WR Noah Brown takes full blame for tipped pick-6 in Dallas Cowboys OT loss to Jaguars
Noah Brown didn’t want to talk after the game.
He was too disappointed, too distraught to talk to the media and understandably so.
It was Brown’s dropped pass from quarterback Dak Prescott that tipped up into the air and into the hands of Jacksonville Jaguars safety Rayshawn Jenkins that proved to be the pivotal moment in the Dallas Cowboys 40-34 loss in overtime.
Jenkins ran untouched into the end zone for the walk-off score and the dejected Cowboys went home with a devastating loss, snapping a four-game winning streak and setting back their hopes to contend for the NFC East title.
Prescott talked after the game and answered questions about the play. It goes in his ledger as an interception, while punctuating a sore point for the quarterback and his critics, who point to his seven picks in the last four games as a sign of his vulnerability.
Not all them were Prescott’s fault. And that was certainly the case in overtime on Sunday. Coach Mike McCarthy said Prescott couldn’t have placed the ball any better for Brown.
Brown declined to talk to reporters after the game but he went on social media on his Instagram story and said: “That’s on me. No other way to spin it. My chin still up. My chest still out.”
He finally answered questions about what happened on Tuesday and continued to take full blame for the drop.
“I think I misjudged it a little bit,’’ Brown said. “I didn’t see the ball come out of Dak’s hands, which is completely normal, doesn’t always happen. By the time I saw it, I wasn’t really where I could reach out for it. It hit off my hand, hit my arm and bounced out.
“It’s a play 10 times out of 10 I expect myself to make and I have to make. There’s no excuse for it.”
This story was originally published December 20, 2022 at 4:14 PM.
