterbacks’ stats in the league right now. Patrick Mahomes stat line is 5,250 yards, 41 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, while Jalen Hurts stat line is 3,701 yards, 22 touchdowns 6 interceptions. Tom Brady’s stats come in with 4,694 yards, 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. If those stats don’t tell you how terrible he played this season, just know that Dak Prescott is tied with Josh Allen in leading the league in interceptions with 17 and Prescott missed five games at the beginning of the season. I’ve never seen anybody rob an organization as bad as Dak has this season, but he’s not the only one committing robbery.
Ezekiel Elliot is right behind Dak as he is not producing the way he should. It’s very aggravating knowing how good this team could be if both of them would play to their fullest potential. There are so many negative things I could talk about with this team, but I’m going to look at the positives and talk about how impressive their defense was this year. With Micah Parsons leading the defense, they were one of the best defenses in the NFL. Micah Parsons ended the season leading the team with 13.5 sacks and Donovan Wilson ended the season leading the team with 77 tackles. Their defense caused havoc when needed and did their job for the most part.
Ultimately, I love the Cowboys and always will, but this season was a major disappointment for the team. The best thing about having these types of seasons is that it can fuel a team in the right direction if they let it. Hopefully we let it.
