Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott might have just played the best game of his seven-year NFL career on Monday night.
Prescott did some things in the Cowboys' 31-14 Wild Card win over the Buccaneers that no quarterback in NFL history has ever done before.
Prescott threw two touchdowns and ran for another in the first half to give the Cowboys an early 18-0 (3 Brett Maher extra points) first-half lead over the Bucs.
The rushing touchdown, combined with the first of two passing touchdowns to tight end Dalton Schultz, was the fourth straight playoff game Prescott has run for and thrown a touchdown. Prescott's feat broke a tie with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and 49ers Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, who each had a rushing touchdown and passing touchdown in three straight playoff games, for the longest streak in NFL playoff history, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
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Additionally, Prescott is the sixth quarterback in NFL history to record one rushing and one passing touchdown in four career playoff games, according to the Cowboys' public relations team.
But, Prescott wasn't done there.
Prescott finished with a passer rating of 143.3, giving him the highest passer rating any Cowboys quarterback has ever had in playoff history (min. 20 attempts), according to NFL on CBS.
Prescott had 305 yards, four touchdown passes, one rushing touchdown, and zero interceptions on Monday. He joins former Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to have such numbers in a postseason game, according to Todd Archer.
Prescott also joined Troy Aikman (vs. BUF, Super Bowl XXVII) and Roger Staubach (at LAR, 1/4/76) as the only quarterbacks in Cowboys history to throw four touchdowns in a playoff game, according to Cowboys PR.
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