Dak Prescott’s 10th season appears done, with Joe Milton starting the second half.
He completed 7 of 11 passes for only 70 yards in the first half. That gives him 4,552 yards for the season, which leads the NFL.
The Cowboys have never had a quarterback lead the NFL in passing yards and likely won’t after this season either. It seems likely that Matthew Stafford, who enters this afternoon with 4,448 yards, will surpass that number, while Jared Goff (4,233) and Drake Maye (4,203) would need big days.
Prescott’s 14-game win streak over the Giants is also on the line.
The Giants lead 16-10.
With the Cowboys eliminated from playoff contention, they don’t want to risk a significant injury to Prescott, and they also want to get Milton some snaps.
The Cowboys are eliminated from playoff contention. They still hope to finish with a winning record in Brian Schottenheimer’s first season and have Dak Prescott lead the league in passing yards.
They have some work to do in achieving both.
Prescott passed for only 70 yards, and the Cowboys trail the Giants 16-10 at halftime.
The Cowboys quarterback entered the day leading the league with 4,482 yards, but Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff and Drake Maye were within striking distance. It’s unknown how much longer Prescott will play, with Joe Milton possibly getting some snaps.
The Cowboys have never had a quarterback lead the league in passing yards.
The Cowboys went only 1-for-3 in the red zone, with their only touchdown coming on an 11-yard drive after KaVontae Turpin’s 84-yard kickoff return. Brandon Aubrey kicked a 22-yard field goal, and the Cowboys turned it over on downs after reaching the 3.
Prescott has won 14 consecutive games against the Giants, the second-longest streak by a quarterback against an opponent since 1950. Bob Griese had 17 wins in a row for the Dolphins against the Bills from 1968-79.
Prescott was 7-of-11 in the first half, with CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens combining for two receptions for 13 yards. Jaydon Blue scored his first career touchdown on a 14-yard run and has 11 carries for 76 yards.
The Cowboys defense, though, continues to struggle, allowing 214 yards.
Jaxson Dart went 13-of-20 for 154 yards, with a shot-put pass that tight end Daniel Bellinger took 29 yards for a touchdown. Gunner Olszewski has four catches for 70 yards.
The Giants could drop from No. 2 to as low as No. 7 in the draft with a win.
The Falcons had a handful of key players listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Saints, but the Panthers will be glad to hear that all of them are in the lineup.
Wide receiver Drake London, tight end Kyle Pitts, wide receiver Darnell Mooney, and cornerback A.J. Terrell will all play in Atlanta’s final game of the season. London, Pitts, and Mooney have knee injuries while Terrell was added to the report on Saturday with an illness.
Quarterback Kirk Cousins, defensive lineman David Onyemata, and linebacker Ronnie Harrison were also added to the report due to illness on Sunday. Harrison is the only one who will miss the game.
The result of the Falcons-Saints game will determine the NFC South champion. A Falcons win gives the Panthers the title while a Saints road victory will give the Bucs their fourth straight division crown.
Saints at Falcons
Saints: S Ugo Amadi, QB Spencer Rattler, WR Chris Olave, RB Alvin Kamara, OT Xavier Truss, DT Bryan Bresee, DT Nathan Shepherd
Falcons: P Trenton Gill, LB Ronnie Harrison, DL Brandon Dorlus, OL Michael Jerrell, WR Casey Washington, WR Malik Heath
Colts at Texans
Colts: CB Sauce Gardner, DT Eric Johnson, S Reuben Lowery, TE Will Mallory, S George Odum, QB Philip Rivers
Texans: WR Nico Collins, OT Trent Brown, RB Nick Chubb, WR Braxton Berrios, QB Graham Mertz, LB Jamal Hill, CB Kamari Lassiter
Cowboys at Giants
Cowboys: LB DeMarvion Overshown, CB Shavon Revel, S Alijah Clark, DT Jay Toia, DT Perrion Winfrey
Giants: S Jevon Holland, WR Ryan Miller, WR Jalin Hyatt, RB Dante Miller, LB Caleb Murphy, TE Theo Johnson, QB Russell Wilson
Browns at Bengals
Browns: TE Harold Fannin Jr., OT Jeremiah Byers, C Kingsley Eguakun, WR Jamari Thrash, TE David Njoku, DT Sam Kamara
Bengals: QB Jake Browning, WR Charlie Jones, CB Josh Newton, S Daijahn Anthony, DE Joseph Ossai, TE Cam Grandy, DT Jordan Jefferson
Packers at Vikings
Packers: QB Malik Willis, LB Quay Walker, RB Josh Jacobs, WR Dontayvion Wicks, S Xavier McKinney, OT Zach Tom, LB Edgerrin Cooper
Vikings: WR Myles Price, QB John Wolford, CB Dwight McGlothern, QB Brett Rypien, RB Aaron Jones, OL Walter Rouse, TE T.J. Hockenson
Titans at Jaguars
Titans: S Amani Hooker, EDGE Arden Key, OL Drew Moss, OL Garrett Dellinger, OL Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, TE Gunnar Helm
Jaguars: CB Keith Taylor, OL Patrick Mekari, TE Hunter Long, TE Patrick Herbert, DL Emmanuel Ogbah, DT Maason Smith
In 2019, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescot finished with a career-high 4,902 passing yards. He’s considerably behind that number in 2025, with 4,482.
But it’s still enough to lead the league. If Prescott hangs on for one more week, he’ll be the first Cowboys player to finish a season with the most passing yards of any NFL quarterback.
Dak doesn’t have much of a cushion. Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford trails by only 34 yards, with 4,448.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff is third with 4,233. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye ranks fourth, with 4,203.
During Prescott’s career-best season, he finished second to then-Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, who threw for 5,109 yards. Prescott will see Winston on Sunday, when the Cowboys finish the season with a game against Winston’s Giants.
As the final sands slip out from the top of the hourglass on the Matt Eberflus tenure as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator, the Cowboys have a clear objective for the new year.
“We got to get an identity on the defensive side of the football,” co-owner Stephen Jones said Friday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “I don’t think we ever established what we were as a defense. We really weren’t a team that created turnovers. We didn’t get the ball. We gave up a lot of explosive [plays]. At times it felt like we were [stopping] the run. But we just got a lot of work to do on that side of the ball. I think everybody knows that. We’ll go all in.”
“All in”? Not all in. Not again.
Of course, it’s one thing to vow to go “all in” as to free agency, where cap dollars are tight and the Cowboys are often even tighter. It’s another to go all in as to the coaching staff, especially when Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores is about to be available to make a lateral move.
“Bottom line, we need an identity on the defensive side of the ball,” Jones said. “I don’t think we established that this year. Whether it’s Coach [Matt] Eberflus or whoever it is, we have to create an identity. I think everybody would say that Coach [Brian] Schottenheimer has a ton of energy, he’s very authentic and has an identity. We’ve got to play to that in all three phases. I think we did in one phase this year. I don’t know that we established that in the other two phases.”
That’s hardly an endorsement of Eberflus. Anytime anyone says “whether it’s [the current employee] or whoever it is,” bet on whoever.
Assuming that the Cowboys will offer enough to get “whoever” a/k/a Flores to take the job.
