“Absolutely. I mean, I think Dak can lead us to a championship,” Jones said. “He does everything the right way. He’s definitely the leader of this football team. He gets everybody fired up during the game. He does whatever it takes to get everybody to work and put in the work to give yourself every chance to win. You know, championships sometimes, that old football. We’ve had a season that doesn’t go well. I think it’s fair to say that the teams have done it in three years. We’ve got to hang around the rim and get the job done.
The Cowboys have been to the postseason in each of the past three seasons, including two NFC East titles, but have been bombed out of the playoffs each time. Whether they are actually “hanging around the edges” is debatable. If the edge is the Super Bowl, Dallas is probably the closest to picking it up from the three-point line right now.
The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC title game since the 1995 season. Since 2000, Dallas is 4-10 in the postseason.
Those are team stats, not Prescott-specific knocks. The quarterback hasn’t been at his best through five games in the postseason, but the failures aren’t all on his shoulders. For example, in last year’s loss to Green Bay, the defense failed to stop the nosebleeds and the offense failed to score on every possession.
Dallas’ offseason has been full of hype surrounding the lack of activity. Given the future contracts and current obligations, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Cowboys aren’t making any flash moves — despite Jerry Jones’ “all-in” comments. But the lack of activity and improvement will increase the pressure on Prescott, head coach Mike McCarthy and the rest of the club to do less in a crucial offseason in Dallas.