Dak Prescott already has enough pressure. There’s the matter of the Dallas Cowboys quarterback delivering bang for the buck as the NFL’s first $60 million man. The challenge of returning to form after half of last season was wiped out by a torn hamstring. A date to open the season amid the typical raucous crowd at The Linc in Philadelphia on Thursday night when the Eagles raise another Super Bowl banner.
And, of course, check-back-in-January heat persists for Prescott as a walking punching bag that reflects his franchise’s championship drought with his 2-5 playoff record.
Now this: Micah’s gone.
The stunning trade last week that sent three-time All-Pro defensive end Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers added another thick layer of pressure on Prescott because…well, just because. Dealing the defensive centerpiece certainly increases heat on team owner Jerry Jones and his front office. It tightens the screws on new coach Brian Schottenheimer and D-coordinator Matt Eberflus, too. You know, scheme up pass-rush pressure.
Yet fair or not, nobody in the Cowboys universe assumes more pressure than Prescott, given his presence as the most scrutinized player on the NFL’s most over-exposed band of underachievers.
