FRISCO, TX – There is very little positive to take away from what the Dallas Cowboys allowed themselves to suffer at the hands of the Detroit Lions in Week 6, the latter firmly handing the former to the tune of a 47-9 shellacking at AT&T Stadium – and Dak handed Prescott and his teammates suffer their third straight loss at home to start the 2024 season.

A lot went wrong for the Cowboys, and Prescott has his share of failure.

When asked if he could play better in the future after throwing just 17 completions in 33 attempts for 178 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions in the face of the Lions’ pass rush, the All-Pro quarterback shied away from his responsibility not. . Instead, he leaned fully into it.

“Sure,” Prescott said. “Yes, it’s that simple. I don’t want to say that I have to play perfect in any way, but I have to play better, better than I did and play close to (perfect). Especially when you have a team like that.

“As talented as they are, they are hot right now: good on defense, great on offense. Yeah, definitely.”

Unfortunately for the Cowboys, as it stands right now, they can’t say the same about themselves on both sides of the ball as the offense can’t score any touchdowns while the defense has allowed 167 points in the last four home games, third most in NFL history. during that period of competition.

Owners of a 3-3 record heading into their bye week and with their Achilles heel, the San Francisco 49ers, waiting on the other side, Prescott’s message to both himself and the entire roster is clear, and one that head coach Mike McCarthy echoed in what has been described as an emotionally charged post-match speech.

It simply implies self-reflection.

“We have to get better – plain and simple,” Prescott explained. “And as we go into the bye week, of course I mean we’re 3-3 after six games and with a long season still to go. I’ve been in worse situations, I think you can put that in terms and when we got it going Teams that are on the right track, I think about 2018 it’s about us staying together.

“I think after a loss like this, there’s no better time than to test the character of that.”

This upcoming bye week will be all about the man in the mirror in Dallas.

“Look in the mirror. Look in the mirror,” Prescott said. “Go watch these six games in the bye week. Take a few days off, reset and be ready when we get back in that building on Monday to refocus and do whatever you can to help this team, and everyone has a role.” whatever that role may be, so make sure you understand what it is and that it is cut out. And if it’s bigger than it was a few weeks ago, if it’s smaller, whatever it may be, figure out a way to just be the part. absolutely the best at it.

“And, as you said, there are still eleven games left. We’re going to take it one by one, San Fran is next. So since we have to take these six games, go ahead and hit the ground running with a few games. ” the matches and be prepared, as I said, to refocus after this reset.”

The gauntlet certainly won’t suddenly start to evaporate in the future, with the 49ers, Falcons, Eagles, Texans and Commanders all licking their chops to face the version of the Cowboys they witnessed on October 13, with each of these opponents at is about to fight. Dallas between now and Thanksgiving.

How they exit the bye week or not will determine if they can make a run similar to what Prescott describes, or if they end up in a downward spiral.

So first make sure that the mirror is clean and free of cracks, so as not to distort the reflection.

Second, and finally, stare into it.