Dak Prescott struggles in loss to 49ers | Insider reporting

Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab break down another poor performance from Dak Prescott. Listen to the full conversation on Inside Coverage — and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.

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I think Dak Prescott is one of those guys I've written about.

He's always like Tony Romo, who, just because he's a Cowboys quarterback, always gets more criticism than he deserves.

He is a very good quarterback.

Everyone likes to attack him for any reason this season, he deserves his criticism.

He's not the highest paid player in NFL history and he's not playing at that level or even close.

He doesn't even live up to his own standard as his career progresses.

His game is really slipping.

He's not feeling well at the moment.

He has already had several interceptions in four games this year.

He had a terrible interception in the third quarter this year, in that game, where I don't even know what he sees, and there's even a pass near the end of the fourth quarter where Chris Collins said what he could possibly see?

He just throws it to three 49ers players and Fred Warner knocked it down because he couldn't catch it, but it's just that Prescott doesn't see anything.

Well, he seems to be pushing, he actually has a lot of help.

It's shabby and there's no one else, but he doesn't play well.

And if you sign that check, you'll get $60 million a year. We sign a contract that will pay you $60 million a year.

You have to play at a certain level because DA is nowhere near that level.

There's a lot going wrong with Cowboys fans.

I understand that, but a major reason for this is that the NFL's highest-paid player doesn't play nearly like that.

Uh, there's an element there for me, we'll talk about Kansas City and some of the Mahomes issues later.

But it's an element to me that Mahomes has struggled with at times this year and we've been honest, what you know is that they're going to be there once or twice in the game where Mahomes has a chance to make the save a drive to save a play, to save a touchdown.

And ultimately, those are the things that save games, and that's what he magically does.

The frustrating thing is that Mahomes can have a bad game and still make the three or four plays needed to win.

What's frustrating is that D doesn't seem to be able to make those three or four plays this year.

And that to me is the wildest part of it because as soon as this game approaches, like the whole game approaches, go out and play the game, go out and be Mahomes, go out and enjoy this moment.

You don't have to do it every time.

But man, you had to do it a few times and tonight was a perfect example.

You're right.

Like, there were a few bad picks, there were a few moments where you were just scratching your head, and also late in the game when things were close and you really had to find a way to make a play that That made Don't Do It for $60 million.

This is what you get paid for.

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