I ran across an article by Cowboys hater
ex-Bronco Shannon Sharpe heavily criti-
cizing Dak Prescott today, so I decided
to check Shannon's work by doing a care-
ful analysis regarding Dak's career versus
playoff teams:

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2016/index.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/index.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2018/index.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/index.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2020/index.htm
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/index.htm

Dak Prescott Regular Season Career
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01/gamelog/

Dak Prescott Playoffs Career
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresDa01/gamelog/post/

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2016 Playoff Teams
NFC: Cowboys Giants Packers Lions Falcons Seahawks
AFC: Patriots Dolphins Steelers Texans Chiefs Raiders

2016 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Giants lost 19-20
Packers won 30-16
Steelers won 35-30
Giants lost 7-10
Lions won 42-21
Packers lost 31-34 (playoff game)

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2017 Playoff Teams
NFC: Eagles Vikings Saints Panthers Falcons Rams
AFC: Patriots Bills Steelers Jaguars Titans Chiefs

2017 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Rams lost 30-35
Chiefs won 28-17
Falcons lost 7-27
Eagles lost 9-37
Eagles won 6-0

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2018 Playoff Teams
NFC: Cowboys Eagles Bears Saints Rams Seahawks
AFC: Patriots Ravens Texans Colts Chiefs Chargers

2018 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Seahawks lost 13-24
Texans lost 16-19
Eagles won 27-20
Saints won 13-10
Eagles won 29-23
Colts lost 0-23
Seahawks won 24-22 (playoff game)
Rams lost 22-30 (playoff game)

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2019 Playoff Teams
NFC: Eagles Packers Vikings Saints 49ers Seahawks
AFC: Patriots Bills Ravens Texans Titans Chiefs

2019 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Saints lost 10-12
Packers lost 24-34
Eagles won 37-10
Vikings lost 24-28
Patriots lost 9-13
Bills lost 15-26
Eagles lost 9-17

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2020 Playoff Teams
NFC: Coms Packers Bears Saints Bucs Seahawks Rams
AFC: Bills Steelers Ravens Browns Titans Colts Chiefs

2020 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Rams lost 17-20
Seahawks lost 31-38
Browns lost 38-49
(Dak injured in game 5, lost for the season)

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2021 Playoff Teams
NFC: Cowboys Eagles Packers Bucs Rams Cards 49ers
AFC: Bills Patriots Bengals Steelers Titans Chiefs Raiders

2021 Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
Bucs lost 29-31
Eagles won 41-21
Patriots won 35-29
Chiefs lost 9-19
Raiders lost 33-36
Cards lost 22-25
Eagles won 51-26
49ers lost 17-23 (playoff game)

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Overall Cowboys with Dak starting vs Playoff Teams
13 wins - 24 losses

So, despite Dak doing fairly well at the
start of his career vs Playoff Teams in
2016 to 2018 (9 wins, 10 losses), since
then (4 wins,14 losses), not so well,
with an especially bad stretch from
2019 to 2020 (1 win, 9 losses).

Of course, 12 of those losses were in
close games (6 points or less) and 1
loss was by 7 points (I know, a close
loss counts the same as a loss by a
wide margin).

Shannon trying to pick & choose in his
dire assessment of Dak, ignoring 2016
& 2017, dismissing the Eagles as if wins
versus the Eagles are dismissable, I'd
say Dak has struggled versus playoff
teams after 2018, & that's a troubling ...

.... aspect of his play that Dak & his head
coach & his offensive coordinator & the
Cowboys revived defense must find a
way to overcome/reverse if the Cowboys
ever have a legitimate chance of making
it back to places like NFC Championship ...

.... games & Super Bowls that they haven't
seen since long ago way back at the end
of the 1995 season. )-:

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