Could Michael Irvin’s Warning To Dak Prescott Spell Trouble For The Dallas Cowboys?

Michael Irvin says Dak Prescott owns a big piece of the blame as the Dallas Cowboys slide© Image via: X/@NFL

Michael Irvin did not wait for kickoff to start the argument. On Monday morning, the Dallas Cowboys legend told a national television audience that quarterback Dak Prescott owns a big piece of the blame for a sudden offensive slide. Dallas stood at 2-4 after back-to-back losses to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers. The Philadelphia Eagles, also 2-4, were waiting that night in the NFC East. Irvin made his case on NFL Network's Good Morning Football.

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Michael Irvin started with the men up front, then turned to the quarterback behind them.

“Dak certainly gets a big piece of the blame because what has happened here lately with the Dallas Cowboys and their offense as they're trying to work Tyler Smith back in; you see defenses now stacking that line of scrimmage, and that offensive line is just not put together well and on the same page right now. And guys are coming free,” Irvin said.

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A guard who has been away needs time to relearn the rhythm of the players beside him. Opponents have noticed. Crowding the line of scrimmage is a bet that Dallas cannot block it cleanly, and so far the bet has paid off. The usual answer is a fast throw or a shot over the top, and both require the quarterback to trust what he sees before the snap.

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That trust is where Irvin aimed his sharpest criticism. On the Green Bay interception, a defender dropped into coverage on the backside, and Prescott never accounted for him. Irvin pointed to a similar throw to CeeDee Lamb against the Houston Texans that produced a game-tying touchdown. The Packers showed a different look, and the same idea became a turnover.

“Dak's been in the league way too long to have those situations happening to him,” Irvin said.

Over the two losses, Prescott completed 58 of 96 passes for 574 yards, with two touchdowns and four interceptions. Dallas scored 29 points combined, a steep fall for a team that averaged 30.5 through its first four games, second best in the league.

Prescott addressed the mood in the building with a word he chose carefully. He called the team determined and said he hoped it was urgent too. His point was that the phrase about having plenty of games ahead only works for so long.

Irvin's demand is easy to state and hard to meet.

“He has to get this team back to what they were doing weeks one to four when they were putting up 30 points a game,” Irvin said.

Dallas dropped two games it expected to win, and Philadelphia sat in the same hole. Whichever team lost would fall to 2-5, a record that leaves almost no margin for the rest of the season.