Mike McCarthy didn’t have Dak Prescott at his disposal during the preseason in 2021 due to injury. A shoulder tweak forced the QB to remain sidelined until the regular season. It didn’t throw off the timing, as the passing offense was crisp in their two-point loss to Tampa Bay. If that gave the coaching staff the idea that Prescott didn’t need game experience with this particular group of wide receivers, they were sadly mistaken.
The Dallas Cowboys offense was ridiculously disjointed, off-timed and altogether woeful in the season opener. The defense did their best to keep the club in the game, but there was no help at all from the other side. In addition, there’s now a potential hand injury to Prescott that occurred in the fourth quarter of an embarrassing 19-3 home defeat to the Buccaneers.