Now that Mike McCarthy is settling in at his new job as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and and is rounding out his staff, it’s time to finally take a look back at their season.
It won’t be remembered as a fun year in the team’s history, but it was filled with many ups and downs. Fans were heavily invested in the season, and may feel like they didn’t get a proper return on their investment. Which shares of the team were profitable and which succumbed to market pressure?
Stock Up: QB Dak Prescott
It was the best season in Prescott’s career, as he set new highs in every major passing category. The 30 touchdown tosses and almost to 5,000 yards passing were good enough to place him inside the top four in the NFL for both categories.
Prescott’s willingness to throw deep and into the middle of the field were also major areas of improvement. He was a legitimate MVP candidate in the middle of the year until the late season swoon from the team.
Stock Down: Prescott’s clutch gene
Unfortunately for the Cowboys, Prescott’s most valuable trait in his first three seasons, the ability to play his best in key moments, was nowhere to be found in 2019. Prescott led the league in fourth quarter/OT comeback wins during his first three seasons but came up empty this season. The stats are nice, but Prescott’s zero come from behind wins was a major disappointment.
It shouldn’t all fall at Prescott’s feet, the coaches and the receiver drops had something to do with his failures in this department. However, if you praise Prescott for the comebacks for the first few seasons under similar circumstances, you have to admit his failures late in games this year.
Continue for a looking at rising and falling stars and the best and worst games of 2019…
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