Cowboys' $240 million star Dak Prescott admits he cried during disastrous season as team faced constant ridicule

This is where the tears come.

Dallas Cowboys franchise quarterback Dak Prescott admitted how terrible the team's unsuccessful season has made him feel about himself.

Prescott told the Dallas Morning News this week that he couldn't hold back his emotions and tears when he sat down and realized how bad his team was.

“It all came back to me after the game the other day,” Prescott said of his experience immediately after his team's blowout loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night. “Yes, a few tears fell down my face.

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“This is going to hurt. It's going to be terrible at times. You just have to understand that this is one of those moments where it's going to be. I don't want anything else right now than for it to be awful.” It's about understanding that and being able to do it.'' “Yes, I'm happy to be where I am.''

The 31-year-old, who won two NFL playoff games, has been out for the season since injuring his hamstring in Week 9 against the Atlanta Falcons. Prescott said almost all of the tendons that connect the hamstring to the pelvis were torn away, with only one remaining.

“It started to lift more off the bone,” Prescott said. “That player was doing all the work and now it's at stake. Oh my god, he didn't play football for a week, he just walked and did normal movements. That hurt.”

ESPN star 'very concerned' about Jerry Jones, has Joe Biden in mind

Prescott underwent season-ending surgery, owner Jerry Jones announced on Nov. 12. In Prescott's absence, backup quarterback Cooper Rush only made things worse for the Cowboys. The team is on pace for its worst season in 35 years.

They have only won three games so far. And if they don't win at least two of their last seven games, it will be their lowest winning percentage in a season since 1989, when they won one.

The team's 3-7 start is its worst since 2020 and statistically Prescott's worst start as a passer. Prescott had eight interceptions in eight games, giving him the lowest passer rating and second-worst interception percentage of his career in a single season.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) reacts after being sacked by San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (left) during the first half on October 27, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. . (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

And it all started shortly after Prescott signed the most lucrative contract in NFL history. His agent announced hours before the season opener against the Cleveland Browns on September 8 that he had agreed to a four-year, $240 million contract.

Now, much of the NFL and sports media is using the Cowboys' failure as a springboard for comedy.

Former Broncos Super Bowl champion and current ESPN host Shannon Sharpe slammed the Cowboys on the latest episode of her “Nightcap” podcast.

“I would have walked out of the stadium with my bag over my head. There's no way you'd see me leaving the stadium when I got beaten up like that. After getting beaten up like that every game…and you… This? ” Sharp said.

“It's disrespectful. It's disrespectful to the fans who pay their hard-earned money. But, look, this can't happen to a franchise this good, because what an owner does is Because all they do is shut up and talk about what they're going to do.'' …And all those players do is shut up because they took it from their owners, and they don't win against anyone. ”

Shannon Sharpe (age 84) of the Denver Broncos in action against the Kansas City Chiefs in 1996. (Damien Strohmeyer/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning was one of the most notable. While hosting the Country Music Awards on Wednesday night, Manning pointed at owner Jerry Jones and joked that Prescott wasn't the only Cowboy to cry this year.

Manning and CMA co-hosts Laney Wilson and Luke Bryan mentioned Kelsea Ballerini's hit song “Cowboys Cry Too” with Noah Kahan.

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“But enough about Jerry Jones,” Manning said.

ESPN star Stephen A. Smith said Tuesday that President Biden was on his mind after watching the Dallas Cowboys owner speak to reporters after his team's loss to the Houston Texans. He said there was.

Smith added that the Cowboys have done so poorly this year that he can't celebrate as wildly as usual. It's so bad that it “makes me sad,” he says. Smith said it looks like players like Micah Parsons are “trying to see a therapist” because they're “down.”

“I'm very, very concerned about Jerry Jones because the only thing worse than the team's play is his press conferences, or whatever you want to call them, when he's in front of the reporters, Because it's just something you say in front of them, 'one thing after another,'' Smith said. “I find myself thinking of Joe Biden before he declined to run for re-election.”

Even Cowboys Hall of Famer and three-time Super Bowl champion Troy Aikman suggested that head coach Mike McCarthy would retire after this year.

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy stands on the sideline during the second half of a game against the Atlanta Falcons on November 3, 2024 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Dale Zanin/Imagine Images)

“Mike McCarthy is a great football coach,” Aikman said Monday night during ESPN's broadcast of the Cowboys' loss to the Houston Texans. “He proved it in Green Bay. He proved it here. Winning 12 games three years in a row is doing something right. But after accomplishing that, he didn't get a contract extension. Hard to imagine. Get it now. ”

But Prescott still says this was the “best year” of his life off the field because he didn't let the team's failures get him down, despite the bad press and losses.

“Off the field, I've had some of the most fun times I've ever imagined and dreamed of. We had kids, we got engaged, we started a family. But on the football field, it's probably just as good. It was a tough season.''You could say it was the toughest season I've ever had. ”

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