One of the biggest knocks of the Cowboys’ offense in recent years has been their inability or unwillingness to use quarterback Dak Prescott as a runer. Early in his career, Prescott was a huge option on offense, scoring 18 touchdowns on the ground over his first three years. That has dried up over the last several years. with only two rushing scores over his last 33 games as a starter.
On Monday though, Dallas’ head coach and playcaller Mike McCarthy called a beautiful read option with CeeDee Lamb in motion at the snap that fooled the Chargers’ defense. Prescott almost lost it on the fake handoff, but had a clean lane to race 18 yards into the end zone for a red-zone score.
Dak Prescott hangs on, gets the redzone TD
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Dallas gave up a touchdown on the Chargers’ opening drive but evened up the score at 7.