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Dak Prescott is an excellent quarterback. Tony Romo was before him. The Dallas Cowboys, on the other hand, require a fantastic one. With a Joe Flacco or even a Nick Foles, you can reach, let alone win, a Super Bowl. But it's a lot simpler with Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, or Peyton Manning. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, has one objective in mind: to win it all. He's not here for pointless trips to the divisional round, despite the fact that Dallas has done so for the last 27 years. The latest was a heartbreaking 19-12 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Dallas' loss on Sunday was not only due to Prescott. Coaching, mismanagement, injuries, and, of course, the Niners' defense all played a role. Nonetheless, Prescott is the quarterback, and great ones find ways to compensate for shortcomings elsewhere and produce triumphs. They obviously do not hinder the squad.
Instead, Prescott threw two interceptions on Sunday, which was not surprising given that his 15 in the regular season topped the league despite only playing 12 games. He completed only 23 of 37 throws for 207 yards. He had a touchdown as well as a sack. He passed up open receivers, misread open routes, and never raised his game when it needed the most. He also doesn't run as much as he used to, which isn't by choice.
Prescott had two chances late in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but he went three-and-out and then oversaw a drive that looked as orderly as a Jackson Pollock painting. The Cowboys' season ended in hilarious manner for the second year in a row. Again, it wasn't all Prescott's fault, but that's when the great ones come through. Mahomes guided Kansas City to a game-tying field goal in 13 seconds during last year's playoffs. Dallas is fortunate to have the ball snapped so fast.
What you want from a quarterback in the middle of his career — no longer young but not quite old — is a greater understanding of how to play the position and prevent mistakes in order to win games, if not make the game-winning plays. That is, above all, what Prescott is lacking. A 3.8 interception percentage, or a TD-to-INT ratio of 23-15, isn't going to cut it. Not in the last year. Not this year.
Dallas' defense was excellent enough to keep them in the game. It didn't require much. Instead, San Francisco rode that formula with rookie Brock Purdy to the NFC title game in Philadelphia on Sunday.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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