Following a particularly poor performance in the Cowboys’ wild-card round victory over the Buccaneers, Dallas placekicker Brett Maher received votes of confidence from two of the team’s most outspoken leaders on offense: quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, three days before the divisional round matchup against the 49ers, Prescott and Elliott again addressed Maher’s showing on Monday, when the 27-year-old missed four consecutive extra-point attempts. Though the shaky outing wasn’t what the Cowboys wanted to see so late in the year, Maher’s teammates continued to express their belief in his abilities moving forward.
“We’ve got trust in him,” Elliott said Thursday, per Jori Epstein of Yahoo! Sports. “We’ve got faith in him. That’s our brother and we’re not going to turn our back on him. Last week we ain’t really need him. But this week we probably will.”
