Dak Prescott acknowleges bad play, frustrating season

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will go spend the rest of the holidays with family and be thankful that he is in the position he is in.

“I won’t forget that,” Prescott said.

Prescott also won’t soon forget a dreadful performance in a 21-12 loss to the Seattle Seahawks that eliminated the Cowboys from playoff contention.

He completed 21 of 34 passes for 182 yards with two interceptions, including a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback Justin Coleman on a bad overthrow.

The other was a pass behind Bryant that was tipped into the hands of linebacker K.J. Wright.

“It’s frustrating. I’ll get over it at some time,” Prescott said. “It didn’t go our way. I did a poor job of going with my pre-snap plan. I was off-balanced, tried to throw over people.

“On the second one, I have to throw him a better ball.”

It was a bad in what has largely been a disappointing season for Prescott that now has many wondering if it’s a sophomore slump or whether there are real concerns about his long-term viability as a franchise quarterback.

It comes one year his rookie season in 2016 that proved to be the best of any quarterback in NFL history when he threw 23 touchdowns and just four interceptions.

But 2017 has been a frustrating struggle throughout.

He has been intercepted 13 times this season, including the two on Sunday. He also has had four interceptions returned for touchdowns.

The most concerning part is the struggles of the Cowboys passing game when star running back Ezekiel Elliott was suspended for the previous six games.

His return didn’t make a difference on Sunday.

Nine of Prescott’s 13 interceptions have come during the past seven games. He has four games of less than 200 yards passing over the past seven weeks as well.

“It makes me respect this league,” Prescott said of his sophomore struggles and frustrations. “Having a first year like I did, I think you almost want to take things for granted. And then you come into your second year and a lot things just go against you and it’s tough. I’ve given my all. I will learn from it and get better.”

This story was originally published December 24, 2017 at 9:24 PM with the headline "Dak Prescott acknowleges bad play, frustrating season."