DALLAS — Is Dak Prescott up for this task? The 99-plus passer ratings say, “Well, yeah, mostly.’’ The money in his contract shouts, ”Most definitely.” And the problems with the surgically repaired leg that were an issue at this time a year ago appear to be a thing of the past.
Still, this is a mighty tall task the Cowboys (and the NFL’s schedule-maker) have placed on his shoulders.
Dallas opens the 2022 season with two home games — both nice and somewhat unusual — but the opponents played in the last two Super Bowls. And that’s the good news/bad news part of this challenge. The last time the Cowboys began a season in such fashion (not both home games) was 1993 when they lost to Washington and Buffalo while Emmitt Smith sat in Florida and waited for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to pay him. The rest of that story, naturally, is that the Cowboys cruised to another Lombardi Trophy, winning back-to-back Super Bowls for the only time in franchise history.
