Tony Romo had it in wide receiver Terrel Owens, who tearfully proclaimed, “That’s my quarterback,” after the Cowboys’ playoff loss to the Giants in 2008- this has since become an oft used meme. Now, Dak Prescott has it in a less tearful, more assertive Micah Parsons.
Parsons issued a strong defense of Prescott on his podcast “The Edge” last week. In particular, he took umbrage with the media for not holding up other quarterbacks, namely Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, to the same standard.
Prescott appreciates his teammate’s defense of him, but ultimately the criticism is what it is.
“It’s hard to miss,” Prescott said. “I try to miss a lot of it. But it’s hard to miss. He’s got the platform. Obviously appreciate it as a teammate when you know another teammate is sticking up for you, but in the sense of I guess comparing my position or us to other teams, I’ve been in this organization eight years, whether you bitch about it or not, it’s not going to stop. That’s just how it goes. To me, it’s fun. Because when things go our way and we win this thing, it’s going to make it all that much sweeter. Say what you want, we get to go out there and we get to do it. He can talk all he wants. That’s Micah.”
Both quarterbacks are having eerily similar seasons in many areas, especially in the passing game. Prescott (132-of-190) leads Hurts (164-of-244) in completion percentage 69.5 to 67.2. He also has a slightly better quarterback rating: 61.7 to 61.5.
The major difference is that Prescott (1.5) has a better touchdowns-to-interceptions ratio than Hurts (1.1). Hurts, of course, has six rushing touchdowns while Prescott only has one – you can thank the Eagles’ success with the tush-push for that.
