Dak Played Lights Out On Monday Night, But Here’s Why He Will Never Win The Big One

Dak Prescott played a tremendous game against Tom Brady and Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, but that is not the norm.

Prescott has been the model of inconsistency in his career, including the playoffs, and now they’re going on the road to face the most consistent team the league has to offer in the San Francisco 49ers.

Even with rookie quarterback Brock Purdy — who is balling by the way — the 49ers have more pieces than a big ass puzzle.

All of it comes back to me not trusting Dak.

He was the league’s leader in intercept percentage after the Cowboys defeat to the Jags. However, he played in less games than almost everyone else.

Listen, Dak had a great match against the Bucs.

He threw for more than 300 yards the last time he did it was at home against Eagles.

However, all of this was accomplished against a dysfunctional group with Tom Brady on the way out and Todd Bowles most certainly on the way out.

From a purely analytical perspective, I don’t trust Dak to have a similar performance against the 49ers the same game as he did against the Bucs.

Coming off his best games, Dak tends to turn the ball over in follow up games — at least twice.

Also Dak has what I call the Carson Wentz syndrome — when it goes bad, it doesn’t just go bad, it goes “five alarm fire” bad. Dak doesn’t just make mistakes, he makes catastrophic mistakes and we have seen it in crucial moments down the stretch.

He still has never made it past the divisional round and is 2-3 in the playoffs, and even though he was efficient and effective against the Bucs, I don’t trust him against a team that isn’t dysfunctional.

You say that the Cowboys have an excellent defense. Yes, but it’s not yet at the level of the Ray Lewis Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl winning defense. That defense made Trent Dilfer look good. And the Cowboys certainly don’t have a defense at the same level as the 49ers.

Dak Prescott is my favorite. I admire the way he manages his business. He’s the ultimate professional and you don’t hear about a lot of off-field drama. I just don’t see four great back-to-back quarters coming from Dak.

The Cowboys have a good defense and they have the pieces on offense around the quarterback, but in my opinion — and it’s nothing personal — they just don’t have a championship quarterback.

San Francisco 49ers are, however, the most balanced team and have the best players.

Jake Crain co-hosts “Crain & Company.” the Daily Wire’s sports show hosted by former athletes and coaches Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone. Follow him @JakeCrain_

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