Dak Prescott Shows Us Where Not to Throw a Football

The previously unbeaten Dallas Cowboys ran into a spot of trouble on Sunday night in NOLA.

A surprisingly stout Saints defense swallowed Zeke Elliott whole, winning a 12-10 street fight in the Superdome.

QB Dak Prescott was aggressively pedestrian, throwing for a mere 223 yards with no scores.

He also made some dubious decisions along the way.

 

Sure. Let's examine a play from the Cowboys' futile final drive.

With the road team desperately trying to get into field goal range, Dak threw a pass into the following coverage:

 

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that is quadruple coverage.

 

Why, indeed.

During the broadcast, Cris Collingsworth applauded the effort, presumably because of the situation.

Of course, if four Saints defenders had Amari Cooper boxed in like an animal, it stands to reason that someone else had to be open.

 

But never mind all that.

The image produced by that ill-advised throw is precisely what Al Gore had in mind when he invented the Internet all those years ago:

 

 

 

And here's the grim conclusion:

 

Move over, Crying Jordan meme:

 

 

Nope, that's still better.