Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott put forth a gutsy, and productive performance in a critical matchup on Sunday afternoon vs. his team's arch rivals, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Unfortunately for Prescott, most people are not going to remember it that way. And that's too bad, because he played a heck of a game.
They will not remember the 374-yard, three-touchdown and zero interception stat line. They will not remember the 115.2 passer rating or the 65 percent completion percentage.
What they will remember, is the mistakes.
It will be the balls thrown short of the end zone on the final play of the game and on fourth and goal. It will be the decisions to go to Jalen Tolbert in critical spots over his No. 1 receiver CeeDee Lamb (who had a career-high 191 yards receiving).
It will be the five sacks taken, the delay of game penalty at the end, and the misstep on the critical two-point conversion that will be the conversation on Monday morning.
And while that is all unfortunate for Prescott, it is also warranted to a degree.
Should the fault of the loss be place entirely at his feet? No.
But does he deserve criticism for the way the final few snaps played out? Abosolutely.
Why? Because at the end of the day, his offense had every opportunity to win the game, and his mistakes were potentially the nails in the coffin for the Cowboys NFC East title hopes.
And that's too bad.