As Prescott walked off after Thursday's 24-16 home loss to Tampa Bay, a man near the players' exit said "embarrassing," and Prescott had him removed. Reporters described the man as a car-service driver, not a Cowboys employee. Prescott said afterward, "When he said it, I just happened to look at him, and at that point, he looked away." Fox Sports Radio's Rob Parker called Prescott "a rat," and a man on TikTok says he was the heckler and lost his job, which no outlet has confirmed. The chart shows how Thursday compares with the rest of Prescott's season.
The chart shows Prescott's expected points added in each game, a measure of how much his plays raised or lowered Dallas's expected score. Thursday was his only negative game, at −3.2, with two interceptions. In the first four weeks he added between 13.7 and 17.5 points a game, and Dallas still lost two of those games, 28-20 to the Giants and 34-31 to the Ravens.
Across five weeks Prescott has added 0.267 expected points per play, fifth among 26 quarterbacks with at least 100 dropbacks. ESPN's QBR, which also counts runs and sacks, ranks him second at 79.2. Hover or tap a bar to see any quarterback.
Each dot is a team, with offense across and defense up the side. Dallas's offense ranks 4th in EPA per play, while its defense allows 0.182 points per play, 31st of 32, ahead of only Detroit. The Cowboys score 27.6 points a game and allow 27.2.
Prescott's contract pays $60 million a year, second to Patrick Mahomes's $63.1 million. Among the 13 quarterbacks paid at least $50 million a year, he ranks fifth in EPA per play, ahead of Mahomes. His cap hit is $43.5 million this season and rises to $76 million in 2027 and $86 million in 2028, which leaves less room to rebuild the defense.
This is the fifth time in ten ranked seasons that Prescott has finished in the top six in EPA per play. He was 2nd in 2023 and 6th in 2025, and his low point, 22nd in 2024, came in a season cut short by injury after eight games.