Blogging The Boys
It really is unfortunate. Life in the NFL is so dependent on having elite quarterback play and if you can find it you better cherish it. Ideally you have an offensive play-caller who is capable of devising creative ways to utilize the player in question, and if you are even more fortunate you have high-level pass-catchers who can take care of business once the ball leaves his hands.
The Dallas Cowboys have these foundational things, and had them in their most nirvana-like state on Sunday night. They do not have a win to show for it, they don’t have a loss either, which is incredibly frustrating.
Sunday night was incredible theater and that was just the way NBC wanted it, with this being Micah Parsons’ return alongside the Green Bay Packers who were visiting the building for the first time since destroying the Cowboys in the 2023 Wild Card Round. In many ways a tie was a fitting end to a saga that sucked up every bit of oxygen for the last two months.
Here is our Stock Report from all of the action.
It is Shakespearean how Dak Prescott is living out Tony Romo’s career in every possible way.
Those who have been around long enough will recall that Romo played so admirably through the early years of the Jason Garrett era and that he was constantly let down by porous defenses (2012 and 2013 are what we are specifically referencing here). His play endeared Romo so much to Cowboys fans to the point that Prescott taking over the job became one of the more divisive subjects in franchise history.
I simply do not know what else Dak Prescott has to do to help this team. He is playing outstanding football this season and his team’s record is limiting the presentation of that. If there are any demerits against him from Sunday night I suppose that he scored too quickly near the end of regulation. What a silly thing for him to do!
The score in question belonged to George Pickens and it was his second of the night. My goodness, what a star.
It is beyond impressive that the Cowboys were down CeeDee Lamb and that the entire world knew that George Pickens was going to have to be the team’s offense… and that he successfully was. George reeled in 8 of his 11 targets for 134 yards and the two scores and was the highest point of clutch/stability that the team had.
Prior to the game there was an obvious note that there would have to be several this is why you trade for George Pickens moments if the Cowboys were going to succeed. It sure would be nice if a long-term deal were already in place here.
Jake Ferguson caught a touchdown! It happened!
It was awesome to see Fergy break his drought, one that began with the Packers of...
