{"id":34840,"date":"2025-02-17T07:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34840"},"modified":"2025-02-17T07:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:49:46","slug":"breaking-news-stephen-a-smith-calls-dak-prescott-delusional-for-eagles-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34840","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Stephen A Smith calls Dak Prescott delusional for Eagles comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the growing scrutiny of Cowboys, Stephen A. Smith wondered if Dak Prescott was delusional in saying his team is very close to Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Dak Prescott termed \u201cdelusional\u201d for believing Cowboys are very close to winning Super Bowl<br \/>\nStephen A. Smith and Dak Prescott (Via CNBC\/Yahoo)<\/p>\n<p>Is Dak Prescott delusional? Well, Stephen A. Smith is convinced he is.<\/p>\n<p>The ESPN analyst was apparently blown away by the Dallas Cowboys quarterback\u2019s over-the-top optimism for his team, questioning whether it\u2019s displaying confidence or is truly out of touch with the Cowboys\u2019 current reality.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys not only finished the 2024 season at 7-10 but also fired head coach Mike McCarthy and promoted Brian Schottenheimer to the head coach position, which was followed by even more criticism.<\/p>\n<p>If that wasn\u2019t enough, the franchise has also not made any move to acquire the available star Myles Garrett, who is arguably considered the missing piece to ending Dallas\u2019 three-decade-long Super Bowl drought.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amid all this, when the ESPN analyst heard Prescott assert that his team is on the cusp of their own championship run, he couldn\u2019t help but wonder if the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history was \u201cdelusional\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is Dak Prescott, when has he not been delusional? I mean, we\u2019ve seen evidence of this time and time again from this guy.<\/p>\n<p>Dak Prescott has been in the league for 10 years and ain\u2019t been to an NFC Championship game. But he talking. You\u2019d think you wouldn\u2019t be so tone deaf, have the decency to recognize your position and say \u2018I might need to shut the hell up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen A. Smith said on First Take<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the postseason elimination of the 2023 season, the Cowboys\u2019 struggle continued in the 2024 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Things became even more distressing when the star quarterback Prescott, who was considered the only glimmer of hope for the team, sustained a season-ending hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dak Prescott Cowboys\u2019 path to Super Bowl blocked by Eagles, rising Commanders and possibly Giants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Things have certainly become more challenging for Dallas since their divisional rivals defeated the two-time Super Bowl defending champions to win the franchise\u2019s second Super Bowl trophy.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, another divisional rival Washington Commanders emerged as true contenders with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, who was rewarded with the Offensive Rookie of the Year honor for his stellar season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jerry Jones and Dak Prescott <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jerry Jones and Dak Prescott (Image via Imago)<\/p>\n<p>The fact of the matter is that right now, the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions are in the NFC East, Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>We have a situation where Dak Prescott is entering his tenth year and a guy that was drafted in the second round has been to two Super Bowls and won one now. And a rookie has been to an NFC Championship game in his first year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen A. Smith added<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s even more interesting or rather posing another bad news for the Cowboys, their third divisional rival is likely to land the top quarterback of the 2025 Class Shedeur Sanders in the upcoming draft, which means the Cowboys may end up dropping to the bottom of the NFC East if they continued walking this part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the growing scrutiny of Cowboys, Stephen A. Smith wondered if Dak Prescott was delusional in saying his team is very close to Super Bowl. 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